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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 9A
Pirates extend region record to 10-0
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The Pirates varsity baseball team is still unbeaten in the region with a 10-0 record. The team includes Jaden Bone #6, Garrison
Pierce #27, Christian Perkins #4, Tyler James #16, Braden Osbolt #9, Caden Swift #21, Ridge Smith #14, Josh Buffington #7,
Zane Axelburg #6, Ryan Melton #19, Austin Conine #2, Jesse Hammond #20, Landon Clark #3, Mason Trucks #18, Cyle Wells
#23, Kole Hammond #12, Jacob Hammond #29 and Tanner Yates #24.
The Pirates extended
their region record to
10-0 with two dominating
victories over Central
High School of Macon on
April 6. The Pirates are
12-9 for the season and
faced region opponent
Jackson on Tuesday,
April 13 after press time.
The Pirates will host
Locust Grove in a non
region game Wednesday,
April 14 at 5:55 p.m. and
they will host Jackson in
a region contest on Fri
day, April 16 at 5:55 p.m.
The team will only have
three games after this
week’s games to finish
out the regular season.
The Pirates won the
first game of the April
6 double header by run
rule in only three innings
with a score of 18-3. The
Pirates scored four in the
first inning, eight runs in
the second inning and six
runs in the third inning.
Garrison Pierce led
the Pirates with four
RBIs, followed by Zane
Axelberg and Caden Swift
with three each. Ridge
Smith, Kole Hammond,
Caden Swift and Garrison
Pierce each had two hits
in the game. Kole Ham
mond pitched the three
innings for the Pirates
with four strikeouts and
seven first pitch strikes.
In the second game
of the blow out double
header, the Pirates won
15-5 after taking an early
lead with three runs in
the first inning. Caden
Swift started the Pirates
off on offense as he hit
a home run in the first
inning. He also had the
most RBIs at three. The
team had 12 hits and 11
stolen bases in the game.
The Pirates played
Columbus on the road
on Friday, April 9 at 5:30
p.m. in a non-region
game. The Pirates scored
one run in the second
inning as Caden Swift
scored on an error. The
Pirates scored two more
in the fourth inning, as
Jesse Hammond hit a
double with two outs.
Ridge Smith singled and
moved him to third base.
Mason Trucks hit the ball
hard on the ground to
right field, advancing to
second on the throw and
earning two RBIs.
The Pirates held their
3-0 lead until the sixth
inning when Columbus
scored seven runs. They
were able to hold the Pi
rates scoreless in the top
of the seventh to win.
Middle school track teams place second and third in league
The Pike County
Middle School boys track
team placed second in
the MGMSAL track and
field championship on
Saturday, April 3.
Zane Bristol led the
team with second place
finishes in the 200 meter
dash, high jump and long
jump, while teammate
Tristan O’Connell placed
first in the high jump.
Other top 10 finish
ers for the boys team
included lan White in
ninth place in the 100
meter, Tristan O’Connell
in ninth and Corbin
Engle in tenth in the 200
meter, Max McBrayer in
eighth, Nolan Brown in
ninth and Maddox Parks
in tenth in the 800 meter,
Jack Bell in third, Gage
Stanley in ninth and No
lan Brown in tenth in the
1,600 meter, Ethan Du
mas in third, Luke Sprag-
gins in fourth and Max
McBrayer in fifth in the
3,200 meter, lan White in
third and Corbin Engle in
fourth in the 100 meter
hurdles, lan White in
fourth and Maddox Parks
in sixth in the long jump,
Liam Blount in seventh
and Ty Brown in eighth
in the shot put and Jo
seph Adams in fifth, Liam
Blount in eighth and Jack
Higginbottom in ninth in
the discus throw.
The boys team placed
fifth in the 4x400 meter
relay and third in the
4x400 meter relay.
The middle school boys track and field athletes recently earned second place in the region. Pictured are (front row l-r) Tristan O’Connell, Max McBrayer, Corbin
Engle, Nolan Brown, Maddox Parks, Gage Stanley (back row l-r) coach Lexi Saye, Max Harris, Luke Spraggins, Ty Brown, Ethan Dumas, lan White, Zane Bristol,
Joseph Adams, Liam Blount, Jack Bell, Jack Higginbotham and coach Garth Potter.
The middle school
girls track team took
third place in the event,
led by Sadie Bray who
won the 100 meter
hurdles and took second
in the 400 meter. Anna
Gooch out-threw every
one to win first place in
the discus.
Other top 10 finish
ers for the girls included
Chloe Lowery in fourth
place and Kayleigh Holt
in tenth place in the 100
meter, Chloe Lowery in
third place and Sadie
Bray in sixth place in
the 200 meter, Morgan
Boynton in fourth and
Torrie Garrett in tenth
in the 200 meter, Hais-
lynn Cromer in fifth and
Morgan Boynton in ninth
in the 800 meter, Hais-
lynn Cromer in fourth in
The middle school girls track and field athletes recently earned third place in the region. Pictured are (front row l-r) Haislynn
Cromer, Evie Vining, Vivian Kate Beck, Sadie Bray, Morgan Boynton (back row l-r) coach Lexi Saye, Tatym Brown, Chloe Lowery,
Sophia Saunders, Torrie Garrett, Anna Gooch, Kayleigh Holt and coach Garth Potter.
the 1,600 meter, Vivian
Kate Beck in third and
Evie Vining in fourth in
the 3,200 meter, Kayleigh
Holt in ninth in the 100
meter hurdles, Torrie
Garrett in seventh in the
long jump, Anna Gooch
in ninth in the shot put
and Chloe Lowery in
eighth in the discus
throw.
The girls teams placed
fourth in both the 2x100
meter relay and the
4x400 relay.
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