The Stone Tomcats will challenge the Laurel Golden Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Stone sitting on seven straight victories and Laurel on five.
Stone is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 35-7 win over Sumrall. 35 seems to be a good number for the Tomcats as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Stone's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ayden Green, who rushed for 170 yards and a pair of scores on only 14 carries, and Jayden Collins, who gained 170 total yards and two touchdowns. Green really tore up the turf during one magnificent 77-yard run. Another rusher making a difference was Amarion Fairley, who rushed for 69 yards and one touchdown on only seven carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Stone was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 396 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Brayden Williams
| 11/14/25 vs Sumrall | 8 |
| 11/06/25 vs East Central | 9 |
| 10/31/25 @ Northeast Jones | 21 |
| 10/24/25 @ Vancleave | 10 |
| 10/17/25 vs Purvis | 7 |
| + 18 more games |
Stone didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brayden Williams and Ryan Theriot. Williams has been hot for a while, having also posted six or more total tackles the last 23 times he's played.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, Laurel made sure to put some points up on the board against Purvis on Friday. The Golden Tornadoes breezed past the Tornadoes to the tune of 39-3.
Laurel's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Stone, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
Stone came out on top in a nail-biter against Laurel in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, sneaking past 24-21. Do the Tomcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Golden Tornadoes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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