Briefly: Malden's McCoy scores five times in win over Hayti

Malden freshman quarterback Chapen Riley (9) hands a ball off to senior Romello McCoy (23) as Hayti senior Michael Thomas (6) rushes in and junior Cedric Harris (21) looks on Frirday night in the second half in Hayti. Daily American Republic/Rob Tate

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Malden (4-2, 3-1) got a huge fumble recovery for a touchdown by Dremond Robinson with 1:30 left in the first half to put it up 22-20.

McCoy then took a kickoff return to paydirt to open the second half from 80 yards out after receiving a pitch from a teammate in front of him and a rush down the left sideline to make it 28-20.

McCoy then put Malden up 34-20 with a 5-yard touchdown with 4:34 left in the third quarter.

The Indians (2-4, 2-2) pulled to within eight points as Michael Thomas picked off Malden quaterback Chapen Riley and returned it 65 yards with 10:09 left in the game.

Hayti then picked another pass off on Malden's ensuing offensive possession, this time by Eiljah Jones.

Hayti quaterback Karnard Humes however fumbled for a second time which was recoverd by Malden senior Mitchell Coleman at the Indian 5-yard line.

Two plays later, McCoy scored his fourth rushing touchdown of the night to make it the eventual final score.

McCoy totalled 230 yards rushing on the night on 33 attempts.

Hayti scored three touchdowns in the first half. Armond Spann returned a kick 85 yards right after McCoy scored on a 58-yard run.

With an 8-6 lead, Humes hooked up with Spann on a 20-yard touchdown.

After a McCoy 43-yard touchdown made it 14-14, Humes put the Indians back up 20-14 with 5:23 left in the second quarter on a 5-yard touchdown run.

Malden sacked Humes four times as Nick Thompson led with two, Cordiero Clark had 1 1/2, Zach Gray had one and Javiel Cooper 1/2.

Hayti had just 62 yards of total offense.

Malden 6 16 12 6 -- 40

Hayti 14 6 0 6 -- 26

First Quarter

MAL -- McCoy 58 run (kick failed), 9:11

HAY -- Harris 85 kick return (Spann from Humes), 8:58

HAY -- Spann 20 pass from Humes (run failed), 3:45

Second Quarter

MAL -- McCoy 43 run (Miller from Riley), 10:18

HAY -- Humes 5 run (pass failed), 5:23

MAL -- Robinson 45 fumble return (Coleman run), 1:30

Third Quarter

MAL -- McCoy 80 return (pass failed), 11:47

MAL -- McCoy 5 run (pass failed), 4:34

Fourth Quarter

HAY -- Thomas 65 interception return (run failed), 10:09

MAL -- McCoy 3 run (pass failed), 5:52

MAL HAY

First Downs 18 7

Total Yards 315 62

Rushes-Yards 44-259 24-(-66)

Passing Yards 56 128

Punt Retunrs 0-0 0-0

Kickoff Returns 4-109 6-127

Interception Returns 0-0 3-62

Comp-Att-Int 5-12-3 9-13-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 5-29 1-7

Punts 2-34.0 5-34.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2

Penalties-Yards 5-40 5-47

Time of Possession 29:42 18:18

RUSHING: Malden, McCoy 33-230. Coleman 8-32. Jones 1-3. Robinson 1-1. Riley 1-(-7). Hayti, Humes 13-(-60). Thomas 9-18. Harris 2-(-24).

PASSING: Malden, Riley 5-12-3 56. Hayti, Humes 9-13-0 128.

RECEIVING: Malden, Jones 4-52. Coleman 1-4. Hayti, Spann 3-55. Luster 3-27. Newbill 2-47. Thomas 1-(-1).