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Pirates too much for Patriots

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Wednesday, April 6. 2011

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By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates run-ruled the Southwest Macon Patriots 14-3 in five innings last Friday, April 1. The win gives the Pirates an 8-4 record for the season and first place in region 4-AA.
Nate Ferrell started on the hill for the Pirates. He pitched four innings and gave up three runs on six hits, giving him the win. Wade Palmer pitched the final inning and struck out two Patriots to seal the victory for the Pirates. [Full story »]

Pirates lead region

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Wednesday, March 30. 2011

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By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates baseball team cruised into first place with huge wins over Morgan County and Northeast Macon. Morgan was sporting a 9-1 record when the Pirates dominated the Bulldogs 18-8 in a five inning run rule mercy game. The Pirates also shut out the Northeast Macon Raiders 11-0. [Full story »]

Middle school track wins second meet

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Monday, March 28. 2011

The middle school track team sprinted to a second victory Wednesday, March 23 in a meet held at Upson-Lee Middle School. [Full story »]

Trifecta for Pirates baseball

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Friday, March 25. 2011

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The Pike County Pirates won three games last week as they defeated Monticello, Lamar County and Northview. [Full story »]

Track sprints to strong start

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Wednesday, March 23. 2011

The middle school track team sprinted off to a strong start in their first meet of the year Wednesday, March 16 at Monroe County. The next meet will be held at Upson-Lee Wednesday, March 23, followed by Henderson Wednesday, March 30. [Full story »]

Five wins in four days

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Friday, March 18. 2011

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By Jim Asher

The Pike County Lady Pirates had a successful week, notching four wins in four games to raise their season record to 4-3-2. [Full story »]

Pirates run rule two region opponents

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Wednesday, March 16. 2011

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By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates baseball team started off their region play with two wins over Greene and Crawford counties. Both games only went three innings as the Pirates won 15-0 in both games due to the mercy run rule. [Full story »]

Wrestlers head to state tourney

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Wednesday, March 2. 2011

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Saturday, Feb. 26, Pirate youth wrestlers attended the state qualifier tournament in Locust Grove. All five of them qualified for the state tournament at Milton high school in Roswell on March 12. [Full story »]

Baseball team prepares for season

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Friday, February 25. 2011

The Pike County Pirates baseball team is about to kick off the 2011 season. The team is ready to avenge a season from 2010 playoffs where they lost to Cook County in the Elite 8. [Full story »]

Pirates headed to state playoffs

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Wednesday, February 23. 2011

The Pike County Pirates, coached by Mark Andrews, finished fourth in the Region 4AA tournament last week and qualified for the state tournament as the fourth seeded team from the region. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates eliminated

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Wednesday, February 16. 2011

The PCHS Lady Pirates struggled handling the press and got blown out in the first round of the Region 4AA basketball tournament Wednesday night, losing to Morgan County 75-38. [Full story »]

Pirates head to playoffs

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Monday, February 14. 2011

By Ryan McCarry

Both the Pirates and Lady Pirates will play in the playoffs this year, with the 9-15 Pirates (6-10 in region) clinching the fifth seed in the AA regional tournament. The Pirates beat Whitewater 52-45, lost to SW Macon 46-35 and beat Putnam County 41-30 last week. They are ranked fifth and played number four seed Morgan County Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 5:30 p.m. with the winner playing NE Macon Friday at 8:30 p.m. [Full story »]

Volunteers do extreme diamond makeover

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Saturday, January 29. 2011

By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates baseball field is getting a makeover that has been due for some time. The current backstop had been there more than 25 years. [Full story »]

Pirates coach named AA Coach of the Year

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Wednesday, January 26. 2011

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By Greg Parrott

Pike County Pirates baseball coach Don Hanson has been awarded the AA Baseball Coach of the Year Award. It took just seven years for Hanson to reel in the prestigious Georgia Dugout Club award. [Full story »]

Disc dogs to perform halftime show

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Wednesday, December 29. 2010

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Pike County’s most popular border collies will be part of the halftime show for the Atlanta Falcons last home game Jan. 2. Their owner and renowned dog trainer Mark Muir will take the dogs from their Concord home to the dome early in the morning on the day of the game. [Full story »]