Tom Stallworth ran for four touchdowns and Devon Caldwell ran for three scores to lead Hebron Christian to a 56-28 win over Prince Avenue Christian to win the Class 3-1A Private championship and earn its first state football title.

Hebron Christian (12-2) had 504 yards of total offense and punted only twice against Prince Avenue, which won a state championship last year. 

Stallworth ran 18 times for 84 yards and scored on runs of 7, 3, 1 and 2 yards. He also completed 9 of 15 passes for 172 yards. Caldwell ran 18 times for 180 yards and scored on runs of 40, 1 and 30 yards. Jarvis Mathurin caught six passes for 146 yards, an average of 24.3 yards per catch.

The Hebron defense was led by Albert Wilham with six tackles, two of them for loss, Morris Stroud with 2.5 tackles for loss, and Carrington Coombs with two tackles for loss and one sack. Gerritt Kemp intercepted a pass.

Prince Avenue (10-4) could not overcome three turnovers, including a costly bad snap on a punt that led to Hebron’s first touchdown.

Wolverines’ quarterback Ben Musser completed 15 of 23 passes for 159 yards and one touchdown, an 8-yard toss to C.J. Dockery, with one interception. He carried 13 times for 176 yards and three touchdowns, scoring on runs of 80, 38 and 14 yards.

The win avenged a regular-season 34-31 loss to Prince Avenue. It was the seventh state championship won by coach Jonathan Gess, who won six during his tenure at Eagle’s Landing Christian.

It is the first year the GHSA conducted a separate championship tournament for private schools in the three lower classifications.