Paul McCoy ran for 658 yards in a high school football game yet might not have set a national record.
The total tops the National Federation of State High School Association’s listed mark of 619 yards set in 1995 by Ronney Jenkins of Oxnard, Calif. But high school records historian Doug Huff said Saturday the recognized record is 739 yards by John Giannantonio of Netcong, N.J., in 1950. McCoy piled up his yardage on just 29 carries and scored 10 touchdowns as Matewan beat Burch 64-0 in Delbarton, W.Va. McCoy racked up 477 yards on TD runs of 69, 1, 52, 56, 52, 20, 31, 84, 87 and 25 yards.
Paul McCoy ran for 658 yards in a high school football game yet might not have set a national record.
The total tops the National Federation of State High School Association’s listed mark of 619 yards set in 1995 by Ronney Jenkins of Oxnard, Calif. But high school records historian Doug Huff said Saturday the recognized record is 739 yards by John Giannantonio of Netcong, N.J., in 1950. McCoy piled up his yardage on just 29 carries and scored 10 touchdowns as Matewan beat Burch 64-0 in Delbarton, W.Va. McCoy racked up 477 yards on TD runs of 69, 1, 52, 56, 52, 20, 31, 84, 87 and 25 yards. [/quote]
His coach is an asshole unless all of those runs came in the first half.
Ha! Thats great the other night me and the wife were watching the news and there was a story about a local HS kid scoring 6 TDs in one game & the first thing that came to mind was Al Bundy’s 4TDs in a single game and him fighting Hightower for the trophy! HAHAHAHA!
I like how he wrote “just 29 carries” as if that’s not very many. They obviously ran up the score. Happenings like this in HS sports really piss me off. Anything over 15 carries when they can’t be stopped is just plain rubbing the other team’s nose in it and there’s just no reason for it. I have to believe there were other kids on the team who would have liked to have gotten some carries. It seems like a shameless way for a coach to get attention for himself, imo.