Football Recap: Albany Has No Trouble Against Stanberry

Warriors

Margin (Wins)

08/29/25 vs DeKalb	42
10/10/25 vs Princeton	34
10/03/25 @ North Andrew	34
10/17/25 @ Stanberry	30
10/31/25 vs Stanberry	22

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Albany had no problem doing just that on Friday. They blew past the Stanberry Bulldogs 76-54. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 22 points or more this season.

Jace Palmer threw for 36 yards while completing 83.3% of his passes. Will Fish was his top target, picking up 30 receiving yards. On the ground, Elliot Mercer rushed for 377 yards and eight touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per carry.

Albany has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.4 points over those games. As for Stanberry, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-9.

Albany has already played their next matchup, a 74-16 defeat against Worth County/Northeast Nodaway on the 7th. Stanberry does not have any more games scheduled as of now.