Worth County cleaned up the sloppy play in a big way Friday, knocking out Pattonsburg 82-12 in a game called at halftime on Senior Night. Even though the scoreboard didn't show it, Pattonsburg did much better than last year's 92-6 drubbing in which the Tigers ran out the final five minutes of the first half. There were a lot of good battles between Pattonsburg's skill players and Worth County's secondary corps. Brody Langfitt made some incredible catches in traffic. But the Tiger front line turned out to be too much for Pattonsburg to handle. Quarterback Gage Iddings was running for his life for most of the night and Worth County's front line forced him into a ton of errant throws. Meanwhile, Worth County was able to get Iddings blocked when they were on offense, and the Tiger backs ran through the rest of the Panther squad at will.
Unlike the Knox County and King City games, Worth County was able to clean up the sloppy play once they had the game in hand. Against Knox County, Worth County scored the first 52 points of the game halfway through the second quarter, only to give up a kick return and some other scores the rest of the way. Against King City, they took a 42-0 halftime lead, but could not score any points in the second half.
The team was focused coming into the game; it was their Senior Night, and they had bitter memories of the last time Pattonsburg came to town, when the Panthers ended Worth County's 17 game winning streak in 2018.
The football players, band members, cheerleaders, and color guard members were honored during Senior Night before the game. Honored were Ali Brown (Cheer, Color Guard, Band), Liz Brown (Color Guard, Band), Colt Cameron (Football), Levi Cassavaugh (Football), Lanie Cousatte (Cheer, Color Guard), John Galanakis (Football), Braxton Hightshoe (Football), Andrew Howard (Football), Jace Latham (Football, Band), Claire McElvain (Cheer, Band), Dylan McIntyre (Football), Tucker Owens (Band), Tanner Ridge (Football), Taylor Sanders (Color Guard, Band), Caydee Sherer (Cheer, Color Guard, Band), Paige Sherer (Cheer, Color Guard, Band), and Creed Wilcox (Football).
Worth County got the ball to start with and they only needed two plays to cover 55 yards. Braxton Hightshoe bounced outside and broke some tackles to the Panther 39, and Levi Cassavaugh wove his way through the green shirts into the end zone. Tyler New ran in the extra points to make it 8-0 with 11:17 left in the first quarter.
The Panthers' troubles began right away as Dylan McIntyre and Elias Alarcon flushed out Iddings on the first play and made him throw it away. On the second play, Iddings had Sam Coin wide open for six, but didn't see him and threw it away as he was being flushed out of the pocket again. On the next play, Braxton Hightshoe flushed him out and forced another incompletion and Pattonsburg was forced to punt. On their first play from scrimmage, Levi Cassavaugh got a block from Elias Alarcon and bounced it out for a 46 yard score with 10:35 left to make it 14-0.
Dylan McIntyre kicked it into the end zone again, putting the ball on the 15 again. They tried to isolate Landon Preston on Tyler New, but Tyler stayed with his man to force the incompletion. Brody Langfitt caught Pattonsburg's first pass and got three hard earned yards. They tried to set up a middle screen, which frequently works against a heavy pass rush, but Worth County's front line was on Iddings so fast that he misfired. On fourth and seven, they tried to go for it, but Worth County sent Grant McIntyre on a blitz, and he got free and flushed Iddings and forced him into an incompletion. Grant caught a 13 yard pass from Tyler New down to the 5. Landon Preston had a nice breakup on first and goal, and then Iddings met Braxton Hightshoe at the 4. But then Grant McIntyre caught a pass with 8:33 left for a score. Levi Csaasavaugh was stopped short by a wall of Gage Iddings, Landon Preston, and Daltyn Sperry, but the Tigers were up 20-0.
