By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics Week 2 of the Region 1-AAAAA schedule brought different results for Glynn Academy and Statesboro which squared off Friday night at Glynn County Stadium. The Red Terrors bounced back from their hard-to-swallow defeat last Friday at Bradwell Institute with a 36-8 victory over the Blue Devils to make for a happy Homecoming game between the bricks. “It was a good game for the most part,” said GA head coach Rocky Hidalgo. “We started slow, but we were physical on both sides of the ball. We came off the ball, the running backs ran hard, and (quarterback) Max (Noonan) played well.” Statesboro (2-2) came into the league counter against Glynn after winning its opening region game at home last week over Greenbrier by a 42-28 score. On Friday, the Terrors (2-2) did all of the first-half scoring to take a 16-0 advantage into halftime when Glynn crowned its Homecoming queen and king during the usual on-field ceremony. The GA defense set up the first score of the game with a fumble recovery by Quan Coleman that gave the Terrors the ball at the Statesboro 43-yard line. On the third play from scrimmage, sophomore quarterback Max Noonan hit T.Y. Chisolm in stride for a 39-yard scoring strike to break the scoreless deadlock just moments into the second quarter. “That’s what we want. We wanna throw play-action,” Hidalgo said when asked about the play after Glynn had been running the ball straight ahead with its halfbacks on its first two possessions. Glynn sent the kicking team out for the extra-point try after the touchdown, but snapped the ball to Landon Wilson who ran through the line for two points and an 8-0 led for the Terrors. GA took the 16-0 lead late in the second quarter when it drove 79 yards in seven plays following a punt by the Blue Devils. Noonan scored the touchdown for the Terrors on a 32-yard keep after faking a handoff to his halfback and then running off the left side of the line. He would slip away from a would-be tackler just beyond the line of scrimmage before heading toward the end zone. “On offense, we just wanna find a crack,” Hidalgo said. “As people adjust to things, if they wanna take the dive away, then the quarterback has an option. If they wanna take that away, then we gotta pitch it out on the edge. It’s like anything else.” The Terrors converted twice on third down on the scoring march with Noonan making a play with his feet and another with his arm to keep the drive going. He ran for a 22-yard gain and a first down at the Statesboro 49 when Glynn needed 2 yards the first time it faced third down. Three plays later, when it was third-and-9, Noonan hit halfback Ian Pomiechowski for 16 yards and a first down at the Statesboro 32. Noonan’s number was called on the next snap and he scored for the twin-figure lead for the Terrors. Glynn would actually convert another two-point play when they gave the ball to kicker Patrick Coyle after lining up to kick the point-after. Coyle scored in the right corner for the 16-0 lead. The Blue Devils were whistled for two dead-ball fouls in the end zone on the play, and one Statesboro player was ejected for his infraction. Statesboro got right back in the game on its first possession to begin the second half. The Blue Devils, starting from their own 20, lined up in a heavy package with all running backs in the backfield without their usual quarterback. They called on senior tight end/linebacker Rashad Chavers to carry the ball, and he powered through the line, going all the way to the GA 2 before the Terrors could tackle him. Starting running back Keon Childers scored on the next play to get the Blue Devils on the board. They would add the two-point conversion as well, with Chavers taking a handoff across the goal line to make the score 16-8 less than 30 seconds into the second half. The Terrors didn’t let Statesboro get any closer, however. Glynn answered with a six-play, 64-yard scoring drive on its opening possession of the third period with Sean Wallace scoring on a counter-play from 26 yards out for a 22-8 lead. Da’Sean Howard had runs of 11 and 14 yards on the drive while Noonan had a 14-yard keeper as well. Statesboro would give up the ball on downs inside Glynn territory on its next offensive series when Childers dropped the ball and then lost yardage on fourth-and-4 from the GA 30. Taking over at their 33, the Terrors would take complete control of the game when they went the 67 yards in seven plays to score again for a 29-8 lead following a Coyle kick late in the third. The Terrors converted on third down on this drive, too, when Chisolm left his feet to haul in a pass over the coverage for a 21-yard gain and a new set of downs at the Statesboro 45. Chisolm scored the Glynn touchdown on a 24-yard run around left end after lining up on the right side of the formation. Wallace lined up on the left side of the line and went in motion going right before the snap, but Noonan got the ball to Chisolm as he came left. The senior play-maker went around the end and ran away from the defense for another Glynn touchdown. “We ran counter, then we ran reverse. Some people think that’s a trick play. That’s not a trick play for us,” Hidalgo explained. “That’s one of our football plays. That’s a play we’re gonna run once or twice a game.” The Terrors finished off their productive second half with a 10-play, 65-yard drive in the fourth quarter with Noonan scoring from 9 yards out for his second rushing TD of the night. Coyle added the PAT to put the final 36-8 score on the board with 7:24 left on the clock. Noonan finished the game 3-of-4 passing for 76 yards and the early touchdown, but obviously he had a major impact on the game running the ball. He ended the game with team-best 108 yards on seven carries while notching the two touchdowns. GA totaled 376 yards in the win with exactly 300 coming on the ground. Howard followed his quarterback with 74 yards on 14 carries, DJ Creighton added 56 yards on 11 tries and Wallace carried for 37 yards on three attempts. The Blue Devils ended up with 298 yards in the losing effort. Sophomore quarterback Beckham Jarrard was 13-of-22 for 147 yards. Childers, a senior for the Blue Devils and their top running back coming into the game, gained only 14 net yards on 11 carries. He was averaging over 100 yards through the team’s first three games. The Glynn defense forced fumbles on Statesboro’s first two possessions. In addition to the Coleman recovery mentioned above, Smith Whitehead recovered a loose ball for the Terrors on the Blue Devils’ opening drive after Amari Moore knocked the ball away from Jarrard as he closed in to sack him from behind. “You gotta play fast. If you play fast and hit people, good things can happen. That’s the nature of defense,” Hidalgo said. GA’s Hidalgo praised Statesboro’s third-year head coach Matt Dobson for the job he is doing with the Blue Devils. “Statesboro had a lot going against it. He has done a good job with his players,” Hidalgo said. Glynn will be on the road next week as it goes to Augusta to take on Lakeside-Evans in region action. Statesboro goes to Hinesville to face off with Bradwell Institute at Olvey Field.