Worth County's JV overcame early mistakes to beat Albany 22-0 Monday night in two quarters of action. The Tigers took the opening kickoff and got a first down to the Warrior 34 when Tyler New completed a pass with a defender draped all over him to John Galanakis on third and three at their own 37. But a sack killed the drive.
Albany went to Zavien Dierenfeldt, who was a load for the Tigers in Friday's varsity game, and he ripped off seven yards to the Tiger 26 where they had fourth and two. Tyler New blew up a handoff on defense and the Tigers got the ball back on downs.
New threw a pick that gave the ball right back to the Warriors, and Dierenfeldt continued to be a juggernaut, grinding out positive yardage on five straight carries that took them from their own 26 to the Tiger 32. A pass from Chase Cline to Trevor Akins covered 13 yards to the 19. They got as far as the 17, but then a bad snap put the ball back on the 30, and they gave up the ball on downs there.
The defensive stand by the Tigers seemed to wake them up and deflate the Warriors. On their first play from scrimmage, Tyler New threw a strike to an unguarded Jackson Smith for a 50 yard score, and then threw a strike to an unguarded John Galanakis for the extra points to make it 8-0 with 8:20 left in the second.
Albany put in Zane Rippy for the second quarter, and he got four yards on his first carry on Albany's next possession. But then Cannon Fletcher and Tyler New made stops on defense and Rippy ran into a wall on fourth and five at the Tiger 39, as Landon Wilmes brought him down. Worth County got nowhere on its first two plays, but then spread it out for Tyler New with an empty backfield. He dropped back to pass, found nobody open, but scrambled down the left side for a 41 yard score with 5:01 left to make it 14-0.
The Warriors went for it deep in their own territory at the 13, as they were down two scores, but Jace Cousatte broke up a pass to give the Tigers a short field to work with. They got dropped for a loss back to the 15, but then Landon Wilmes took a quick pitch to the house with 1:41 left. Tyler New threw a strike to Andrew Howard for the extra points. A facemask penalty on Worth County gave Albany a first down at the Tiger 30, but then Cannon Fletcher pounced on a botched option pitch to kill the drive and Worth County was able to kneel out the clock.
Tyler New ran for 46 and threw for another 59 yards for the Tigers, who had 14 plays go for 120 yards. Jackson Smith had one catch for 50 yards. The Tigers held the Warriors to 56 yards on 21 plays.
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