By: Joe Delaney

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

Summer is upon us and while most people plan vacations, go to the beach, cookout and enjoy the Golden Isles etc, there is a large group of teenage boys who are focused on one thing. That thing is high school football.

So, I wasn’t surprised when I pulled up to the Glynn Academy fieldhouse to meet with Red Terror Coach Rocky Hidalgo that there were 50 plus kids working out in the hot sun with another 30 inside lifting weights.

For the really good teams, this is the time they get ready.  Glynn wants to be a really good team.

In my conversations with Coach Hidalgo, he was very upbeat about the 2025 edition of Red Terror Football.

While last year’s team had a winning record and went to the playoffs, you could tell the Terrors and Coach Rock wanted more. With multiple returning starters, they have a chance to be much better.

Offensively, the Terrors return multi-year starters in Aiden Ward and Josh Baker up front. Add in starter Grant Ferrell and this offensive line could be very good. It is a great nucleus to start with.

Running the ball behind these guys are returners Dasean Howard and D J Creighton. These guys are quick and fast and should be fun to watch. Veterans make a difference.

Outside are returning starters Sean Wallace at the slot, Lavonte Lockett and TY Chisholm at the wideouts.

The key to the offense will be the play of incoming quarterback Max Noonan. He has looked great in practice and the young 5’11” 165 lb QB just needs to distribute the ball to all those playmakers and limit his mistakes.

He has a lot of players around him and doesn’t need to make a ton of plays. If he limits the mistakes this could be a very good offense.

Defensively, everything will rest on the play of the young D-line.

Glynn will be very solid in the back seven with returning starters all over the place.

If young bucks like James Kennedy, Amahray Moore, and Zamir Bell step up on the defensive line then the Terrors will be very good.

Smith Whitehead, Anson Gallon, and Cooper Reiss all return at linebacker. Throw in returning starters Sean Wallace, and Quan Coleman at DBs and it should be a solid unit.

The kicking game is always a strength for Glynn Academy and 2025 shouldn’t be any different. When the Glynn Academy Soccer team wins about 15 games every year…well you get the idea. Patrick Coyle is the next man up.

The Red Terrors will face stiff competition in the region with Effingham and Brunswick the region co favorites.

Add in Richmond Hill and some of the games will be brutal.

But with a nice group of returning starters and solid coaching staff, Glynn should be competitive in every game. The play at QB and on the D-line will have a lot to say about how far this Terror team will go.

They don’t have to be great. They just have to be solid and let the veterans make plays and the Terrors will be dangerous.

Schedule

8/15 @ Wayne

8/22 @ Richmond Hill

8/29 Bye

9/5 @ Bradwell

9/12 v. Statesboro

9/19 @ Lakeside

9/26 v. Brunswick

10/3 @Evans

10/10 v. South Effingham

10/17 Bye

10/24 v. Effingham

10/31 @ Greenbriar