The Savannah Quarterback Handing Off Awards Again!

Savannah, GA – The Savannah Quarterback Club met for the second time this season, Monday September 25th. They recognized the offensive and defensive players of the week for September 1st and September 8th. For the week of September 1st, the one offensive player was Senior, Adam Byck from Savannah Country Day. The defensive player recognized was, Thomas Bingley from St. Andrew's School. For the week of September 8th, the offensive player is Senior, Nick Iannone from Benedicitne Military School. The defensive player was Senior, Desmond Williams from Windsor Forest High School. All four of these young men accepted their award and were given a chance to speak. Furthermore, below is the accomplishments these players performed to win this special award. 

Players of the week - pictured left to right:
Desmond Williams, Nick Iannone, Adam Byck and Thomas Bingley

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1ST
BACK / OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Adam Byck #46
Savannah Country Day 45-13 win against Lanier County
Senior - Running Back
33 Carries - 244 Yards - 3 TD

LINE / DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Thomas Bingley #62
St. Andrews 33-0 win against Thomas Heyward
Senior - Defensive End / Defensive Tackle

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8TH
BACK / OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nick Iannone #15
Benedictine 48-7 win over Southeast Bulloch
Senior - Quarterback
201 Yards passing

LINE / DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Desmond Williams #13
Windsor Forest 23-20 win over Long County
Senior - Defensive End / Outside Linebacker
5 tackles

It's Kickoff Award Time for the 71st Season for the Savannah Quarterback Club

(Pix Left to Right - Aljhamon Thomas, Javonte Middleton, Ameen Stevens, Jamie McLellan)

The Savannah Quarterback Club kicked off their 71st meeting this past Monday, September 18th. The club goes far and above to recognize the outstanding football players in Chatham County. To receive a Savannah Quarterback Club player of the week award, your team needs to come from Chatham County, and your game must have been played in Chatham County. 
The club recognized the back and lineman players of the week for week one games on August 18th, and for week two games of the season, August 25th. 

WEEK OF AUGUST 18TH

Back of Week

Javonte Middleton #7 Jenkins High School  28-6 win in game against New Hampstead
Javonte is a senior and plays Quarterback
189 yards passing and 3 touchdowns
Favorite receiver was Tyrone Scott


Line of the Week

Jamie McLellan #68  Calvary Day School  20-0 win in game against Islands High School
Jamie senior and plays some offensive and defensive line

WEEK OF AUGUST 25TH

Back of Week
Ameen Stevens #3  Jenkins High School 45-36 win in game against New South Effingham
Ameen is a senior and plays Running Back
22 carries for 223 yards and 3 Touchdowns

Line of the Week
Aljhamon Thomas #4   New Hampstead High School 34-6 win in game against Savannah Christian
Alijhamon is a senior and plays Defensive end and Tight End 
7 solo tackles / 9 total tackles and 2 SACKS
Maxpreps has him with most SACKS statewide at 10

Complete Savannah Area Football Schedule & Changes for 9.15.2017

With Hurricane Irma, coming through the Savannah area some schools were off until Thursday September 16, 2017. All public school’s teams will resume school practice on September 18, 2017. So, with the swirl of school closings and openings the schedule this weekend is abbreviated and made-up dates have been set.

There is one school that lost out, Memorial Day School. The Blue Thunder and their opponent Fredrica Academy could not come up with a compatible date. Which means the game is canceled and won't be made up. Here is the schedule.

Friday September 15
CLASS AA
Benedictine @ Swainsboro 7:30 p.m.

CLASS A
Montgomery County @Calvary Day (Daffin Park) 7:30 p.m.
Treutlen @ Savannah Christian (Pooler Stadium) 7:30 p.m.

Non – Region 
Richmond Hill @ Grovetown 7:30 p.m.
South Effingham @West Laurens 7:30 p.m.

Saturday September 16
Non - Region
Statesboro @ Effingham, 6 p.m.
Bradwell @ Tattnall County, 5 p.m.

SCISA
St. Andrew’s @ Northwood, 7 p.m.

HURRICANE IRMA CHANGES

Tuesday - September 19 
CLASS AAA
Beach @ Windsor Forest moved at Memorial 7 p.m.
Savannah High @ Groves at Garden City 7 p.m.

