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Gordo Loses to Fayette 69-62

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

On February 2, the Gordo Green Wave traveled to Fayette to take on the Fayette Tigers. Gordo was down by 10 at Halftime and at the end of 3 quarters were down by 19, but in the 4th quarter, Gordo made a strong comeback by scoring 30 points in the 4th quarter, but still came up short. The 30 points in the 4th quarter were their best points in a quarter all year.

Gordo Boys Down and Holt Winfield

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Gordo 49 Winfield 38

On January 28th, the Gordo Green Wave played host to the Winfield Pirates in an Area game. The Green Wave lost the first time they played, but rebounded with a win at home.

Gordo 58 Holt 34

On January 29th, the Green Wave played host to the Holt Ironman on Senior night, and it turned out to be a good one for these Seniors as Gordo would never trail in the ball game.

Gordo Loses Heartbreaker To Northside 53-51

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Northside 53 Gordo 51

On January 20th, the Gordo Green Wave traveled to Northside to take on the Rams. Gordo would be down by 9 points at Halftime but in the 2nd Half, the Green Wave would come back and tie the game at 47- 47 and have a shot to tie the game again with around 7 seconds left, but the ball would hit the side of the rim, and Northside would win the game 53-51.

Lady Wave Lose to Lady Rams

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Northside 50 Gordo 18

On January 20th, the Lady Wave traveled to Northside to take on the Lady Rams. The Lady Rams controlled the game from start to finish and held the Lady Wave to only 18 points on the night, and won the game 50-18.

Gordo Wins Area Game Over Carbon Hill

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Oakman 34 Gordo 33

On January 13th, the Gordo Green Wave played host to the Oakman Wildcats in an Area game. Both teams would play good defense on the night, but then again, I think high school basketball needs to put in a shot clock. I know at one point, Oakman passed the ball around for over 3 minutes in the 4th quarter.

 

Gordo 63 Carbon Hill 48

Gordo Boys Lose to South Lamar and Winfield

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

South Lamar 43 Gordo 29

On January 5th, the Gordo Green Wave played host to the South Lamra Stallions. The Green Wave Offense could not get anything going in this game as the Stallions defeated the Green Wave 43-29. The ball just would not fall for the Green Wave, and South Lamar took advantage.

 

Winfield 69 Gordo 50

Lady Wave Lose To South Lamar and Winfield

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

On January 5th, the Lady Wave took on the South Lamar Stallions in Gordo. The game was close thur 3rd quarter, but in the 4th quarter the Lady Stallions would pull away to win the ballgame 34-26.

 

Winfield 61-34

On January 6th, the Lady Wave traveled to Winfield to take on the Lady Pirates. Winfield started hot and stayed hot throughout the gam,e and took down the Lady Wave 61-34.

Pirates and Wildcats Meet Again

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BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

Pickens Academy Lady Pirates met Berry Wildcats for a second matchup this season. The first matchup was a loss of 11-12 to Berry and the Lady Pirates were hoping for a win tonight. The Lady Pi- rates played a hard game which went into an extra inning but came up short in the eighth inning for the Lady Pirates.

Pickens Pirates Big Win Over Holy Spirit Tuesday Night

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BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

Pickens Academy’s Varsity boys won big over Holy Spirit’s Varsity Saints Tuesday night. The Pirates were ready and on fire Tues- day night when the Saints marched into Pirate Territory. The Pi- rates scored eight runs on the Saints in the bottom of the first inning. The Saints were able to secure two runs in the bottom of top the second inning.

Aliceville vs Pickens Academy (Boys)

BY Thomas Wilkins

Sports Correspondent

The Thursday night game united two teams on a cool autumn evening. The Aliceville Yellow Jackets and the Pickens Academy Pirates faced off in Aliceville. The Yellow Jackets took an early lead with seniors Javier McGraw, Damarion Brewer, and Taylor Gardner dominating the Pirates, resulting in a score of 76-28.

