#1 Mound City 52, DeKalb 6
Mound City reached the top of our football rankings this week, beating down DeKalb in the third quarter. The Panthers led 30-6 at the break against a team that most observers felt was one of the most physical around despite their record. But then Mound City tacked on 22 more points in the third quarter to end it. Both Mound City and Stanberry beat East Atchison, but while the Panthers took out the Wolves in dominating fashion, Stanberry barely beat them.
Mound City does not do anything fancy with the ball, but if you give them an inch, they will take a mile, similar to their state championship teams of the last decade. T.J. Hopkins had 18 carries for 152 yards, Landon Poppa had 12 carries for 94 yards, and Dylan Marrs had 11 carries for 89 yards. Mound City rushed for 316 yards and Poppa threw for another 63, for a total of 379 total yards. Hopkins did it on the other side of the ball as well, getting four tackles for loss. Blake Hayes had 2 and Dylan Marrs 1.
Mound City held DeKalb to 87 total yards. DeKalb only had two plays go for over 10 yards – an Ashpaugh 10 yard run, and a Tyler Matson 37 yard score.
#2 Stanberry 24, #7 East Atchison 20
Stanberry had all the trouble in the world putting away the Wolves, the second time they were in trouble in two weeks. East Atchison led for much of the way before Stanberry finally got a late tally to go on top. Trey Schieber had 22 carries for 191 yards, Cole Durbin completed three long passes for 138 yards, but that was it for Stanberry. The Bulldogs host Worth County this Friday. A win gives Stanberry the GRC Title outright. If Worth County wins, they will tie with Stanberry for the title. Pattonsburg can join them with a win over Albany.
#3 Pattonsburg 66, K.C. East Christian 0
Pattonsburg had little trouble with winless K.C. East Christian ahead of their GRC showdown with Albany that could vault them into a conference title if Worth County also wins. Steven Willhite completed 9 of his 17 passes for 262 yards, while Kaden De Jong completed 6 of 17 passes for another 123 yards.
Dillon Gannan led the team in tackles with 10. Gage Sperry had 6, Logan Huitt 5, Kyle McChesney, Dakota Eaton, and Collin Briggs all with 4, Jimmie Nallie and Gavin Garrett with 3, Trevor Ireland, Skylar Todd, Blake Hulett, and Logan Craig all with 2, and Lane Huitt with 1. Skylar Todd, Lane Huitt, and Dillon Gannan had 1 sack each. Collin Briggs and Carter Crone each had 1 pick. Logan Huitt and Logan Craig had fumble recoveries.
#4 Worth County 60, #8 North Andrew 14
Worth County came back from their loss to Pattonsburg with a beatdown of North Andrew to get back on the winning track. The Tigers have plenty to play for in the final week of the season. If they beat Stanberry, they vault to the top of district standings and will host Rock Port. If they lose, they would host East Atchison, which would be a much stiffer test if recent form holds, or North/West Nodaway. Being the #2 seed means that Worth County would travel to Stanberry should the Bulldogs be the top seed for the District Finals. North Andrew will have to regroup after their worst loss of the year.
#5 King City 52, Albany 6
Albany was on the rebound, having gotten their record to 3-3 at one point. They went the distance against North Andrew. But without quarterback Harrison Kerchner, they struggled badly against King City and were bounced in a halftime game.
For King City, Collin Breckenridge completed 5 of his 12 passing attempts for 116 yards. King City gashed Albany on the ground as Jacob Moen had 8 carries for 106 yards, Breckenridge had 8 carries for 103 yards, and Parker Muff 4 carries for 43 yards for a total of 20 carries for 252 yards, an average of 12.6 per carry. Kagen Barnett had 4 catches for 97 yards. Albany turned the ball over three times.
For Albany, Dawson Butterfield had 15 carries for 63 yards. King City had 368 yards to 123 for Albany.
#6 Southwest Livingston 56, North/West Nodaway 8
After coming tantalizingly close to wins their last two outings, the Muskets played one of the top two teams of the 275 close, trailing only 16-8 after one. They still had a chance late in the second quarter, but then Southwest scored three times in the last two minutes to end the game at halftime.
Mack Anderson had 184 yards through the air for Southwest and 209 more on the ground in only 14 carries to account for 393 of Southwest’s 398 yards. Wyatt Maddux caught two passes for 98 yards, while Caleb Eddins had 2 catches for 33 yards, Matt Daniels 2 catches for 28 yards, and Nate Reith 1 catch for 25 yards. Maddux added a 60 yard scoop and score. Balazs Sturgeon had 10 tackles and three tackles for loss. Dagun Bassett had 5 tackles and three tackles for loss.
For North/West, they were limited to 76 total yards. Karson Oberhauser completed a 38 yard pass to Dylan Carden. Mason Chitwood caught an 11 yard pass. Parker Ogle had 7 tackles along with Alex Roderick. Dylan Carden had 4, Cody Cline and Wyatt O’Riley 3, Dalton Smyser 2, and Karson Oberhauser and Will Cordell 1 each.
#9 Rock Port 40, South/Nodaway-Holt 12
Rock Port broke this game open in the second quarter against the short-handed Spartans, who were playing without prize quarterback Drew Quinlin, who had thrown for 1725 yards this year. They took control with a 20-6 second quarter to lead 28-12 at the break and tacked on two more scores in the fourth quarter for the win.
For Rock Port, Gavin Abbott had a monster night, getting 28 carries for 270 yards. Joey Herron added 10 carries for 45 more. Gabe Abbott had 10 tackles to lead the Blue Jays. Taran Clark rushed 23 times for 126 yards for the Spartans.
#10 Orrick 84, Osceola 30
Orrick got back on the winning track after a shocking loss to St. Joseph Christian last week.
OTHER GAMES
St. Joseph Christian 30, Braymer 8
Christian got its second win in a row, knocking off Braymer and holding them to 142 yards. The Bobcats remain winless and must face North Andrew.
Platte Valley 60, Stewartsville 26
The Longhorns are looking to break out of the cellar, where they have been the last few years. Cree Beverlin, their coach, said that this was the first time all year his squad had put everything together in one game. They racked up 355 rushing yards against the Cardinals. Dalton Luke had 29 carries for 209 yards, while Pat O’Connor had 16 carries for 105 yards. Dalton Luke added 8 tackles on defense, while Tayden Staples had 7.
Norborne/Hardin-Central 56, NW Hughesville 44
Kysor Hughes put up some astonishing numbers in this one, in which his Norborne/Hardin-Central team held off a late Hughesville rally to win. He carried the ball 68 times for 324 yards, in what may have been a record performance. He also carried the ball 43 times for 169 yards in a 28-22 win over North Shelby earlier this year. By way of comparison, the most times a Worth County back has ever carried the ball was Kyler Hiatt’s 45 carries for 250 yards against Mound City in 2007, in Worth County’s last-second 30-22 playoff win.
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