Bucs run past Silverdale to stay undefeated
Team FYN Sports October 10, 2025
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Thursday night football, the first high school football game of 2025 in true fall weather, and two region rivals battling on the field. All the ingredients were in place for Silverdale and Boyd Buchanan to create another classic and for the first 24 minutes it looked that way. The Buccaneers went on a 28-0 run that began near the end of the first half and cruised to a 49-28 victory over the Seahawks at David Boyd Field.
Silverdale coaches Chris Warnat (white shirt) and Mike Connor before kickoff
Both teams went three and out on their first offensive possessions, but Zach Gilbert got a hand on the Seahawks’ punt and the Buccaneers set up shop at the SBA 30 yard line. David Green would give us a small glimpse of his evening on this drive, first with a 25 yard run down to the 5 yard line. TJ McReynolds would end the short drive with a touchdown run to give Boyd Buchanan an early 7-0 lead with 9:10 to go in the first quarter. Silverdale would put together a drive and answered the Bucs’ score with one of their own on a 2 yard Tate Standefer run to tie it up at 7-7. Green and his crew would back to work on a 79 yard drive. A 36 yard Green run, followed shortly by a 9 yard run, got the Buccaneers down to the 1 yard line. Number 5 in blue and gold rushed in from a yard out to give his team the a 14-7 lead. Seahawks’ signal caller Connor Jenne would complete a strike to Luke Bowman, who raced in from 52 yards out and going into the second quarter, Silverdale and Boyd Buchanan were knotted up at 14-14.
Silverdale was on the move once again and looking for their first lead of the night. Cody Davenport would rip off a 13 yard run to get to midfield, but the drive stalled just outside of the Boyd Buchanan 20 yard line and Jack Mauser pushed a 36 yard field goal attempt wide. The Bucs would drive back down the field, but Bowman hauled in an interception in the endzone to stop the threat. Jenne and the Seahawk offense would cash in on the turnover when he found Cannon Rogers on the far sideline for a 63 yard touchdown strike to give Silverdale the lead 21-14 with 5:22 to go until halftime. Justin McGoy’s 69 yard run on the first play of the next Buccaneers’ drive would even the score up once again. Then, Gary Rankin’s defense would get a turnover of their own when the Bucs recovered a Silverdale fumble at the SBA 46. Green would cover the final 19 yards of the drive for his second score of the half to give his team the lead back at 28-21 with 1:21 left in the first half. The first half ended with Silverdale threatening to close the gap or tie the game again. Davenport had an 18 yard run on 4th and short to move the ball to the Boyd Buchanan 21. Jenne found Tanner Bayne on the final play of the first half, but Green made arguably the biggest play of the game and tackle Bayne at the 3 yard line.
Silverdale punted on the first possession of the second half, with the ball rolling down to the 1 yard line. That didn’t seem to bother the blue and gold clad Buccaneers as they went 99 yards in 10 plays, with the final 3 yards coming on a McReynolds run to push the Boyd Buchanan advantage to 35-21 with 5 minutes left in the third quarter. The Bucs’ defense would hold on fourth down on the next Seahawks’ possession and give the offense the ball back at their 40 yard line going into the 4th quarter.
McGoy’s 22 yard scamper 51 seconds into the final quarter extended the Bucs’ lead to 42-21 with 11:09 left on the clock. Rogers would get loose again on the far sideline on the ensuing drive when Jenne found him on a 67 yard touchdown pass to get Silverdale within 2 possessions, trailing 42-28 with 9:36 left in the game. The game was in hand but Green made sure any door to a comeback was closed when he added his third touchdown of the game with a 4 yard run with 1:31 left to give the Buccaneers’ a 49-28 lead. Green ran for 223 yards and three touchdowns and Bucs had 447 total rushing yards as a team.
