Bo Collins and Ethan Linninger wreaked defensive havoc for the Tigers Saturday in the Senior Squad game, as they pitched a 46-0 shutout over East Union Saturday. Both squads finished undefeated for the pool portion of their season. The Tigers will play a championship game in either Bedford or Lenox. The Tigers were the Eastern Division champions, and will play the Western Division Champions in the Pride of Iowa Youth Football League.
The two teams started off playing a defensive struggle for the first part of the game. That all changed when East Union gambled by going for it on fourth and two from inside their own territory, at their own 28. Toryn Privett dropped Wyatt Patten one yard short of the first down, and the Tigers had a short field to work with. A facemask put the ball on the 22, and then Cole Ruby, one of the littlest players on the team, broke loose for the Tigers’ first score with 6:19 left to make it 6-0.
Bo Collins dropped Patten on one play for a loss of four, and a bad snap killed the Eagles’ next drive. Worth County only needed one play to score as Cole Ruby took a sweep down the left side, weaved his way through two defenders, and was off to the races for a 49 yard score with 3:50 left. Caleb New caught the two point pass to make it 14-0.
On the next series, Bo Collins sacked Patten, and then Collins and Ethan Linninger combined to drop him on another play to force a three and out. Linninger, at 183 pounds, anchors the defensive line for the Tigers and he showed that he can move all over the field to make plays. The last player to show that kind of mobility on the defensive line was Drake Kinsella. Worth County was buried on third and long at their own 28, but then Hayden Sanders led Bo Collins perfectly on a deep ball, and he took it the rest of the way for a 52 yard scoring strike as time expired in the first quarter to put the Tigers up 20-0.
Lininger had another tackle for loss on the next series, and East Union went three and out. On third and two from their own 32, Sanders once again struck gold as the Tigers carried out a perfectly run play action pass and Sanders led Collins again for a strike, this time for 48 yards. Caleb New caught the two point pass to make it 28-0.
Lininger had yet another tackle for loss for the Tigers, and then Toryn Privett had a good heads up play when East Union faked the shotgun snap, sent one of their backs in motion to under center, and tried to catch them off guard with a sneak play. A pair of long runs set up Worth County’s next score, as Cole Ruby ripped off 15 yards to the 35, and then Caleb New took it the rest of the way, 45 yards to the house to make it 34-0 with 6:01 left in the half.
Once again, East Union tried to go for it, and once again, it backfired, as a botched screen on fourth and six gave the Tigers a short field to work with at the Eagles 29. Cole Ruby picked up six, breaking several tackles along the way, and then Hayden Sanders took it to the house as he took a keeper, read his block perfectly, and cut it back inside for a score to make it 40-0 at the break.
Worth County sat on their lead for the remainder of the game, using the second half to break in some new people at the skill positions. Their only score came when Hayden Sanders got a pick six with 7:09 left in the fourth quarter to make it 46-0.
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