The last game that Worth County played in Cameron left a bad taste in everyone's mouths. In 1971, Cameron, playing in their last year in the GRC, posted a 42-6 halftime lead and then proceeded to run up the score, beating the Tigers 75-6 in a game more reminiscent of an Eight Man rout. It was the worst defeat for Worth County in school history. But in 2015, Worth County played its first game on that field since then and the outcome was totally different -- the Tigers won over Greenfield 68-12 in a game that should have been called at halftime but wasn't.
Worth County got back into the Eight Man rankings at #7 and did nothing to hurt that ranking. They will likely move up following North-West Nodaway's 88-70 loss to Rock Port. The Wildcats were decimated in numbers last year and are seeking to rebuild their program, forming an emergency Eight Man program last year and winning one game, against DeKalb. They had 16 players listed in the program under the helm of Brian Lowry, but only 14 dressed out. They showed flashes of potential against Albany, taking an early lead before falling to the Warriors in Week 1.
This game was over early. Greenfield got the ball first, but Nate Pointer recovered a fumble following a first down at the Wildcat 31 and the Tigers overcame a sack as Brevyn Ross went on a sweep down the left sideline and then cut against the grain for Worth County's first score. Isaac Alarcon ran in the extra points to make it 8-0 with 8:15 left. Tristan Miller dropped Charles Servoss on a sweep to force the Wildcats to punt. But the ensuing kick was shanked and Worth County had another short field to work with on the Greenfield 18. It only took one play for Brevyn Ross to score, running through the blue shirts like they were not there for Worth County's second tally. Quarterback Ben Badell optioned the ball to Ross for the extra points to make it 16-0 with 6:38 left.
Greenfield tried to pick on Isaac Alarcon all night in the belief that the stocky 205 pound freshman could be burned. But they did not complete a single pass when they threw his way; the closest they came was on the next series. But Isaac stripped the receiver and the ball fell incomplete, forcing them to punt. Worth County was faced with its worst field position of the night at their own 16, but it didn't matter as Ben Badell completed a 64 yard strike to Chris Alarcon to put Worth County up 24-0 with 4:40 left.
The Wildcats drove up to the Tiger 37, but on third and three. Brevyn Ross shot through unblocked and disrupted a handoff, dropping Servoss for a loss. An offsides penalty gave Greenfield fourth and two, but Brevyn was unblocked again and dropped Jerrett Esposito for a loss to give Worth County the ball on downs at the 40. Four plays later, Brevyn Ross was loose again around the left side. Chris Alarcon threw the final block to spring him loose for a 27-yard score with 47 seconds left. Worth County was called for a motion penalty, but it didn't matter as Ben Badell ran in the keeper to make it 30-0. It was Worth County's third conversion in four attempts.
Nate Pointer got his second fumble recovery in the first quarter and Isaac Alarcon scored right before the period ended from the Greenfield 18; Ben Badell optioned the ball to him and only one defender was on him. He juked that defender and made it into the end zone and then dove for the extra points to make it 38-0.
Worth County started to get sloppy at that point; a short pass and late hit gave Greenfield its first real scoring threat. They got as close to the end zone as the Tiger 20, but Brevyn shot through unblocked to sack quarterback Draven Srapp; it was the fourth time he had shot through unblocked from his linebacker slot to blow up a play. Mason Hawk led a charge of four defenders to sack Stapp on fourth down to give Worth County the ball back on the 27.
Coach Chris Healy began putting in his subs at that point. Nate Pointer and Isaac Alarcon took turns carrying the ball down the field; Pointer got in the end zone with 5:52 left to make it 44-0 from two yards out. But the sloppy play continued; a late hit after the play set up a short field and the Wildcats' initial score. A 23-yard completion from Stapp to Seposito went for 23 yards down to the Tiger 2 and a sneak from the 1 from Stapp put the Wildcats in the end zone to make it 44-6 with 3:54 left.
But then Greenfield returned the compliment and a facemask penalty moved the Tigers to the Wildcat 25 to set up the final score of the half. Pointer scored from 7 yards out and then ran in the extra points to put Worth County over the 45-point margin at 52-6.
Trying to score right before half, Greenfield tried a screen pass from fourth and four from their own 29, but Dalton Auffert was there for the hit and the only person in the vicinity of the pass was Brevyn Ross, whose pick-six put Worth County on the board again right before half. Nate Pointer got a block from Bobby Lynch to convert the extra points to put Worth County up 60-6 with 1:10 left. Ryan McClellan got a pick right before the half to kill Greenfield's last scoring try.
Healy put in his first stringers in for one last series on offense. Brevyn Ross ripped off runs of 15 and 31 yards to set up Ben Badell's power sweep behind the blocking of Tristan Miller and Mason Hawk to put Worth County up 66-6 with 9:27 left in the third quarter. Healy used his JV on offense and his varsity on defense the rest of the way. Greenfield's lone tally came after a shanked punt by the second string offense along with a long runback gave them a short field on the Tiger 16. Worth County's final tally came late in the game when Chris Alarcon and Nate Pointer trapped Stapp in the end zone after a bad snap.
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