Worth County got back on the winning track Friday night, beating West Nodaway 64-0. However, they still have to get better as soon as possible because Mound City will be coming to town. Specifically, although they blocked much better and avoided the kind of special teams breakdowns that they had against Rock Port, they still had too many penalties, nine.
The Tigers had an easy solution to their kickoff team problems as Wyatt Rush was put in as kicker and promptly kicked the first ball into the end zone. West Nodaway was buried deep in their own territory for much of the night and Worth County, on the other hand, had a short field to work with much of the time. A bobbled snap got West Nodaway off on the wrong foot and then Lane Craven threw Dustin Winter for a three-yard loss as West Nodaway was forced to punt. Worth County put on a heavy rush and the kick was shanked, giving Worth County the short field to work with. Worth County aired it out immediately to Aaron Patton and The General made an off-balance catch despite getting pushed in the back with 10:51 to get on the board. Andrew Mullock ran in the extra points to make it 8-0 behind a Wyatt Rush block. Worth County did a better job of converting their extra points this time as they were only one for four against Rock Port. They were five for nine against West Nodaway. Following a strong showing in the Rock Port game when Dallas Greenland was shaken up, Andrew Mullock got a lot more touches Friday night at runningback, sharing duties with Dallas and Wyatt Rush.
Aaron Patton turned around and shut down West Nodaway on defense; he has been getting some playing time at linebacker on that end this year. He dropped Winter for a four-yard loss, putting them in a hole. A fumbled snap, their second of the night, forced them into another three and out and the Tigers got the ball in good field position again at the West Nodaway 36.
The Tigers took full advantage as Andrew Mullock took a sweep for 25 yards down to the 11 and Wyatt Rush got 10 more down to the one. The Tigers made a rare miscue when they fumbled a handoff, but they got it back and Dallas Greenland scored with 7:40 left. Wyatt Rush ran in the extra points to make it 16-0.
Ethan Schmitz recovered a fumble at the West Nodaway 13 to set up another short field for Worth County as the Rockets were putting the ball on the ground all night long. The Tigers only needed two plays to get Aaron Patton into the end zone to make it 22-0 with 5:54 left in the first quarter.
Shadow Briner and The General combined on a big hit on the kickoff as West Nodaway was once again stuck in bad field position at their own 17. Ethan Schmitz once again got a big hit on defense, dropping Treston Sanders for a loss of four to put them in a hole they could not get out of. Worth County overcame a holding penalty as Andrew Mullock got a 27-yard gain as the defense got sucked in and Mullock bounced to the outside with nobody home and got down to the 13. Wyatt Rush's run put the Tigers up 28-0 with 1:44 left.
West Nodaway fumbled the ball for the fourth time and lost it for the second time as Dallas was there for the fumble recovery at the Rocket 17. Aaron Patton got a block in the back penalty that moved things back to the 31, but The General atoned for his mistake with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Cole Parman with 36.9 seconds left. Andrew Mullock ran in the extra points to make it 36-0.
The ensuing kickoff was shanked and West Nodaway had good field position at their own 38 and crossed into Tiger territory for the first time all evening, but could not make use of it. Worth County began putting in their JV, but they were up for the task as Truman Moore got a big hit on fourth and five at the Tiger 36 for a five yard loss as the Tigers took over on downs. There were some outstanding performances from the JV, which figures to push the varsity for playing time this year.
The Tigers were seemingly held up this time, but on fourth and seven, Andrew Mullock shot through a hole, broke three different tackles, and scored again to make it 42-0 with 9:39 left in the second.
West Nodaway fumbled the ball for the fifth time of the night and they could not get anywhere and were once again forced to punt. Worth County took over on their own 37 and began subbing freely. Brevyn Ross scored the first of many touchdowns for the Tigers as he got a block from Chris Alarcon to score from 33 yards out with 7:06 left to make it 50-0.
Shaun Burns showed promise at defensive back on the next series and Justin Parker saw his first-ever action after being out all of last year, making a tackle on one play and holding his own. West Nodaway was able to move the ball against the second string, but stalled on the Tiger 26 as Dakota Owsley got a big hit and the Tigers took over on downs. Worth County scored again as Brevyn Ross' 24 yard sweep set up by another Chris Alarcon block got the Tigers down to the 11. Nathan Pointer scored with 2:16 left to make it 56-0.
West Nodaway went three and out on the next series as Jacob Hardy got a stop and then Andrew Faustlin, Shaun Burns, and Nathan Pointer combined on a tackle. Nathan Pointer got Worth County's last score as he got a block from Truman Moore and scampered 51 yards into the end zone with 39.9 seconds left in the half. Shaun Burns made a leaping catch in the end zone for the extra points. With the score, Worth County scored nine times out of nine possessions in the game. Brevyn Ross had a shoestring tackle, his second big hit of the night on special teams on the ensuing kickoff. Truman Moore had a pad-popping hit and Dalton Miller dropped a back for a loss as West Nodaway ran out of time.
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