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By Cory Smith

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The University Interscholastic League willpartner with the NFHS Network to deliveradditional post-seasoncoverage of Texas highschool sports to fans announced the League. UIL events selected by the NFHS Network will be streamed live and available for viewing on demand at www.nfhsnetwork. com. Fox Sports Southwest will continue to provide coverage for many UIL Championships on-air and online. In addition to broadcasts of selected UIL Championships, the NFHS Network will also provide post-season coverage for many playoff events with broad coverage across all sports. DVDs for most events will also be available for purchase.

 

 

By Cory Smith

cory@campcountynow.com

 

The Pirates entered last Friday night with a 1-0 record in district play and knew coming in they would be tested by an athletic Liberty Eylau team. 

By Cory Smith

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The Pirates picked up their first district win last Friday night by completely dismantling the North Lamar Panthers, 36-0. 

The Panthers tried to be tricky out of the gate with what appeared to be an onside kick. The Pirates would recover the attempt and take over on the 42 yard line. Pittsburg dug into their playbook and got creative and called a screen to Sir Charles Perkins, a jet sweep by Dejour Dowell, and an end around by Perkins to set the Piratesup in scoring position. The Pirates finished in the endzone with a touchdown from Perkins who ran the ball to the right side of the line and crossed the goal line. With the extra point, the score was 7-0 Pirates with 10:08 to go in the first quarter. 

The Pittsburg flag division fell to 3-4 this week against Henderson. The Texans outscored the Pirates15-0. Head Coach Raymond Shepard and Assistant Coach Melvin Jones

The Pittsburg freshman division improved their record to 6-1 this weekend against Henderson at home. The Pirates outscored the Texans 38- 0. Offensive key players were: fullback, Levi Lain, who had over 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns; tailback Robert “Choppie” Miles Jr. who had 60 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and quarterback Twan “Jr” Thompson, who had a 65- yard touchdown and two extra point conversions. Tight end, LaChristian Johnson, and tailback, Jaylen Holloway, also had key long yard runs.

 

The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Men’s Eagles Soccer team won four of four games this week, shutting out Jacksonville College, Paris Junior College and Coastal Bend College, while giving up only one goal to Laredo Community College. The Eagles are now ranked fifth in the nation according to the National Junior College Athletic Association coach’s poll this week.

In the game against Jacksonville, Rimario Gordon had his third hat trick of the week scoring the first three goals of the game putting the Eagle up 3-0 one minute into the second half.

 

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By Cory Smith

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The Pirates officially got the monkey off their  back last Friday night as they beat the Mount Vernon 41-6, and in doing so, secured their first win of the season. Both teams came in at 0-4 on the year, with each clawing and scratching their way through a tough pre-district schedule. Coming into this game, the Pirates made several changes in an effort to “restart” the team. Most notably, Pittsburgchanged their offensive play calling scheme to a huddle and giving the play call to the quarterback for him to relay to teammates in the huddle. The Pirates had been sending in plays by way of hand signals and sideline checks. Pittsburg also changed their defensive scheme from a 4-3 (four down lineman) to a 3-4, (three defensive lineman) which seemed to fit the Pirate personnel a lot better.

The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Men’s Eagles Soccer team split two games this week defeating Jacksonville College and falling to Tyler Junior College (ranked third in the nation) in overtime. The Eagles remain ranked seventh in the nation according to the National Junior College Athletic Association coaches poll this week.

Salvador Valencia defended his goal against eight of 10 shots during Saturday’s game against Tyler. Gabriel Cavalcante made the first goal for the Eagles at 67 minutes in, assisted by Rimario Gordon.

 

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By Cory Smith

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The Homecoming revelry was in full force Friday night; there were mums galore, bells, whistles, garters, and every other thing imaginable on display. The Pirates were looking to notch their first win of the season when they met the Atlanta Rabbits on the gridiron.

The Pirates tried to start things off with a bang by attempting an onside kick to start the game and catch the Rabbits (Rabbs) napping, but the Rabbs came up with the recovery on the Pirate 45 yard line. Highly touted Atlanta quarterback, Chase Musgrove, came out to take command of the Rabb offense, but the Pirate defense stiffened and held them to a fourth down punt.