By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics The Glynn Academy soccer teams are set for games in the Sweet 16 of their respective Class AAAAAA state tournaments this week. Meantime, the GA tennis teams saw their seasons come to a close Tuesday in the final 16 of their state tournaments. The Red Terrors, winners of Region 2-AAAAAA, fell to powerful Marist at their home courts while the Glynn girls, who finished second in the region this spring, fell to Dunwoody at home. The GA boys had beaten Forest Park 5-0 in the first round last week while the Lady Terrors had also rolled past Forest Park 5-0 in the opening round. On the soccer field, both Glynn teams will face off against St. Pius X in the second round. The Lady Terrors will play at 5 p.m. Thursday with the GA boys playing at 7 p.m. on Friday. Both contests are at Glynn County Stadium. Both teams won easily in the opening round with the Terrors rocking Rockdale County 7-0 and the Glynn girls parading past Mundy’s Mill 10-0. Both GA teams won region titles again this spring. The Terrors are led by Jonas Coyle who has set a new single-season scoring record for the GA program with 38 goals on the season. ...

The following is a capsule look at Brunswick High’s spring sports: Baseball: The Pirates are assured of winning their fourth straight Region 2-6A series this week with the closing game set for Friday at home against Effingham. Brunswick won the first two games against the Rebels earlier this week. BHS took one of three games against Evans in its second region series on the schedule last month and have won every other league series. Brunswick swept all three games from both Lakeside-Evans and Grovetown before winning two of three last week against South Effingham. Following Friday’s game against Effingham, the Pirates will close their region slate next week with three games against rival Glynn Academy. The Pirates will finish out their regular-season schedule the following week with a couple of non-region games. Going into tonight, the Pirates are tied with Glynn for second in the league standings. Evans leads the league with two losses while GA and BHS both have three region setbacks. Track and Field: The Brunswick teams hosted the Big Play Slay Invitational last Friday which brought 16 teams to the school for a super-sized meet. The competition was named after former BHS football and track standout Darius Slay, a current NFL star with the Philadelphia Eagles. The BHS boys placed second in their home meet. A highlight for the Pirates was the school-record performance by their 4x100 relay team which bested the previous best time set by the relay squad which once featured Slay. The Brunswick girls finished ninth overall. The Lady Pirates’ 4x800 relay team scored a third-place finish. Soccer: The Brunswick boys won their final two Region 2-6A contests last week on penalty kicks. The Pirates defeated both Effingham and Evans in shootouts. BHS closes out its season next week at home against Frederica Academy on Tuesday and Valdosta on Friday. The Brunswick girls also close their season next week against Frederica and Valdosta. ...

The following is a look at Glynn Academy’s spring sports scene: Soccer: The Glynn boys and girls teams have both won Region 2-6A titles again this season. The Red Terrors claimed their 17th league crown overall last week when they defeated South Effingham 5-1 at Glynn County Stadium. Glynn’s seniors have won region crowns each of their four seasons. The Terrors are 15-1 overall and went 11-1 in region play. They lost their opening region game this season to Evans before rolling through the rest of the schedule unbeaten to claim another crown. They finish out the regular season next Friday at Richmond Hill. The GA girls also finished atop the league standings again as they secured this year’s region championship with a 1-0 win last Friday at Grovetown. The Lady Terrors also went 11-1 in the region with their only loss coming to Lakeside-Evans. The Glynn girls are 13-1-1 with two games next week to close their regular schedule. They are scheduled to host Pierce County on Wednesday before playing at Richmond Hill as well on Friday. Tennis: The Glynn boys captured the Region 2-6A title last Friday with a win over Lakeside-Evans in the region tournament finals. The GA teams hosted the region tournament at their courts on the school campus. The Terrors are 17-0 going into the state tournament which opens soon. The GA girls settled for a runner-up finish in the region as they fell in the league final to Lakeside. The Lady Terrors are 14-6 overall heading into state. Track and Field: In last week’s Big Play Slay Invitational hosted by Brunswick High, both GA teams recorded top-5 finishes. The GA boys were third while the Glynn girls tied for fourth. For the GA boys, Damarion Robinson won the triple jump while Tyree Chisolm won the 110-meter hurdles. For the GA girls, Bella Pearson won the 1600-meter run, finishing just ahead of teammate Abigail Winford who also placed second in the 3,200. The GA girls also won the 4-x800 relay. Golf: Both GA golf teams are eyeing their upcoming region tournaments. The Terrors and Lady Terrors both won state titles last spring. Baseball: The Terrors, ranked fifth this week in Class AAAAAA, will be looking to win their final two games of this week’s Region 2-6A series against South Effingham. GA dropped the opening game Monday by 6-5 in Guyton. Game 2 is tonight at Adam Wainwright Field while the third game is back at South Effingham on Friday. The Terrors are 15-5 overall and 7-3 in the region. They are currently tied for second in the region standings as they are a game back in the loss column to Evans. GA plays Brunswick High three times next week and Evans three times the following week to close out region play. Glynn lost two of three in its opening region series last month against Effingham before sweeping both Lakeside-Evans and Grovetown. Glynn had won eight games in a row before Monday’s loss. ...

