Moo, Maybee score twice as Green Forest wins homecoming
Green Forest 35, Marshall 8
GREEN FOREST — Ywa Hay Moo and Hadley Maybee rushed for two touchdowns as Green Forest defeated Marshall 35-8 Friday in the Tigers’ homecoming game.
Green Forest scored on an interception return and improved to 3-0. Marshall quarterback Stretch Childers scored on a 6-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Colt Yarbrough broke a long run on Marshall’s opening snap, taking the Bobcats near the goal line before Green Forest stopped the drive. Maybee opened the scoring on a short keeper with 57 seconds left in the first quarter. Marshall blocked the extra point.
The Bobcats recovered a fumble at their 1-yard line in the second quarter, with Jaydon Salas securing the ball. Green Forest answered on the next play with an interception return for a touchdown. Moo ran for the two-point conversion, making it 14-0.
Moo added a long touchdown run with 4:11 remaining before halftime. Abisai Reyes kicked the extra point for a 21-0 lead.
Marshall forced a punt on Green Forest’s first possession of the second half. On the Tigers’ next possession, Moo broke free from his 18-yard line for his second touchdown. Reyes’ kick made it 28-0 with five minutes left in the third quarter.
Ely Couch made a third-down tackle that helped force a Green Forest punt late in the third quarter, one of Marshall’s two defensive stops that period.
Maybee added a short touchdown keeper in the fourth quarter, and Reyes kicked his third extra point.
Marshall answered with an 80-yard touchdown drive. Couch opened the possession with consecutive first-down runs, including a 12-yard gain. Salas converted fourth-and-one with a run around the left side to extend the possession.
Couch then cut across the field on a run to the Green Forest 6. Childers scored on the next play, and Salas added the two-point conversion.
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- Green Forest – Hadley Maybee short touchdown run (kick blocked), Green Forest 6-0.
2nd Quarter
- Green Forest – Interception return for a touchdown; (Ywa Hay Moo two-point run), Green Forest 14-0.
- Green Forest – Ywa Hay Moo long touchdown run (Abisai Reyes kick), Green Forest 21-0.
3rd Quarter
- Green Forest – Ywa Hay Moo 82-yard touchdown run (Abisai Reyes kick), Green Forest 28-0.
4th Quarter
- Green Forest – Hadley Maybee short touchdown run (Abisai Reyes kick), Green Forest 35-0.
- Marshall – Stretch Childers 6-yard touchdown run (Jaydon Salas two-point run), Green Forest 35-8.
Players of the Game
- Ywa Hay Moo, Green Forest: Two rushing touchdowns, including an 82-yard score; one two-point conversion.
- Hadley Maybee, Green Forest: Two rushing touchdowns, opening the scoring and adding the Tigers’ final touchdown.
- Jaydon Salas, Marshall: Recovered a fumble at Marshall’s 1-yard line; converted fourth-and-one on the touchdown drive; scored the two-point conversion.
- Ely Couch, Marshall: Consecutive first-down runs on the scoring drive, including a 12-yard gain; another run to the Green Forest 6; third-down tackle that helped force a punt.
- Stretch Childers, Marshall: Scored Marshall’s touchdown on a 6-yard run.