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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. On Call 24-7-365 Rough winter weather can be tough on your roof. 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