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GCS
Staff | 11/1/2025
Staff | 11/1/2025
Photo Credit: Mike Brinson
GA WINS ON COYLE'S KICK, TEAM ALSO PLAYOFF BOUND
By Kevin Price
For GCS Athletics
Glynn Academy survived a scare at Greenbrier on Halloween night, winning 16-13 over the Wolfpack in the season finale for both teams.
The Red Terrors won on a 37-yard field goal by Patrick Coyle as time expired to escape Augusta with a victory that clinched a state playoff berth for the team.
With the victory, Glynn will go to the Class AAAAA state playoffs as the No. 4 seed from Region 1 and will play at Jackson County in two weeks in the opening round. Jackson County is the No. 1 seed out of Region 8.
The Terrors will be making their 18th consecutive playoff appearance and their 12th in a row under head coach Rocky Hidalgo.
Glynn went into the game knowing it could reach the postseason with a victory over the Wolfpack. They also were going to get in as long as rival Brunswick defeated South Effingham at home on Friday night, and the Pirates routed the Mustangs at Glynn County Stadium.
A loss would have left Glynn and South Effingham with four region losses each, but the Terrors defeated the Mustangs during the season and would have won the head-to-head tiebreaker for the fourth spot.
Brunswick will be the top seed from the region for the playoffs. They needed a Statesboro loss to Effingham to be the region champion, and the Rebels defeated the Blue Devils 42-41 in overtime. Effingham will be the No. 2 seed and Statesboro will now be the No. 3 seed.
Brunswick, Statesboro and Effingham all entered the night tied for first in the league with one region loss each, with BHS defeating Effingham and Statesboro having beaten Brunswick. Glynn was the team that had beaten Statesboro.
Glynn finished the regular season 6-4 overall and 5-3 in the region.
Against Greenbrier, the Terrors finished with 321 rushing yards including 137 by quarterback Max Noonan who scored both GA touchdowns.
Noonan put Glynn up early with an 87-yard TD run. Greenbrier (2-8, 1-7) answered to tie the game.
Glynn went back in front before the half on a 23-yard scoring run by Noonan for a 13-6 lead at halftime.
The Wolfpack took advantage of a GA fumble to start the third quarter and tied the game up at 13-13 moments into the second half.
Glynn would block a field goal midway through the final quarter to keep it a 13-13 game.
The Terrors got the ball back on a punt with 1:30 to play at their own 46 and got in position for the game-winner by Coyle. Noonan would run for a key first down before hitting T.Y. Chisolm with a pass to the Greenbrier 25-yard line with one second left on the clock.
Glynn sent Coyle out for a 42-yard try. He missed the kick wide left, and it appeared the game was headed to overtime. However, a Wolfpack defender ran into Coyle after he got his kick off, resulting in a running-into-the-kicker call against the home team.
The penalty against Greenbrier moved the ball up 5 yards and gave Coyle another try. This time, he nailed the kick for the victory.
The Terrors rushed the field and mobbed Coyle.
It ended up being a Happy Halloween night for Glynn.
GCS
Staff | 11/1/2025
Staff | 11/1/2025