Boyd Buchanan head coach Gary Rankin addresses his team after the Bucs’ 49-28 win over Silverdale
Boyd Buchanan moves to 7-0 on the season and 5-0 in the Division II-AA East Region; the Buccaneers will have a bye week coming up. Silverdale falls to 4-4 on the year and 3-2 in the region; the Seahawks will also have a bye week coming up
Boyd Buchanan holds off Silverdale, stays unbeaten
Team FYN Sports September 22, 2024
BY JEFF CATE (TEAM FYN SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Boyd Buchanan Buccaneers began their region showdown with the Silverdale Seahawks looking like they were going to make it shutout number 3 in 5 games of the 2024 season. After getting out to a 28-0 lead in the second quarter, the flock from Bonny Oaks Drive didn’t quit as they rallied with 22 unanswered points to make it a game before the Bucs pulled away late for a 41-29 victory at David Boyd Field on Friday night.
The captains for Silverdale and Boyd Buchanan meet for the coin toss
Silverdale would go three and out to begin the game, and a 6-yard punt would give the boys in blue and gold excellent field position at the SBA 30-yard line. Hicks would complete a pass to Brodie Lowe, who then handed it off to Sabastian Jones, for a quick score on a classic hook and ladder and the Bucs were up 7-0 with 8:07 remaining in the opening quarter. Boyd Buchanan would get the ball back after they sacked Seahawks quarterback Connor Jenne on 3rd and long. Hicks would hit Jayden Moore for a 51-yard completion to get within range for Ethan Lane, but he would miss a 40-yard field goal attempt with less than a minute left in the quarter and the Bucs would take a 7-0 lead into the second quarter.
Boyd Buchanan’s Hudson Wamack against the Silverdale defense
Boyd Buchanan would score on three 30 plus yard plays to begin the second quarter. Hicks would find Hudson Wamack, who would hit the circle button on a spin move to get free, on a 30-yard touchdown pass and extending the Buccaneer lead to 14-0. Darin Shannon’s 59-yard score on an end around pitch and Moore’s 37-yard score would double the BBS lead to 28-0 with 5:49 to go in the first half. Silverdale would put together a nice drive on the following possession. After a big pickup from Jenne to Cannon Rogers, the Seahawks were in the red zone and looked to have scored on a pass to Tanner Bayne, but his toe was on the backline of the end zone. SBA would go for it on 4th down but Jenne’s pass into the end zone fell incomplete. Silverdale would get their first points soon after when they tackled Bucs back David Green in the end zone for a safety with 3:12 left until halftime to get their first points of the night. After the free kick, the Seahawks would get a huge touchdown with 21 second remaining in the half when Jenne connected with Boone Perry for a 30-yard touchdown, cutting the Boyd Buchanan lead to 28-8 at the half (the 2 point conversion was no good).
Silverdale would keep the momentum going into the second half. The Seahawks would give Jenne and the offense great field position at the BBS 47 when the Bucs went for it on 4th and 1, but would not gain the 1 yard. Jenne would score on a quarterback keeper to cut the Buccaneer lead down to 28-15 with 7:35 left in the third quarter. On the kickoff, Boyd Buchanan was unable to get control of the kick but the Seahawks did as they raced in for the score. And just like that, it was 28-22 Bucs with 7:26 left in the quarter.
David Green and Wamack would end the SBA 22-point streak when Green lined up in the wildcat and found Wamack for a 76-yard touchdown with 9:32 left in the game to give the Bucs a 34-22 lead.
“This is something that we practiced all week”, Green said. “In the past 3 years of running the wildcat, I have never thrown the ball so we knew they would not be expecting it.”
“I just knew David was going to make a good throw and I had to make a play”, said Wamack. The senior would have a breakout game with 141 yards on 6 catches and 2 touchdowns.
Silverdale would answer on the following possession on a Jenne 2-yard run to cut the Buccaneer lead to 34-29 with 6:20 remaining. Jenne would find Perry on a 33-yard pass to get down to the BBS 2-yard line. Green would hammer the final nail in the coffin in this Division II-AA East Region battle with a 19-yard touchdown run with 1:29 left. After Lowe intercepted Jenne soon after, Hicks and the offense were able to run out the clock and go back-to-back against their rival.
Boyd Buchanan moves to 5-0 overall (2-0 region) and will hit the road to take on Chattanooga Christian on 9/27. Silverdale falls to 3-2 overall (2-1 region) and will host Notre Dame on 9/27.
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