FALLEN PHOENIX: Braunschweig defeated New Hampstead, improved to 3-0 for the first time since 1999 | Local sports

Attack, defense, special teams – Brunswick High did it all when it built a 21 point lead over New Hampstead just four minutes after the game between the top 10 teams on Friday at Glynn County Stadium.

As it turned out, a competition between the ninth-placed programs in class 6A and class 4A was not a competition, as the Pirates rolled 52-24 and thus secured Braunschweig’s best start since 1999.

“I’m proud of the way we responded,” said Sean Pender, Pirates’ head coach. “We knew it was going to be a fight. This team has scored 50 points in the last two games, and they get after that. It’s a good football team. They have a great quarterback, they have good receivers and we knew we had to move up and play …

“Overall, I’m proud of the way we played. I think every position was pretty solid. “

Brunswick (3-0) received major contributions from all three phases over the course of the evening as it completed a New Hampstead program classified for the first time in school history. The Phoenix (3-1) entered the competition unbeaten after outperforming their opponents 142-18.

The pirates were unimpressed.

A 78 yard kick return from Terry Mitchell to open the game set up a 4 yard touchdown run for Ree Simmons at BHS ‘first game of scrimmage and started an avalanche that buried New Hampstead from the jump.

In the subsequent possession of the ball, a pass from Phoenix quarterback Paul Seeley was hit in the air and picked up by Staffon Stanley in the opposing territory. After a 25-yard catch-and-run from Kevin Thomas, Brunswick extended the lead to 14-0 on a 3-yard scoring run by Chuckobe Hill.

After New Hampstead got the ball back, it promptly went to three and out, and the subsequent punt was blocked by Nick Gray – who also forced and regained a fumble that night. Brunswick took over on his 9-yard line after the block, and on turn Hill found the end zone again.

Hill finished the game with 87 rushing yards and three touchdowns from just 11 carries. He also posted a 28 yard catch. As a team, the Pirates stormed 252 yards and reached 391 yards total offensive on 305 yards for the Phoenix.

After leaving New Hampstead three points early, he turned to Seeley, who came into play as Class 4A pass guide at 660 yards to get the team back into competition. The Phoenix drove 81 yards in 11 games to score a touchdown and cut the deficit to 21-8 with 2:27 in the first quarter.

But New Hampstead could never put the brakes on Brunswick long enough to fight their way back into the game.

It took only eight games for the Pirates to hit Paydirt again when Simmons’ second touchdown of half brought the lead back to 28-8 with 11:21 in the second quarter. After a three-and-off in New Hampstead, Brunswick tacked a field goal.

The closest came the phoenix at the beginning of the third quarter. A 46-yard touchdown pass on a wheel route brought New Hampstead 38 seconds to half to 31-16 the deficit by the touchdown.

But despite three penalties against the Pirates, including two defensive pass interference calls, the Phoenix flipped the ball on downs at its 28-yard line. Eight consecutive runs later, Hill completed his lavish touchdown hat-trick and extended the lead to 22 points.

Brunswick added two more touchdowns on runs by Jayden Drayton and Leon Charlton to round off an impressive offensive performance in which the Pirates completed the entire competition without a punt. Quarterbacks Sutton Ellis and Jeffery Waye shared snaps with the team’s 139 passing yards each.

“Both deserve opportunities,” Pender said of his signal callers. “Both work hard. In practice, neither really separates, so I still give both options.

“It worked for us all summer and it works for us now. I will not fix what is not broken. “

The Pirates start the season one month, now with two wins over the top 10 programs in three games.

Already rated for the first time since 2017, Braunschweig crossed another milestone on Friday by making a 3-0 start on the way to the state championship game for the first time since the Pirates’ 14 victory in a row.

“You keep an eye on the stats – I just play one game at a time,” said Pender. “I’ll enjoy the win tonight; It was a win against a very good football team. I think New Hampstead is a tough team. I think they will do very well but if we come here in this setting we will have a good setting here.

“We had a great student body. They loved it. We played well and we played physically. We were able to capitalize on this physical game and we did it. It was a good night for us. “

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