It would have been easy and even understandable for Northern Lehigh's Nate Farber to take the play off.

But that's not who he is and that's not who the Bulldogs are.So despite carrying the ball 24 times from his halfback position on offense and flying all over the field from his linebacker position on defense, Farber wasn't about to give anything less than 100 percent on an extra point attempt.His effort paid off in a game-saving block of a Salisbury conversion kick late in the fourth quarter, allowing Northern Lehigh to hold on for a 14-13 Colonial League victory."That's the effort we expect from all our kids," said Bulldogs coach Joe Tout. "We have a bunch of blue collar, tough kids."Nobody is too good to play on special teams and no one who is on the field takes a play off or their teammates will hold them accountable. We actually lean on our best players to lead by example when it comes to effort and Nate is a tremendous example of that."In a game that was a tale of two halves, Northern Lehigh saw a 14-0 lead shrink to a single point after Salisbury quarterback Tevon Weber tossed his second touchdown pass of the night with just 4:39 remaining. But the Falcons' comeback was short-circuited by Farber."Nate came in through the C-gap, just inside the tight end," explained Tout. "We got really close to blocking their first extra point so I thought we had a chance. On the block, Nate got through the line and then just laid out to get the ball."It was a great effort, but I wouldn't expected anything less from Nate. That's the type of player he is."Early on, it didn't look like a game that the Bulldogs were going to have to sweat out.Playing one of its best halves of football this season, Northern Lehigh dominated the opening 24 minutes.Defensively, the Bulldogs limited Salisbury to just 53 yards and two first downs. Offensively, they put together two long drives that culminated in touchdowns.The first Northern Lehigh scoring drive covered 74 yards in 12 plays with a beautiful pass from Chad Cederberg to Austin Lancsek producing the TD with 1:10 left in the opening quarter. The Bulldogs followed that up with a 10-play, 82-yard march the next time they touched the ball. Farber got the touchdown on a 13-yard run on a fourth-down play."We came out strong and did a nice job of taking the game to them," said Tout. "But Salisbury is a very good team and we knew at halftime that they weren't going to go down without a fight."The Falcons (3-4) responded to the deficit by turning to Weber, who completed 8 of 11 passes for 136 yards and two TDs in the second half."I'm proud of our second half effort, but we need to start playing four quarters of football," said Salisbury coach Andrew Cerco. "Our kids aren't used to being in big games and tonight was a big game. I don't know if that affected the way we played in the first half or not, but obviously we need to get off to a better start."For the Bulldogs (5-2), not only did the victory keep them in the thick of the District 11 Class AA playoff race, but it also will provide a huge confidence boast heading into an imposing home stretch of games."We faced a lot of adversity tonight and our kids found a way to overcome it and get the win," said Tout. "Not only did we have to hold off Salisbury's comeback, but we did it without four starting linemen who all got injured tonight."We preach 'next man in' to our kids all the time and tonight they showed what that means. We had a number of kids step in and do the job for us when the injuries hit. I'm proud of our performance."