The ranks of the unbeaten in eight man football will drop to three after Friday night. First, #3 Worth County will face #1 Stanberry at Worth County in a battle to decide the GRC Conference Title as well as placement in the district seedings. Two more unbeatens will face as Mound City will travel to Rock Port in a venue that is always tough to play at. The goal for Worth County is simple, as for all the other teams in their district – avoid the trip to Rock Port. Should Stanberry beat Worth County and Rock Port beat Mound City, that could set up a trip to Rock Port for Worth County in two weeks. But if Worth County beats Stanberry, they would likely host throughout districts. That would set up a home game between Worth County and the winner of North/West Nodaway and East Atchison and then a home game between Worth County and the winner of Stanberry and Rock Port.
Worth County and Sacred Heart are on opposite brackets, meaning that they don’t play each other until the State Championship Game, if at all. Instead, Worth County would play the winner of District 2 in the semifinals. That would be either a rematch with North Andrew or the rekindling of their old rivalry with Mound City; the latter team is the top seed in that district. If Worth County is the top seed, Mound City is the top seed, and they both win out, Worth County would host Mound City, since they are on the top of the bracket in an odd-numbered year and both teams hosted an equal number of games. If North Andrew were to go on the road and beat Mound City, Worth County would travel to North Andrew, since they hosted more games.
Another tiebreaker comes into play if an unlikely sequence of events occurs. If Worth County wins Friday, but somehow finishes behind Rock Port in district standings, they would travel to Rock Port for the district finals after facing and beating Stanberry again. Meanwhile, St. Joseph Christian travels to Mound City, beats the Panthers, and sets up a matchup with North Andrew. North Andrew hosts the upstart Lions, beats them, and faces Worth County, which travels to Rock Port and wins. Worth County would host, since under the tiebreakers, both teams would have hosted an equal number of games, but North Andrew hosted a quarterfinal game and Worth County did not.
#1 Stanberry 52, #9 East Atchison 6 – Briacin Bywater nailed Stanberry with a 48 yard scoring run early for the Wolves, but then Stanberry took control ahead of their showdown at Worth County Friday. Trey Schieber had 9 carries for 145 yards for the Bulldogs. Cole Durbin had a 33 yard run, Rueben Gage had a 41 yard scoring run, and Cole Durbin threw a 37 yard pass to Brad Hailey. Zack Oldham added a sack for the Bulldogs.
For the year, Stanberry has scored 66.3 points per game and given up 28.8. Cole Durbin has completed 21 of his 35 passes for 405 yards and 11 touchdowns. Trey Schieber has 120 carries for 1164 yards, while Cole Durbin is right behind with 102 carries for 1157 yards. Brad Hailey has 15 carries for 309 yards. Zack Oldham has four sacks for Stanberry. Trey Schieber has 93 tackles.
East Atchison has scored 31.8 points per game and allowed 31.5 points. Jake McEnaney has completed 36 of his 81 passing attempts for 759 yards. Gage McAdams has 28 catches for 637 yards, the most in eight man football. Gage McAdams has 5 picks and Jake McEnaney 4 for the Wolves. McAdams has 82 tackles.
#2 Sacred Heart 49, #10 Chilhowee 0 – Chilhowee broke into the rankings for the first time ever this week, but Sacred Heart had little trouble disposing of them.
#3 Worth County 56, #8 North Andrew 6 – Worth County had little trouble putting away North Andrew at halftime to hand the Cardinals their third loss of the year. The first comparisons between Worth County and Sacred Heart can be made. Worth County beat North Andrew at halftime, while the Cardinals went the distance against Sacred Heart and were able to put points on the board. But the only thing that matters is what happens if and when the two teams take the field.
Tevin Cameron is the leading rusher in the league for Worth County now; he has moved ahead of everyone else thanks to several 200-yard efforts. It hasn’t hurt that he leads in average yards per carry with 14.5; he has 85 carries for 1231 yards. He is ahead of Zach Pearon (Hardin-Central) at 1168, Trey Schieber (Stanberry) with 1164, and Cole Durbin (Stanberry) with 1157. Having Isaac Alarcon as his personal escort helps; two years ago, Alarcon blocked for Brevyn Ross, who had 188 carries for 1926 yards in 2015.
