Two more unbeatens have fallen thanks to a couple of prime matchups Friday night. Worth County toppled the top ranked team in Eight Man, while Rock Port pulled off a thriller against Mound City.
#3 Worth County 56, #1 Stanberry 14 – This one was over early. Worth County kicked to start off the game and constantly kicked it into the end zone, pinning Stanberry at their own 15. Stanberry turned the ball over several times like North Andrew had last week, sealing their fate. The question was how well Worth County could stop a good running team, and they were up to the task. Worth County will now rest a week before taking on either East Atchison or North/West Nodaway. The Wolves feature a triple option game, but can still air it out to Gage McAdams deep. North/West Nodaway has a young team with prize quarterback Korbin Koch at the helm carrying much of the load.
For Stanberry, they will have to lick their wounds as they face Albany, which improved towards the end of the year despite losing Coburn and pulled off a win over Braymer 54-50. If they win, they will go on the road to face Rock Port, which always plays well at home.
The combination of short fields and a stingy Stanberry defense meant Tevin Cameron “only” got 115 yards in 8 carries. But it was enough to keep him in the league lead. He has 93 carries for 1346 yards. Zach Pearon of Hardin-Central had 145 yards in 30 carries in a losing effort against Southwest Livingston, leaving him with 1313 yards in 179 carries. Trey Schieber (Stanberry) picked up some big gainers late in the Worth County game and is now at 1250 yards in 131 carries. Cole Durbin (Stanberry) has 117 carries and 1181 yards.
#2 Sacred Heart 73, Northwest/Hughesville 28 – Sacred Heart is one of three unbeatens left, but tailender Hughesville was able to tag them with 28 points.
#4 Rock Port 40, #5 Mound City 38 – This one was as good as advertised. Mound City took a 38-34 lead in the fourth before Rock Port came back and scored with under two minutes left to get the win. Caden Linthicum had three picks inside the red zone to stop Mound City drives, and they had four total. He also caught 7 passes for 153 yards as Jace Hughes completed 11 of 19 passes for 224 yards.
For Mound City, Dylan Marrs completed 15 of his 33 passes for 224 yards, and prize receiver Matthew Poppa, who had been out with an injury, came back to catch 13 passes for 203 yards. For Rock Port, Gavin Abbott had 12 carries for 123 yards.
Defensively, Carter Ottman had 19 tackles for Rock Port. Aaron Lawrence had 10, Dalton Brake 8, Gavin Abbott and Caden Linthicum 7, and Ryan Dewhurst 6.
With the win, Rock Port nails down the second seed in District 1 behind Worth County and gets a bye. Mound City gets the top seed in their district. Mound City stays atop District 2 regardless of the outcome.
#6 Greenfield 61, North Shelby 6 – Greenfield has only two losses in their last two years – both to Sacred Heart. Bailey Baker completed 7 of 9 passes for 185 yards in this easy win. Gage Burns rushed six times for 98 yards and two scores, while Bailey Baker had 6 carries for 64 yards.
#7 King City 56, St. Joseph Christian 50 – King City trailed by as much as 30-12 and trailed all night against the Lions, but fought back and got a late tally with 19 seconds left to go ahead. Collin Breckinridge was 16 for 35 with 223 yards for the winners. Jacob Moen continued to move up the leaderboard as he had 132 yards. For Christian, Braden George did all he could as he had 241 yards for the night on the ground.
#8 North Andrew 72, Braymer 20 – North Andrew picked up a big over the GRC tailenders, recovering from its 56-6 halftime loss to Worth County.
#9 East Atchison 58, Platte Valley 12 – The Longhorns fell behind 16-0 and nearly made a game of it, closing to within 16-12 after a fumble return. But Ian Hedlund, the fullback in the Wolves’ Triple Option game, had a breakout game with 8 carries for 146 yards, while the Wolves got another 112 yards through the air on 5 attempts and 5 completions to Gage McAdams. Briacin Bywater added a 26 yard run.
#10 Chilhowee 42, K.C. East 20 – Chilhowee stayed on the boards despite their loss the week before and clinched their first winning season in quite some time, getting their 6th win of the year against their Kansas-based foes.
OTHER GAMES
South/Nodaway-Holt 52, North/West Nodaway 7 – The Muskets were obviously expecting more against a team that had only three wins coming in, but Weston Williams torched the Muskets in Burlington Junction with 29 carries for 333 yards and 5 touchdowns. Eric Ottman rushed 9 times for 80 more yards. Williams’ effort put him over the 1000 yard mark, putting him fifth on the eight man leaderboard.
Pattonsburg 94, Albany 62 – Folks in Albany were wondering where their wins were going to come from. Last year, they won handily over Pattonsburg, but this year, the Panthers crashed their Senior Night. Playing Worth County seems to bring out the best in enemy teams in subsequent games; the Panthers have been on a scoring tear since their 62-0 loss to the Tigers, hanging 80 on K.C. East and 94 on Albany.
Stewartsville 54, DeKalb 28 – Stewartsville has every right to be pleased with the way their season has progressed after they went through the Rock Port/Mound City gauntlet early and fell into a hole. They are back up to 4-4 with the win. Gage Rush ran for 85 yards and threw for 121 more. Cain Rush caught a 29 yard touchdown pass and scored on runs of 4 and 8. But DeKalb has shown some life late in the year after not winning a game last year; they beat Platte Valley 68-62 for their lone win this year and went the distance against Mound City before losing 50-14.
ELEVEN MAN
Maryville 14, Lafayette 12 – This was an off year for Maryville – by their standards. After graduating over 20 seniors, the Spoofhounds finally came down to earth in the MEC after outclassing the conference for the last several years, taking losses to Chillicothe and Smithville. But they are still good enough to play spoiler; they denied Bart Hardy’s Lafayette team a chance at the conference title Friday night.
South Harrison 40, Putnam County 20 – Winless last year, South Harrison fell into a 14-0 hole against the Midgets in Bethany. It looked like more of the same, but then the Bulldogs completely outplayed them the rest of the way, coming back for a 40-20 victory. They have now won four games this year, a vast improvement over last. Prize receiver Treyton Campbell can grab anything remotely within reach, stretching out defenses and opening everything else up.
Hamilton 56, East Buchanan 16 – This year’s version of the Galloping Ghost, LaTroy Harper, was at it again for Hamilton. He scored on runs of 70, 70, and 31 as the Hornets built up a 44-0 halftime lead against previously unbeaten East Buchanan. Harper finished with 19 carries for 274 yards, a typical night’s work for him.
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