The Benedictine Cadets have found their footing, and that fact was evident Friday night at Memorial Stadium as the 4th ranked team in Class 4A played host to Ware County, the No. 2 team in Class 5A.
BC (3-2) won 49-42 in an offensive explosion of a non-region game in front of a packed house of fans. Those fans were treated to a South Georgia classic as Cadet senior quarterback Holden Geriner connected with senior receiver Justin Thomas late in the fourth quarter for the go-ahead touchdown.
According to Dennis Knight of The Savannah Morning News, Geriner threw for 415 yards and three touchdowns on 29-of-40 passing. He added three more rushing scores for a sensational six on the night.
Za’Quan Bryan as well as the athlete Thomas, helped to pace head coach Danny Britt’s suddenly-hot team.
Bryan had 13 catches for 186 yards and a score while Thomas added 115 receiving yards. Safety Ben Hollerback had a big night with an interception and several big hits breaking up would-be completions.
Ware’s UCF-bound quarterback Thomas Castellanos rushed for 118 yards, 61 of those yards came in the first quarter.
BC began the season at 0-2, but since then have reeled off three straight wins. During the winning streak, BC’s offense has averaged 49.3 points per contest.
Ware County (4-1) tallied over 300 rushing yards in the loss. BC racked up nearly 600 yards of total offense. Cadets’ senior linebacker Holden Sapp had an interception returned for a TD, his second pick-six of the season.
Benedictine will likely be a Top-3 team in the state next week as it heads to Jonesboro on a short week to play Burke County Thursday night at 7 p.m.
WC — 7 - 7 - 14 - 14 — 42
BC — 7 - 14 - 14 - 14 — 49
HALFTIME — BC, 21-14.
RECORDS — WC 4-1; BC 3-2.
NEXT — BC at Burke County (Thursday; 7pm).
EARLY ROUNDUP
SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN 14, MOUNT DE SALES 7
MACON — The Raiders won on the road over the Class A Private Trojans. SCPS (3-2) has won two straight after beginning the season 1-2.
The Raider defense has allowed a total of 13 points across three victories in 2021 (4.3 points allowed on average). Linebacker David Bucey logged 13 tackles to lead the effort for Savannah Christian.
Offensively for SCPS, Paulus Zittrauer and Zo Smalls had touchdown scoring runs while Jayden Hester ran for 88 yards.
STRATFORD ACADEMY 27, SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY 20
MACON — Country Day (2-3) has lost three consecutive contests since starting the season 2-0.
The Hornets led over Stratford (4-0) at halftime, 14-13, but the Class A Private Eagles responded at home in the second half.
SCDS quarterback Barry Kleinpeter rushed for a touchdown in the opening half as did Hornet running back Michael Grandy. SA trailed 14-7 late in the first half before scoring a 70-yard TD on a broken play with nine seconds remaining before halftime.
ISLANDS 14, BEACH 6
Islands’ defense stifled the Bulldogs in the Savannah public school non-region matchup. An interceptioon by senior Russell Wright with 1:38 left in the game on the Sharks 6 yard to stop a Beach game tying drive sealed the win for Islands.
Quarterback Amaree Bedgood threw two touchdown passes, including one to senior two-way star Langston Lewis. Lewis also intercepted his fifth pass of the season.
The Sharks are now 3-2.
RICHMOND HILL 37, BRADWELL INSTITUTE 14
Richmond Hill (1-3, 1-0) cruised to the Region 2-6A win on Homecoming at Wildcat Stadium. It was the first win of the season for head coach Matt LeZotte’s bunch. The Wildcats led 27-7 through three quarters and never looked in danger of losing.
RHHS was led by Ryan Dekle’s 119 yards rushing and a touchdown, Ravon Gant’s five reception, 137 yard receiving performance and quarterback Ty Goldrick’s 196 yards (13-19 passing) and two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing).
CALVARY DAY 42, STRONG ROCK 14
The Cavs eased their way to a sixth straight victory as the undefeated (6-0) No. 3 ranked squad in Class A Private continued to look dominant.
JuWuan Johnson’s forced fumble on the first play of the game was recovered by his teammate Brooks Dawson who returned it for a TD. Calvary led 35-0 at halftime.
Sophomore standout quarterback was nearly perfect on the evening, completing 12 of 13 passes for 160myards and two touchdown passes.
FINAL SCORES
FRIDAY SEPT. 24
GHSA 6A
Bradwell Institute 10 @ Richmond Hill 37
Effingham County 34 @ South Effingham 0
GHSA Class 4A/3A
Ware County 42 @ Benedictine 49
Beach 6 @ Islands 14
GHSA Class A
Bryan County 14 @ Screven County 12
Strong Rock Christian 14 @ Calvary Day 42
Savannah Christian 14 @ Mount de Sales Academy 7
Savannah Country Day 20 @ Stratford Academy 27
GISA/SCISA
St. Andrew's 35 @ Memorial Day 12
Hilton Head Prep 22 @ Bethesda 14
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23
GHSA Class 3A
Liberty County 22 @ Johnson 20 (OT)
FOLLOW Travis Jaudon on Twitter/Instagram @JaudonSports. Email him at travisLjaudon@gmail.com.
Picture Credit - RDP Productions (Kyunie Schuman)
Optim Orthopedics supports Benedictine Military School, Richmond Hill High School, Savannah Country Day and South Effingham High School athletics. Benedictine Military School's team doctor is Dr. David Sedory. The team doctor for South Effingham, and Richmond Hill is Dr. David Palmer. Savannah Country Day's team doctor is Dr. Thomas Alexander. Remember, Optim Orthopedics gets you back into the game!
.jpg)
