Trinity Shamrocks vs Northwestern Lehigh Tigers: A trip to Cumberland Valley at stake

The Trinity Shamrocks (11-3) coming off an exhilarating victory last week in a 26-22 win over Neumann-Goretti, by scoring a couple of touchdowns in the waning minutes of that quarterfinal contest. Quarterback Mason Boyer scored with just eleven seconds left in regulation to cap off the comeback.

Boyer comes into the game completing 176 passes on 275 attempts for 2,042 yards and 25 touchdowns and 8 interceptions on the season. He also rushed for 7 touchdowns. Wide-receiver Maddox Jarzynski, is the number one target for Boyer, who has caught 76 passes for 1,044 yards for an average of 13.7 yards per reception and 19 touchdowns in total in 2025. Sophomore running back Brandon Harris leads the ground attack for the Shamrocks with 172 carries for 1101 yards and reached the end zone 9 times. Harris also has 95 tackles on defense

Defensively, DE Marcus Yeager 62 tackles, 38 of those are solo’s, He also leads the team in sacks with 13. Senior DT Samuel Mulbah has 61 tackles and 5 sacks.

Trinity Shamrocks (11-3) Coached by Kevin Yarnevich

Allentown Central Catholic( 6-6) lost 16-19
East Pennsboro (5-5) lost 9-16
Big Spring (6-5) won 25-8
Susquenita (1-9) won 48-3
Milton Hershey (2-8) won 17-6
Greencastle-Antrim (4-6) won 35-0
Boiling Springs (1-9) won 36-3
West Perry (8-3) won 38-14
Susquehanna Twp (12-1) lost 14-24
Middletown Area (6-6) won 28-27
Schuylkill Valley (5-6) won 35-7
Annville-Cleona (8-3) won 42-21
Berks Catholic (9-3) won 17-0
Neumann-Goretti (8-5) won 26-22

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers have been in the championship game each of the last two seasons and are riding a 30 game win streak heading into Friday nights’ contest. The last time the Tigers lost a game was the 2023 State 3A Championship a 38-7 defeat to Belle Vernon. In 2024 they defeated Avonworth,in dramatic fashion, 36-33, with an Eli Zimmerman 10 yard run in overtime to seal the deal.

Senior quarterback Shane Leh has completed 15 of 191 passes for 2,320 yards 28 touchdowns and just 2 interceptions this season. Mason Bollinger caught 38 passes for 529 yards and 6 touchdowns. Michael Lagowy has 40 receptions for 599 yards and 5 scores while Brady Zimmerman hauled in 38 catches for 853 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Braxton Lakatosh led the running game with 116 carries for 1,202 yards and 13 scores. Sophomore Chase Sukanick rushed 106 times for 879 yards and 13 touchdowns. As a team the Tigers gained 3,363 yards on 437 attempts and 56 touchdowns in 2025. Lakatosh also has 11 tackles on defense.

Shane Hulmes leads the defense with 149 tackles,including 70 solo’s and 18 for losses. Lagowy leads the team with six interceptions on the year. As a team the defense has 92 tackles behind the line of scrimmage and have 36 sacks with Hulmes leading the team with 8.

Northwestern Lehigh Tigers (14-0) Coach Josh Snyder

Wilson Area (0-10) won 42-14
Northern Lehigh (8-4) won 56-13
Bangor (0-11) won 54-14
Blue Mountain (7-5) won 34-28
Lehighton (5-6) won 50-0
North Schuylkill (8-4) won 49-18
Pottsville (3-8) won 42-0
Jim Thorpe (4-7) won 50-7
Tamaqua (4-8) won 56-16
Southern Lehigh (13-1) won 36-28
Palmerton (3-8) won 42-0
North Schuylkill (8-4) won 49-21
Notre Dame Green Pond (12-1) won 35-14
Scranton Prep (8-6) won 42-14

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