Hiram College

Beaver Falls, PA – September 10, 2026 – The Hiram football team traveled to Beaver Falls, PA Saturday afternoon, for a matchup with a familiar PAC foe in the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes. The Terriers looked to remain unbeaten with a 5-0 start, but eventually fell at the hands of the Golden Tornadoes with a score of 55-19. 

The first quarter started with the Golden Tornadoes striking first on the opening drive of the game, scoring an early touchdown to give themselves the early 7-0 lead. Hiram responded on their opening drive, when quarterback Sean Tejeda found Caleb Tarver across the middle and take it all the way for a 81-yard score and a 7-7 tie. Geneva would then respond on their next drive, taking the lead right back to 14-7. The Terriers once again responded with a touchdown, finished off by a 5-yard scamper in the endzone for Sean Tejeda. This made the score 14-13, still in the first quarter. The Golden Tornadoes would score again in the first, increasing the deficit once again to 7, where the score would be 20-13 at the end of the first.  

The second quarter was a defensive battle, where the Terriers would battle with the Golden Tornadoes to keep the score the way it was. The Golden Tornadoes scored a touchdown in the middle of the second, increasing its lead to 27-13 which held into halftime. 

Geneva increased their lead coming out of the break, scoring two touchdowns in the third to make the score 41-13.

In the fourth, the Terriers would start with the ball, where they promptly marched down the field in a 16-play drive spanning back to the 3rd quarter, capped off by a TJ Allen 5-yard reception for the score. The Golden Tornadoes would end up scoring two more times in the fourth, which would end up making the final score 55-19, but not without a hard-fought effort from Hiram. 

Leading the way in passing was Sean Tejeda, where he would finish 21-30 for 322 yards and 3 total touchdowns. Tejeda also led the rushing category, finishing with 7 rushes for 33 yards and a touchdown. Leading the receiving category was Caleb Tarver, who finished with 6 catches for 118 yards and an TD. Devin Tufts would also impress, hauling in 5 catches for 94 yards. Dylan Hargas led the reception category, where he would have 7 catches for 76 yards.

Defensively, Hiram was lead by the play of Darius Cofield-Washington, who finished with 10 total tackles including 2 sacks and 2.5 TFL's. Kole Scott led the team in tackles, finishing the day with 12 total, including 5 solo tackles. Kendal Owens and Tanner Merwin would both finish with 8 tackles, each of them also getting 6 solo tackles.  

Hiram will be back in action on Saturday, September 17, when they travel to Grove City College for a matchup with the Wolverines with kickoff set for 1 p.m.