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Lady Pirates basketball undefeated

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Monday, December 17. 2012

The Lady Pirates basketball team defeated Carver Columbus 68-45 Tuesday, Dec 4. [Full story »]

Two consecutive trips to victory lane

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Monday, December 10. 2012

For Madeline “Mad Maddie” Crane, 15, racing around Atlanta Motor Speedway is a passion – and something she’s proven to be great at, recently winning two feature races in a row in the Legends’ Winter Flurry Series.

She hopes to race there as a NASCAR driver one day and her track record so far shows she can hang with the best. She is leading the points race in the Legends Young Lions division and won both the qualifying and the feature race Nov. 16 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. [Full story »]

Basketball teams get strong start

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Monday, December 3. 2012

The Pike County High School Pirates and Lady Pirates basketball teams have started their season with some strong wins and close losses. The Lady Pirates defeated Union Grove 50-40 Tuesday, Nov. 27. Latoya King finished the game with 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals. The Lady Pirates look to have a promising season with great leadership in team captains Lauren Duncan and Kristen Beckham. [Full story »]

Pike runners lead Gordon to best season ever

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Monday, November 26. 2012

The Gordon State College cross country team recently closed out its best season ever. The women’s team placed second in the NJCAA Division 1 Region 17 Champion while the men finished fifth.

“This is by far the best team I have ever coached,” said coach John Campbell, “not only in their performance in the meets but in their sense of team off the track.” [Full story »]

Band reaps benefits of hard work

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Wednesday, November 21. 2012

Awards, trophies and medals earned by the Pirate Regiment Marching Band completely covered a table at a recent board of education meeting as they were honored for their achievements this season. [Full story »]

Fury clinch division crown

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Thursday, November 15. 2012

The Fury FC U 13 Athena girls defeated South Georgia United 4-2 in Pike County Saturday to clinch the division title. [Full story »]

Cheer team 8th in state

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Wednesday, November 14. 2012

By Greg Parrott

Pike County High School cheerleaders took part in the GHSA Cheerleading State Championships in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 10.

More than 5,000 spectators watched as Pike performed their two and a half minute routine. The Pike squad was as near perfect as a team could be but fell short in the point totals. Pike had a total of 258 points out of a possible 300. Pierce County won the championship with 289 points. This was Pike’s highest point total of the year. [Full story »]

Wendy’s Heisman recipient recognized

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Monday, November 12. 2012

A Pike County student was named a state finalist for the Wendy's High School Heisman. Stuart Gregg of Williamson plays several sports at Flint River Academy and will graduate with honors in May.

He has played for FRA's Wildcats basketball, baseball, track, tennis and football teams as a starter all four years of high school. He plans to attend Georgia College and State University to major in agricultural economy. [Full story »]

Band sweeps division with top ratings

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Friday, November 9. 2012

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The Pike County Marching Pirate Regiment Band performed at Newnan’s Old South Marching Festival on Saturday, Nov 3. The Pirate Regiment competed with 23 other bands from as far away as Kentucky and South Carolina. Pike County not only received the highest rating possible in all categories of competition but swept their division. [Full story »]

PCMS Lady Pirates earn championship

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Thursday, November 8. 2012

In just her first year of coaching, Jessica Cox has taken the Middle School softball team to the big game and came away with the hardware.

The Lady Pirates defeated Monroe County, 6-4 in the championship game. They got to the championship game by defeating Crawford, 12-4 and eliminating Gray Station, 13-12. [Full story »]

Andrew Chau on Tech team

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Monday, October 29. 2012

By Greg Parrott

Former Pike County Pirates football player Andrew Chau is a red shirt freshman at Georgia Tech this season. Chau is a 2010 graduate of Pike County High School and kicker/punter in his four years at Pike. He is credited with the longest field goal kick in Pike football history with a 52 yard kick in 2008. [Full story »]

Lady Pirates in Elite 8

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Friday, October 26. 2012

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UPDATE: The Lady Pirates won their first game in Elite 8 competition over Ringgold 4-0. They lost their second game against Central Carroll High School 10-6. The Lady Pirates will play at 3 p.m. today, Oct. 26. [Full story »]

Pirates to host No. 1 Peach County

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Tuesday, October 23. 2012

By Greg Parrott

The Pike County Pirates football team had an open week last week and it could not have come at a better time to be ready for number one ranked Peach County Friday night. Friday's game will be Senior Night. All seniors will be honored before the game. Also on this night fans are asked to wear pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. [Full story »]

Cavs could take second in region

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Monday, October 22. 2012

The CrossPointe Cavaliers won Friday night 66-22, defeating Life Christian Academy, a region opponent from Albany. The Life Warriors came out throwing the ball and were intercepted twice on their first three plays from the line of scrimmage by CJ Norwood and Ethan Blount. [Full story »]

Pirates defeat Patriots 28-14

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Friday, October 12. 2012

The Pike County Pirates (3-3, 1-1) hosted the SW Macon Patriots (1-5, 0-2) Friday night. Georgia High School Football Daily is now projecting Pike to enter the postseason as the #3 seed from Region 2-AAA.

Realtime scoring from the game was provided by Greg Parrot and compiled by Rachel McDaniel. [Full story »]