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Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 9A Pirates celebrate Senior Night this Friday The Pirates dropped a 62-0 loss to Peach County on the road Friday, Oct. 1. Peach County is 3-0 in the region and they beat Americus-Sumter 59-0 the week before. The Peach County Trojans scored two touchdowns to make it 14-0 after the first quar ter. They added 28 points in the second quarter to make it 42-0 before the half. The Pirates al lowed Peach to earn 13 more points in the third quarter and held them to 7 points in the fourth quarter. The Pirates will play Mary Persons at home this Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. with Senior Night activities and a special recognition of the historic first Pirates football team before the game. Pirates football is cel ebrating 50 years of foot ball since the program was started in 1971. The Pirates will have a bye week the week of Oct. 15 and will then face Central Macon on the road Oct. 22. The Pirates will finish the regular season on the road as they face Americus on Friday, Oct. 29 and Crisp County on Friday, Nov. 5. » antes PBitCsii PIRATES 3 m 134/ SPECIAL PHOTO At left, the Pirates will face a tough end of season schedule as they play their final three games of the regular season on the road. Their last home game is this Fri day against Mary Persons for Senior Night. PGMS Lady Pirates undefeated at 10-0 PHOTOS BY KELLY CRENSHAW Seniors on the Pike County High School Lady Pirates team include (l-r) Bailee Brown, Emma Smith, Shelby Duncan, Alana Crenshaw, Faith Stowers, Jamie Corbin, Haley Perkins, Madi Neal and Skyler Howell. PGHS Lady Pirates add wins to 16-4 record Above left, Lily Alpough runs the bases as she went 2-for-3 in the game against Mary Persons. Above right, Shelby Duncan awaits the pitch after a triple in the game against Jackson. The Pike County Middle School softball team extended their re cord to 10-0, adding five wins last week alone with a packed sched ule including victories over Byron Middle on Tuesday, Clifton Ridge on Wednesday, two wins Thursday against Lamar County and Cirrus Academy and Upson-Lee on Friday. The Lady Pirates pitch ers dominated other teams for the entire week of play - including a perfect game. Haislynn Cromer pitched a one-hitter on Sept. 28 against Byron Middle School as the Lady Pirates won 7-0. She pitched for five in nings and struck out 12 batters. KK Foster hit an in-the-park homerun and a triple in the game and led the Pirates in hits. The team kept the offensive pressure high the entire game, scoring one run in the first and two runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings. KK Foster threw a perfect game in the 13-0 victory over Clifton Ridge on Sept. 29. She pitched four innings before the run rule went into effect and struck out all 12 batters in only 46 pitches while allowing no walks. She had a strike percent age of .826. Maliyah Holmes, KK Foster and Ella Alpough each had multiple hits for the la dies and KK hit another in-the-park homerun. The Lady Pirates defeated Lamar County 10-0 in the first game of a double header Sept. 30 as the ladies allowed only two hits. Ella Alpough got the win as she pitched for three innings, allowing zero runs on one hit with one strikeout. Haislynn shut down the last six Lamar County batters, striking out three of them. KK Foster and Maliyah Holmes each had two hits to the lead the team with KK, Maliyah and Haislynn each hitting a triple in the game. In the second game of the double header, the Lady Pirates shut down Cirrus 17-0, al lowing no hits. Hannah Huff smashed an in-the- park homerun as Addie Beckham hit a double and many batters were hit by pitches, walked or reached on errors. Hannah Huff, Addie Beckham, Maddie Mas- sengale and Harleigh Garland led the team with three RBls each. Lola McDaniel pitched the three-inning game with only 38 pitches, allowing no hits, runs or walks and getting six strikeouts. The Lady Pirates faced Upson-Lee on the road Friday with Hais lynn Cromer picking up the 17-0 win as she surrendered no runs on three hits over four innings with 10 strike outs. The Lady Pirates extended their winning record to 164 as they clinched