Sports

Pirates Football awards were presented during the annual banquet including the first ever #32 Dylan Strong Award.

“Last year and this year we couldn’t be prouder of how our teams played on the field. However, in the grand scheme of things this seems trivial in what we had to endure this season. Never before has the strength and resolve of our program, school and community been tested like this,” said head Pirates coach Brad Webber. “This season is defined by one thing. The passing of our beloved DT. It is a devastating, tragic loss for Darren and Shannon and the Thomas family and the entire Pirate Nation. However, God had a big plan for DT - one we may never understand here on Earth. It is times like these that we have an opportunity to prove who we are and we are PC! Never have I been more proud to be a Pirate than this year. The outpouring from across the nation, and the state is a testament to the brotherhood of this game and that God had his hand in this. The support this community and school gave the Thomas family and our team is remarkable. Our community grew closer and lives have been changed.” [Full story »] 

Pike County qualified seven boys and one girl for the state meet next week in Macon. [Full story »] 

At the recent regional swim meet in Columbus, Georgia, local swimmers of the Seawolves swim team outperformed much larger teams. In a meet with more than 350 swimmers and only 20 top two finisher medals offered, the Seawolves and their 11 total swimmers brought home four top medals with Asher Cooper, 11, and Katie Ward, 11, both qualifying first overall (out of nine events completed). Both Mallorie Moore, 9, and Miles Stansberry, 13, received the second place overall medal for their age classes. [Full story »] 

Pike County High School’s varsity wrestling team won first in the Area on Saturday, Feb. 2. The team had 12 out of 14 athletes place and qualify for the Sectional tournament. [Full story »] 

Georgia Tech baseball’s redshirt junior Tristin English was named to the D1Baseball preseason all-America second team. One of the top two-way players in the country, English was selected in the utility position for both his work at the plate and his work on the mound. The Williamson native is one of just 10 players from the Atlantic Coast Conference to be selected overall to one of the three teams and is the league’s only utility representative. [Full story »] 

Pike County High School senior Carrigan Smith recently signed a volleyball scholarship with Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia. She started playing as a sophomore at PCHS and earned honorable mention for the first team during the 2018-2019 season. [Full story »] 

The Pike County Wrestling Program had a big weekend as the middle school won the Central Georgia Middle School Athletic League Championship on Friday. The team defeated Lamar County in the semi-finals and then defeated Upson in the finals by a score of 63 to 34. [Full story »] 

CrossPointe Christian Academy’s Junior Varsity Cheer Team recently made history for the school by being the first athletic team from the school to compete for a national title. The JV Cheer Team traveled to Orlando, FL, to participate in the Fellowship of Christian Cheerleaders (FCC) National Championship, which was held Jan. 3-5. Fifteen girls in fifth through eighth grade make up the Junior Varsity at CCA. The team is coached by CCA sixth grade teacher Amber Wilkerson and CCA parent Nicole Scott who is the owner of Legion of All-Stars in Griffin. The two provided top-notch training and choreography for the team. [Full story »] 

The Pike County High School Varsity wrestling team is 9-0 for its last nine matches.  The team went up to Marist on Jan. 2 and defeated Marist, Westminster, Rockdale County, North Atlanta and Riverwood.  [Full story »] 

Two Pike County football players have been named to the Class AAA all-state team by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [Full story »] 

Pike County High School head football coach Brad Webber was recently presented with the Atlanta Falcons’ Don Shula High School Coach of the Year award. The Falcons organization also released a video honoring the life of the late Dylan Thomas which featured interviews with the Pirates head coach, players and family members. Coach Webber was honored at the home game against the Arizona Cardinals on Dec. 16. [Full story »] 

The high school and middle school wrestling teams competed at Jones County last Wednesday and both teams did very well. The middle school team went 3-0 for the night while the high school team went 2-1, beating Jones County, Monticello and losing a close one to Mt. DeSalles. These are the teams that the middle school defeated. [Full story »] 

The Pirate Wrestling team has had seven matches and two tournaments so far this season. The Pirates are 3 and 4 due to so many athletes being stacked up in the same weight classes but according to coach Clay Woerner, they have wrestled really well. [Full story »] 

Amy Rogers has been running since she was part of the Pike County cross country team under coach Justin O’Steen but she recently went the distance and completed her first marathon - the 2018 TCS NYC Marathon. There were more than 52,000 runners who participated in the event held Nov. 3 in New York City - one of the largest running events in the world. [Full story »]