Hiram, Ohio - October 31, 2026 - The Hiram Terrier football team welcomed their new PAC foe Waynesburg Saturday afternoon for Hiram's annual homecoming game. The Terriers fought against the YellowJackets, contesting every play in a very close game, but falling just short in a very close game with the final of 40-39.
The homecoming game opened up with both teams punting, as the Terrier defense remained strong on their first series of the game. Hiram would get the ball back and waste no time scoring, when
Sean Tejeda would find
Devin Tufts down the middle for a 70-yard score, giving the Terriers the early lead. Both teams would remain deadlocked to end the quarter, but the Terriers would have the early lead at the end of the first.
Both teams would trade punts to open up the second, but Hiram would add another score in the middle of the quarter, when Tejeda would once again find Tufts down the field for a 41-yard score, giving the Terriers the 13-0 lead. Waynesburg would then respond, scoring a touchdown on their next drive to make the score 13-7. Hiram would then respond on their next drive, when Tufts would find the endzone again, this time rushing it in from one yard out, giving Hiram the 21-7 lead. Waynesburg would then respond, adding two scores late in the second to cut the Hiram lead to just one heading into halftime with the score 21-20.
Coming out of the half, the Terriers would intercept the YellowJackets, when
Kade Scott would intercept the ball, giving Hiram the ball. A few drives later, Hiram would add a score, this time with Tejeda finding
Caleb Tarver across the middle for a touchdown, extending the Terrier lead to 27-20. Waynesburg would then respond with a touchdown of their own, cutting the Terrier lead back to one at 27-26, which would be the score at the end of the third.
Hiram would respond on their first drive in the fourth, when Tejeda would find Tufts for a 29-yard score, marking his fourth total touchdown of the day, and giving Hiram the 33-26 lead. Hiram would then get the ball back and score another touchdown, extending their lead to 39-26 on a
Kevin Dycks TD reception.Waynesburg would then respond on their next drive, scoring a touchdown to make the game one score again at 39-32. Waynesburg would then get the ball back late and score another touchdown, while also completing a two-point conversion to give them the 40-39. Hiram would try to respond late, but would unfortunately fall up short, but not without a hard-fought effort from the Terriers.
Leading the way in passing for Hiram was
Sean Tejeda, who finished 28-41 with 303 yards and 5 passing touchdowns on the day. Leading the receiving category was
Devin Tufts, who would have 7 catches for 165 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns. Tufts would also have a rushing touchdown a one yard carry.
Kevin Dycks and
Caleb Tarver would both add a receiving touchdown, and
Dylan Hargas would finish with 5 catches for 81 yards.
Isaiah Livingstone would lead the rushing category, finishing with 15 carries for 49 yards on the game.
Defensively, Hiram was lead by the play of
Kade Scott, who finished with 2 solo tackles and an INT. Also dominating the line was
Darius Cofield-Washington, who finished with 5 solo tackles, including 2 TFL's and 1 sack.
Timarius Mickens would also have a great game, finishing with 4 solo tackles, including 2 TFL's.
Hiram football will be back in action on Saturday, November 7, when they will travel to Allegheny College for a matchup with the Gators, with kickoff set for 1 p.m.
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