Worth County won two and tied one at the football jamboree Friday. They beat Albany and King City and tied with Stanberry.
Tiger 18, Albany 8
Albany, favored to be a contender this year, wasted no time getting on the board. After Kyle Emerson couldn’t hang on to a sure touchdown pass from Chase Cline that was overthrown, they marched right down the field behind Trevor Akins and Elliot Mercer before Mercer scored from 17 yards out. Zane Rippy caught the extra points to put Albany up 8-0. Albany was threatening again before running out of varsity plays.
Albany has a bunch of seniors on their roster, weapons on offensive like quarterback Chase Cline, runningbacks Trevor Akins and Elliot Mercer, receivers Kyle Emerson and Zane Rippy, and a big front line.
The junior varsity, aided by a penalty, held Albany out of the end zone and Brayden Murphy got a sack on the series.
On their first JV play from scrimmage, Cole Ruby ripped off 30 yards down the sideline, walking the tightrope down the right side to put the Tigers on the board. Wyatt Hill ripped off a 10 yarder and Ruby got loose again for another score for the Tigers.
Despite a holding penalty, Worth County’s varsity marched right down the field despite Albany’s big front line, with three people listed at 250 pounds or more. Hayden Sanders, Brayden Stevens, Landon Wilmes, and Lucas Frisch all took turns carrying the ball down the field before Wilmes converted on the final varsity play to make it 18-8. Both Stevens and Sanders took turns quarterbacking the Tigers on the varsity side.
Worth County 12, Stanberry 12
Worth County once again marched down the field against Stanberry, getting an eight yarder from Brayden Stevens and a 15 yarder from Landon Wilmes to put the ball on the five. The Tigers needed three plays to get in, but Landon Wilmes got the first tally for the Tigers. The JV got the second score when Hayden Sanders took a power sweep 23 yards to the seven to set up Cole Ruby once again. He swept down the right side and then pushed his own lineman out of the way to take it to the house. Worth County nearly got a third score when Hayden Sanders led Jude Archer perfectly down to the five, but Ruby was tackled one yard short of the end zone on the last play.
But one area of concern for the Tigers as they enter into Friday’s game against Platte Valley in Barnard will be keeping away from big plays. All three scores against the Tigers came off big plays and breakdowns on defense. The first Stanberry score came against the JV when they aired out a long pass to Parker Ginther for their first tally. There were some good plays on defense, including a fumble recovery by Brayden Murphy for the JV. Brayden Stevens showed some good pass coverage all night on defense. And Bo Collins blew up a jet sweep after Carter Chapman did his job at end and turned the runner in. But the big play bug bit the Tigers again when Colby McQueen took a counter to the house to tie it up.
McQueen will be the heart and soul of a Stanberry team that is not very big, but is assignment sound and is capable of putting together big plays. They have a lot of numbers this year.
Worth County 6, King City 0
The defense stepped up in the last scrimmage as Bo Collins had two big plays against the improving King City squad on consecutive plays. First, a bad snap caromed off the King City quarterback and Bo was there for the fumble recovery. Then, Bo batted down a pass. King City got as far as the Tiger 19 before Lucas Frisch blew up a running play.
King City could not do anything else on offense with the JV. They got as far as the 17, but Wyatt Hill broke up a long pass and Hayden Sanders and Cole Ruby got in on a good gang tackle.
But they moved the ball well against Albany. They have a big front line and a passing game with several receivers. They showed a lot of improvement on defense this year.
The offensive series was touch and go after the junior varsity couldn’t score, despite some good runs. Hayden Sanders picked up eight to the 22 and Cole Ruby picked up 10 more to the 12. But a dropped pass meant Worth County had one play to get in, and Cole Ruby was ruled out of bounds just short of the goal line after a nice run.
The varsity offense drove slowly down the field, getting a six yard pass from Hayden Sanders to Brayden Stevens and an 11 yarder from Landon Wilmes that put it on the nine. Finally, with three plays to spare, Worth County broke out the guard eligible play and Bo Collins took it to the house to put the Tigers on the board.
The new bleachers saw plenty of use, with plenty of fans making use of them. A large contingent of Mound City players came and scouted the game along with their coach.
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