The Northwestern Lehigh football team is making it’s third straight trip to a state semifinal game.

The Tigers (14-0) will try to keep their 30-game win streak alive when they face District 3 champ Trinity Friday.

“We feel very fortunate to once again be in the PIAA 3A final four,” said Northwestern head coach Josh Snyder. “Trinity is a good football team that has been playing their best football over the last few weeks. We have the experience of the last two seasons with being in this position before. And our kids are extremely shortsighted at this time of the year, and they really buy into the coaching.

“We’re going to put a great game plan together, and the guys are going to go out there and try and execute it and play their tails off. As always, we need to play a clean football game, take care of the ball, create turnovers and make plays in all phases.”

The vaunted Tigers’ defense will face another challenge this week in a Trinity offense that is versatile as well.

The Shamrocks have a 2,000-yard passer in senior quarterback Mason Boyer (2,042 yards, 25 TDs, 8 INTs), 1,000-yard rusher in sophomore running back Brandon Harris (1,101 yards, 9 TDs) and a 1,000-yard receiver in Maddox Jarzynski (76 receptions, 1,044 yards, 17 TDs).

The Trinity offense came through in a big way against Neumann Goretti a week ago. Trailing 22-14 late in the fourth quarter, the Shamrocks came from behind to defeat the Saints 26-22. A Boyer rushing score and passing touchdown helped Trinity to complete the comeback.

“They’re coming off a huge come-from-behind win and there’s no doubt that they will be playing with confidence,” said Snyder. “We have to prevent the big play. They have a good receiver with over 1,000 yards, and we need to know where he is at all times. They have a balanced attack with a running back that is big and physical. Team defense will again be key for us and we need to make them work for every yard.”