Once again, Dylan McIntyre kicked it into the end zone. The next Panther drive started off the same as the last one after Iddings scrambled six yards to the 21. A dropped ball and a Landon Wilmes breakup after Elias came free and flushed Iddings set up fourth and four at the 21. But this time, Iddings' hand claps drew Worth County offsides and the Panthers got their first first down. Slowly but surely, they came to life. On third and 13 from the 23, Landon Preston made a diving catch for a first down at the 37. A short pass went nowhere as Tyler New dropped Preston for a loss of two, but then Pattonsburg threw a short pass to Brody Langfitt. Brody put on his human joystick act, evading tackle after tackle on a play that covered 26 yards down to the 19. Sam Coin caught a seven yard pass to the 12. Landon Wilmes broke up the next pass, but then Pattonsburg set up a pick play. Two Tiger defenders went with one green short and nobody went with Sam Coin, who was all alone in the back of the end zone to make it 20-6 with 4:58 left. But all the good they did on that drive went out the window on the ensuing kickoff. Pattonsburg tried one of their patented onsides kicks, but Worth County had their hands team on the field, and Braxton Hightshoe picked it up and ran it back to the house with 4:50 left. On the extra point try, Gage Iddings tried to blitz, but Elias Alarcon picked him up, and that freed up Levi Cassavaugh, who ran in the extra points to make it 28-6.
Worth County kicked it out of bounds, and Pattonsburg elected to take it on their own 25. Brody Langfitt caught another short pass, but this time, he was tackled right away before he could get a head of steam. Levi Cassavaugh, who was coming every single time on the blitz during that stretch, forced Iddings into an incompletion. Gage tried to scramble, but only netted one yard to the 26. On fourth and nine, Pattonsburg once again tried to go for it deep in their own territory. Brody Langfitt nearly came up with a great catch, but Landon Wilmes broke it up at the last minute to give Worth County yet another short field. Levi Cassavaugh took it on a sweep, and Braxton Hightshoe took out two green shirts before Levi was finally tackled at the three. He got in on the next play, and Tyler New ran in the extra points to make it 36-6 with 3:30 left in the first quarter.
Dylan McIntyre kicked it into the end zone again and Pattonsburg had to go the length of the field. But Landon Preston got into a tieup with Tyler New after a good battle for a pass; on a tieup, the ball goes to the receiving team. That play was good enough for six yards. Iddings drove ahead for four yards and a first down at the 25, but Worth County blew up another middle screen try and Brody Langfitt nearly had a great catch down the field, but was ruled out of bounds. That forced third and ten. With three black shirts hanging all over Iddings, he somehow got a pass away and Brody Langfitt made a diving reception at the Tiger 27 to keep the drive alive. Iddings' clapping once again drew the Tigers offsides. Levi Cassavaugh nearly picked off the next pass, and Sam Coin nearly had one in the end zone, only for Braxton Hightshoe to flick it out at the last minute. For the second time on the drive, Iddings' hand clapping, or lack thereof, drew the Tigers offsides, and Pattonsburg got a fresh set of downs at the 17. Braxton Hightshoe and Elias Alarcon blew up a guard eligible play, but Sam Coin caught a shovel pass and took it four yards to the 13 before receiving a big hit from Braxton Hightshoe. On third and six, Gage Iddings got loose on a designed draw, got a block from Landon Preston, and got in with 1:02 left in the quarter to make it 36-12.
After an onsides kick attempt went out of bounds at the 35, Braxton Hightshoe nearly broke one, but Landon Preston made a touchdown saving tackle and held him to six. Hightshoe got loose again and this time picked up 19 to the Panther 20. Tyler New dropped back on the next play, got great protection, and Dylan McIntyre nearly made a great catch in the end zone. Braxton Hightshoe got a block from Levi Cassavaugh and picked up five, but Brody Langfitt made another shoestring tackle at the 15. But on the next play, Levi Cassavaugh got a block from Tyler New and then pancaked two green shirts on his way into the end zone with 11:18 left. Dylan McIntyre caught a pass to make it 44-12.
Dylan McIntyre kicked it into the end zone again and Levi Cassavaugh, who blitzed a lot earlier, dropped back into pass coverage and broke up a pass. Brody Langfitt had a diving grab for 17 yards and a first down on the next play, but the next ball went through someone's hands and the next one was picked off. Worth County aired it out to Dylan McIntyre for 42 yards down to the 10, and then Levi Cassavaugh got a block from Colt Cameron to take it to the house and make it 50-12.
