Friday night was Senior Night, and nine different seniors in football, cheer, golf, band, and softball were honored before the game. Honored were Regan Allee (cheer), Navada Hoff (cheer), Kaylee McElvain (cheer), Hanna McElvain (cheer, golf), Jaxon Anderson (football), Reed McIntyre (football), Gabe Latham (band), Anna Gladstone (softball), and Merrideth Spiers (softball, band).
Stanberry came out much improved from the Jamboree and from their 58-6 loss to Pattonsburg earlier in the year. They got Collin Sager back, which helped them out on both sides of the ball. Stanberry came out with an 8 play 52 yard drive that took them into the endzone with 8:54 left in the first quarter. Finally, Sager scored from eight yards out to put the Bulldogs on the board. Ethan Oldham added the extra points to put Stanberry up 8-0.
Worth County looked ready to answer as Alex Rinehart took it 29 yards to the 25 and a first down run from Aydan Gladstone took it to the 8. But the drive was killed by a bad snap.
Stanberry tried to add to their lead as they got a first down to the 25. But on fourth and one at the 34, Jaxon Anderson shot a gap and dropped Sager for no gain and Worth County held on downs. They overcame a false start and a dropped pass as they got in from 16 yards out on a Jaxon Anderson reverse that cut their deficit to 8-6.
Worth County shot themselves in the foot with a 15 yard facemask, giving Stanberry a short field to work with. The Bulldogs started on the Worth County 28; the Tigers nearly got off the field, but then Tyler Schwebach threw a strike to Collin Sager to make it 14-6 with 11:54 left in the second quarter.
The Tigers nearly stalled again, but on fourth and eight from the Stanberry 39, Jaxon Anderson caught a short pass, broke a couple of tackles, and got the first down to the 24. On third and nine from the 23, Aydan Gladstone scrambled for a touchdown to bring the Tiger back to within 14-12.
Stanberry got pinned on their own 14 on the ensuing kickoff, and they went three and out. Worth County got good field position at their own 37, and Alex Rinehart got blocks from Chase Atkins and Jaxon Anderson and got down to the 28. Worth County had several running plays in a row and finally got first and goal at the four. Stanberry nearly held on the series, but on the ensuing series, Jackson Runde knocked down Tyler Schwebach and that sprung Alex Rinehart into the end zone on fourth and goal at the one with 2:30 left. Alex broke a couple of tackles on the extra point run to put Worth County up 20-14.
The Tigers had a chance to score in the last minute as Aydan Gladstone scrambled for 33 yards to the 13 with 42 seconds left. But a block in the back and a dropped pass killed the drive.
Worth County got the ball to start the second half. They nearly stalled at the 40 thanks to a holding penalty, but on third and 14, Aydan Gladstone aired one out to Jaxon Anderson for 35 yards to the 14. Alex Rinehart took an option pitch to the house with 9:42 left and took another option to make it 28-14.
But then Stanberry switched from their running game into a spread formation and started throwing the ball right and left. Schwebach turned out to be elusive, breaking contain several times. On the series, Austin Welch was injured, left the field, and didn’t return. But a sack and a Delay of Game and an Alex Rinehart pick killed the drive at the 12.
Worth County drove all the way down to the one, but then a false start, a sack, and a batted pass killed the drive and gave Stanberry new life. A strike to Hunter Johnson gave Stanberry a first down at the 34, and a strike to Collin Sager gave them another on fourth and nine at the 35. Schwebach broke a bunch of tackles for another first down, and then threw a strike to Sager for 14 yards and a score with 11:29 left.
A pair of false starts forced a three and out, and Hunter Johnson made an incredible catch for 26 yards to the Worth County 36 with Alex Rinehart draped all over him. But then Reed McIntyre jumped a short pass and took it all the way back to the house with 9:48 left in the game to kill Stanberry’s momentum. Jackson Runde caught the extra point pass to put Worth County up 36-20.
A pair of sacks by Jaxon Anderson forced a three and out, and then on third and two at the Tiger 33, Aydan Gladstone found a big hole up the middle and took it 47 yards to the house with 6:29 left to put Worth County in control at 42-20.
Strikes to Landon Marticke and Collin Sager put Stanberry in position to score again and Sager walked into the end zone with 4:56 left. Worth County went three and out, but then a great kick by Jaxon Anderson pinned Stanberry on their own eight, and four straight incompletions gave Worth County the ball back again. This time, Aydan Gladstone scored with 2:23 left to make it 48-28.
Stanberry could do nothing as Schwebach was flushed out of bounds and Dawson Vore got a sack, and Worth County knelt out the clock.
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