A shorthanded Tiger squad left the Jamboree Friday searching for consistency going into their first game this Friday. They will have to find it in a hurry, as they will face one of the top quarterbacks in the area when South/Nodaway-Holt comes to town. Worth County played Friday without Austin Welch or Aydan Gladstone.
First, they were beaten up and down the line by Albany in a 12-0 loss. Each team got 12 plays, eight for the varsity and four for the JV. On their first play from scrimmage, Albany, which returns almost everybody but Dawson Butterfield from last year’s team, gave it to Ethan Mercer, and he took it to the house to put Albany on the board. The Warriors then took it down the field again, beating the Tigers up and down the line of scrimmage. Passes from Tryce Floyd to Kaeden Hutchinson of 32 yards and 10 yards got them into the end zone again for the second tally.
Worth County got a few good runs against Albany, as Alex Rinehart, pressed into service at quarterback, got runs of 8 and 5, and Grant McIntyre got loose for a 15 yard carry. But the Tigers stopped themselves with a false start, an interception, and a holding penalty.
Albany looked like potential state championship contenders in that game, but the whole jamboree featured four teams similar in ability level, all searching for consistency. The Warriors proceeded to drop their games to Stanberry and King City.
Meanwhile, little improved at first for the Tigers. With most of their horses back, Stanberry drove Worth County into the end zone for a safety. But then, after Alex Rinehart picked up eight yards, a gift play, a facemask penalty on Stanberry, moved it to the 35, and all of a sudden a light switch flipped on and Alex took it 45 yards to the house to make it 6-2.
Andrew Alarcon, back from a knee injury that derailed him in last year’s campaign, picked up nine before Rinehart got loose again for 56 yards, helped by good blocking up front to make it 12-2.
The reserves tacked on two more as Tanner Ridge’s 58 yard catch and run set up a four yard score from Grant McIntyre, and Grant took one 65 yards to the house after catching another short pass to make it 24-2. Aided by a pair of sacks from Alex Rinehart, Worth County was able to keep Stanberry out of the end zone.
At that point, all four teams were at 1-1. Worth County’s final game was against King City. They picked up right where they left off in the Stanberry game, getting a 27 yard pass play from Rinehart to Jackson Runde and a nine yard option to Alarcon to put the ball on the King City 29.
But then disaster struck as Landon Wells got a strip and took it to the house to give King City a 6-0 lead. Try as they might, Worth County could not make up the deficit, although they came close. Rinehart picked up runs of 20 and 7, but a false start and holding penalty kept the Tigers from regaining the momentum they had in the Stanberry game.
The reserves almost bailed out the starters as Colt Cameron ripped off a 37 yard gain to the 14. On the final play for Worth County, he ripped off a 12 yard gain, but was tackled at the three. King City drove down the field in an attempt to score, but aided by a pass breakup by Levi Cassavaugh, Worth County was able to keep King City out of the end zone.
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