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All Stars announced

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Monday, June 18. 2012

The Lady Pirates All Star Basketball Camp was held recently as young athletes learned from varsity players and their coaches. [Full story »]

Rangers win League Championship

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Saturday, June 9. 2012

The 9-10 Pike County Rangers finished their season with a 4-3 score over the White Sox to win the League Championship. [Full story »]

Pirates honored at banquet

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Wednesday, June 6. 2012

The 2012 Pike County Pirates baseball team held its banquet Thursday, May 31 at the Christ Chapel youth center. Papa Willie’s sponsored a barbecue dinner and Tim’s Country Kitchen provided dessert that served about 180 people.
Head Coach Don Hanson thanked all of the coaches, parents, and volunteers who contributed to all the behind the scenes work involved in having a successful baseball season. [Full story »]

PC Storm blows through Savannah

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Monday, June 4. 2012

One Storm that blew through Savannah over Memorial Day weekend was Pike County’s U8 PC Storm boys soccer team. They blew through their division Saturday, winning 5-0 and 7-2 in The Shamrock Cup tournament hosted by the Savannah Celtic Football Club. [Full story »]

Sports, camps and more

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Thursday, May 31. 2012

Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority will offer many sports programs, sports camps and special events this summer, including free Movies in the Park for the entire community and youth sports and camps. The first Movies in the Park presentation will be Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which will be shown Friday, June 29 around dusk. [Full story »]

Pike soccer offers Academy, Athena/Select soccer tryouts

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Wednesday, May 23. 2012

Pike Soccer is offering competitive opportunities for players who would like to take their games to higher levels.

Academy evaluations (U9, U10, U11 and U12) and Select/Athena tryouts (U13) will be held from 6:30 - 8 p.m. on May 31, June 4 and June 5 at the Pike County Soccer Complex located at 330 Twin Oaks Drive. For more info., e-mail Don Bohensky.

High-scoring spring scrimmage

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Monday, May 21. 2012

By Greg Parrott

The annual spring red and white football scrimmage was held Thursday, May 17, at Pirate Field. The red team won as they put 54 points on the scoreboard. The white team had 24 points. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates finish season in style

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Monday, May 14. 2012

By Jim Asher

On Wednesday, May 9, the Lady Pirates traveled to Blessed Trinity and very nearly pulled off the upset of this year’s tournament. In the second round of the State AA Playoffs, the Pike County Lady Pirates faced off with the number one ranked Blessed Trinity Lady Titans in their most difficult game of the season. Despite being decided underdogs, Pike came into the game with a plan and executed it to near perfection. [Full story »]

PC Fury plays in first tourney

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Monday, May 7. 2012

A team composed of standout U8 boys soccer players traveled to Johns Creek the weekend of April 21-22 to participate in the Georgia Express Festival soccer tournament for U8 pre-academy and U9 academy teams. [Full story »]

Pirates host state playoffs

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Wednesday, May 2. 2012

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By Greg Parrott

In the Pirates’ last regular game of the season the Luella Lions pushed ahead late in the game for an 11-6 win on April 25. The Pirates ended their regular season with a 19-7 record overall and 14-2 in region 4-AA. The first round of the state playoffs will start Friday, May 4, as the Pirates host the Dublin Irish. A doubleheader is slated to start at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Should a game three be needed it will be played on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Zebulon as well. [Full story »]

Athletes to compete in state meet

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Monday, April 30. 2012

Pike County High School’s track season will close with two athletes qualifying for the state track meet. Senior Alison Mangham and junior Caleb Teachout will represent Pike County in long distance running events. [Full story »]

Region championship eludes Pirates

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012

By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates had their fifth consecutive region championship snatched right out from under their cleats. Morgan County handed them their second region loss of the season by a score of 6-2. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates secure home playoff game

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Monday, April 23. 2012

By Jim Asher

Facing a “must win” game, the Pike County Lady Pirates soccer team showed up with the drive and desire to get the job done. When they traveled to Madison to face the Morgan County Lady Bulldogs Friday, April 20, the fate of their playoff future hung in the balance. With an inspired, gritty performance, Pike took everything thrown at them and turned it into a thrilling overtime victory. [Full story »]

Pirates peaking as they sweep week

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Saturday, April 21. 2012

By Greg Parrott

The Pirates baseball team made it a clean sweep as they got wins over Monticello, Lamar and North Cobb in last week’s games. [Full story »]

Pirates perform well in Lamar

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Wednesday, April 18. 2012

The Pike County High School track team has made great strides in their performance and points accumulation during this track season. On April 3, Lamar County hosted the Pirates, along with Griffin and Eagles Landing high schools. Overall, the girls team placed second in the quad meet, with the boys placing third. [Full story »]