Worth County overcame a steady drizzle along with North Andrew as they got back on the winning track with a 60-14 victory over North Andrew Friday in Rosendale. This had all the makings of a trap game for the Tigers; they were coming off a loss to Pattonsburg that ended their 19 game winning streak dating back to last year. North Andrew had thrown a scare into Stanberry, one of two unbeaten teams left in eight man football. The playing conditions were wet and muddy, which meant that North Andrew, which had one of the best hitters in the area in Jaden Baker and one of the most opportunistic defenses around, had a chance to feast on any miscues the Tigers had.
But when all was said and done, it was Worth County who thrived in the conditions, while North Andrew struggled. Assistant Coach Jon Adwell said that following the loss, the players came into practices last week as focused as they had been all year and wanting to work to get better. The result was a solid win; there were no turnovers for the Tigers despite the slick ball and field, and they cut down on their penalties; they had four against North Andrew after getting 12 against Pattonsburg.
Bryant McCord took the bounding kickoff to start and dragged five defenders with him the final five yards to the Tiger 36. Worth County threw an option pitch out of bounds and quarterback Jacob New aired one out for an open Caleb Parman too far. But then Andrew Alarcon’s counter netted 11 to the 33 for a first down. Worth County was faced with third and seven from the 30, but Caleb Parman’s cutback picked up 17 to the 13. McCord took a short pass, but was swarmed under by the black shirts for a loss, but Caleb Parman picked up six to the nine and Andrew Alarcon’s quick hitter put Worth County into the end zone. Caleb Parman’s final effort got him into the end zone to put the Tigers up 8-0.
Worth County held North Andrew to a total of 80 yards for the whole game after giving up over 500 to Pattonsburg. Logan Hughes got an initial five yards, but then Baker got nowhere and a fumbled snap made it fourth and five at the 30. North Andrew lined up in punt formation with Baker taking the shotgun snap. They were planning to fake it and run with Baker, a play that would have gotten them a first down if it had been allowed to develop. But it was blown dead by a false start and Worth County got good field position at their own 35.
The Tigers were able to convert third and fourth downs all night long against North Andrew; they converted their first fourth down on their next drive. Faced with fourth and two at the Cardinal 37, Andrew Alarcon took an option pitch three yards to the 34 to keep the drive alive. Then, after being set back third and 16 at the 40, Jacob New aired it out to a wide open Bryant McCord down the left sideline. He juked a black shirt and went in with 3:37 left in the first. Caleb Parman fumbled the ensuing snap, but picked it up and ran it in to make it 16-0.
Ryan Wilmes ripped off one of North Andrew’s longest runs of the night when he picked up 18 off a sweep to the Cardinal 38, but on their next play, the Cardinals fumbled it and Austin Welch recovered.
This time, against one of the top pass intercepting crews in eight man, Worth County again took to the air, hitting Caleb Parman over the middle from Jacob New for 25 yards. He took a big hit from Jaden Baker, but somehow held on for a first down to the 11. Two plays later, Caleb Parman was in from four yards out thanks to a block from Isaac Alarcon with 2:08 left and Worth County was up 22-0.
Once again, North Andrew went three and out and Worth County took over on its own 31. They rode Caleb Parman’s back all the way down the field and he finally got into the end zone from 5 yards out as he got a block from Andrew Alarcon and Colton Wilmes drive-blocked his man clear out of the play about 10-15 yards and into the Worth County sideline with 8:30 left. Worth County converted the extra points to make it 30-0.
The worst thing that could have happened did happen next play as Ryan Wilmes faked a reverse and ran it all the way back for a score to make it 30-6 on the ensuing kickoff. Worth County covered the onsides kick, but North Andrew put up a stiff defense. Worth County was set back with a holding penalty second and 16 at the Cardinal 37. Andrew Alarcon’s catch and run for 14 got most of it back, but Worth County was still two yards short. Baker got a big hit on Caleb Parman to knock a ball loose on a pass incomplete, but then Worth County kept its drive alive with a successful fourth down conversion as Caleb Parman eluded three black shirts who had him in their sights for a loss and made it down the left sideline all the way to the 9. On the next play, Caleb stiffarmed Carson Thomas, who was set to throw him for a loss, and got in with 6:02 to make it 36-6. Parman ran in the extra points to make it 38-6.
A false start led to a three and out for North Andrew and Worth County got the ball back on their own 21. Runs from Bryant McCord and Caleb Parman got a first down. A fumbled snap and an incomplete pass led to a third and 13 at the 28, but Bryant McCord made a diving catch one yard short of the first down at the 40. Worth County then got their third successful fourth down conversion as Caleb Parman took a dive play five yards to the 35. Two plays later, with North Andrew selling out to stop the run, Caleb Parman broke to the outside at the 32. He got a block from Colton Wilmes and then another from Isaac Alarcon and got loose for the score with 1:01 left in the first half to make it 44-6.
North Andrew started off from their own 28 and got a hard run from Ryan Hughes for seven. But his next carry only got one, and Jaden Baker tried the right side only for Isaac Alarcon to bring him down from behind for no gain. Reed McIntyre dropped Ryan Wilmes and North Andrew gave up the ball on downs at their own 35. Worth County successfully completed their fourth fourth down of the game as Caleb Parman took a simple dive play 25 yards to the house with 8:23 left. Worth County lined up Colton Wilmes and Isaac Alarcon in the backfield with Parman taking the direct snap for the extra points and the wedge play got him in for the extra points to make it 52-6 and put Worth County over the 45 point mark.
But North Andrew elected to play on, and they got a first down run from Hughes to the 39, a roughing the passer call to the Tiger 26, and then Jaden Baker aired it out to Keaton Hannah. Andrew Alarcon had him covered perfectly, but Hannah somehow came away with the ball and took it in for the score with 4:30 left. Jaden Baker ran in the extra points to make it 54-14. But Andrew Alarcon got his revenge when he took the ensuing onsides kick to the house with 4:17 left after breaking three tackles. Caleb Parman took a cutback run and dove into the end zone to reestablish the running clock for Worth County.
For Worth County, Jacob New completed six of his eight passes for 91 yards. Caleb Parman was 0 for 2, while Aydan Gladstone was 1 for 1 for 11 yards. Caleb Parman had 25 carries for 203 yards, while Andrew Alarcon had 8 carries for 30 yards. Friday night’s performance by Parman put him over the 1,000 yard mark as he now has 119 carries for 1,116 yards.
Bryant McCord had 3 catches for 49 yards. Andrew Alarcon had 2 catches for 17, Caleb Parman 1 catch for 25, and Jaxon Anderson 1 catch for 11.
Colton Wilmes had 9 tackles. Jaxon Anderson and Reed McIntyre each had 7, Isaac Alarcon 5, Caleb Parman 4, Nate Adwell 3, Bryant McCord and Austin Welch 2, and Aydan Gladstone 1. Austin Welch had a fumble recovery, while Jaxon Anderson had a sack.
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