Sports

By: Cory Smith

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The Pittsburg High School girls track team placed third overall at the Mount Pleasant track meet that was held last Thursday. Several Lady Pirates placed in their respective  events and below are theresults from the meet: Triple Jump-3rd Place: Na'Kiya Brown with a jump of 30'5"; Discus-5th Place: Madison Sansom with a throw of 79'9; Pole Vault-1st Place: Lesly Farfan with a vault of 7'; Long Jump 6th Place: Kaylee Joslin with a jump of 14'9"; Shot Put- 2nd Place: Shaundrea Rhymes with a throw of 32'4";

 

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By: Cory Smith

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Kaycee Parker held up her end of the bargain, but Parker couldn't pilot the Lady Pirates past Atlanta as Pittsburg lost 7-2 in seven innings at home last Tuesday. The game against the Lady Rabbits marked the district opener for Pittsburg. Bailey Smith got the start for the Lady Pirates, she allowed seven runs in 5 1/3 innings, walked three and struck out six. Atlanta was sparked by a high powered offense, and a state-ranked team. Their top two players in the game teamed up for four hits and three RBIs.

 

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The Lady Pirates Little Dribbler’s travel team. They competed in the East Texas Basketball League fifth and sixth major girls division.

 

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By Cory Smith

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The Pittsburg Pirates boys basketball squad finished the season last week with a 77-38 loss against the North Lamar Panthers. Dejour Dowell and Sir Charles Perkins led scorers with eight points apiece with Perkins hitting two shots from beyond the arc. Others scoring for the Pirates were: D. J. Porter (three points), Deldric Shields (two points), Terriyan Cuba (two points), Justin Zepeda (three points), Keondre Traylor (two points), E.J. Hill (four points), Williams (four points), and Torres (two points). Pittsburg knocked down nine of 10 shots from the charity stripe as well.

 

By Cory Smith

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The Pirates have one game left on the season, a road game against North Lamar which took place earlier this week. At the time of this article, the Pirates had an overall record of 17-11 with a 2-7 mark in district play. The undefeated Paris Wildcats came to town and put on an offense spectacle that the Pirates were unable to match. Leading scorer for Pittsburg was Sir Charles Perkins who had 13 points with nine of those points coming from beyond the arc. Others scoring for Pittsburg were: D.J. Porter, who had four points; Jakevion Traylor who had four points; Justin Zepeda who had three points; Keondre Traylor who had eight points with a three point shot; Dejour Dowell had seven points; and E.J. Hill had two points. The team went three of seven from the charity stripe.

 

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles (NTCC) baseball team dominated Pratt Community College this weekend, winning four out of four games. The highlight of the series was a 12-run shutout Saturday evening pitched by Tim Winders. Friday’s game was a series of back and forth runs every inning with local pitcher Brandon Colbert from Pittsburg pitching the lion's share of the game. Colbert racked up eight strikeouts in four-and-ahalf innings. The Eagles won Friday’s game 15-9. Dalton Algiene led the Eagles during Saturday’s first game, with Tanner Buxton picking up two innings. The Eagles took an early lead and picked up two runs in the second and third inning to win the game 5-2. Sunday saw the closest score of the series, with the Eagles winning the game 6-5 in nine innings with a walk off.

Pitching Coach Aaron Gilbreath said that the team ran into a few problems early on but came together by the second game of the series.

 

The Northeast Texas Community College Lady Eagles Softball team split two doubleheaders with the Temple Junior College Leopards to start their season. They kicked off the series with a 10-0 win on Friday and dropped their nightcap 3-2. The Lady Eagles started off the day on Saturday with an 8-0 win and dropped the second game in another one-run barn burner, 4-3.

“We scheduled to play Temple at the last minute and we had just started practicing on the field and coming together as a team. The girls played a very good team and they gave them a run for their money, we went into extra innings both days and came out on top, I expect the fight to only get stronger throughout the year," Assistant Coach Alexis Beltran, said.

By Cory Smith

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By Cory Smith

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The Pirate boys basketball went on a three game skid last week, losing to North Lamar, 59-28; Pleasant Grove, 55-34; and Liberty Eylau, 67-50. With the losses, the Pirates move to 16-10 on the season and 1-6 in district play.

Keondre Traylor led scorers in the game against North Lamar with 10 points, Dejour Dowell had four points, E.J. Hill had three points, D.J. Porter had one point, Jakevion Traylor had four points, and Teryian Cuba and Sir Charles Perkins both knocked down a shot from beyond the arc. Pittsburg also knocked down five of eight shots from the charity stripe.

 

By Cory Smith

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The Lady Pirates started off on the right foot against Paris last week, defeating the Lady Wildcats 49-38; they lost two decisions to Atlanta and North Lamar, 43-39 and 43-33 respectively. Ayanna Palmer led scorers for the game  against Paris with a season high 26 points, going 11 of 20 from the floor for a 55 percent shooting percentage. She also hauled in seven rebounds on the night; three offensive and four defensive and had three steals as well. She also played a season high 30 minutes for the Lady Pirates. Shaundrea Rhymes produced 12 points, going six of 10 for a 60 percent shooting percentage and six rebounds.