Worth County picked up where it left off last year, winning big over South Holt 60-12 Friday as Levi Cassavaugh scored four touchdowns, three running and one passing. They showed that quarterback was not a problem as they used both Tyler New and Braxton Hightshoe at the spot. And the Tigers stayed away for the most part from some of the costly penalties that came back to bite them late in the year after keeping the Knights in the game with 15 penalties last year.
Dylan McIntyre caught two more touchdowns and kicked several kickoffs into the end zone, including the opening kickoff that pinned the Knights on the 15. They went three and out after Grant McIntyre dropped a Knight back for a loss of three and Jace Latham had a quarterback hurry. Braxton Hightshoe had a long runback to the Knight 36, and four carries from Levi Cassavaugh, who was the blocking back last year but who was moved to runningback this year, got the Tigers on the board.
South Holt showed they were strong at the skill positions and they marched right back down the field. A quick hitter picked them up 23 yards to the 39, and Noland scrambled to the Tiger 25. Worth County almost got the stop as Tyler New dropped a back for one yard, Colt Cameron had a hurry, and Noland was flushed and threw another one away. But then he eluded the rush of Elias Alarcon and aired one out for a 24 yard score and the Knights had tied it up.
There was a heartstopping moment on the ensuing kickoff as it squibbed along the ground and the Knights nearly recovered it before Cassavaugh fell on it at the 14. He took an option pitch from Tyler New, nearly broke one, and got 18 yards to the 32. He was swarmed under at the 30, but then Braxton Hightshoe’s jet sweep took it to the 36 and then Cassavaugh moved a pile of defenders to the Knights 36 for a gain of eight and a first down. Cassavaugh picked up three, Hightshoe four, and then Cassavaugh started right from the 29 and broke to the left. The Knights were blitzing on the play, but they overran him and he took it to the house. Tyler New got one away just in time before he was drilled, and Dylan McIntyre hauled it in to make it 14-6.
The ensuing kickoff died at the two, and it could have meant trouble for the Knights, but they were able to pick it up and run it back to the 19. A swing pass got it to the 26 after a runningback was swarmed under for a loss, but a false start put it back on the 21. South Holt tried to isolate Noland, but Colt Cameron shadowed him perfectly and tackled him one on one at the 26. On fourth and three, the Knights gambled and went for it, throwing a quick pass to one of their receivers, but Dylan McIntyre was there for a perfect one on one tackle to stop them at the 25.
The Tigers only needed one play to convert as Grant McIntyre outjumped a smaller defender and Tyler New cut it in for the extra points to make it 22-6, and the body language of the South Holt players said it all.
Elias Alarcon and Grant McIntyre came through unblocked and got a sack on the next series. A personal foul gave South Holt a chance, but Worth County formed a wall and stopped a running play and Jace Latham and Elias Alarcon combined on a sack to force the Knights to punt. The kick was nearly blocked, but they got it away into the end zone, where the Tigers took over on the 15.
Once again, the Tigers only needed one play to score. South Holt came with a blitz, but Tyler New saw it and took off and ran 65 yards to the house to make it 28-6.
South Holt tried to go back to the quick hitter that worked earlier in the game, but this time it ran into six black shirts. A play action pass went nowhere as Jace Latham flushed Noland and Colt Cameron and Tanner Ridge cleaned up. On the next play, Levi Cassavaugh, who started the state championship came completely cold after Alex Rinehart went down, showed why he stepped up so big as he beat everyone to the ball for a fumble recovery after a bad snap.
Worth County overcame a pair of holding penalties back to the 37, one of which wiped out a score, but Tyler New aired it out to Dylan McIntyre, who beat two South Holt defenders, and Levi Cassavaugh ran in the option to make it 36-6.
The Tigers nearly recovered the ensuing squib kick before South Holt fell on it at the 31. This time, the Knights were able to score as Worth County went for the pick and missed, and the Knights were able to air it out for a 55 yard score to make it 36-12. But then Braxton Hightshoe dropped Noland hard on the extra point try and he was slow getting up. Worth County got the points right back after covering the kick at the 33. Levi Cassavaugh broke through the first wave, broke a tackle at the Knight 35, and was off to the races for his third score of the day. He ran in the extra points to make it 44-12.
South Holt was swarmed under on the ensuing kickoff and buried at the 13. Colt Cameron had a sack to pin them on the 11, but then Noland scrambled to the 32. Elias Alarcon sacked him back to the 25. An 11 yard pass put the Knights in a manageable down and distance, but Tyler New and Dylan McIntyre had pass breakups to kill the drive.
Tyler New started cramping up, but Braxton Hightshoe came in and aired one out to Dylan McIntyre as the Tigers overcame a bad snap, and Landon Wilmes ran it in to make it 52-12. The Tigers got the ball back right before half and Hightshoe aired it out to Levi Cassavaugh, whose catch and run put the Tigers over the 45 point mark.
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