Week 2 of the 2026 Augusta high school football season has come and gone, and as expected, it didn't disappoint. Teams continue to play their hearts out here in the early part of the season. And with that has come with impressive performances both individually and at the team level as well.
With that being said, here's what we saw that we think you need to know about coming out of the second week of Augusta-area high school football.
The last time Richmond Academy and Thomson met up a season ago, it was arguably the game of the year. There's an argument to make that their meeting on Friday night may have topped that one. The lead jostled from one team to the other. The Musketeers held a double digit lead early in the first half before the Bulldogs managed to take a two score lead of their own by the fourth quarter.
Richmond Academy clawed its way back in front late with a score and a two-point conversion, courtesy of a connection from sophomore quarterback Henry Rivers to senior Lo'than McBride. That, plus the Musketeers getting a huge stop in the red zone on 4th down, helped them beat the Bulldogs 41-40.
"This year's game is just us proving ourselves right, less about proving anybody else wrong," Richmond Academy head coach Keenan Grissett said. "A lot of emotions, a lot of back and forth, a lot of situations, a lot of just football."

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