Oregon high school football player runs for 643 yards and 10 touchdowns…in one game
Sep 15, 2012, 3:57 PM EDT
To say that Aloha High School senior running back Thomas Tyner had a good game against Lakeridge (OR) High School would be the understatement of the century.
Tyner last night ran for a state record with 643 yards and ten touchdowns in Aloha’s 84-63 win against the Pacers where it appears that defense left the building sometime in the first half.
Here are just some of the interesting facts that surround his record-breaking performance:
-> He demolished the previous Oregon high school yard mark set by Jake LaCoste of West Albany in 2011 with 508 yards
> At halftime, Tyner had 362 yards and five touchdowns
-> Six of his touchdown runs were over forty yards, three of them over sixty yards
-> Coming into the game, Tyner had 584 yards and seven touchdowns. After it, he had 1,228 yards and seventeen touchdowns
-> In high school sports history, it is the third largest rushing day ever (The largest being 754 yards by Netcong High School’s (NJ) John Giannantonio in 1950)
-> It was Tyner’s 18th birthday
In case you’re wondering, who is the lucky school that gets Tyner’s services next season? The University of Oregon.
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643 yards and 10 touchdowns are game stats for Oregon high schooler [SB Nation]
Thomas Tyner breaks lose again [Max Preps]
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- manchestermiracle - Sep 15, 2012 at 10:03 PM
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Maybe they should have him play defense, too, since they gave up 63. And why the heck does an Oregon high school have a Hawai’ian greeting for its name?
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- dallasstars9 - Sep 17, 2012 at 2:12 PM
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It’s not prenounced like the greeting. It’s pronounced A-lo-UH – Drop the “H” – I live in the area so I’m just sayin.
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- florida727 - Sep 16, 2012 at 12:06 AM
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In other news, 2 high school football Defensive Coordinators were fired following Friday night’s slate of games. Ironically enough, one worked for Aloha High School, the other for… oh heck, you get the idea.
