High School Football
Glynn Academy’s Season Opener
By: Christian Goeckel
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The football season in Glynn County began with a resounding thud, as Glynn Academy fell to Benedictine 33-8.
What was expected to be a heavyweight fight became more of a “Who can put the ball on the ground more?”.
Knights Of The Roundtable
By: Alex Mathis
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Frederica Knights look to make a deeper run into the playoffs this year. The Knights have the depth to compete for a state championship.
Brandon Derrick’s Knights will have some familiar faces on the field but some will be in different positions. Let’s take a look at this year’s team preview.
Red Terror’s Pitchfork Games
By: Christian Goeckel
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
If you asked any coach they’d tell you every game is a must win. If I was being completely literal I’d tell you only region and playoff games are must wins.
But every team has games on their schedule that hold more meaning than just the win and loss columns; games that can swing the entire momentum of your season. This is a look at the three games that can be the difference between another exceptional season for Glynn or a mediocre one.
The Elite
By: Jason Bishop
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Football season is once again upon us and we have seen an explosion of talent grace our area high school football teams in the past few years.
The truth is the talent just didn’t one day show up. It has been here all along, the college coaches are just now beginning to look at the Golden Isles and southeast Georgia as a recruiting hotbed.
Pirates Crew
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Since February Sean Pender’s new staff has been hard at work at Brunswick High School.
Since that time Pender has started changing the culture at BHS. The offseason conditioning program has been going strong and the Pirates have competed in several 7 on 7 tournaments.
Before the official start of the season let’s take a look at the positional groups of the 2017 Pirates.
Glynn Academy Red Terror Preview
By: Christian Goeckel
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Glynn Academy Red Terrors have been just that to the rest of Georgia high school football since the arrival of head coach Rocky Hidalgo.
Under Hidalgo the Terrors have amassed a record of 32-9 (78%) including a playoff record of 8-3 (72%). Making the quarterfinals in each of their first three seasons, including a state championship appearance in 2015, Glynn has established itself as a perennial power in the state.
Frederica Knights 2017 Preview
By: Alex Mathis
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Frederica Academy saw their season end last year in the second round of the playoffs against Deerfield Windsor. The Knights have improved the last two seasons in the win column.
Two years ago they went 7-4 and last year that went 9-2. I don’t see the trend stopping this year.
Head coach Brandon Derrick’s Knights are a little more dialed in this year. They could make a lot of noise in the next few months.
Buford Preview
By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Buford High School has been a football powerhouse sicen the 2000’s. The Wolves have won a total of 11 state championships. Ten of those are from 2001 to 2014.
They have won over several different classifications starting in A in 2001 and ending in AAAA in 2014. Buford is a fairly small school with an enrollment of 1,150 students. Now they are in AAAAA.
Brunswick High Pirates 2017 Preview
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
To say that there is a lot of excitement on Altama Avenue regarding the 2017 Brunswick High football season would be an understatement.
The anticipation is through the roof. New head coach Sean Pender has the Pirate Nation fired up and with 35 seniors retuning on a talented roster, most loyal Pirates feel like the program can bounce back from back to back dismal seasons.
Let us take a look game by game and predict how the Pirate season will play out.
Swing Your Sword
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
As I always say it is never too early to talk Pirate Football.
When you follow a program as closely as I have followed the BHS program as a former player and now broadcaster you develop some special bonds with former and current players.
One of those current players that I am really close to is senior LB Kam Futch. Futch is one heck of a football player.
