On Friday, Worth County/Northeast Nodaway faced King City in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Worth County/Northeast Nodaway Tigers claimed a resounding 60-14 victory over the King City Wildkats on the road. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 30 points or more this season.
One reason for the win was Worth County/Northeast Nodaway's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Carter Chapman. He also made four total tackles, which is notable because Worth County/Northeast Nodaway is undefeated when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Worth County/Northeast Nodaway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 218 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Although King City took the loss, they still got scores from Cayden Wainscott and Landon Carlson.
Worth County/Northeast Nodaway's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for King City, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Worth County/Northeast Nodaway does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for King City, they are taking a road trip to square off against Albany at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Albany's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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