By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics Glynn Academy’s wrestling team closed out a tremendous season with a strong showing this past weekend at the Georgia High School Association Traditional State Championships in Macon. Glynn’s Hunter Kegley won a state title in the 126-pound weight class with a victory by fall in the final. The GA senior completed the season with a 50-4 record. He follows former GA wrestler Jackson Wakeland who recently won back-to-back state crowns for the Red Terrors. Also for Glynn, female wreslter Marigona Lau won a state title. The sophomore becomes the first female from Glynn County to win a state crown. The Terrors also had other wrestlers who placed in their respective classes. Junior Phil Cuttino finished as the runner-up in the 138-pound division while senior Cade Morgan placed third at 157 pounds. Ryan Alfau was sixth at 132 for Glynn, and Aiden Waters was sixth at 144. The Terrors finished fourth in the final team standings for Class AAAAAA. Earlier, they finished second in the state in team duals, settling for the runner-up spot after falling in a tiebreaker with area rival South Effingham which the Terrors wrestled in the state team final. ...

By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics The Brunswick High wrestling program made more history over the weekend at the Georgia High School Association Traditional State Championships in Macon. The Pirates of head coach Tom Bartolotta came away with two individual state championships which is a first-time accomplishment in Glynn County and they also had three wrestlers in the state finals in their own weight classes in the same state tournament which also is a first here in Glynn County. Brunswick senior Anthony Lowe capped a sterling high-school career with a second consecutive state crown while competing at 190 pounds. Lowe went 29-0 on the season for the Pirates and finished off his career in the prep ranks by winning 83 matches in a row. He finishes his four years with the Pirates with a 155-11 career record. “It has been one great high school career,” Bartolotta said. Also for the Pirates, junior Clayton Hicks won the state crown on Saturday in the 120-pound division. Hicks won his state final by decision with an 8-2 score. Hicks finished his campaign with a 56-5 record. “Clayton will look to repeat in 2025,” Bartolotta said. “He can become the first Glynn County wrestler in history to place in the state tournament four times.” Brunswick’s River Creel also was the runner-up at 285 pounds. Creel, a senior, reached the state final to face South Effingham’s Ashton Anderson. The match went into triple overtime before Anderson prevailed. Creel went 35-6 in his last season with the Pirates. “River has been a four-year standout in wrestling and football. We were very grateful to have River in the program,” Bartollotta said. Creel recently signed to play football at Georgia Military College. Also, BHS wrestler Thomas Clay placed this weekend, finishing fifth in his weight class. “Thomas is going to be a tremendous loss,” Bartolotta noted. The Pirates accumlated enough points to finish eight overall in the Class AAAAAA team standings. ...

Glynn Academy football player Ryan Young signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play college football at Georgia Military College. ...