By Kevin Price For GCS Athletics Kickoff A look at Glynn Academy’s next game: Opponent: Lakeside-Evans When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: Glynn County Stadium Radio: 102.5 FM; Click Here Records: GA 7-2 overall, 4-1 Region 2-AAAAAA; LE 3-6, 1-4 Last week: GA did not play: Lakeside-Evans lost 36-31 at Effingham Last year/All-time: GA won 42-20; GA leads 3-0 Game Preview: The Red Terrors will close out the regular season at Glynn County Stadium while looking to win their fourth region game in a row to finish out the schedule. Also, they hope a victory Friday night will land them back at home next week in the opening round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs. A win also could put them in a three-way tie for first in the final region standings with Brunswick and Effingham who face off on Friday night in Springfield in a matchup that will decide the region championship. Glynn can’t win the tiebreaker in the event of a three-way tie despite its victory over the Pirates in the City Championship game which also was a region counter because of the final score when it lost to the Rebels the next week in Springfield. The tiebreaker is explained in detail below. Effingham would win the tiebreaker as long as it scores seven points in Friday’s game against the Pirates even if the Rebels were to end up losing the game. If Effingham wins the tiebeaker or the game, Glynn will get the No. 2 seed for the playoffs because of its head-to-head win over the Pirates. The Terrors also would get the No. 2 seed if they lose and Brunswick loses because of their win in the City Championship. Glynn can fall to the No 3 seed if they lose and Brunswick were to win. The Panthers would win just their second region game this season if they were to knock off the Terrors on Friday. Three of their four league losses have been by five or fewer points. They dropped their region opener 16-15 to Evans before falling 46-22 at home to Brunswick. The Panthers then fell 22-19 at home to South Effingham before getting their lone region win over Grovetown by a 37-7 final score. Grovetown ended up going 0-6 in region play this year. Last week, Lakeside-Evans gave Effingham a scare before the Rebels prevailed 36-31 to remain unbeaten in region play going into the finale against the Pirates. The Panthers average almost 140 yards rushing a game. Senior tailback Willie Butler, who took over as Glynn’s featured rusher following a season-ending injury to Greg Peacock at Effingham two games into the league schedule, has carried Glynn down the stretch. He rushed for 101 yards and three scores on 20 carries in a 35-0 win over South Effingham on Oct. 5, the last time Glynn played at home. The next game, he carried 24 times for 300 yards and three touchdowns as Glynn won 43-3 at Evans. Two weeks ago, Butler scored three more times after halftime as Glynn rallied for a 22-14 win at Evans. Butler has rushed for 759 yards and 10 touchdowns and averages 7.7 yards per carry. Senior linebacker Peyton Parker leads the Terrors with 60 tackles and 31 assists. The Terrors had an open date last week. It will be Senior Night for Glynn on Friday. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region 2-AAAAAA Standings Team Region Record Overall Record Effingham 5-0 6-3 Glynn Academy 4-1 7-2 Brunswick 4-1 6-2 South Effingham 2-3 6-3 Evans 2-3 3-6 Lakeside-Evans 1-4 3-6 Grovetown 0-6 2-6 This Week’s Schedule Brunswick at Effingham Lakeside-Evans at Glynn Academy Evans at South Effingham Grovetown, idle The Region 2-AAAAAA playoff picture going into this week: - Effingham, Brunswick and Glynn Academy have all clinched playoff berths and will be the top three seeds. - Effingham can finish as the top or No. 2 seed based on the result of its game against Brunswick. - Brunswick can finish as the top seed or the No. 3 seed based on the result of its game against Effingham and the result of the Glynn Academy-Lakeside-Evans game. - Glynn Academy can finish as the No. 2 seed or No. 3 seed depending on the result of its game against Lakeside-Evans and the result of the Effingham-Brunswick game, but cannot finish as the region champion. - The winner of the South Effingham-Evans game will be the No. 4 seed. The potential first-place tie and how the Region 2-AAAAAA tiebreaker procedures will be executed to break the tie and seed the teams for the state playoffs. - There could be a three-way tie for first if Brunswick defeats Effingham and Glynn defeats Lakeside-Evans. Effingham, Brunswick and Glynn would all be tied for first with one region loss each. If this were to take place, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head results. In this case, all three teams would have beaten each other when they played. Glynn defeated Brunswick. Effingham defeated Glynn, and Brunswick would have defeated Effingham to forge the tie. Thus, the head-to-head tiebreaker does not break the tie. Therefore, the region would go to the next possible tiebreaker which is points allowed by each team in the games they played against one another. Also, the points allowed are capped at a maximum of 25 points. (And keep in mind, this procedure is used only to break the three-way tie. Once the top seed is determined, the head-to-head result between the other two teams decides the remaining seeds._ So, Glynn defeated BHS 22-15, and Glynn lost to Effingham 49-3. Thus, Glynn has allowed 40 points. (Remember, the Effingham total was capped at 25). For Effingham, we know the Rebels gave up the 3 points to Glynn. The maximum they will end up allowing is 28 even if they give up the max of 25 to Brunswick. Therefore, we know that Glynn can’t get the top seed through this tiebreaker because the Terrors are sure to have allowed more points than Effingham. For Brunswick, we know the Pirates gave up the 22 points to Glynn, which puts them at a 19-point deficit to Effingham as it relates to the tiebreaker going into Friday. Thus, Brunswick must win and defeat the Rebels by at least 19 points to win the region championship and claim the No. 1 seed for the state playoffs. And remember, the points allowed total is capped at 25, so the Pirates have to win by the 19 and do so while the Rebels will only be charged for allowing a maximum of 25 points. A 25-6 victory would work in favor of Brunswick, and of course so would one of the following: 24-3, 24-0, 23-3. But unfortunately for the Pirates, a 30-10 score wouldn’t work, nor would a 47-27 final. Bottom line is Effingham might not win the game, but the Rebels could win the tiebreaker as long as they score seven points. The final scorer could be Brunswick 49, Effingham 7, but with the points allowed capped at 25 for the tiebreaker, that would be an 18-point win. The Rebels would win the tiebreaker by a point. Remember, they are ahead by 19 points going into Friday based on the totals the teams gave up to Glynn. Friday’s possible outcomes and seeding results for the state playoffs If Effingham wins outright, while Glynn also wins, the seeding would be: 1.Effingham (6-0 region record) 2.Glynn (5-1) 3. Brunswick (4-2) 4.South Effingham-Evans winner (3-3) If Brunswick wins but loses tiebreaker, while Glynn also wins, the seeding would be: 1.Effingham (5-1, wins tiebreaker for top seed) 2.Glynn (5-1, awarded second seed by defeating BHS head-to-head) 3.Brunswick (5-1) 4.South Effingham-Evans winner (3-3) If Brunswick wins and wins tiebreaker, while Glynn also wins, the seeding would be: 1.Brunswick (5-1, wins tiebreaker for top seed) 2.Effingham (5-1, awarded second seed by defeating GA head-to-head) 3.Glynn (5-1) 4.South Effingham-Evans winner (3-3) If Brunswick loses and Glynn also loses, the seeding would be: 1.Effingham (6-0) 2.Glynn (4-2, awarded second seed by defeating BHS) 3.Brunswick (4-2) 4.South Effingham-Evans winner (3-3)