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Page 8A - Pike County Journal Reporter - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Breanna
Lee earns
honors
Pike County’s Bre
anna Lee of Concord
earned the Zaxby’s-
Gordon State Student-
Athlete
Honor
Roll for
the ath
letics
week of
March
29-April
4. She
plays
softball
for the
Lady
Highlanders and
recently was accepted
into the Gordon State
College BSN nursing
program for the fall of
2021. She is a standout
on the softball team
which is currently 23-8
overall with a 12-0
record in the Georgia
Collegiate Athletic
Association. The Lady
Highlanders are cur
rently on a 16-game
winning streak.
BREANNA LEE
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Local teams took part in the C4 Men’s Fishing Tournament recently. Pictured are the winners with the heaviest fish in the four categories, including (l-r) Adam
Brooks with the largest bream, Glen Berryhill with the largest crappie, Jason Nordan with the largest catfish and Randy Huff with the biggest large mouth bass.
Big catches made in Christ Chapel’s Men’s Fishing tourney
Local teams took part in
the C4 Men’s Fishing Tourna
ment hosted by Christ Chapel
on March 27 with some pretty
impressive catches.
The men met at the church
for breakfast and prayer and
headed out to the lake or river
of their choice to try to catch
the biggest bass, crappie, catfish
or bream with weigh in set for 3
p.m. that afternoon.
There were a total of 43 men
and eight boys who took part in
the event with prizes going to
first place in each fish category
for heaviest weight.
Randy Huff won first place
with his large mouth bass, Jason
Nordan won first place with his
catfish, Glen Berryhill won first
place with his crappie and Adam
Brooks won first place with his
bream.
Pirates PCHS soccer teams continue marching toward playoffs
PHOTO BY SHELLEY WEBB
Ozzie O’Steen drives towards goal against the Dutchtown
Bulldogs.
BY JOE WALTER
The Pike County
Pirates varsity soccer
teams hosted the 7A East
Coweta Indians at Pirate
Stadium on March 23,
hoping the second time
around would be better
for the home team. The
Lady Pirates squad again
gave their best effort
against the Lady Indians.
Despite their best efforts,
the Lady Pirates fell to the
Lady Indians 4-1 as the
larger school was able to
outmuscle and out score
home team. The boys
game turned out poorly
for the home team as
well. A full refereeing crew
was on hand for the game,
which is unusual for a
regular season match,
but the home crowd’s
reputation for rowdiness
may have given some
one pause. The home
fans generally behaved
themselves. The Indians
scored off a deflected free
kick at 7 minutes in and
never looked back. At
times it seemed like East
Coweta was toying with
the Pirates, scoring their
second goal at 28 minutes
due to some poor pass
ing from the Pirates and
scoring a third goal at
32 minutes off a headed
goal from a free kick. The
Indians took a 3-0 lead
into half time and made
some depth substitutions
in the second half. The
Pirates were able to score
a goal off a Matt Webb
free kick from the half
line at the 69th minute,
which temporarily raised
the hopes of the Pirates.
Unfortunately, Pike was
unable to get any more
goals past the Indians and
the game ended 3-1.
The Pirates games
against Upson-Lee, set
for Friday, March 26,
were postponed until
April 13 due to poor
field conditions, so the
Pirates’ next opponent
was the Dutchtown
Bulldogs from Hampton
who came to pay the
Pirates a visit Tuesday,
March 30. Dutchtown is
a newer school without
a deep soccer tradition,
but there were skilled
and motivated players on
both the boys’ and girls’
teams. The Lady Pirates
were able to muzzle the
Lady Bulldogs 5-0 and
were never seriously
threatened. The boys’
game featured a lot of
speed from the visitors
and the Pirates were with
out junior Matt Webb and
his game-changing ability.
The first half saw both
teams trade possessions
without creating many
scoring chances and the
game remained scoreless
at half time. The Pirates
were able to score their
first goal at 50 minutes
with Ozzie O’Steen blast
ing a long shot around
the Bulldog keeper.
Dutchtown’s first serious
threat came at 58 minutes
when they were awarded
a penalty, but Pirates
keeper Ryan Brooks was
able to deflect the shot
over the cross bar and
the Bulldogs were unable
to convert the result
ing corner. The Pirates
scored their second goal
at 64 minutes when wing
er Matt Smith pounced on
a Christian Fowler cross.
Dutchtown scored their
only goal at 66 minutes
but the Pirates were able
to hold on for the remain
ing 14 minutes and secure
the 2-1 win.
The Pirates traveled
to Jackson for a region
contest against the Red
Devils on Friday, April
1 and had to contend
with the late afternoon
sun and a spirited home
crowd. The Lady Pirates
suffered their first region
loss 1-0 off a Jackson
penalty kick in the first
half. The Lady Pirates
fought hard the second
half but were unable to
get an equalizing goal,
taking several balls in the
face and breaking finger
nails in the process, both
unfortunate occurrences
with prom the next night.
The Lady Devils celebrat
ed heartily after the win,
which gave them first
place in Region 2A. The
Pirates boys fared much
better after a shaky start.
