Drake Kinsella celebrated his birthday by being a force on both the offensive and defensive line and Worth County collected its third win in three games by crashing Mound City's homecoming Friday 58-12. Kinsella and the rest of the Worth County line opened holes for Brevyn Ross (188 yards) and Isaac Alarcon (104 yards) and Ben Badell added a long pass to Chris Alarcon.
Mound City, which had run nearly every single time in both its previous efforts, tried to establish its passing game. Worth County was beat twice deep, but otherwise held its ground. The first time, Mound City aired it out to Jaden Gillenwater, back at his receiver slot after quarterbacking the first two games. That cut Worth County's lead to 16-6 in the first as he beat Dylan Mildfeldt, who went out for football following the jamboree and has been conditioning along with Max Giesken and Dakota Gross. Moving in from Arizona was Rune Zinn-Scheiffele. "They'll all be able to help us out," said assistant coach Jon Adwell. Giesken also got into the game, playing on kickoff coverage and making some tackles. Mildfeldt atoned for getting burned later in the game; Mound City kept throwing his way, but he got a pick in the third quarter with Worth County up 52-12 to kill Mound City's final attempt to rally. He also had a major hit along with Ryan McClellan on Dylan Marrs in the third quarter after the latter had caught a pass; he also added 50 yards of rushing with the JV, scoring Worth County's final tally to end the game.
Tevin Cameron played for the first time this year; he was placed at the linebacker slot, allowing Coach Chris Healy to rest Brevyn Ross on defense and allow him more reps and more yards on offense. Cameron was a force on the defensive side of the ball, getting several big hits and pass breakups.
Mound City could get nowhere with its running game because Drake Kinsella played up and down the line, with nobody able to block him. Panther backs Kyree Howell and Dylon Faller could get nowhere without meeting Kinsella; on offense, he routinely opened up holes for Brevyn Ross along with fellow linemen Jacob Hardy and Tristan Miller along with blocking back Isaac Alarcon. His highlight came late in the first half when he pulled and led Brevyn Ross on a 22 yard sweep that set up Isaac Alarcon's 7 yard run that put Worth County up 36-6 with 1:50 left in the half. That, combined with Kinsella's tackle of Faller for a three yard loss at the Worth County 20 to kill a Panther drive, was a backbreaker and led to an agitated Coach Brian Messer pulling aside his offensive unit at halftime to talk to them.
Messer junked his running game to start the second half, inserted Gillenwater at quarterback, and went for it on fourth and long from deep in his own territory at the 26. The gamble backfired as the ensuing pass was too far and Worth County only needed one play to score as Ben Badell threw a pass to Chris Alarcon. Topher beat his man and juggled the ball, but came down with it and Isaac Alarcon followed Jacob Hardy's block up the middle to make it 44-6 with 10:57 left in the third. Mound City finally found some success with their passing game as Matthew Poppa beat Ryan McClellan with a 50 yard strike from Gillenwater to make it 44-12, and there was a heartstopping moment even for Max Giesken, one of the calmest men on the sidelines, as the ensuing onsides kick went in the air and caromed off Mason Hawk. But Tristan Miller alertly fell on it and Worth County was back in business at their own 37
Brevyn Ross hurdled past a defender after getting a block from Tristan Miller and picked up 12, then a counter to Isaac Alarcon fooled everyone and he picked up 22 more down to the 9. A few plays later, the roles were reversed as Brevyn Ross threw a block to spring Alarcon into the end zone with 6:44 left and Ben Badell followed Miller's blocking to put Worth County up 52-12.
Worth County started with a 9 play 50 yard drive to open the game as Brevyn spun his way into the end zone for Worth County's first score. Chris Alarcon followed the blocks of brother Isaac and Mason Hawk to make it 8-0 with 8:19 left. The Tigers made a rare miscue on their next series as Ben Badell went deep but got picked by Ben Shiflett. But a blitzing Chris Alarcon dropped Faller for a loss of five to force them to punt, and an 18-yard read option from Isaac Alarcon out of the spread formation and an option from Badell to Brevyn Ross got Worth County in the end zone again; Ross ran straight up the middle for the extra points with 3:16 left to make it 16-0.
The Tigers answered Mound City's first score with a pair of highlight film plays. Brevyn Ross dragged a defender for 10 yards down to the Mound City 16 and then Isaac Alarcon ran through a hole big enough to drive a truck through to make it 22-6 with 1:42 left in the first. Mound City got to the Tiger 20 on the next series, but a holding penalty, a quarterback hurry by Dalton Auffert forcing Ben Shiflett to throw off his back foot to save a touchdown, and a sack by an unblocked Tevin Cameron drove them all the way back to the 40, where they were forced to punt. A rare miscue, where someone got called for block in the back when they were not part of the play, buried Worth County at their own 5, but Ross got loose for 29 yards to get Worth County out of the hole. As he got a break following that run, Nate Pointer got two carries for 22 yards to the Panther 24 and then Ross bounced outside for 21 more to the 6 later in the drive. Finally, Ben Badell leaned into the end zone with 7:15 left in the first half and Drake Kinsella and Isaac Alarcon opened a hole for Brevyn Ross to make it 30-6.
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