Sports

By ELLIS KNOX

The Pirate soccer team drew a Bye in the Bi-District round in the Boys Soccer 4A, Region 2 and 4 playoffs. In the Area playoff game the Pirates lined up with the Henderson Lions. The Lions won in the first round against Mineola and winning that game 2-0.

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By ELLIS KNOX

The Lady Pirates dropped their second round game with Pleasant Grove losing 8-3. The Pleasant Grove Lady Hawks jumped ahead in the bottom of the first by two runs making the score 4-2. The game went scoreless until the fifth when both teams put up one run each, 5-3.

The Lady Pirates couldn’t get a rally start in the top of the sixth or the seventh. The Lady Hawks scored three more runs in the bottom of the sixth making it 8-3 and that’s the way it ended.

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By ELLIS KNOX

The Lady Pirates now stand at 11-6-2, and 4-3 in 4A Region 2, District 14 play. The district standings as of March 3, are North Lamar 6-0, Liberty Eylau 4-2, Pittsburg 3-3, Pleasant Grove 2-4, Atlanta 2-4, and Paris 1-5.

The Lady Pirates squeaked by Atlanta 13-12, in district game five, Tuesday, April 3 at home. In their second and final district game for this season Atlanta made a comeback in the top of the seventh inning scoring 6 runs to lead the game for the first time. The Lady Pirates came back to tie in bottom of the seventh inning on an Atlanta error and forced the game into an extra inning.

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By AMY BULLOCK

The Pittsburg Pirates varsity baseball game went into extra innings in their win over Atlanta 3-2 on April 3. The 11-inning game had settled into a pitching duel between the two teams with each opposing teams’ pitchers striking out 10 batters each. Brett McGee started the game on the mound, giving up one run, allowed five hits, and struck out four. Jake Jackson came in relief and Ty Jordan took the last innings as relief pitcher for the win.

In the bottom of the eleventh inning Michael Netro slapped a hit into right field and drove in McGee for the winning run. Pittsburg racked up 11 hits, the most coming from Chris Garcia, McGee, Jackson, and Netro.

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The inaugural season of the Lady Pirate Soccer Team ended Monday, March 2, in their first play-off game. The Lady Pirates lost to a very good Kilgore team 11 to 0.

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Pittsburg ISD Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Brad Baca accept a check for $1,000 on behalf of the PISD Athletic Department from Gazette Sports Reports Ellis Knox sports reporter.

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