Worth County played its first full game this year and turned back a pesky King City contingent bound and determined to show that their 76-30 Pattonsburg loss was not reflective of their team. King City dropped to 2-3 for the year, but like its other two seasons in eight man football, came back to make the semifinals each time.
The Wildkats received the opening kickoff and got a first down to their own 28 as Collin Breckinridge completed an 11 yard pass to Braden Gilbert. But after a six yard pass to Hunter Abney, Jaxon Anderson batted down a pass at the line, Breckinridge misfired airing one out to Abney that would have gone for six, and another pass short-hopped a purple shirt as King City elected to go for it from their own 34 and gave it up on downs.
It only took two plays for Worth County to get into the end zone as Caleb Parman broke tackles and spun his way to the 25 and then a trap play spring Andrew Alarcon free for a score with 10:05 left. A lead play for Caleb Parman turned into a cutback and Worth County was up 8-0.
Jaxon Anderson batted down a pass again, Caleb Parman had a big hit on Kagen Barnett, and Austin Welch got a sack as King City was forced to punt. Worth County started at their own 32, but this time, it was evident that King City was not just going to give up one and two play drives all night long like Albany did. Worth County had to work for it, which they did, going nine plays for 48 yards as Alex Rinehart and Caleb Parman got carries and Rinehart added a pass. Finally, Caleb Parman scored from four yards out with 5:18 left to make it 14-0.
But then a miscue from Worth County helped give King City a score as a pass interference put the ball on the Tiger 33. King City was faced with fourth and seven at the 30, but then Breckinridge aired it out to Braden Gilbert for 30 yards and Breckinridge scrambled for the extra point to make it 14-8 with 4:17 left.
King City was without runningback Jacob Moen, who was out for the Stanberry game and tried to go in the Pattonsburg game, but came out. It was the emergence of Moen last year as a running threat that helped fuel King City’s run to the Final Four last year after a 2-3 start, including Worth County’s 80-20 halftime victory in King City last year. Without him, they simply put everything on Breckinridge’s shoulders and made a lot of big plays out of broken plays.
King City stiffened up even more, and Worth County was faced with fourth and one at their own 21. They elected to go for it, and Caleb Parman’s pitchout was good for three to keep the drive alive. A pass interference put the ball on the King City 33. A holding penalty set Worth County back to the 38, but Caleb Parman shot through a hole for 12 to the 26 and then Bryant McCord shot through two defenders and off to the races to score. Andrew Alarcon’s pass made it 22-8.
Once again, Worth County couldn’t buy a stop as Parker Muff caught a 10 yard pass on third and six at the 29 for a first down. Then, on fourth and 14 at the Tiger 31, Breckinridge found nobody open and was seemingly tackled for a sack. But he broke a host of tackles and scrambled all the way into the end zone with 9:44 left in the second quarter to make it 22-14. But Worth County struck back after King City kicked it into the end zone as Caleb Parman shot through a big hole in the line, spun out of a tackle, and outran Liam Mitchell into the end zone for a 65 yard score with 9:32 left. Parman ran in the extra points to make it 30-14.
Once again, King City was faced with a long yardage situation, and once again, Worth County could not buy a stop. This time, they were faced with third and ten at the 27 and Braden Gilbert’s 30 yard catch and run put the ball on the Tiger 20. But this time, Worth County held on defense as Muff’s pass went for no gain, Isaac Alarcon broke up a pass into the end zone, Austin Welch delivered a big hit on Breckinridge trying to scramble, and Breckinridge’s pass to an open Gilbert in the end zone was too far for him and Worth County held on the 17.
Worth County almost self-destructed on their next drive as a block in the back put them on their own 10. Caleb Parman got five back, quarterback Jacob New scrambled for ten to the 25, and Worth County lined up in punt formation on fourth and two. It was a fake, and Caleb Parman spun out of a tackle for a loss and scrambled for a measured first down at the 27. Worth County continued to push the self-destruct button, getting a touchdown called back by a holding penalty and getting faced with third and 12 at their own 25. But then Caleb Parman threw a lateral across the field to Andrew Alarcon, who scrambled for 26 yards to the King City 29. Then, Parman optioned it to Alex Rinehart for a score with 2:38 left to make it 36-14.
On the ensuing kickoff, Alex Rinehart outran everybody to a loose carom to give the Tigers a free possession on the King City 10. They only needed one play to score as Bryant McCord shot through two defenders with 2:29 left to make it 42-14.
But then a gift score kept King City hanging around. With five seconds left, a muffed punt gave King City the ball again on the Worth County 13 after they were seemingly stopped right before the half. Then, Hunter Abney caught a short pass that went for three yards, time ran out, and everybody started walking off thinking it was halftime. But then the referees gave King City another play after they claimed that they had successfully called a timeout with 0.2 seconds left. King City took full advantage of the gift when Breckinridge threw a strike to Gilbert from 10 yards out as time expired and nobody covered Parker Muff, who caught the extra point pass to make it 42-22.
King City tried to get a free possession with a squib kick to start the second half, but Worth County covered it. Despite being faced with two fourth downs, they were able to reestablish control. Caleb Parman threw a pass to Jacob New for seven yards on fourth and three at the King City 36 for a first down at the 29. Then, on fourth and eight at the 27, Jacob New aired it out to Caleb Parman for a score with 9:11 left and Parman ran in the extra points to make it 50-22.
King City threatened again when Abney caught one for 29 to the Tiger 26. Breckinridge scrambled his way down to the 15, and then to the 10. But he threw one too far and then was dropped for a loss of one back to the 11. On fourth and six, he threw one to a wide open Abney in the back of the end zone, but it was too far and he caught it well out of bounds. Worth County drove their way out of trouble after they successfully converted a fourth and one at their own 20 when Parman spun and bounced his way outside for 30 yards. Worth County stalled at the King City 26, but then Jaxon Anderson recovered a fumble at the 40 that caromed off a purple shirt that set up Worth County’s last score. Caleb Parman picked up carries for 5, 4, and 13 yards to the King City 18. Worth County was faced with fourth and five at the 13, but then Worth County faked the power sweep and Parman bounced his way down the left side on a play designed for the right and scored with 11:53 left for Worth County’s final score. Parman followed the blocking of Colton Wilmes to make it 58-22 with 11:53 left.
King City recovered a fumble at their own 29 to kill a Worth County drive and took it in and scored on Barnett’s pass from 25 yards out to make it 58-28. Alex Rinehart got a block from Andrew Alarcon and picked up 48 yards down to the King City 3 right before time expired and Worth County elected to kneel down.
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