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Pirates earn 31-24 victory

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Tuesday, October 15. 2019

By Camryn Brown

The Pike County Pirates took on the Rutland Hurricanes this past Friday. The Pirates offense drove down the field in the first quarter to score a touchdown with a successful extra point attempt. Later in the first, the Hurricanes scored two touchdowns with two 2 point conversions, making the score 16-7 after the first quarter. [Full story »]

Pirates fall to Peach County; #32 Dylan Thomas honored

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Tuesday, October 8. 2019

The Pike County Pirates football team took on the Peach County Trojans this past Friday. [Full story »]

Cross country teams earn top spots

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Thursday, September 26. 2019

The cross country teams recently competed in a very large meet with about 25 teams in the competition. The boys field had more than 300 runners. Despite the tough competition, both the boys and girls teams finished second. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates move to 13-8 for season

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Tuesday, September 24. 2019

The Lady Pirates are now 13-8 on the season and 4-1 in region play. They travel to East Coweta on Tuesday and will host Kendrick and Lamar County on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Lady Pirates softball had a tough week on the diamond. The Pirates traveled to Griffin on Monday to face a tough Spalding squad. The game was a back and forth affair where the Pirates were three outs away twice from run-ruling the Jaguars, but the never say die team from Griffin forced the Pirates to hold their breath in the end. [Full story »]

Battle of Potato Creek is this Friday

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Wednesday, September 18. 2019

The Lamar County Trojans come to Zebulon Friday night for the ongoing Battle of Potato Creek football classic. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. [Full story »]

C’Bo scores first TD for Notre Dame

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Monday, September 16. 2019

Saturday was a day for some of the new stars of Notre Dame football to take center stage, including Pike County’s C’Bo Flemister. He and four other young players all recorded their first career touchdowns in a 66-14 thumping of New Mexico at Notre Dame Stadium. [Full story »]

Pirates earn 19-0 Homecoming win

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Thursday, September 12. 2019

The Pirates shut down the Greenville Patriots during their Homecoming game and first home game of the season last Friday night. The Pirates offense took charge on their opening drive with senior Austin Bennett making his way through the Greenville defenders. Senior Jacob Reeves was able to score the first touchdown with the help of his blockers, seniors Nate Brown and Bennett. The extra point attempt was not successful. The Pirates defense was able to keep Greenville from scoring for the entire game. After the first quarter, the score was 6-0. [Full story »]

State champions presented with rings

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Tuesday, September 10. 2019

The Pirates baseball team received their state championship rings during the Pirates football game Friday night. [Full story »]

Pirate softball goes 2-0 last week

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Thursday, September 5. 2019

Pike County softball began last week with a home contest against Strong Rock. Strong Rock was able to take advantage of a tight strike zone and timely hitting to push across three runs in the top of the first inning, and the game looked as though it could be a tough one for the Pirates. The Pirates could not answer until the bottom of the second when they scored their first run of the game on three straight one out singles by Madi Neal, Camryn Brown and Maggie Nauck. The Pirates loaded the bases after a Kylee Housman single but were unable to push across another run. [Full story »]

Cross Country teams dominate to start season

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Tuesday, September 3. 2019

Pike County’s middle and high school cross country teams dominated at the Furlow Fast Feet Invitational Cross Country race held in Americus recently. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates softball wins region opener

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Friday, August 30. 2019

Pike County High School softball got off to a fast start in their region opener on Thursday at home against Jackson. After senior pitcher Alexis Williams retired the Red Devil batters in order in the top of the first, the Lady Pirates scored three in the bottom half of the inning. Sophomore Bailee Brown reached second on an error to start the inning and was sacrificed over by Emma Smith. Alana Crenshaw then reached on another error by the shortstop which also drove in the first run of the game. After a Shelby Duncan single to put runners at first and third, senior catcher Kinsley Goolsby doubled to the right centerfield gap to score both Crenshaw and Duncan to put the Lady Pirates up 3-0 after one inning. [Full story »]

Pirates start season strong!

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Tuesday, August 27. 2019

By Camryn Brown
Pike County High School sports intern

The Pike County High School varsity football team started their season strong last Friday as they faced Central Talbotton on the road and came out on top with a score of 36-6. Quarterback Jacob Reeves, #12, started the scoring for the Pirates with a 34-yard touchdown pass which was caught by Denton Durden, #10. [Full story »]

Volleyball teams start with wins

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Saturday, August 24. 2019

Pike County High School’s varsity and junior varsity teams defeated Griffin High School in non-region matches last week. Both varsity and JV won their matches 3 sets to 0. The JV Pirates were led by the consistent serving of Kelsey Bates and McKenzie Memmler, the accurate passing of Madison Baily and the overall net play of Zy Thompson. [Full story »]

Pirates play Friday in Talbotton

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Tuesday, August 20. 2019

The Pike County High School Pirates tied in their scrimmage game to start the season against McIntosh in Peachtree City last week. Team captains were seniors Cole Woerner, Walker Webber, Tyler Hayes and Logan Sage. [Full story »]

Pirates to scrimmage this Thursday

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Tuesday, August 13. 2019

The Pirates football players have worked hard all summer training and recently started padded practices as they gear up for their scrimmage game this week against McIntosh. They will play their only scrimmage game and first two games of the season on the road as they scrimmage McIntosh at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15.

Pirates head coach Brad Webber says there are high expectations for the team this season.

“Every year our goal is a region championship and then to work our way to the state championship game. We have made some tremendous strides over the past years and hope to continue that success and have them carry out the tradition of past year,” said Pirates head coach Brad Webber. “We also still have a heavy burden and hole in our heart with the loss of Dylan. We are dedicating this season in memory of him and will do our best to honor him and his family as he is watching down on us.” [Full story »]