Pattonsburg kicked off to start the game and Aydan Gladstone and Alex Rinehart took turns carrying the ball on Worth County’s opening drive, which started at the 33. Alex Rinehart converted a fourth and two to the Pattonsburg 25, and on third and seven at the Panther 11, Aydan Gladstone took a counter in to the house after they faked the jet sweep with 9:15 left. Gladstone got a block from Jaxon Anderson to make it 8-0 on the extra point try.
The Panther fans broke out the cowbells for the game, and the din of them ringing were a constant fixture every time the Tigers had the ball. First, the referees told them they couldn’t ring them. Then, Pattonsburg Coach Scott Cavin successfully talked them into letting them ring.
Willhite and the Panthers marched right back down the field as Patrick Cowley’s catch and run picked up five to their own 30 and Dakota Eaton’s catch and run took it down to the Tiger seven. Steven Willhite took it in with 8:48 left, getting blocks from Carter Crone and Dakota Eaton and then lofted it over someone’s head to Crone for the tying extra point to make it 8-8.
On the series, Willhite set the all-time passing record for eight man football, as he was at 4,332 passing yards at the start of Friday’s game. He eclipsed Kobe Reynolds (North/West Nodaway), who held the mark of 4,339 yards set in 2014.
Worth County went three and out, but one of several booming punts by Jaxon Anderson buried Pattonsburg on their own three. On the ensuing series, Willhite was tackled short of the first down by inches at the 13, and Worth County got a short field to work with. Carter Crone and Brett Emig buried Gladstone at the 15 to set up third and 12, but Jaxon Anderson’s diving catch made it first and goal at the two. Two cracks by Aydan Gladstone put Worth County on the board again with 4:09 left.
A bad snap set the Panthers back third and 22 at the Tiger 31 after Patrick Cowley’s catch and run took it to the Tiger 19. But Cowley took another catch and run to the 13, and then Willhite converted the fourth and four to the Tiger 8. However, Alex Rinehart picked off the next pass in the end zone to kill the drive.
Worth County went three and out as Crone ran wild in the backfield on the next possession. Another booming Anderson punt buried the Panthers on their own 12, where they were third and 10. But then Patrick Cowley’s 58 yard catch and run tied the game up again at 14-14. Chase Atkins and Nate Adwell teamed up to deny Willhite the go ahead extra points.
Worth County was marching down the field again after an onsides kick caromed off Jackson Runde, but he was able to recover. An offsides penalty gave them a first down at the 28. Consecutive sacks set them back to the 34, but then Jackson Runde caught a pass for what appeared to be a score. But he fumbled it out of bounds in the end zone at the 1, and Pattonsburg got the ball back at the 15.
Brett Emig ripped off a pass for 35 yards and Steven Willhite ripped off a rain of 20 down to the Tiger nine. Two plays later, Willhite threw a strike to Carter Crone to make it 22-14 with 7:24 left. Worth County answered right back as Dylan McIntyre ran back the ensuing onsides kick for a score to make it 22-20.
Pattonsburg aired it out to Patrick Cowley, and his catch and run went for 36 yards down to the Tiger 12. Willhite got blocks from Carter Crone and Dakota Eaton as he picked up 11 to the one. Justin Dye denied Willhite on first and goal, but then Willhite threw a strike to Carter Crone to make it 28-20. Alex Rinehart did a WWE body slam of Dakota Eaton to deny the extra points.
Worth County was decimated by injuries during the course of the game; Jaxon Anderson was shaken up and saw limited action as the game progressed. Austin Welch reinjured his shoulder and was done for the night. The hard hitting and hard playing surface combined to leave a lot of players on both sides shaken up as the game progressed.
Login Goll recovered the ensuing onsides kick, and it only required Pattonsburg two plays to get in as Cowley took passes for 7 and 37 yards to make it 34-20 with 5:45 left.
Worth County tried to answer as Jackson Runde caught a pass for 5 and Reed McIntyre took another one for 17 to the Panther 30. Aydan Gladstone came under a heavy rush, but scrambled all the way to the 1. But a false start set them back to the 6, Clark Adler and Brett Emig dropped Gladstone for a loss of one, and on the ensuing pass play, Crone put Gladstone under a heavy rush and Patrick Cowley was there for the pick at the 8.
A sack thwarted the ensuing drive as Dye and Atkins combined on the play. Pattonsburg elected to punt. A triple reverse pass from Aydan Gladstone to Reed McIntyre went for 33 yards to the 12, Alex Rinehart picked up 4 to the 8, and Runde caught a short pass. He fumbled it again at the 1, but this time, it rolled out of bounds short of the end zone, meaning Worth County retained possession. Gladstone burst outside down the left side and scored with 38.3 seconds left to score. Reed McIntyre caught one with his tiptoes inbounds to make it 34-28.
