Team #7 Northern Lehigh (11) 0-0

The Bulldogs finished 10-3 a season ago, falling in the District 11 AA championship game to North Schuylkill.  The purple and white have some nice components from that district runner-up team from a year ago, including a key off-season acquisition in assistant coach Jim Tkach, who is back wearing the Bulldog team colors after leading the program to two District crowns in 1999 and 2003 and a PIAA runner-up finish in 2003 and winning a PIAA title in 2008 as an assistant at Bethlehem Liberty.  Senior RB Cody Remaley ran for more than 2,000 yards last year, and returns as the team’s feature tailback.  He’s already surpassed 4,000 rushing yards for his career, and another 2,000-yard season could make him just the third District 11 running back to surpass 6,000 career rushing yards (Zach Barket and James Mungro are the others).  Senior TE/DE Mike Buresh (52 tackles, 3 sacks), FB/LB Matt Gill (10 rush TD; 126 tackles, 3 INT), ATH Jake Kern (9 TD scored; 8 INT) are two-way contributors and junior ILB Kirk Bender (81 tackles, 2 INT) will also be a force this year.  Be sure to keep an eye on this Colonial League representative, as another 10-win season could be in the offing.