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Register now for rec. softball, soccer and baseball

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Tuesday, January 17. 2017

Spring youth baseball and softball registration will end Friday, Jan. 20. Baseball is offered for ages 3-14 and softball for ages 4-16. The registration fee is $127 with a $10 sibling discount and $77 for 3-4 year old baseball. The out of county fee is $25 per out of county participant. [Full story »]

Pirates wrestling dominates at home meet

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Tuesday, January 10. 2017

The Pirates wrestling team dominated their competition at a home meet last week, winning first place. [Full story »]

Pirates earn second place at Wildcat Brawl

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Monday, January 2. 2017

The Pike County High School Pirates brought home first through fifth place individual trophies from the Wildcat Brawl at Whitewater High School. The meet was held Dec. 16-17 and the Pirates won second place overall. [Full story »]

Pirates add another win to record

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Tuesday, December 13. 2016

The Pirates basketball team defeated Jackson High school on the road Friday, Dec. 9 in an important region game. The Pirates won 69-63 against the tough team in the action-packed game. The top scorers for the Pirates were Acton Shirley with 29 points, Peyton Barman with 10 points and Marcus Watkins with 8 points. [Full story »]

Basketball team starts season strong, beat Trojans

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Tuesday, December 6. 2016

The Pirates varsity basketball team won their first game of the season, defeating Ola 85-74 on the road. Acton Shirley had nine dunks and 27 points for the game. Peyton Barman had several three-pointers in the game against Ola. [Full story »]

Cavaliers head to first state championship game

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Monday, November 14. 2016

The CrossPointe Cavaliers made history Friday night as they defeated Crisp Academy 66-40 in the GICAA division 1 state semifinals to advance to their first ever state championship game. The Cavalier football program began play in 2008 and has had plenty of success but before Friday had never advanced past the final four. [Full story »]

Cavs win round one of playoffs

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Thursday, November 10. 2016

The CrossPointe Cavaliers defeated David Emanuel Academy 80-16 Friday night at home in the first round of the GICAA 8-man division 1 football playoffs. The win was number nine for the Cavs, setting a record for the most wins in a season for the football program, which began in 2008. [Full story »]

Pirates clinch playoff spot in 46-13 win

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Tuesday, November 8. 2016

By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates have made it back to the state playoffs with a convincing 46-13 win over Rutland. The Pirates concluded their regular season with a 6-4 overall record and a 3-3 region record.
The Pirates will travel to Hinesville in Liberty County to take on the Panthers. They defeated Pierce County 56-46 to clinch the number one seed in region 2-AAA. Liberty compiled a 9-1 season and 5-0 region record. Liberty’s only loss came from Effingham County with a close 35-34 game. [Full story »]

Cavaliers’ first playoff game at home on Friday

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Thursday, November 3. 2016

The CrossPointe Cavaliers won 72-0 over Covenant Christian on the road Friday. The Cavaliers dominated the game and shut out their opponents in their last three games of the regular season. The team set a school record with five shut out games this season with an 8-2 overall record and a 4-1 region record. Their win Friday gave them the second seed in the region and they will play their first playoff game at home this Friday. [Full story »]

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 »]