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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 5B
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The PCHS JV soccer team earned their second championship. Pictured are (front row l-r) Sebastian Facundo, Andrew Edwards,
Nathan Shope, Lucas Dukes, Jayden Warburton (back row l-r) coach Danny Cuviello, Phillip Smith, Tyler Parker, Jason Padron,
Ozzie O’Steen, Chris Cuviello, Kasun Patterson, Dominic Meza and Joshua Tomarchio.
JV Pirates go
unbeaten, win
championship
BY JOE WALTER
The Pike County High
School Pirates soccer
teams won their confer
ence championship on
Saturday, April 3 in con
vincing fashion after hav
ing an undefeated regular
season. The team was 4-0
for the season and they
scored 25 goals, only al
lowing one all season.
The JV boys traveled
to Macon to play ACE
Academy and thumped
the home team 6-1.
Jayden Warburton scored
four goals and Jason
Padron and Ozzie Osteen
scored one goal each.
It was the second
trophy for this year’s
JV squad, coached by
Danny Cuviello. The
Pirates won their first
boys JV championship in
2017 and placed second
in 2019.
The JV boys also won
the 2021 JV Lamar Trojan
Cup this season, beat
ing Lamar 2-1 in the final
game with Chris Cuviello
and Jayden Warburton
each scoring one goal.
JV Lady Pirates dominate league championship after 9-1 season
The Pike County High
School JV soccer team
earned first place in
their conference cham
pionship on Saturday,
April 3. The Lady Pi
rates traveled to Griffin
to face off against the
ACE Academy Gry
phons and defeated the
Gryphons 5-0 to capture
the 2021 conference
championship, one of
many won by the Lady
Pirates and girls JV
coach Mike Muccillo
over the years.
The girls had a sea
son record of 9-1 with
six shutout victories.
The team scored 47
goals in the season and
only conceded six goals
to their opponents.
“The girls worked
hard all season long and
really came together
for the tournament
finals. The first half of
that game was the best
performance they had
all season. They really
shut down ACE and
never let them get into
the game,” said coach
Muccillo. “These girls
continue a proud JV
girls tradition as we
have won the tourna
ment for the last three
seasons it has been
played. We also contin
ued our tough defense
with outstanding
defense all season long
from Olivia Park, Emily
Colwell, Elle Smith and
Anna Harris.”
In the finals, Jesse
Jeffcoat and Kinsley
Benton had two goals
each and Izzy Cuviello
had one goal.
“The girls worked
very hard this season
and avenged their only
loss by beating ACE
Academy 5-0 in the tour
nament finals. They had
to contend with pan
demic issues and sched
uling issues due to bad
weather but never lost
their focus and played
hard every game,” said
coach Muccillo.
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The PCHS JV soccer girls earned a championship win, making it three years in a row that the Lady Pirates earned that honor.
Pictured are (front row l-r) Abby Kelly, Sara Jones, Olivia Park, Izzy Cuviello, Sydney Cochran, Kinsley Benton, Jesse Jeffcoat, Emily
Colwell (back row l-r) McKenna Walker, Kate Reeves, Elle Smith, Brianna Morris, Maelee Hendrix, Kinley Smith, Emma Summerlin,
Anna Gravitt, Jenna Kerscherand coach Mike Muccillo.
Pirates baseball team celebrates Senior Night with shut out victory
PHOTO BY DONNA KENNEDY / JEFF HURNDON PHOTOGRAPHY
Pike County High School seniors and Pirates baseball players were honored Friday, April 16 during Senior Night. Pictured are the players and their families, including (l-r) Garrison Pierce, Chris
tian Perkins, Austin Conine and Jaden Bone. The Pirates are undefeated in region play and shut out region opponent Jackson 4-0 on Senior Night.
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