With Matt Webb back,
the offense fired on all
cylinders after an initial
scare from the Red Dev
ils. Jackson scored first
off a run of play goal 10
minutes in and seemed to
have all the momentum.
However, Jayden Warbu-
ton scored the Pirates’
first goal at 14 minutes
with a chipped ball over
the keeper and the boys
never looked back. Matt
Webb followed up with
the first of his five goals
at 19 minutes after some
clinical passing and then
Christian Fowler scored
at 31 minutes with a goal
off a throw in. Sebastian
Facundo scored the
fourth goal 30 seconds
later to increase the lead
to 4-1 Pike and Clayton
Matthews scored at 38
minutes off a Matt Webb
corner kick to give the
Pirates a 5-1 lead at half
time. Jackson was clearly
frustrated and their fans
seemed to spend most of
their time yelling at the
Pirates players, which
made for a challenging
second half.
The Pirates added to
Jackson’s misery on the
second half kick off with a
designed play to overload
one side of the goal area
with Pirates and Matt
Webb was able to slot
the ball past the Jackson
keeper to increase the
lead to 6-1. Matt scored
his third goal at 50 min
utes with another goal
from the left side after
dribbling through several
Jackson players and fol
lowed up with his fourth
goal two minutes later to
increase the score to 8-1.
At this point, the Pirates
freely substituted to give
their bench some time
and experience. Matt
scored his fifth goal off
a breakaway chance at
78 minutes to make the
score 9-1. Brance Mann,
who hustled and threw
himself around all game,
scored a “thumb in your
eye” goal with 3 seconds
left to round out the scor
ing at 10-1 for the visitors.
The Pirates are 12-2-1 and
still ranked second in
the state in AAA and the
Lady Pirates are 8-4-2 and
ranked tenth in the state
in AAA.
The Pirates have three
more games to end the
regular season, with a
boys game against Ace
Charter Monday, April
12 in Macon, then home
against Upson Lee (Se
nior Night) Tuesday, April
13 and away in Forsyth
against Mary Persons Fri
day, April 16. GHSA play
offs will start the week of
April 19. The Lady Pirates
will most likely be a No.
2 seed after the loss at
Jackson and the boys will
hold a No. 1 seed, barring
a slip up in their last two
region games.
Discover Georgia agriculture with GFB Farm Passport, including two Pike County farms
PHOTO COURTESY OF GFB
Two Pike County farms are part of the 2021 Farm Passport
offered through the Georgia Farm Bureau. Visit a farm to pick
up a passport and have a chance to win prizes.
Discovery is made
simple with the 2021
Farm Passport. For the
third year, Georgia Farm
Bureau (GFB) is offering
its farm passport to help
residents discover where
their food comes from
and the people who grow
it. All that’s needed is an
open road and a tank of
gas to discover towns
that haven’t been visited,
a next favorite trail or a
new restaurant.
Pike County has two
GFB Certified Farm Mar
kets, Gregg Farms and
Red Tip Farms. To learn
more about these local
CFMs, call Gregg Farms
at 770-227-4661 or Red
Tip Farms at 706-741-
8917.
There are many other
CFMs in Georgia and they
offer farm-fresh goodness,
whether it’s strawber
ries in the spring, fresh
vegetables and peaches
in the summer, apples in
the fall or Christmas trees
at year’s end.
The farm passport
guides travelers across
Georgia to farms that
offer food items for any
taste. The majority of
goods sold at each GFB
Certified Farm Market are
grown on the farm or on
other Georgia farms.
“We visited so many
places we would have
never known about
because of the Georgia
farm passport. From
picking and tasting
wonderful muscadines,
to eating the most-
yummy peach ice cream,
to shopping in ador
able markets, we got to
spend quality time as a
family and explore the
farms of Georgia,” said
Jennifer Miles, a partici
pant in GFB’s 2020 Farm
Passport program. “We
cannot wait to start our
journey this year! We are
hoping to double our
number of stamps for
2021. Thank you Georgia
Farm Bureau for getting
my son to put down his
phone and enjoy the
great outdoors with his
family. We had a blast!”
WHAT TO EXPECT
Each farm is unique.
Some farms offer a pick-
your-own option, corn
mazes, farm games, edu
cational opportunities
or host special seasonal
events. Passport hold
ers will support local
farmers and experience
fresh food as they get
their passport stamped
at each farm they visit. In
2020, farm passport trav
elers made more than
6,000 visits to GFB CFMs.
PARTICIPATE AND
EARN PRIZES
The GFB Farm Pass
port is available at
county Farm Bureau
offices and at the 83 GFB
Certified Farm Markets.
To find participating
farms, go to GFB.ag/
FarmPassport.
The deadline to submit
passports for prizes is
Jan. 7, 2022. Turn in pass
ports with stamps from
five or more CFMs to
receive a limited-edition t-
shirt. Passports stamped
from 10 or more farms
earn participants the
t-shirt and assorted ag
swag items like a baseball
cap and additional sur
prises. Travelers who get
stamps from 15 or more
CFMs get all that plus
their choice of selected
CFM products. Get 20 or
more stamps and receive
a farm-to-table dinner and
farm tour along with all
the other prizes.
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