Wyatt Maize broke the 1,000 yard rushing yard barrier for Pattonsburg as the Panthers beat Albany 64-56 to clinch a second seed in the districts and earn a bye for Friday. They will play again on Friday, November 7th against either King City or Princeton. The Panthers led the whole way, but had to hang by their fingernails at the end with Albany riding Elliot Mercer to the end, getting him almost 300 yards on the ground.
Albany’s resurgence can be credited to Mercer, who had 139 or more yards in each of their last four games. He had 159 carries for 1,285 yards after Friday’s game.
Wyatt Maize had 24 carries for 152 yards for the Panthers. After Friday’s game, Maize had 111 carries for 1,073 yards for the season, an average of 9.7 yards per carry. He successfully completed a hat trick, rushing for two touchdowns, throwing for one, and catching a touchdown pass. He is now the all-time leading rusher at Pattonsburg; Gage Iddings had 999 rushing yards in his two years as the quarterback for the Panthers. The single game rushing record for Pattonsburg belongs to Brody Langfitt, who had 275 yards in a game in 2021. Iddings rushed for 221 yards in Pattonsburg’s 90-66 win over Albany in 2023.
Worth County has had two players complete a hat-trick of throwing for a touchdown, rushing for a touchdown, and catching a touchdown pass. Vinny Fletchall did it once, as did Brevyn Ross.
The game was one where both sides tried to run each other off the football field. Both sides put up big numbers, made few mistakes, and had some big performances. Both sides turned the ball over just once.
For Pattonsburg, Gage Fortner completed 17 of 27 attempts for 290 yards and four scores. Wyatt Maize completed a 46-yard pass for a score.
Wyatt Maize had 3 catches for 56 yards. Camden Griffith had 8 catches for 121 yards. Drake Sperry had 1 catch for 3 yards. Gavin Humphrey, who always seems to save his best games for Albany, had 7 catches for 156 yards and three touchdowns. Humphrey had nearly 300 yards last year in Pattonsburg’s 76-72 loss to the Warriors, a game that almost derailed Albany’s undefeated season.
Jace Estrada had 12 tackles, 3 for loss. Camden Griffith had 10 tackles, 1 for loss. Wyatt Maize had 10, Ryker Fortner had a career-high 9, Gavin Humphrey 6, Alex Young and Collin Mason 4, Andrew Craig 3, Drake Sperry and Beau Gibson 2, and Kaos Sweiger 1.
For Albany, Jace Palmer completed 10 of 18 passes for 171 yards and ran 12 times for 35 yards. Elliot Mercer had 32 carries for 285 yards. Carter Dannar had 8 carries for 18 yards. Palmer’s improvement has been key as well for the Warriors; he gashed North Andrew for almost 200 yards to jump-start their three game winning streak and his 171 yards through the air Friday night was a career high.
Jared Owens had 1 catch for 14 yards for the Warriors. Zayden Palmer had 1 catch for 59 yards. Elliot Mercer had 2 catches for 20 yards. Carter Dannar had 3 catches for 53 yards. Will Fish had 3 catches for 25 yards.
Mercer did all he could for Albany on both sides of the ball, leading the Warriors with 13 tackles, two for loss. Porter Runnels had 8 tackles, one for loss, and one sack. Jay Anthony had 8, Jared Owens 5, Jace Palmer 4, Zayden Palmer and Kutter Peterson 3, and Carter Dannar and Clayton Griffin 2.
Albany snapped a three-game winning streak; they had gotten off to a bad start before suddenly getting it together against North Andrew, Princeton, and Stanberry. They will face Stanberry again Friday; the winner will travel to Worth County on November 7th.
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