Two games. Two halftime deficits. Two come-from-behind victories.

If this keeps up, the Northwestern football team might need to start thinking about changing its nickname from Tigers to "Comeback Cats.""What I have learned about the team in these last two weeks is that there isn't a whole lot of panic that goes around when things aren't going necessarily as planned," said Northwestern coach Josh Snyder. "It shows a couple things. First, that they are trusting the process and the game plan. Second, they are believing. They believe that they can make enough plays to win the game."They understand that the game is 48 minutes long, not 24."Northwestern certainly has shown that during its 2-0 start to the season.In their opener, the Tigers overcame a 12-6 halftime deficit to beat Palmerton, 13-12. They followed that up last week with a 19-5 victory over Salisbury, a game they trailed 5-0 at halftime.The two comebacks from a halftime deficit are already more than Northwestern had in any of the last 10 seasons. Since 2006, the Tigers entered this season with a 6-32 record in games they trailed at halftime and had not had more than one second-half comeback in any single season."Hopefully, what we have been able to accomplish the last couple of weeks will pay some dividends down the line," said Snyder. "That experience of being down at half and rallying to win football games is something that we can hopefully hang our hat on if we find ourself in similar situations."The key for Northwestern in both victories has been outstanding defensive play. The Tigers have yet to allow a second-half point this season.But Snyder said that the defense hasn't just been good in the second half of games."Defensively, we have been playing really good football throughout the first two games," he explained. "We have only given up something like nine points total. The other points scored against us came on a pick-six and a safety."That said, our coaches have done a great job of making adjustments at halftime. Nobody has panicked because we were behind. We've tried to make any necessary adjustments to give our players the best opportunities to succeed and the kids have been doing a great job of responding after the half."Although Snyder loves the poise and patience he has seen from his team when it has been behind, he wouldn't mind if comebacks weren't needed every week."I'm extremely happy with our effort, but obviously you're going to be a little concerned as a coach if it keeps happening," said Snyder. "We have some kids being put into situations for the first time in their careers and it has taken a few quarters to settle in. Fortunately, we have been able to overcome that in the first two games."Right now, we are really working hard on getting off to fast starts, especially from an offensive standpoint, and putting a full four quarters together. We will need to do that in order to compete in the remaining games this season."But if that doesn't happen, and Northwestern once again finds itself trailing in the second half of a game, it can always draw on its "Comeback Cats" experiences from the opening weeks of the season.Because when it comes to comebacks, Northwestern has been there, done that.************CENTURY MARK TIMES TWO ... Lehighton's Gavin Zehner had eight catches for 117 yards in last Friday's loss to Schuylkill Haven.The Indian senior also had 103 yards receiving in the team's season-opener.The last time a Lehighton player had back-to-back 100-yard receiving games was during the 2010 season. Anthony Farole had 110 yards on Oct. 15 against Stroudsburg and followed that up with a 155-yard effort on Oct. 22 against Pocono Mountain West.************PANTHER PASSING PERFORMANCE ... Panther Valley lost to Hamburg last Friday, but in the contest Hunter Kennedy threw for 204 yards.The PV junior quarterback also topped 200 yards passing in the team's first game of the season, finishing that game against CMVT with 201.The last Panther player to have back-to-back games with 200-or-more passing yards was Cazzie Kosciolek during the 1992 season. Kosciolek actually ended that season with four straight games over 200.************GOOD START FOR TAMAQUA ... Tamaqua opened its season with wins over Minersville and Mahanoy Area.Since 1960, this is just the eighth time the Blue Raiders began the season with two straight wins. The other seven years were 2012, 2009, 1991, 1990, 1985, 1974 and 1962.In those seven seasons, Tamaqua finished with a winning record and had a combined mark of 58-16-2.************BOTH ENDS OF TD PASSES ... Marian lost to Jim Thorpe on Friday, but a Colt player accomplished something rare in the game.Quarterback Ethan Kuczynski opened the game's scoring when Anthony Collevechio took a handoff and threw back to Kuczynski for a touchdown. Later in the contest, Kuczynski tossed a TD pass to Matt Stanziola.The last time a Marian player had both a touchdown catch and pass in the same game was Sept. 30, 1989 (311 games ago) when Mike Makovec did it against Lourdes in a 41-20 win. Makovec snared a 58-yard scoring strike from Joe Marsilio, and also threw a 4-yard TD to Mark Hrebik.