There were only 32 seconds left, but that was an eternity for a team like Pattonsburg. A bad snap set them back to the 25, but then a flea flicker from Cowley back to Willhite turned into a 55 yard strike to Dakota Eaton as the first half clock expired, putting the Panthers up 40-28.
Worth County recovered an onsides kick to start the second half as Aydan Gladstone got the recovery, but a holding penalty killed the drive and Brett Emig got a pick in the end zone. The last-second score swung the momentum in Pattonsburg’s favor, and strikes to Carter Crone for 27 and Dakota Eaton for 32 yards put the ball on the 6. A pitch to Cowley resulted in a score and Pattonsburg led 46-28 with 8:55 left.
A booming punt by Jaxon Anderson only made things more interesting for Pattonsburg after Worth County went three and out. Pattonsburg was faced with fourth and 6 at the 19, only for strikes to Cowley of 19 and 33 yards put the ball on the five. A motion penalty and a sack put the ball back on the 18, but then Brett Emig caught a pass with Aydan Gladstone draped all over him and Emig caught the extra point pass to make it 54-28 with 5:53 left in the third.
The Panthers scored again as Aydan Gladstone threw into double coverage and Dakota Eaton got a pick and returned it to the Tiger 21. On the first play, nobody guarded Carter Crone, who was there for the score with 5:19 left to make it 60-28.
Worth County showed no quit as Alex Rinehart laid out Patrick Cowley at the end of the ensuing kickoff; he was shaken up and was in and out the rest of the game. Once again, a booming punt by Jaxon Anderson buried the Panthers on their own 17, but Worth County could not get off the field. On fourth and three at the 24, Pattonsburg converted yet again as Emig made a clutch catch at the 34 to keep the drive alive. On third and eight at the Tiger 32, Cowley caught a pass for 9 to keep it going at the 23. Emig caught a shovel pass to the 9, and then caught a carom off a lineman’s helmet for a score; Crone’s extra point pass made it 68-28 at that point.
Pattonsburg put in their reserves at that point, but Worth County was not done, and marched right back down the field and scored to make it 68-36 after Gladstone’s run. “You guys played hard all night; I took the foot off the gas, and that is entirely on me,” said Coach Scott Cavin to his Panthers after the game. The starters came back in, but Reed McIntyre jumped a pass for a pick six with 11:01 left. Runde caught the extra point pass.
The ensuing kickoff died on the 1, and Dakota Eaton returned it to the 16. Pattonsburg answered as Carter Crone caught a pass for 13, Dakota Eaton caught one for 28 to the Tiger 23, and Brett Emig caught one over the middle and took it to the house with 9:45 left to make it 74-44. But then Worth County got it right back after taking over at the Panther 39. Alex Rinehart picked up nine to the 30, and then Aydan Gladstone got blocks from Justin Dye and Dylan McIntyre as he scampered for 30 yards for a score with 8:56 left to make it 74-52.
Pattonsburg elected to go for it fourth and 10 at their own 29; they had converted several tries on fourth down that night, but Alex Rinehart picked off Willhite for the second time, and Dakota Eaton laid him out on his back at the Tiger 29 on the hard surface; Rinehart was shaken up and sat out a few plays before returning. Rinehart’s absence didn’t matter as Worth County simply plugged some new players in and kept right on marching. Aydan Gladstone scrambled 24 yards to the Panther 27. Dylan McIntyre was stacked up for no gain, but Levi Cassavaugh caught one for seven to the 20. Dylan McIntyre tried a carry, but ran into Crone, who dropped him at the 24 for fourth and seven. But a pass interference led to a first down, and Alex Rinehart came back in, ripping off carries of 6 and 7 down to the 1. Alex was driven back to the 6 by Kaden Koch, but then Gladstone ran it in after getting a block from Justin Dye with four minutes left to make it 74-56. Carter Crone led a green wall to deny the extra points, which would have made it two possessions.
All of a sudden, Reed McIntyre jumped another pass and got a pick six to make it 74-62 with 3:51 left. Aydan Gladstone was stopped short by Cowley, who had come back in, along with Collin Briggs. But Worth County appeared to have all the momentum on their side at that point.
But then Pattonsburg changed things up, taking Willhite out and putting Cowley in at quarterback after the Panthers recovered an onsides kick at their own 36. Cowley ripped off gains of 8 and 20 down to the Tiger 16 before running into a wall twice to set up third and 9 at the 14. But Willhite came back in and threw a strike to Cowley for a first down, and Pattonsburg was able to kneel out the clock.
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