Sports

By Cory Smith

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The Pirate boy’s basketball team moved to 1-4 in district play with losses against Pleasant Grove, Liberty Eylau, Paris and North Lamar, but secured a win against Atlanta.

The Pirates lost to Pleasant Grove, 60-50 in a game that was missing starting center, E.J. Hill to illness. Dejour Dowell led the Pirate scoring effort with 12 points and he had a three pointer on the night. Keondre Traylor had 11 points for the Pirates, Sir Charles Perkins produced five points with three of them coming from beyond the arc, Jakevion Traylor had nine points, D.J. Porter knocked down eight points, Red Shields had two points, and Robert Hollins knocked down a three point shot for Pittsburg.

 

By Cory Smith

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The Lady Pirates took down district rival Liberty Eylau last week, defeating the Lady Rabbits, 58-46. Shaundrea Rhymes led scorers with 21 points, going 10 of 15 from the field for a 66.7 percent shooting percentage. She also hauled in 14 of the teams 31 rebounds; four offensive and 10 defensive and had two blocks on the night. Ayanna Palmer had 13 points for the Lady Pirates, going four of 13 from the floor for a 30.8 percent shooting percentage. She also knocked down three of four points from the charity stripe and had three steals. D’Maya Hashaway had 10 points for Pittsburg, going four of seven on the night and she picked the opponents pocket twice. Others scoring for the Lady Pirates were: Maxie Ivory (eight points) and Taylor Leonard (six points).

 

By Cory Smith

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The Pittsburg Pirates picked up two more wins on the season this past week by defeating Chess Academy 77-57 and Clarksville 53-49 in overtime.

 

Deldric “Red” Shields and Sir Charles Perkins led scorers against Chess Academy with 16 points and 15 points respectively. Shields was seven of 10 from the floor and knocked down two shots from beyond the arc. Perkins was six of nine from the floor, going three for three from two point range and he also produced nine points from three point land. Others scoring for the Pirates were: Dejour Dowell with 12 points, E.J. Hill with 10 points, D.J. Porter with eight points, Robert Hollins with two points, Keondre Traylor with two points, and Teryian Cuba, Justin Zepeda, and Nakarie Howard all had four points on the night for the Pirates. 

By Cory Smith

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The Lady Pirates started off district play the right way by securing a 48-44 win over the Lady Rabbits of Atlanta. 

Shaundrea Rhymes led scorers with 18 points, going a strong eight of 11 from the floor, giving her a 72.7 percent shooting mark; she also had two blocks and a steal on the night. She also made the most of rebound opportunities, hauling in 10 rebounds; five offensive and five defensive. Others scoring for the Lady Pirates were: Kaycee Parker with six points, Taylor Leonard with seven points, Ayanna Palmer with five points, D’Maya Hashaway with nine points, and Nakiya Brown had three points. 

Collectively, the Lady Pirates hauled in 35 rebounds; 12 offensive and 23 defensive. They also had six steals on the night with Hashaway leading that category.

 

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Cory Smith

 

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The PISD school board voted 7-0 to accept a recommendation made by Superintendent, Judy Pollan, to hire Brad Baca as Athletic Director/Head Football Coach. Baca will be replacing Dickey Meeks, who announced his retirement earlier this month.

By Cory Smith

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The Pittsburg Pirate basketball squad was busy over Christmas break as they participated in the Leonard Tournament where they placed fifth in a 16 team tournament.

 

The fifth place game would be a barnburner as the Pirates sealed the victory against Pottsboro on a game winning three point shot from Keondre Traylor who had a team leading 16 points. Pittsburg started the fourth quarter down eight points, but took a three point lead with under 30 seconds to play. Pottsboro then hit a three to tie the game and the Pirates missed on their next shot and fouled in the process, sending Pottsboro to the line for two free-throws; they would sink both giving them a two point lead with 14 seconds left. 

By Cory Smith

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“Just lay on the ball Demarcus!” That’s probably what every Dallas Cowboys fan in the world was screaming when rookie defensive end, Demarcus Lawrence, had a chance to ice the game for the Cowboys, but squandered it when he coughed the ball back up to the Lions as he tried to pick it up and run with it. But, as sweet, sweet fate would have it, Lawrence was able to redeem himself by causing a game winning sack and fumble, sealing a victory for the Cowboys 24-20.

Waskom defeated Newton 44-22 to win its first state title. Gilmer won their third state title, defeating West Orange- Stark, 35-25. Crowell and Throckmorton won state titles in Six-Man; 62-16 and 66-20 respectively. Canadian blew out Mason 34-7 to win the 2A Div. I title. Bremond defeated Albany to win a state championship, 28-21.

 

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By Cory Smith

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The Pittsburg Pirate basketball team defeated the Queen City Bulldogs 76-54 last week, thanks in part to a team led scoring effort.

Justin Zepeda, Dejour Dowell, and E.J. Hill scored 13 points, 15 points, and 14 points respectively for the Pirates. D.J. Porter scored four points; Jakevion Traylor scored six points; Robert Hollins produced five points; Keondre Traylor finished with 10 points; Sir Charles Perkins had seven points; and Red Shields had two points. Pittsburg produced 18 of their 76 points from beyond the arc, with Zepeda draining two and Hollins, Perkins, and Dowell finishing with a three-pointer apiece.

 

By Cory Smith

cory@campcountynow.com

 

The Pirate basketball squad took to the hardwood last week and lost a close decision to Emory- Rains, 45-40 and picked up a 10 point win against Mineola 51-41. Sir Charles Perkins and Keondre Traylor led scoring efforts for the Pirates against Rains, scoring 16 points and 14 points respectively. Perkins hit five of 11 shots from the floor, all five of them came from beyond the arc; he also had three steals on the night. Traylor went four of nine from the floor and six of 10 from the charity stripe. Traylor hauled in 11 rebounds; nine defensively and two offensively, and he also had three steals. Others who scored for Pittsburg were D.J. Hughes and Justin Zepeda, who had two points apiece, and E.J. Hill turned in a six point performance.