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Lady Pirates are third in state

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Monday, October 31. 2016

By Greg Parrott

The Lady Pirates softball team traveled to Columbus to play in the Elite 8 state playoffs and brought home a third place finish in the AAA classification. [Full story »]

Cavaliers crush competition 66-0

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Thursday, October 27. 2016

The CrossPointe Cavaliers defeated People’s Baptist Friday night by the score of 66-0. Quarterback Logan Payne threw two touchdown passes and scored four more times rushing. Payne went over the 1,000 yard mark passing on the season and is just 105 yards short of 1,000 rushing headed into game 10. Payne took over the quarterback responsibilities midway through game one when starter Cole Stahl went down with a broken collar bone against John Hancock. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates advance to Elite 8, play Thursday

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Tuesday, October 25. 2016

By Greg Parrott

The Lady Pirates softball team has advanced to the Elite 8 in Columbus with a best two out of three games with Ringgold. The Lady Pirates scores were 5-4, 9-10 and 10-2. [Full story »]

Cheerleaders compete at top level

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Friday, October 21. 2016

The Lady Pirates Varsity Competition Cheerleading team has completed four competitions so far this year, placing first in two of them and second in two of them. They won first place at Starr’s Mill and second place at West Laurens (tying with last year’s 3A state champions for their highest score ever). They also earned second place at McIntosh and first place at Ola. [Full story »]

Pirates play at home Friday

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Thursday, October 20. 2016

By Greg Parrott

The Pike Pirates initiated the newly renovated stadium with a 23-7 win over Kendrick of Columbus. Several thousand fans witnessed a great game with a little of everything. The Pirates defense was the backbone of the victory.

The win gave the Pirates a 5-2 season record with a 2-1 record in region play. The Pirates will host Westside of Macon on Friday in Zebulon with the game starting at 7:30 p.m. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates in Sweet 16

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Monday, October 17. 2016

The Pike County High School Lady Pirates swept Tattnall County in the first round of the state playoffs in a double header last Wednesday. They won 7-3 and 9-0 at home to advance to the Sweet 16 in the AAA classification. [Full story »]

Cross country teams top league in historic first year

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Thursday, October 13. 2016

The PCMS cross country teams earned the top spots at the first ever CGMSAL League Championships. The Pirates and Lady Pirates teams each finished in first place and were crowned league champions.

“This year’s teams have set the standard for next year’s season,” said head coach Todd Child. “Congratulations on a job well done.” [Full story »]

Lady Pirates softball team to host playoffs this Wednesday

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Monday, October 10. 2016

The Lady Pirates found themselves in the last place they expected to be, in the losers bracket late on a Wednesday night getting beat by Rutland High School and facing three games Thursday. They won their first game 12-1 over Peach County to avoid elimination and played for first or second place in the region against Rutland, who had put them in the losers bracket. [Full story »]

CrossPointe’s Homecoming is Friday

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Wednesday, October 5. 2016

The CrossPointe Cavaliers traveled to Roopville Friday night to face undefeated Holy Ground Baptist. The Cavs put up some big offensive numbers but were defeated 70-56. [Full story »]

Pirates beat undefeated Chargers

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Monday, October 3. 2016

Pike traveled to Central Macon last Friday to challenge the 5-0 Chargers for their homecoming. Pike received the ball and marched down the field, when C’Bo Flemister reversed field and sprinted into to the end zone to put Pike on the board 6-0. Parker Maddrey tacked on the extra point, to make it 7-0 with 9:22 left in the first quarter. The Chargers received the ball and was hammered by Pike’s defensive line (Cody Mckinney, Grant Liedin, Tristan Passmore, Hunter Hudson and Colt Hayes). Central threw a 20-yard pass to put them on the board, but Hunter Hudson stretched out to block the Chargers PAT. [Full story »]

PCMS Cross Country team dominates at home

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Tuesday, September 27. 2016

The Pike County Middle School cross country team hosted Henderson Middle School from Jackson in its first ever home meet in school history. The meet was held at the Pike County recreation facilities. [Full story »]

CrossPointe earns impressive win over reigning State Champion

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Monday, September 26. 2016

The CrossPointe Christian Cavaliers defeated the defending GICAA 8-Man Varsity Football Champions, Lafayette Christian Academy, Friday night by a decisive score of 42-23. The Cavaliers came away with the road victory in Lafayette’s second home game in their brand new stadium in LaGrange. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates undefeated in region play

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Wednesday, September 21. 2016

The Pike County Lady Pirates have had a strong season.

The state ranked No. 6 Lady Pirates are 17-4 and currently riding a nine-game winning streak, highlighted by a 3-0 shutout of Class A-Private No. 5 Strong Rock Christian. The Lady Pirates are undefeated in region play with a 10-0 region record and they have two region games remaining. [Full story »]

Pirates defeat unbeaten Tigers 11-8

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Monday, September 19. 2016

The Pike County Pirates traveled to Fayette County Friday night to challenge the undefeated Tigers. The game was chosen as the Fox Five Game of the week. The Fayette Tigers were favored to win Friday night’s match-up by 21 points. Key starters on both teams would be out with injuries for the game. Fayette was without their senior quarterback and Pike was missing athletes Hamp Swift and Jackson Holmes. [Full story »]

CrossPointe victorious in home opener

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Friday, September 16. 2016

The CrossPointe Christian Cavaliers took a serious step toward their goal of a state championship last Friday night as they defeated Crisp Academy 42-30 in their season home opener. Both teams came into the game with a 1-0 record. CrossPointe was coming off a 46-0 road shutout of John Hancock and Crisp Academy defeated defending state champion Lafayette Christian 42-33. Crisp’s opening win over Lafayette cemented them as a favorite to win this year’s crown. [Full story »]