By contrast, a play late in the first half of Worth County's game with Rock Port Friday had a different outcome. Worth County had just scored with 46.7 seconds left in the first half to break up a tight game and take a 26-8 lead over Rock Port. Worth County was seeking to keep Rock Port from breaking off a long kickoff return; the ensuing kick was placed perfectly, where nobody but Brevyn Ross could get to it. This time, he came up with the errant kick just before it went out of bounds and Worth County had the ball again on the Rock Port 29. Quarterback Ben Badell scrambled to the 15 on the next play and then two carries by Issac Alarcon put Worth County into the end zone up 32-8 with 26.5 seconds left. Worth County had scored twice in the last 20.2 seconds.
The momentum carried into the third quarter. Brevyn Ross ran back the ensuing kickoff to the Rock Port 18, and two plays later, got to the Rock Port 5 behind a block from Mason Hawk. Issac Alarcon shot through on a quick hitter to score and Ross followed an Alarcon block to make it 40-8 with 10:46 left. A bad snap on third down and long along with a 15-yard participation penalty after a Rock Port player had made a hit after losing his helmet drove Rock Port back to the 10 and they were forced to punt. Worth County used a short field, starting at the Rock Port 36 and Brevyn got a block from Nate Pointer for 13 yards down to the 16. Two plays later, a Rock Port linebacker shot through and had quarterback Ben Badell all wrapped up, but he somehow got the ball off to Ross, who took the busted play for nine yards to the 3. Ben Badell ran in the remaining three yards to make it 46-8.
Brady Minter ran back the ensuing kickoff for Rock Port to the 40, but Dalton Auffert and Nate Pointer forced a quarterback hurry as Brevyn Ross nearly picked off a pass, Ryan McClellan broke up another pass that would have gone for six had it been caught, and Dalton Auffert batted down a pass on fourth down as Worth County took over on its own 38. Three plays later, on fourth and three, Ben Badell fooled everyone with a quarterback keeper. Tristan Miller threw a perfect seal block to spring him loose and Chris Alarcon threw the final block to get him in the end zone from 35 yards out. Brevyn Ross ran in the extra points to end the game.
Rock Port started off on the wrong foot as they went three and out. On the ensuing fourth down, the shotgun snap went over the punter's head and Worth County recovered at the Rock Port 20. Rock Port struggled with its long snapping game all night. Three plays later, Brevyn Ross followed an Issac Alarcon block and cut back inside to score from 15 yards out to make it 6-0 with 8:53 left. Worth County was able to convert on fourth down all night long. Rock Port went three and out on its next series and elected to pin Worth County on its own 15 instead of going for it on fourth and three at its own 36. But Brevyn Ross broke three different tackles around the right end to get into Rock Port territory at the 34. Worth County converted another fourth down to the 22 when Rock Port jumped offsides and Issac Alarcon scored on a spread draw from the 14 to put Worth County up 12-0 with 4:28 left in the first.
A long kickoff return by Minter and a 36 yard run by Colby Linthicum put Rock Port on the board and Linthicum ran in the extra points. Worth County was faced with third and 20 on its next series at its own 23, but Ben Badell threw a long pass to Chris Alarcon to get Worth County out of trouble down to the Rock Port 23. Four plays later, Issac Alarcon was in the end zone; he ran in the extra points to make it 20-8. Issac then made a touchdown saving tackle on Linthicum and a holding penalty wiped out a Blue Jay touchdown run before Worth County held. Ben Badell fooled everyone with a fake handoff to Brevyn Ross and scampered 22 yards to the Rock Port 15 to set up Worth County's score late in the half to make it three possessions.
Brevyn Ross rushed for 168 yards for the Tigers. Ben Badell ran for 76. Issac Alarcon had 65 yards and five touchdowns.
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