Sports

Members of the Pike County High School track team competed at the State Track Meet recently in Jefferson. The team was coached by Zachary Nauck and Lisa McGurl. Two track team members qualified for the state competition. [Full story »] 

The Pike County junior varsity Lady Pirates soccer team completed their undefeated season with a 3-0 win over Lamar County. The Lady Pirates began their season with a tie against Harris County then went on to win the next nine games to finish out the season 9-0-1. [Full story »] 

By Greg Parrott

The Pirates lost the first game against St. Pius in the Elite 8 playoffs, but came back in the second game against St. Pius, to win 4-1 in the 12th inning. The Pirates also fell to St. Pius 8-1 in the last game of the series Wednesday.

5th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

6th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

7th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

8th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

9th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

10th inning: St. Pius 1, Pirates 1.

The Pike Pirates baseball team will play a doubleheader today, Tuesday, against St. Pius in the Elite 8 Baseball AAA State Playoffs. Game one will start at 4:30 p.m. and game two will start at 7 p.m. in Zebulon. Scoring from the game will be updated online at the end of each inning by the Pike County Journal Reporter and Greg Parrott.

1st inning: St. Pius 2, Pirates 0.

2nd inning: St. Pius 5, Pirates 0.

3rd inning: St. Pius 5, Pirates 0.

5th inning: St. Pius 6, Pirates 0.

6th inning: St. Pius 8, Pirates 0. [Full story »] 

The Lady Pirates lost their playoff game against Woodward Friday night. [Full story »] 

Pike County High School Pirates showed support for fellow student Brent Beshers who died after a strong battle with leukemia. He passed away April 30. He was a sophomore at PCHS and was a Pirates football player.

The Pirates have made it to round two of the playoffs. The round two opponent has yet to be determined as Appling County and Central Carroll has yet to play due to rains over the weekend. The next game day is scheduled to be on Wednesday, May 8. That is apt to change depending on the GHSA to re-schedule games. The second round will be in Pike County regardless of the outcome between Appling and Central Carroll. [Full story »] 

By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates baseball team is peaking at the right time just before the state playoffs. This past week the Pirates defeated Central Macon (10-4), Spalding (3-2) and Lovett (5-2).

The Pirates host Jefferson Friday, May 3, for the first round of the AAA state playoffs. Game times will be 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday if game three is necessary. [Full story »] 

Pike County High hosted the Region 2-AAA boys and girls golf tournaments at the Cedars Golf Club in Zebulon on Monday, April 22. [Full story »] 

Pike County High hosted the Region 2-AAA boys and girls golf tournaments at the Cedars Golf Club in Zebulon on Monday, April 22. The boys’ team shot 350 to win the region by a large margin. [Full story »] 

This week the Pike County Lady Pirates completed the sweep of their region and brought home the third region championship in the past four years. [Full story »] 

The Pike County Pirates continued their winning ways with two region wins over Henry County and Peach County. [Full story »] 

By Jim Asher

This week the Pike County Lady Pirates secured two more wins, improving their record to 9-3-1 and 4-0 in region play, while senior Elizabeth Woodall flirted with breaking a record that has stood since 2006. [Full story »] 

The Pike County Middle School girls track team finished as region champions for the second time in three years. The PCMS Pirates boys and girls track teams went to Lamar County in March to compete in the region track meet with 11 other teams competing from the Central Georgia Middle School Region. 

Four athletes from Pike finished first in the region for individual events. The boys brought home a fourth place finish in the region competition.   [Full story »] 

By Jim Asher

This week the Pike County Lady Pirates suffered a hard loss only to recover and record their second region victory of the season. So far the team is undefeated in region games.

The team will return to action on Friday, April 5th, when they host the Carver Columbus Lady Tigers for Rec Soccer Night.  All players who wear their soccer jerseys will be admitted for free and recognized between the boys and girls games.  [Full story »] 

Rain postponed Opening Day ceremonies over the weekend but some of them will be rescheduled, including the Parade of Athletes and Easter egg hunt which are planned for Saturday, April 6. [Full story »]