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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.
Mark Richt Overrated?
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Recently, The Sporting News released their rankings of all 130 FBS football coaches. Coming in at Number 9 was former Bulldog, and current Miami Hurricanes head coach, Mark Richt.
I don’t know about every single college football coach enough to debate the merit of that ranking, but there was one comment that stood out to me: “Perhaps no coach wins this much without proper recognition.”
The Game July 15
Back To Ground Level
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
By now it is obvious to anyone paying attention that the Atlanta Hawks are in rebuild mode, despite newly appointed GM Travis Schlenk‘s comments about staying competitive.
SSE Minute July 13
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.
The Game July 8
