Renton rallies to beat Hazen

The Renton Indians rallied for 14 in the fourth quarter to upend the Hazen Highlanders 37-34 on Friday in an intra-district matchup at Renton memorial Stadium.

The Renton Indians rallied for 14 in the fourth quarter to upend the Hazen Highlanders 37-34 on Friday in an intra-district matchup at Renton memorial Stadium.

Kaleb McGee racked up 216 yards scored four times for Hazen in the losing effort.

The Indians, coming off a close loss to Foster the week before, came out hot and scored two touchdowns in the first quarter. Hazen matched with one of their own and the teams headed into the second with Renton up 14-8.

But the Highlanders responded in the second, racking up 20 points and holding Renton to just 3 and the teams hit the locker room with Hazen up 28-17.

Defense dominated the third quarter as the teams put up 6 points each to put the Indians down 34-23 as the teams entered the final frame.

The fourth quarter belonged to Renton who scored twice to go ahead and then held on to win 37-34.

No individual statistics were available for Renton.

With the win, Renton improves to 2-4 overall and 2-2 in the Seamount. The Indians play Meadowdale on Thursday at Renton memorial Stadium.

Hazen falls to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the league. They play at Highline on Friday.