At that point, the game started getting chippy with Worth County getting a late hit and being forced to try the extra point at the 15. Pattonsburg got a late hit on the ensuing kickoff and had to start at their own 14. And Worth County got a late hit after Sam Coin caught a short pass and that put the ball in Tiger territory at the 35. Brody Langfitt caught a shovel pass for eight yards to the 27, but then a long pass to Daltyn Sperry went short after he nearly made a great one handed grab. Iddings was flushed out by Elias Alarcon and was driven out of bounds at the Tiger 28 to set up fourth and three. Iddings dropped back to pass, but Elias Alarcon came free and drove Iddings all the way back to the Panther 30, where he threw a jump ball. Two Tigers and two Panthers battled for it before it dropped incomplete and the Tigers got the ball back on downs.
At that point, the game started to snowball against Pattonsburg. Levi Cassavaugh got a block from Colt Cameron and got four yards to the 34. He drove two defenders forward into Panther territory at the 39, and then was stood up by Bryson Cook and Gage Iddings at the 36. Tyler New dropped back to pass, came under a heavy rush, and aired it out. Grant McIntyre made a diving drab with 6:29 left to make it 56-12.
Dylan McIntyre then kicked it short and recovered it on the Panther 33. Braxton Hightshoe was met by Gage Iddings for no gain, but then Levi Cassavaugh got blocks from Dylan McIntyre and Braxton Hightshoe and got loose for 29 yards to the 4. Braxton Hightshoe then followed a big wall into the end zone with 5:15 left. He got a block from Tyler New and made it into the end zone for the extra points to make it 62-12.
Colt Cameron dropped Sam Coin at the Panther 21, and this time, Pattonsburg tried to air it out to Coin deep. But the play fooled nobody and two Tigers were with him on double coverage. Levi Cassavaugh picked it off at the Tiger 26. Worth County only needed two plays to get in, starting with a sweep from Levi Cassavaugh down the left side. He got blocks from Braxton Hightshoe and Creed Wilcox down to the 23. Then, Tyler New got blocks from Dylan McIntyre, Creed Wilcox, and Braxton Hightshoe and took it to the house with 4:43 left. Levi Cassavaugh got a block from Dylan McIntyre to make it 70-12.
The snowball effect continued as Colt Cameron recovered a squib kick at the Panther 30. They only needed one play to get in as Braxton Hightshoe got the call, Colt Cameron got a perfect chop block to spring him loose, and he took it to the house with 4:04 left to make it 76-12.
Pattonsburg started at their own 26, and Gage Iddings got a block from Dillon Hartschen and got five, weaving his way to the 31. A shovel pass only went for two, but once again, Worth County jumped offsides and Pattonsburg got a first down at the 38. Iddings scrambled ahead for three yards to the Tiger 39. An incomplete pass set up third and seven. Daltyn Sperry caught a short pass to the 35, but on fourth and three, Pattonsburg tried to set up a bubble screen, but Tyler New blew it up for a loss and the Tigers had the ball on downs at their own 39. Levi Cassavaugh ran into a wall as Jace Estrada and Gage Iddings brought him down after a gain of two. A long pass went nowhere, but then Tyler New got into the clear, got a block from Braxton Hightshoe, and scored with 1:44 left to make it 82-12.
The Panthers started on their own 32. Gage Iddings aired it out to Brody Langfitt with time winding down. It was a good battle between him and Levi Cassavaugh, but Brody took it away from him at the Tiger 15. They got as far as the 8, but then Grant McIntyre broke up a pass and a shot into the end zone for Sam Coin was too far and Worth County was able to kneel out the clock.
For Worth County, Levi Cassavaugh had 12 carries for 207 yards. Braxton Hightshoe had 8 carries for 81 yards, and Tyler New 2 carries for 61 yards. Tyler New completed 4 of his 7 passes for 102 yards. Dylan McIntyre had 2 catches for 85 yards and Grant McIntyre had 2 catches for 17 yards. Worth County ran 29 plays for 451 yards.
For Pattonsburg, Gage Iddings rushed 7 times for 36 yards. He completed 19 of 45 passes and two picks for 175 yards. Brody Langfitt had 9 catches for 111 yards. Sam Coin had 6 catches for 40 yards. Landon Preston had 3 catches for 18 yards. Daltyn Sperry had 1 catch for 4 yards.
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