Jess Frew was used to winning at Lehighton Area High School in the mid 1990s.

Known by her maiden name, Jess Schoenberger, at the time, she was part of a field hockey program that won both Mountain Valley Conference and District 11 Class AA championships during her scholastic career.It was those winning ways that Frew, a four-year varsity letter winner with the Indians, wanted to embed into what was a struggling Northern Lehigh field hockey program when she was named head coach back in 2003.After serving four years as an assistant, Frew has used her opportunity as head coach to instill that winning attitude in her players. She knew she was capable of doing so and during her years at Northern Lehigh she has certainly delivered on her belief."I have always been a hard working individual and I knew I was capable of teaching the players the game," Frew said. "With all the time and effort that I put in during the off-season, and with indoor play, and summer leagues, and team workouts, if I had the kids on-board to do so, and they put forth the effort, it showed off in return with hard work that helps a team win."I expect a lot from them and I put a lot of my time into the program. It's just proven to be successful for us as a program."It was a due process in the beginning of her tenure, as it took Frew the first three years to turn things around. However, the time, effort, and the love for the sport proved to be the perfect solution for success. Over the last nine years, Frew has seen her Bulldogs extend their regular season straight into the postseason.When asked what were the necessary steps taken to get the Bulldogs to this point of success, with the fact of winning rather than the undesired thought of losing, Frew immediately answered with the following statement:"Well, we always had numbers, but it also meant establishing a middle school program," Frew said. "My first year as head coach they instituted a middle school team. We had to start the kids younger to build any bit of a successful program. With competing with other sports, who have successful programs, you have to start them young. So, we're actually happy to say that our Northern Lehigh Youth Athletic Association Field Hockey program is in its third year. Numbers are up high in the 30's. And, they're working on creating a league for youth field hockey. They're playing games against other teams."But, what it really does take is starting them young, getting them interested, and keeping them interested in the game. That's what it takes."While making the postseason hasn't been a problem for the Bulldogs over the years, it took until 2013 to capture the program's first ever championship.While she has definitely laid the tracks for the Bulldogs to continue as contenders in the Colonial League, and District 11, Frew is just glad that she has played a part in helping Northern Lehigh make a name for itself."Northern Lehigh is a really small school," Frew said. "Our numbers in our school are down, but the interest is there. The kids work hard. Just because your small in numbers, doesn't mean that your not mighty in hard work and spirit. We really take pride in our program."So, we're just looking forward to a successful season. We're looking forward to seeing the direction the youth program goes. The high school girls help out at our youth practices. So, it sets a precedent for the young girls to look up to and it's just a really nice program that we have in place here."