Southern Sports Edition
Pirates Right Ship
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
On a gorgeous night for football the Brunswick High Pirates obliterated the South Effingham Mustangs on their homecoming 43-0 in lovely Guyton, Georgia.
Coming off the heartbreaking loss to Camden County to spoil its own homecoming the week before the Pirate out and raced to a 29-0 halftime lead and never looked back and only a running clock in the 4th quarter kept Brunswick from hanging 50 on the Mustangs last night.
SSE Minute Sept 24
Glynn to Terrorize State
By: Garrison Ryfun
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The Glynn Academy Red Terrors are now 4-1 halfway through the season, and after the early loss to Benedictine they are starting to look like state title contenders.
Over the past month, the Terrors have taken on Pomona (#1 Team in Colorado), Camden County, and East Jackson. They won all of those games and won them all very convincingly.
Measuring Up Blake Bortles
By: Drayton Hogarth
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The NFL season is underway, and the Jacksonville Jaguars are looking to take another step toward becoming a viable playoff contender by either challenging for the AFC South title or grabbing a wild card berth.
One reason Jacksonville is looking to take strides forward is quarterback Blake Bortles. The Jaguars franchise is directly related to Bortles’s development, and his progress as an NFL quarterback.
Rocky Top Or Gator Bait
By: Kenneth Harrison Jr.
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The first big SEC East showdown occurs in Week 4. No. 16 Florida travels to Knoxville to play rival No. 12 Tennessee. Both teams are undefeated with 3-0 records.
The Gators looked like they finally found a solid quarterback this year. They’ve struggled at the position since Tim Tebow exhausted all of his eligibility in 2009. Luke Del Rio has passed for 762 yards, completing 61% of his passes for 6 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
Miami’s Richt Answer
By: JJ Lanier
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Last week, on a flight from Miami to Asheville, my Dad happened to be seated next to two Hurricanes fans who were traveling to North Carolina to watch their team take on Appalachian State.
Both of the passengers were former professors from the university (the wife was the former head of one of the academic departments) and they were avid fans of all Miami athletics. At some point during the hour and a half flight home the comment was made “Well, Georgia’s loss is certainly our gain.”
Frederica Remains Dominant
By: Jeff Doke
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The Frederica Knights followed up their defeat of defending GISA Class AAA State Champions Valwood with a defeat of defending GISA Class AA State Champions Memorial Day.
The Knights took their unbeaten record to 5-0 with a 23-3 victory, sending the Matadors to a 1-3-1 overall record.
Pirates Off Course
By: Kipp Branch
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
On a great night for football at Glynn County Stadium and also Homecoming the Brunswick High School Pirates laid an inexplicable egg.
The Pirates dropped a head scratching 7-6 contest to the winless Camden County Wildcats to go to 2-2 on the 2016 season.
SSE Minute Sept 15
The Tebow Bus
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
Tim Tebow announcing his intent to play Major League Baseball seemed like a joke at first. Then actual Major League Baseball teams went along with it. Almost all of them showed up to watch him display his talents.
Then one actually signed him. Tim Tebow is now a professional baseball player. It still seems like kind of a joke.
