Stone Outruns Hancock 50-44 in 94-Point Shootout
WIGGINS, Miss. — Friday, Aug. 28, 2026
Justin Wedgeworth threw for 563 yards. His team still lost.
The Stone Tomcats survived one of the most prolific passing nights in Mississippi high school football history, beating the visiting Hancock Hawks 50-44 on Friday behind 440 rushing yards and a defense that came up with the only three takeaways of the game.
Stone led at every break — 14-7 after one, 28-23 at half, 36-30 through three — but never comfortably. Both teams scored 14 in the fourth.
Wedgeworth’s night
Hancock’s senior quarterback was extraordinary and, in the end, undone. Wedgeworth completed 35 of 50 for 563 yards and four touchdowns, a 70 percent night with an 80-yard strike among it. He added 32 yards and a score on the ground.
He also threw three interceptions, and that was the game. Hancock outgained Stone 680 yards to 525 and lost by six.
Junior Majia Talley was the biggest beneficiary, turning seven catches into 174 yards — nearly 25 a grab — plus 66 more rushing on 10 carries for 240 all-purpose yards. Senior tight end Aiden Harvanek hauled in a game-high 10 receptions for 166 yards. Aspen Farve caught six for 80 and two scores, and Bryson Thompson added seven grabs and a touchdown.
Five different Hawks caught at least five passes. It still wasn’t enough.
Stone’s answer: two backs, 361 yards
Where Hancock threw, Stone simply ran — and ran through people. The Tomcats carried 31 times for 440 yards, an absurd 14.2 yards per attempt.
Junior Ayden Green went for 207 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries, an 18.8-yard average with an 88-yard burst. Fellow junior Amarion Fairley was nearly his equal: 154 yards and two scores on 10 touches, averaging 15.4 with an 80-yard run of his own.
Two backs. Twenty-one carries. Three hundred sixty-one yards. Six touchdowns.
Senior quarterback Zander Howard was efficient in a supporting role — 9 of 14 for 85 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions — and added 78 yards and a score on nine keepers. Stone did not need him to throw.
The difference
Kenneth Boggs did what no one else could: the 6-foot-3 junior defensive back picked off Wedgeworth twice, returning them 14 yards, and added six tackles. Charley Pasley grabbed the third interception, forced a fumble, recovered another, broke up two passes and made nine stops.
Sophomore linebacker Elijah Bostic led all tacklers with 11. Cayden Luster and Bryson Parker each recorded a sack and a tackle for loss.
For Hancock, Coleton Hopgood and Wyatt Coleman tied for the team lead with 10 tackles apiece; Coleman added two tackles for loss.
Hancock moved the ball at will and turned it over three times. Stone barely threw it and won by explosive plays. On a night with 94 points and 1,205 yards of total offense, that was the margin.
