In downing Saucon Valley 39-14 in a battle of undefeated teams, the Northwestern Tigers seemingly flexed their muscles, moving to 5-0 through the first half of the Colonial League season.

Harry Hall ran for 237 yards and two touchdowns to help the offense, while the defense turned in another impressive performance, holding the Panthers to just 151 yards of total offense."Our line did a great job blocking, our backs were blocking down field and I was able to make a couple of cuts off of them and make a couple people miss and it worked in my favor," explained Hall about what was behind his performance. The 237 yards for Hall equals his career high."Harry's a modest guy and a good running back," said Northwestern head coach Josh Snyder. "Coach Dave Kerschner takes a tremendous amount of pride in preparing our offensive line for anything. The Saucon defense didn't play a 50-defense all year long and then they came out and played a 50 tonight and we just adjusted to it."That's a testament to how we practice. We practice against every defense, no matter who we're playing, because when you have a bulls-eye on your back, the other team is going to try to do anything to get you and our kids just picked it up seamlessly and gave Harry some creases.On their first drive of the game, Northwestern went 86 yards on 13 plays, chewing up just over six minutes off the clock. Hall carried the ball nine times for 64 yards on the drive, but Cam Richardson pushed it over from three yards out to put the Tigers up 6-0.Saucon Valley's Zach Thatcher returned the ensuing kickoff 39 yards to start the Panthers first drive at their own 40 yard line and 12 plays later, they still had the ball as the first quarter came to an end. On the first play of the second quarter, Thatcher hit Mike Kane for a six-yard touchdown pass and senior Giacomo Pazzaglia added the extra point to make Saucon Valley the first team to take a lead over Northwestern this season at 7-6.From there, the scoring was on as the two teams would combine to score 33 points in the quarter and the Tigers went into halftime with a 25-14 lead. The big play for the Panthers was Mike Propsner's 82 yard kickoff return for a touchdown, which came right after Northwestern had gone up 13-7. Northwestern's big strike came when Richardson took a handoff from quarterback Frank Dangello and then delivered a 26-yard strike to Dylan Lobach, who sprinted into the end zone, putting Northwestern ahead for good at 19-14."They're a good offense and have been putting up points each and every week and we held them scoreless in the second half," said Snyder. "We had challenged them to do that and that's what they did, so I'm really proud of the effort."We knew coming into the year that our line was ferocious and that they were going to come after people," said Hall. "They're really strong guys, really big guys and then the linebacking corps really stepped up. Taylor Breininger is an outstanding player and our secondary is fast and we always know they're going to make some plays.Critics had pointed to the combined 1-15 record of the Tigers' first four opponents as a reason to be skeptical of Northwestern's win streak. As for the players and coaches, there wasn't a doubt about just how good this team was coming into the game against Saucon Valley. Hall believes the impressive win should erase any doubts that those critics have about just how good Northwestern is."I hope it does, because I was convinced before the game and hopefully now, people understand how good we are," said Snyder.