By: Kipp Branch

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

In a hard fought contest, the Brunswick High Pirates came up on the short end of 17-12 contest to Glynn Academy.

The loss dropped the Pirates to 3-6 on the season and 0-3 in region play. It was also the fifth straight loss in the series to the Red Terrors.

The intensity and effort were the best of the season for BHS. Anthony Mountain and KJ Lee both played well at QB.

Both teams were on the short end of a lot of penalties throughout the contest that killed many big plays by each team. BHS scored 12 points in the final five minutes of the contest, and GA recovered an onside kick with 54 seconds left to seal the victory.

Pirate Report Card:

Offense: C. This was a gutty effort against a very solid defense. Marlon Taylor is a beast and he took over the game at times for Glynn.

Jaylen Trimmings ran hard all night, and Anthony Mountain ran hard between the tackles on the zone read play.

Xavier Bean had a nice TD catch late in the contest. The offensive line blocked well all game, but key flags stalled a huge drive in the 3^rd quarter.

I loved the effort and intensity of the unit against a pretty good high school defense. The passing game was off until late, but run game was solid all night long. A lot of positives from this effort.

Defense: B+. This unit came to play and they played like men. Run defense was very good throughout the game and easily the best effort of the season. Freddy Towns made a big time highlight reel interception and the defense really played the option well all night long.

Glynn hit some plays, but good teams are going to make plays. Solid effort and this entire unit deserves a player of the game award.

Special Teams: B. Kick and punt coverage was solid and BHS recovered an onside kick to set up their last TD. What a difference a week makes. Great effort against athletic return units.

Coaching: B. This team was ready to play and the defensive game plan was outstanding.

Offensively the plan was solid, but penalties are drive killers at times. The coaches coached hard and this team grew up tonight. Good solid effort.

Overall: B. Best effort of the year and despite the loss, strides were made tonight.

Glynn is a good football team and this team went toe to toe with them for 48 minutes. The future of this team is very bright. Losing to your rival stings bad, but this team will look back on this as the turning point and will build from this. It was a tough loss but outstanding intensity.

Next up: Bradwell to close out the regular season.