How Savannah area high school football teams fared in Week 9

Week 9 of the high school football season in the Greater Savannah area featured an abbreviated schedule with a number of teams taking the week off with late season byes. But there were some big-time games on the schedule led by the cross-county rivalry between Effingham Countyand South Effingham. Ho

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Week 9 of the high school football season in the Greater Savannah area featured an abbreviated schedule with a number of teams taking the week off with late season byes.

But there were some big-time games on the schedule led by the cross-county rivalry between Effingham Countyand South Effingham.

Host Effingham County came out on top, but it was a hard fought game as the Rebels edged the Mustangs 21-18 to win for the seventh straight time in the series.

Bradwell Institute rode its high-flying offense to another win as the Tigers beat Greenbrier under John Adams, the highly respected coach in his first year at Bradwell.

Liberty County had an impressive road win at SE Bulloch and Savannah Country Day knocked off Frederica Academy in GIAA action.

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a look at the highlights and final scores for Week 9 of the high school football season in the Greater Savannah area.

John Adams is taking over as the Bradwell Institute football coach for the 2026 season. He won a pair of GHSA title in his three year tenure at Cedar Grove.

Bradwell Institute 41, Greenbrier 27

Bradwell's high-scoring offense delivered once again as the host Tigers improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Region 1-6A play with a win over Greenbrier.

Senior quarterback Jah'Barri Felix had another big game as he threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 51 yards and a score.

Senior running back Cam Keeve ran for 123 yards and a touchdown on seven carries.

Jacobi Pasley, the receiver who has committed to West Virginia, continued with his impressive senior campaign as he had four receptions for 154 yards and two touchdowns.

Robert Wilson also caught a 65-yard scoring pass for the Tigers, who are set to play at Lakeside-Evans (0-7, 0-4) on Friday, Oct. 23.

Liberty County 28, SE Bulloch 14

Liberty County went on the road and came away with a Region 3-4A victory as the Panthers beat SE Bulloch.

Junior quarterback Ja'Eir Roberts ran for three touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass to Jahair Rodriguez for the Panthers, who improved to 5-3 overall and 4-0 in region play.

Liberty County is set to host West Laurens (4-4, 3-1) on Friday, Oct. 23.

Camden County 40, Richmond Hill 27

Richmond Hill fell to 5-3 overall and 0-2 in Region 1-7A play as the Wildcats lost on the road to Camden County.

Wildcat quarterback Gunner Mobley was 20 of 31 passing for 277 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 26 yards and a score on eight carries for Richmond Hill.

CJ Menzie had 26 carries for 123 yards for the Wildcats. Senior Eli Grant, who has committed to play at Liberty University, had six receptions for 124 yards. Case Jenkins and Isaiah Fuller added scoring catches for Richmond Hill. DJ Porter added four catches for 63 yards.

Jaylon Deal had 15 tackles and sophomore Tre'Shaun Grant added 10 stops for the Wildcats, who are set to host Lowndes (7-0, 1-0) on Friday, Oct. 23.

Savannah Country Day 42, Frederica Academy 14

The Hornets improved to 3-6 overall and 1-1 in region play with a win over visiting Frederica Academy.

Sophomore Austin Hooker ran for a career-high of 183 yards with a touchdown on 14 carries for SCD.

Senior Thomas Holland ran for 97 yards and three scores on 17 attempts and led the team with 10 tackles at linebacker. Jalen Jordan ran for 38 yards and a score on two carries for SCD.

Sophomomre Amir Atkinson had a 31-yard scoring catch from Devin Trawick.

Turner Chase and Jackson Skinner added nine tackles each for the Hornets, who have a bye next week before hosting St. Andrew's in their regular season finale on Friday, Oct. 30.

Savannah Country Day's Thomas Holland ran for 129 yards on 29 carries and had an interception to lead Savannah Country Day to its first win of the season in a 21-10 victory of Savannah Christian on Sept. 18, 2026.