Beaufort County’s best football players will be on TV this weekend. How to watch
College football might be finished for the season, but there’s one more bowl game left for the Lowcountry.
High school seniors from South Carolina and Georgia will match up Saturday in the fourth annual Blitz Border Bowl, hosted by WSAV in Savannah’s Memorial Stadium.
Team Lowcountry will be helmed by Beaufort High School’s head coach Bryce Lybrand, who led his team to an appearance in the 2021 Class 4A state championship game.
They’ll play against Georgia’s Team Coastal Empire, led by Kyle Hockman of Savannah’s New Hampstead High School.
Battery Creek High School’s band will perform the halftime show.
Tickets to the game are on sale now for $10 each online. Proceeds will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. The game will also air live on WSAV at noon on Saturday.
Dan Flaxer, the station’s creative services director, said Tuesday that this year’s game has sold three times more tickets than any of its predecessors so far.
“The most important thing we can do for this is fill the stands to help the Ronald McDonald House Charities,” he said.
Who’s on Team Lowcountry?
QUARTERBACKS: Tyler Haley (Beaufort), Jamian Risher (Wade Hampton)
RUNNING BACKS: Amariee Morris (Beaufort), Joseph Hicks (Whale Branch), Chase McCracken (Hilton Head), Speedy Robinson (Hilton Head Christian), Jeremiah Dilbert (Battery Creek)
WIDE RECEIVERS: Jaden Gilliam (Hilton Head), Evan Elliott (Hilton Head), Kendrick Clark (Woodland), Robert Brown (Bluffton), Dreshaun Brown (Battery Creek), James Townsend (Thomas Heyward)
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN: John Asher Howell (Beaufort), Xavier Chaplin (Whale Branch), Willie Webb (Whale Branch), Ryan Clark (Hilton Head), Chase Wilfong (Bluffton), Alvin Black (Battery Creek), Max Hickey (Thomas Heyward), Symir Mitchell (Thomas Heyward), Justin Barrow (May River)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN: Alvin WIlson (Beaufort), Willie Webb (Whale Branch), Amare Ford (Hilton Head), Matthew Larkby (Hilton Head), Jake Rodney Brown (Hilton Head Prep), DJ Aiken (Bluffton), Alvin Black (Battery Creek), Caleb Tkaczyk (May River)
LINEBACKERS: Robert Johnson (Woodland), Jackson Lanier (Hilton Head Christian), Andrew Robinson (Wade Hampton), Cortez Pringle (Woodland), Brandon Howard (Thomas Heyward), Cade Carpenter (May River), Cam Scott (May River)
DEFENSIVE BACKS: Hunter Rast (Beaufort), Jaden Gillian (Hilton Head), Kendrick Clark (Woodland), Jamian Risher (Wade Hampton), Amari McQuire (Wade Hampton), James Townsend (Thomas Heyward), Jaeon Allen (May River), Naszier Chisolm (May River)
SPECIAL TEAMS: Trevor Weldon — Kicker (Hilton Head Prep), Robert Johnson — Holder (Woodland)
STAFF: Bryce Lybrand (Head Coach, Beaufort), Rob Gorrell (Defensive Coordinator, Beaufort), Logan Powell (Offensive coordinator, Beaufort), Nic Shuford (Quarterbacks Coach, Thomas Heyward), Adam Kinloch (Running Backs Coach, Whale Branch), Terrence Ashe (Wide Receiver Coach, Battery Creek), John Houpt (Defensive Line Coach, Bluffton), Coby Peeler (Linebackers Coach, Beaufort), Eddie Ford (Defensive Backs Coach, Woodland)
This story was originally published January 11, 2022 at 12:39 PM.