With Cameron as runningback, Alarcon as personal escort, a formidable line in Drake Kinsella, Mason Hawk, and Colton Wilmes, and receivers who can block in Caleb Parman and Bryant McCord, Worth County hasn’t had to go through the air much. But when they have, they have found success. Ryan McClellan has 9 completions in 17 attempts for 233 yards. Eight of his completions have been for scores. He has rushed for 400 more and Alarcon still gets his share of carries to take the heat off Cameron.
The knock over the years on Worth County has been that they can’t defend the pass; however, Friday was the second straight week they have shut down a potent passing attack. They grounded Jacob Powelson, one of the top quarterbacks in the area, and picked him off four times and sacked him two more Friday after shutting down a potent Pattonsburg passing game the week before. This Friday, they will have to stop a good running team.
#4 Rock Port 82, South/Nodaway Holt 32 – Rock Port ran into some hot water before putting away the Spartans. Rock Port only led 18-12 early in the second before finally gaining some separation with Caden Linthicum’s 43 yard pass from Jase Hughes and Quentin Carder’s 57 yard run. Hughes ran into some unexpected turbulence through the air as he completed 8 of his 20 passing attempts after completing around 75% of his passes throughout the year, going for 112 yards. But that was more than made up for on the ground as they had monster nights from Brock Martin (16 carries, 271 yards) and Carder (9 carries, 165 yards). Gavin Abbott had a pick six. Caden Linthicum had 3 catches for 79 yards, while Ryan Dewhurst had 2 catches for 62 yards. Gavin Abbott had 13 tackles for Rock Port.
For South/Nodaway Holt, Wes Williams had 21 carries for 106 yards and added a kickoff return for a score. He added 13 tackles for the Spartans.
Rock Port is third in scoring with 64.3 points per game. They still lead the league in points allowed, giving up 8.8 per game. Jase Hughes has 43 completions in 68 attempts for 950 yards, 22 touchdowns, and three picks. Ryan Dewhurst has 18 catches for 434 yards, while Caden Linthicum has 16 catches for 430 yards. Linthicum has five picks for Rock Port. Ryan Dewhurst has 12.5 sacks for the Blue Jays, while Gavin Abbott has 4.5.
#5 Mound City 50, DeKalb 14 – Mound City put DeKalb away, but they had to go the distance against the Tigers, with one lone win on the year. T.J. Hopkins had 8 carries for 102 yards and scored on runs of 32, 22, and 22 in the win. Landon Poppa added a 29 yard scoring run. Mound City has scored 56.5 points per game this year, fifth in the league, while giving up 15.8, sixth in the league. Dylan Marrs led the league in tackles in a single game with 23. T.J. Hopkins added 12. Hopkins had 2.5 sacks in the game, while Blake Hayes had 1.5.
#6 Greenfield 50, Colony Crest (KS) 0 – Greenfield cruised to an easy win against their Kansas foes behind the arm of Bailey Baker. He was 11 for 15 for 174 yards, tops in the league this week. Marcus Wright had 5 catches for 74 yards, while Tyrell Stafford had 2 catches for 62 yards. For the season, Greenfield had scored 49.9 points per game and allowed 15.6. Baker has completed 66 of his 114 passes for 1082 yards and 22 touchdowns. That is good for second in the league. Wright has 21 catches for the year for 351 yards. Colin White has 14 catches for 249 yards.
#7 King City 50, Albany 0 – King City had little trouble with Albany in this halftime game. Collin Breckinridge leads the league with 1184 yards passing; he has 88 completions in 154 attempts. Like last year, King City is on the rebound after starting off 2-3. The emergence of Jacob Moen as a runningback has been a factor; he has broken onto the leaderboards with 824 yards in 116 carries. There is little secret to King City’s success; they give it to Breckinridge and let him read the defense.
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