the first seed for the region tournament with two wins over Crisp. The Lady Pirates defeated Mary Persons 124 on Sept. 21 as Jamie Corbin earned the win, pitching three innings, allowing four hits and three runs while striking out one. Tori Dilbeck and Faith Stowers pitched well in relief to close out the game. The team racked up 11 hits with Lily Alpough, Jamie and Shelby Duncan all collecting multiple hits. The Lady Pirates fell to East Coweta 7-0 on Sept. 22 as Haley Perkins pitched three innings and Faith Stowers threw three innings in relief. Emma Smith went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead the Lady Pirates but it wasn’t enough to combat the high-powered offense of East Coweta. The next day, the Lady Pirates returned to their usual, defeating Central Macon 15-0 in a three- inning run rule game in the first game of a double header. Tori Dilbeck started the game in the circle, allowing no hits, runs or walks and ringing up two strikeouts in two innings on only 16 pitch es. Madi Neal pitched the last inning and shut down Central Macon in only 8 pitches, earning one strikout and giving up no hits, runs or walks. Bailee Brown and Alana Cren shaw went 2-for-2 at bat to lead the team to victory. In the second game of the double header, the ladies won 20-6 over Central Macon, despite giving up five runs in the second inning. Faith Stow ers started the game and pitched five innings, al lowing 14 hits and six runs while striking out three and walking zero. Skyler Howell, Jamie Stowers and Aubrey Reese all had two hits in the victory and Austin King hit a triple. Five runs from Shelby Duncan helped the Lady Pirates defeat Peach County 12-1 on Sept. 27 as they picked up RBls on a homer in the first inning and a triple in the third inning. Madi Neal also hit a homerun in the first inning. Faith Stowers led the team to victory in the circle, pitching three in nings, allowing zero runs on two hits, striking out three and walking zero. Haley Perkins pitched two strong innings in relief. The Lady Pirates bat tled for a win over Jackson but came out victorious in the 3-2 game Sept. 29. The ladies scored one run in the first and two in the third, holding Jackson to only two runs in the third. Shelby Duncan tripled on the first pitch of the at bat in the first inning, scoring one run. In the third, Madi Neal doubled, scoring run and Callie Williams picked up the other RBI on a ground out. Jamie Corbin started for the Lady Pirates and pitched the complete seven innings, allowing two runs and striking out two. Continuing the win streak, the Lady Pirates defeated Crisp County 11-6 on Sept. 30. The game was tied 44 in the top of the fifth inning when Callie Williams singled, scoring one run, and the Pirates never looked back. The ladies racked up 12 hits with Callie going 4-for4 at the plate and Alana Crenshaw hitting a homerun. Madi Neal and Aubrey Reese collected multiple hits. The region tourna ment will be played in Cordele Oct. 5 through 7 as the Lady Pirates work towards the first round of state playoffs. Don’t Miss A Week! Subscribe to the Pike County Journal Reporter $30.00 Full Year ~ Pike & Surrounding Counties ~ $35,00+Tax-Other GA Counties $40,00-Out of State 770-567-3446 P.O. Box 789, Zebulon, GA 30295 www.pikecountygeorgia.com jennifer@pikecountygeorgia.com PHOTOS BY RACHEL McDANIEL / PIKE COUNTY JOURNAL REPORTER Haislynn Cromer delivers at pitch for the Lady Pirates. Last week she pitched a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts in a 7-0 victory over Byron and she shut out Upson-Lee Friday as the Lady Pirates won 17-0. KK Foster circles the bases for the Lady Pirates after hit ting one of two in-the-park homeruns last week. She also pitched a perfect game on the road over Clifton Ridge for a 13-0 victory as she struck out all 12 batters. PCHS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK October 1 st vs. Peach County Trojans Defensive Player #81 Braydin Ridgeway 3 Tackles, 1 Forced Fumble Offensive Player #67 Kevin Godwin Great blocking on the OL Special Teams Player #45 Ozzie O’Steen 6 Punts 38 Yard Average Southern Rivers Energy A Touchstone Energy® Cooperative 1367 US-341, Barnesville, GA 30204 • 770.358.1383 www.southernriversenergy.com