WILSON ‑- Turnovers hurt Northern Lehigh in the first three games of the season.

But the Bulldogs turned that trend around in a 42-21 win over Wilson Saturday afternoon.The Warriors fumbled the ball away four times in the first half and Northern Lehigh, which came into the game with a minus-11 turnover ratio, capitalized on the errors."We've been working on it in practice," said running back Mason Seiler. "We've been repping it. We're doing all we can to hold onto the ball and eliminate turnovers."Three of Northern Lehigh's four first-half touchdowns came after Wilson fumbles, but their last was the most critical.The Bulldogs (2-3) jumped out to a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, but Warrior running back Job Goodman missed the first quarter for disciplinary reasons. His entry sparked the Warrior offense.Goodman got the Warriors on the board with a 91-yard touchdown run with 3:53 left in the second quarter. His team got the ball right back on an interception and he scored from two yards out 26 second later to tie the game.Northern Lehigh answered as Austen Hemingway returned the ensuing kick off 87 yards for a score to put his team back on top.The Bulldogs then tried what amounted to an onside kick. They blooped a kick to an open spot on the field over the Warriors' front line. Justin Paul pounced on the loose ball, the Warriors' fourth fumble of the half. Northern Lehigh had just over three minutes to go 30 yards for another score.The Warriors (0-5) almost stopped the drive, but a halfback pass on fourth-and-three caught them off guard. Seiler hit Hemingway for a 28-yard touchdown and a 28-14 lead with 1:56 left in the first half."I thought our kick off return was huge," said Northern Lehigh head coach Joe Tout. "We're thinking we only had one more possession. Then [special teams coach Manny] Guedes and the kids on kick off team did a great job when they went with the high-short. We run the sweep pass and it's 28-14."You take a team that thought they were going in 14-14 at the half and getting the ball [to start the third quarter], that's a big shift."The Bulldog defense, thanks in part to a tackle for a 13-yard loss by Jason Shaffer, forced a three-and-out before half to secure the lead.While Goodman ran for nearly 200 yards in the game, Northern Lehigh contained him enough to hold on for the win."We played great today," said Shaffer. "We had two forced fumbles by Tanner Filchner. He played a heck of a game."Our goal is to get better every week and that's what we're doing."Filchner recovered Wilson's first fumble in the first quarter. The Warriors' second fumble was picked up by Tekoah Guedes late in the first quarter. Three plays later Kellen Hendrix plunged into the end zone for a 7-0 lead.Wilson fumbled the ensuing kickoff, recovered by Caleb Wanamaker. Two plays later Tekoah Guedes broke free for a 36-yard touchdown run with 11:14 left in the first half.After a Bulldog stop to start the second half, Northern Lehigh marched 39 yards on six plays, taking a 35-14 lead on Seiler's 13-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.Seiler added another score on an 84-yard catch with 9:29 left in the game. It completed the junior running back's first career three-touchdown game. And he scored three different ways (rushing, passing, receiving).A Bulldog fumble late in the game resulted in a 19-yard Goodman touchdown with 1:28 left to play."We were flat, but it was a good win," said Tout. "The biggest thing is cleaning up mistakes, which I thought we did today.Earlier this year turnovers kept us out of games. The last two games we haven't been making those mistakes."NOT GOOD, MAN … Goodman missed the first quarter of the game for disciplinary reasons. The junior running back managed to gain 194 yards on 25 carries in his three quarters of action.The Warriors had just 28 yards of offense on three first-quarter possessions. They gained 254 yards on their next nine possessions with Goodman on the field.TOO EARLY TO LOOK AHEAD? NOPE …. With eight teams making the district playoffs in Class 3A, Northern Lehigh resides in the eighth spot through the first half of the season.The Bulldogs' remaining schedule is no walk in the park with upcoming games against Pen Argyl, Saucon Valley, Salisbury, Northwestern, Palmerton.