Monday, September 16, 2019

Week Three Rankings

#1 Mound City 62, #6 Albany 14
Albany scored first in this game, but from there, it was all Mound City, who steadily pulled away the rest of the game. Dawson Butterfield had 24 carries for 112  yards for the Warriors, Ethan Mercer had 11 carries for 31 yards, and Tryce Floyd had 14 carries for 26 yards. Floyd led the team with eight tackles, and the Warriors had four tackles for loss. But the bad thing about this loss is that they have to face Worth County Friday.

#2 Pattonsburg 68, #4 North Andrew 62
While the Mound City-Albany game did not live up to its billing, the Pattonsburg-North Andrew game did. North Andrew could not stop the two-headed monster of Jaden Baker and Hayden Ecker, only a freshman, on the ground, while North Andrew could not stop Pattonsburg’s passing attack. Steven Willhite completed 32 of his 40 passing attempts for 492 yards, while running 17 times for 134 yards. For North Andrew, Jaden Baker had 22 carries for 162 yards, while Hayden Ecker had 14 carries for 144 yards. While he only got 15 carries for 48 yards, Chance Warner was a human bulldozer for North Andrew who converted short yardage situations at will. There were only two things that separated the two teams – first, the Panthers won the coin toss and got the ball first, which forced the Cardinals to play catchup the whole game. The second was that the Panthers converted seven extra point tries to four for North Andrew. Extra points were a huge factor last year as well.

#3 East Atchison 62, South/Nodaway-Holt 27
The Spartans were able to play a full game against East Atchison, but they remain winless as the Wolves were able to break the game wide open in the second half.

#5 Worth County 68, Braymer 14
Worth County spent the week patching up their defense, and had just as little trouble with Braymer as Pattonsburg did, jumping out to a quick 50-0 lead.

#7 Southwest Livingston 58, #8 DeKalb 12
DeKalb looked like they were making strides, beating two established football powers in Rock Port and King City. But Southwest feasted on five DeKalb turnovers and got the big win. Mack Anderson completed 8 for 12 of his passes for 147 yards and ran 11 times for 264 yards to help his team get the win. Chase Neptune had 5 catches for 119 yards and led in tackles with eight. Out of 34 DeKalb plays, five went for turnovers and two went for long returns. Balazs Sturgeon had a 49 yard interception return, while Anderson added a 50 yard scoop and score to add to his stellar offensive night.

#9 Rock Port 74, Stewartsville 50
Rock Port won a track meet with Stewartsville, and Joey Herron did nothing to hurt his status as the top runningback in eight man football this year. He had 22 carries for 307 yards in the win, pushing his total up above 800. Colten Stevens had 17 carries for 93 yards, while Micah Makings had 11 carries for 38 yards. All three return next year.

#10 Osceola 42, Rich Hill 24
Osceola has broken out of the cellar, winning their first three games this year. They will find out how much they have improved this year when they invade North Andrew Friday for their Homecoming. Tyler Guerin completed 11 of his 22 passing attempts for 171 yards and ran for another 41. Hunter Noakes ran 10 times for 152 yards and caught 4 passes for 78 yards.

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