Worth County played their best game of the year, downing Nodaway-Holt 64-36 in a game that was called late in the fourth quarter due to lightning. The Tigers played their best game of the year in getting the win over the Trojans and their potent passing attack. Nodaway-Holt came into the game with Nick Patterson having thrown for 500 yards in a game earlier this year. However, Worth County was able to constantly harry him with pressure up front and he was less and less effective as the game progressed. On the other side of the ball, Worth County was able to get a balanced attack. Andrew Mullock ran for 105 yards to lead the Tigers and Ben Badell got his best game of the year in throwing for 138 yards. Brevyn Ross, back from an injury, caught 56 yards worth of passes. Nate Pointer played well on both sides of the ball, ripping off a long score on offense and getting two picks on defense. With Worth County finally getting healthy as a football team, opposing defenses can no longer key on Wyatt Rush. For Nodaway-Holt, Patterson threw for 367 yards, but it was not enough.
Nodaway-Holt got the ball to start the game and got a first down. They tried to start the game with short passes; however, Worth County was jumping the routes and hitting their receivers and knocking the ball loose. On fourth down at the Tiger 37, Gavin Hawk picked up a sack and rung Patterson's bell, giving the Tigers the ball back on downs. Wyatt Rush got the bulk of the carries on Worth County's first drive while Andrew Mullock picked up a 10 yarder as he slipped two tackles and Nate Pointer broke a host of tackles on his way to a 9 yard gain. Finally, Wyatt got a surge from the offensive line led by Austin Carlson and got in with 7:34 left and ran in the extra points to make it 8-0.
Nodaway-Holt went to the wildkat formation with Brice Shamberger and got some good yardage and isolated Brian Lance for a long pass down to the Tiger 6. That set up a pass to Jackson Beattie that made it 8-6 with 5:04 left. Gavin Hawk stopped Shamberger short of the end zone and Worth County preserved an 8-6 lead.
Brevyn Ross showed no ill effects from his collarbone injury as he ripped off 19 yards to rescue the Tigers from a fourth and seven situation at the Trojan 39. Nate Pointer got a big hole down the right side and scored with 3:51 left to make it 14-6.
Nodaway-Holt used the screen pass effectively on the next series, getting 13 yards from Jackson Beattie, a 270 pound back who was really hard to tackle. Nick Patterson's 26 yard spread draw set up his long pass to Lance as he beat Wyatt Rush from 19 yards out to make it 14-12. Andrew Mullock broke up the extra point pass as Truman Moore and Gavin Hawk got pressure on Patterson and made him throw it prematurely. Worth County's pass rush became more and more of a factor as the game progressed.
Andrew Mullock caught a long pass for 25 yards to put Worth County deep in Trojan territory. Ben Badell, who had been missing long much of the year, finally started putting some on the money Friday night. But a holding call and three straight incompletions gave the ball back to the Trojans on downs. But Nodaway-Holt could not take the lead as Josh Warner came through unblocked to blow up a draw play and Andrew Mullock had a pass breakup on the play.
A holding penalty buried Worth County on their own 12, but Andrew Mullock picked up a sweep on a Wyatt Rush block and got 25 yards to the 37. Wyatt picked up 7 on the next play and that set up a 36 yard touchdown scamper from Mullock down the right side as he hit the hole hard and was off to the races. That put Worth County up 20-12 with 7:57 left in the first half.
Nodaway-Holt threatened to tie on the next play as Lance caught yet another long pass against Wyatt Rush; however, Wyatt made a touchdown-saving tackle at the 30 and Worth County was able to make a successful stand. Gavin Hawk's second sack of the night set up third and 16 and a 13 yard screen pass to Beattie was three yards short of the first down. A Delay of Game penalty moved Nodaway-Holt back eight yards and Shamberger's pass was inches short of the first down following a measurement and Worth County took over on downs at the 20.
Andrew Mullock picked up a 17-yard sweep following a Wyatt Rush block, but was shaken up and came out temporarily. In the meantime, Worth County lost three yards on their next two plays before Wyatt Rush caught a short pass and took it to the Trojan 35, where the Tigers were faced with fourth and three. An offsides penalty following a long count got the Tigers a first down at the 30. Nodaway-Holt began crowding the line of scrimmage to make Worth County beat them some other way besides with Wyatt Rush, but they overextended themselves on the next play and Andrew Mullock broke another long score to put the Tigers up two possessions with 3:44 left in the half. Ben Badell ran in the extra points to make it 28-12.
Chris Alarcon got a big hit on the ensuing kickoff as Nodaway-Holt was buried on their own 14. Brevyn Ross rung the bell of a Trojan receiver and broke up a pass and Ben Badell, who has been getting better and better at defending the pass, broke up a long one. Lane Craven blocked a punt and Worth County got the ball in good field position at the Nodaway-Holt 27. They only needed two plays to take advantage as Ben Badell threw a 26-yard strike to Brevyn Ross for a score. Wade Rush ran in the extra points behind an Austin Carlson block with 3:34 left to make it 36-12. Nodaway-Holt got some points back right before half as they executed a perfect pick play and Lance caught a 40-yard pass to make it 36-18 at the break.
Worth County broke the game open on their first possession of the second half. They buried themselves on the 7 thanks to a holding penalty during the kickoff, but Nodaway-Holt once again overextended themselves trying to stop the run and Nate Pointer broke loose for 30 yards to get the Tigers out of the hole. Two plays later, Worth County set up a perfect play action pass as everyone was fooled on the fake and nobody was covering Lane Craven, who caught a pass from Ben Badell from 45 yards out to make it 42-18 with 10:46 left.
Nodaway-Holt answered back as Worth County went back to their bad habits earlier in the year, getting a late hit out of bounds and a defensive holding penalty that set up a touchdown pass from Nick Patterson to Brice Shamberger with 8:17 left that cut it to 42-24. Worth County continued to stymie themselves, this time with a bad snap and a false start and had to punt. But after a short kick gave the Trojans the ball in Worth County territory with a chance to cut it to two possessions, Truman Moore got two sacks and Brevyn Ross rung Shamberger's bell on a bubble screen and a dropped pass on fourth down gave Worth County the ball back on their own 23.
Ben Badell kept it himself on the next series and picked up a block from Wyatt to the 34; two plays later, Worth County faked it left and fooled everyone as Ben kept it around the right end, broke a tackle, and was in the clear for a 43-yard touchdown run. Andrew Mullock made a diving catch in the end zone to make it 50-24.
On the next series, Nodaway-Holt tried to double Truman, only to have Lane Craven break free for a sack. This time, the screen pass did not work as Nodaway-Holt went for it in their own territory and Andrew Mullock had a shoestring tackle on Brian Lance short of the first down. Worth County overcame a false start as Wyatt Rush beat the Trojan players crowding the line with a quick hitter for 13 and Ben Badell followed with his second strike to Brevyn Ross from 29 yards out. Worth County overcame an illegal shift on the extra point as Ben Badell ran in the extra points to make it 58-24 with 35.3 seconds left.
Nate Pointer broke up two passes and then picked one off to set up Worth County's final score. Two plays later, Wyatt outran a defender and bulldozed two more into the end zone from 21 yards out with 10:37 left to make it 64-24. Nodaway-Holt scored twice against Worth County's JV before the game was called late in the fourth due to lightning.
No comments:
Post a Comment