Lady Pirates Varsity Team Fall to Tuscaloosa Academy

BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

Pickens Academy’s Lady Pirates traveled to Knight’s country Monday night. The game started with TA scoring 10 in the first period. Lizzie Noland from the Pirates racked up 7 points in the first period to match that. In the second period The Pickens Academy’s ladies were only able to earn 3 points to the Knight’s 16 bring- ing the score to 26-10 at halftime. The third period wasn’t much better for the Lady Pirates who were only able to earn 6 to TA’s 9.

Gordo Goes 0-3 for the Week

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

South Lamar 45 Gordo 37

The Gordo Lady Wave took on South Lamar on Monday, December 9th, but came up short against the Stallions 45-37. Gordo outscored the Stallions 13-8 at the end of 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter, the Stallions came back to outscore Gordo 15-10 as the game was tied 23-23 at the half.

Winfield 49 Gordo 19

Gordo Goes 1-2 for the Week

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Gordo 53 South Lamar 34

Gordo went to South Lamar on Monday, December 9 to take on the Stallions and came home with a 53-34 win. Gordo (2-1) got off to a hot start scoring 14 in 1st quarter and 16 in the 2nd quarter. Gordo Defense held the Stallions to only 14 first-half points taking a 30- 14 lead at halftime. In the 2nd half, Gordo outscored the Stallions 14-12 in the 3rd and 9-8 in the 4th to finish off the Stallions 53-34.

Green Wave Overpowers Bulldogs 56-6

Gordo Offense on the move, Jase Neel (8), Logan Ellis(50), CJ Lark (2), Ford Hewitt (9), Andre Perez (58).

Photo Courtesy of Sheila's Photos

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

The Gordo Green Wave travel to Carbon Hill Friday night and had no problem with the Bulldogs as Gordo took the win 56-6. Carbon Hill never got a first down against the Green Wave Defense until 49 seconds left in the 1st half.

With Gordo being up 42-0 at the half the Green Wave starters got to get a little rest in the 2nd half as the younger guys got there chance to show what they can do for 2 quarters.

Pirates Seniors Heading Out With a Bang!

Pirates Senior football players, preparing for the coin toss before Friday nights last home game.

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Pirates Senior football players, preparing for the coin toss before Friday nights last home game.

BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

Friday night Pickens Academy’s 9 Senior football players, 5 Senior cheerleaders and 2 Senior band members left it all on the field for the very last night they got to perform/compete/cheer at McGee-Hughes- Wright Field. While they still have at least one more game this is officially it as far as being their last performance at home. There’s just something about that last time you get to walk out onto that field as a Pirate...

Pickens County Beats South Lamar 28-12

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BY GREG REAVES

Correspondent

The Pickens County Tornadoes (3-5) defeated the South Lamar Mus- tangs (1-6) 28-12.

Behind a strong rush- ing attack the Tornadoes improved to 3-5 overall and 3-2 in region play.

The strong rushing per- formance was led by Willie Windham with 118 yards on 14 carries. Calvin Hill added an- other 112 yards on13 carries.

The Mustangs scored first in the opening quar- ter with a 32-yard touch- down run. The PAT was no good.

Green Wave Roll Against Vincmont 42-14

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BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Gordo travel to Vinemont Friday night for the first ever meeting between the two schools and came home with a 42-14 win.

The Green Wave took to the air against the Ea- gles as Jase Neel had 5 touchdown passes on the night and CJ Lark was on the receiving end of 4 of those. Vinemont had no answer for the Green Wave passing attack.

Pirates Defeat Holy Spirit

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BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

“Awesome game Pirates! Y’all outlasted 11 Saints and 4 Refs!” This was the first comment I saw about the Pirates Friday night game against Holy Spirit, Saturday morning when I woke up. I found it to be an accurate representation of the game Friday night. The boys from Pickens County traveled to Tuscaloosa determined to bring home a WIN and they did just that.

Gordo Survives Oakman 32-27

BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Gordo and Oakman gave the fans a great game Friday night at Gordo. Back and Forth all night as the two teams traded blows for 4 quar- ters in a big Region 5 contest as the winner would take over 2nd place in the Region. The Green Wave defense had a hard time stopping the running game by the Wildcats in the 1st half as Tyler Thomas carried the ball, but the 2nd half the Green Wave defense stepped up and held the Wildcat offense to only 7 points in 2nd half.