Friday - September 22
CLASS A Cross-over
Savannah Country Day @ Johnson County

CLASS AAA
Saturday - September 23
Beach @ Savannah High at Memorial 7 p.m.
Windsor Forest @ Groves at Garden City 7 p.m.

Friday - September 29
CLASS AAA
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Islands vs. Southeast Bulloch

CLASS AAAAA Non-region
New Hampstead vs. Long County

Friday - October 6
CLASS AA
Bryan County vs. Toombs County

CANCELED
GISA
Memorial Day vs. Frederica Academy

Guess Who the Top SEC QB in 2017 Is?

The SEC Football Conference has been noted as a running back led conference. Some experts say this quarterback class of 2017, might just make the difference which team wins the SEC title. This year's preseason conference ranking by AthlonSports.com was as follows;
1. Jalen Hurts, Alabama
2. Jarrett Stidham, Auburn
3. Austin Allen, Arkansas
4. Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State
5. Jake Bentley, South Carolina
6. Shea Patterson, Ole Miss
7. Jacob Eason, Georgia
8. Drew Lock, Missouri
9. Kyle Shurmur, Vanderbilt
10. Malik Zaire, Florida
11. Danny Etling, LSU
12. Quinten Dormady, Tennessee
13. Stephen Johnson, Kentucky
14. Kellen Mond, Texas A&M

So, after two weeks a surprise quarterback has emerged out of Vanderbilt, Kyle Shurmur. Shurmer got red hot at the end of the 2016 season, and he has continued this year after two games. Kyle leads the conference quarterbacks with a passer efficiency rating of 217.

Close is the signal caller out of Ole Miss Shea Patterson who has a passer rating efficiency of 211 and has thrown for more than 400 yards more than Shumer. Patterson has thrown for over 900 yards this season. As far as for the preseason #1 QB Jalen Hurts of Alabama. Jalen sits at number nine. A surprise at ten is freshman Jake Fromm, who has taken over the starting spot for Georgia. Georgia preseason starter Jacob Eason got knocked out in game number one with a knee sprain. The quarterback chart was assembled by espn.com.


Week two will be interesting as Vanderbilt goes to Kansas State in Kansas, and Ole Miss travels to California to battle the Golden Bears. Shurmer and Patterson will be tested. Do they hold their spots or who will sit on top next week as the top SEC quarterback? 

QUARTERBACK RATING LEADERS - QUALIFIED

RK	PLAYER	TEAM	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/A	LONG	TD	INT	SACK	RAT
1	Kyle Shurmur, QB	VAN	35	46	76.1	498	10.8	73	7	0	1	217.2
2	Shea Patterson, QB	MISS	60	78	76.9	918	11.8	77	9	1	3	211.3
3	Danny Etling, QB	LSU	22	31	71.0	398	12.8	52	1	0	2	189.5
4	Drew Lock, QB	MIZ	35	66	53.0	766	11.6	65	8	3	2	181.4
5	Stephen Johnson, QB	UK	26	42	61.9	400	9.5	59	2	0	2	157.6
6	Nick Fitzgerald, QB	MSST	28	47	59.6	363	7.7	62	5	1	0	155.3
7	Quinten Dormady, QB	TENN	33	55	60.0	415	7.5	50	4	1	1	143.7
8	Jake Bentley, QB	SC	35	57	61.4	402	7.1	39	4	1	4	140.3
9	Jalen Hurts, QB	ALA	24	36	66.7	224	6.2	53	2	0	2	137.3
10	Jake Fromm, QB	UGA	26	44	59.1	284	6.5	34	2	1	2	123.8
11	Austin Allen, QB	ARK	23	42	54.8	273	6.5	49	2	1	4	120.3
12	Jarrett Stidham, QB	AUB	27	48	56.3	264	5.5	23	2	1	14	112.0
13	Malik Zaire, QB	FLA	9	17	52.9	106	6.2	28	0	0	5	105.3
14	Kellen Mond, QB	TA&M	15	38	39.5	132	3.5	27	1	0	6	77.3

Glossary

Key:  COMP: Completions   ATT: Passing attempts PCT: Completion percentage YDS: Passing yards

YDS/A: Yards per pass attempt   LONG: Longest pass TD: Passing touchdowns

INT: Interceptions thrown    SACK: Sacks   RAT: Passer Efficiency

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