Worth County's JV squad downed DeKalb 50-0 in a 7 on 7 tilt Monday night. The teams played 7 on 7 because DeKalb didn't have enough players for the encounter. The change didn't matter as Worth County was able to contain them defensively despite the fewer players; the game was called in the third quarter. The team struggled with some of the same problems that hurt the varsity, with too many penalties and giving up a long kickoff return. The focus on the squad leading up to Friday will be to push the varsity for playing time and cutting down on those penalties.
Josh Warner's initial kickoff pinned DeKalb deep in their own territory and Shadow Briner was there for the hit at the start of the game to pin them at their own 7. Tristan Miller was there to drop Scott Grable for a loss and Montana Lykins also dropped a DeKalb back as they were forced to punt. Shaun Burns returned a short kick that had little hang time all the way back to the DeKalb 20 to set up the first score. Field position was a killer for DeKalb along with turnovers.
Nathan Pointer scored as he shot outside and cut inside with 4:52 left in the first to put the Tigers up 6-0. DeKalb started at their own 25 and got a first down to the 37 behind quarterback Duncan Owens. But DeKalb tried a pass and Lykins was there to hurry Owens on the first play. Shadow Briner then came up with a blind-side sack, forcing a fumble that Jacob Hardy recovered at the DeKalb 30. The Tigers used the short field to their advantage as quarterback Brevyn Ross scampered 22 yards down to the 8 and Andrew Faustlin ran through a big hole on the left side to make it 12-0 with 27.9 seconds left.
On their first play from scrimmage, DeKalb fumbled for the second straight time and Tristan Miller was there for the recovery at the DeKalb 26. Two plays later, Nathan Pointer shot up the middle and bounced to the outside to score from 25 yards out and make it 18-0 with 7:51 left in the first half.
DeKalb tried to follow Rock Port's lead and regain the momentum with their kick return and Owens got loose following a breakdown on the coverage. But this time, Shaun Burns ran him down from behind for a touchdown-saving tackle at the Tiger 16. Owens scrambled to the 12 on third and ten, but William Runde, all 347 pounds of him, ran him down from behind to save a long gain and possibly a score. On fourth and six, Grable fumbled the handoff and picked it up and tried the left side, but was swarmed under for a loss at the 15 by four tacklers led by Tristan Miller and the Tigers took over on downs.
Worth County fumbled their first snap from scrimmage, but on the next play, Brevyn Ross followed Truman Moore around the right end and shot past him and had nothing but daylight for a 56-yard score with 5:19 left. The Tigers showed that they needed to work on their extra point game as they were unsuccessful in their first three tries after being unsuccessful in three out of four attempts Friday night against Rock Port. But this time, they converted for a change as Nathan Pointer followed Chris Alarcon and Will Rennells on a power sweep and got in to make it 26-0.
Dalton and Tristan Miller, tag-teaming at 500 pounds, dropped Grable on the next series. Following an incomplete pass, Tristan Miller dropped Owens for no gain and DeKalb was forced to punt. The ball bounced off a Tiger and it was a live ball and a chance for DeKalb to get a fresh set of downs, but Tristan Miller was there to pounce on it at the DeKalb 35. Nathan Pointer got a block from Gavin Hawk and dragged a bunch of defenders several yards all the way down to the 25. Pointer's first down run overcame a penalty and then Andrew Faustlin broke a host of tackles and stumbled into the end zone with 16.1 seconds left in the half. Faustlin took a handoff on the extra point, got a block from Josh Warner, and ran into the end zone to make it 34-0.
At the start of the second half, Brevyn Ross turned back the clock to when Dante Hall was really good. Brevyn took the opening kickoff, ran sideways to the left sideline, and then turned and headed upfield with DeKalb players trying to push him out of bounds. But the whistle never blew and Brevin walked the tightrope past the last man to beat and was in the clear for the next score. Nathan Pointer ran in the extra points to make it 42-0 with 7:39 left.DeKalb fumbled the ensuing kickoff out of bounds at their own 8. They got a first down to the 19 and got to the 24, but then Shaun Burns jumped a pass and picked it off, returning it to the DeKalb 1. On the next play, Worth County fumbled the handoff, but Brevyn Ross alertly picked it up and ran it in. Will Rennells caught a pass in the right corner of the end zone to make it 50-0 when the game was called with 6:08 left in the third.
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