Sports

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.

Photo by Kelly Lowery
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

Photo By Michele Banks

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.

Green Wave Pounds the Patriots 61-18

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BY Harold Trull

Sports Correspondent

Before the start of the game Friday night Gordo honored Jack Plowman at the 50 yard line as his parents Heath and Chrissy Plowman were the Honorary Captains. Jack passed away on September 10th at the age of 16 after his battle with cancer. May God blessed this family through the days ahead.

Lady Pirates Fall to Holy Spirit Lady Saints

Pirates battling it out against Holy Spirit

Pirates battling it out against Holy Spirit

BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

Pickens Academy traveled to Holy Spirit Thursday night to battle for their 2 nd area game.
The teams were well-matched and battled each other hard but the

Lady Pirates came
up short. Scores for the match were as follows: Set 1 Pirates 25-18, Set 2 Holy Spirit 25-19, Set 3 Holy Spirit 25-19, Set 4 Pirates 25-14, Set 4 Holy Spirit 16-14.

Cross-Country Returns to Pickens Academy

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Ryder Turnipseed

BY Melanie Harvell

Sports Correspondent

Pickens Academy at- tended their first Cross Country meet, in several years, Saturday afternoon at The University of Montevallo. Cross Country re- turned to The Academy with the transition to AHSAA this year. The team is small but making great strides. Saturday afternoon, two middle school boys ran 2 miles. 4 Varsity girls and one Varsity boy ran.

Yellow Jackets Lose to Bears 13-55

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BY Thomas Wilkins

Correspondent

The Aliceville Yellow Jackets lost their 2nd game of the year to the Bears of Sipsey Valley. It was the Bears' Home- coming, and they started off quickly in the 1st Quarter. Two touch- downs in the first and 4 more in the second quarter made it Yellow Jackets 0, Bears 41 at Halftime. In the second half, the Aliceville Yel- low Jackets scored twice and an extra point, but the Bears pre- vailed 55-13. The Al- iceville Record is 1-2 for the season, but op- ponents for the Yellow

Lady Waves defeat ACA for first win since 2019

Gordo Girls Basketball Team

The Gordo Lady Waves win their first game in two years with a 49-43 win over American Christian Academy on Senior Night last Thursday.

GORDO - The Gordo Lady Wave defeated American Christian Academy 49-43 on Thursday for their first win of the season on senior night.
The Gordo fans filled the stands, showing support for seniors Emily Bryant, Taylor Clegg and Kaylee Quimby and the rest of the Lady Wave.

Lady Jackets lose first game of season to Red Bay

Destiny Weston

Destiny Weston (32) is tied up by Red Bay’s Kylie Lindley (33), while Madeline Ledbetter (21) looks on.

ALICEVILLE - If you were looking for high flying offense in Aliceville Friday night between the Aliceville Lady Jackets and Red Bay Lady Tigers, you were in the wrong place. Red Bay’s defense stifled Aliceville for most of the game, but once the Lady Tigers got ahead by about 10 points, and most of the second half, they began to stall, taking over a minute on most possessions. The Lady Jackets won the first matchup 48-45 at Red Bay, but on Friday night, the shots were not falling and Aliceville suffered its first loss of the season to fall to 4-1.

PA Boys pick up season sweep of South Choctaw

Rafe Brown

Rafe Brown (15) puts up a jumper during the second half

CARROLLTON - The Pickens Academy boys defeated South Choctaw on Thursday night for the second time this season, as the Pirates jumped out early and never trailed, winning 56-47. “We’ve only played about eight or nine games and everybody else has played 15 or more, so we’re still trying to find our stride and I think we’re getting better the more we play,” Pickens Academy Coach Jeremy Pate said. “I am proud of these boys because they get after it and they hustle.

Aliceville hangs on for 39-38 win over Red Bay

Aliceville vs Red Bay

Aliceville defenders try and stop Red Bay’s Jaylen Vinson (10) on a drive to the basket

ALICEVILLE - Aliceville was able to defeat the Red Bay Tigers 39-38 on Friday night in a thrilling finish. With the Yellow Jackets leading 38-36, Ty Williams went to the line with nine seconds left and converted one-of-two three throws to go ahead 39-36. The Tigers rebounded the second miss and headed up the floor with roughly seven seconds left. Aliceville gave Red Bay the layup and Landon Glover took what the defense gave him. The buzzer sounded as the ball went through the net.

Lady Pirates lose heartbreaker to South Choctaw

Elise Dean

Pickens Academy’s Elise Dean shoots a free throw during the Lady Jackets’ 36-35 loss to South Choctaw Academy.

CARROLLTON - The Lady Pirates lost a heartbreaker to South Choctaw on Thursday night, as a blocking foul was called on Kate Wilkins with less than a second left in the game. Pickens Academy had just missed two opportunities to win the game, which was tied at 35-35, but South Choctaw retrieved the rebound and headed up court before the foul was called underneath the Lady Pirates’ basket. The Lady Rebels’ Mallory Mosley was given two free throws with no time left on the clock.

Lady Waves rally in 4th, fall to Holt 47-29

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Gordo’s Taylor Clegg hits a layup during the first quarter against Holt.

GORDO - The Gordo Lady wave took on Holt Thursday night, in a battle of winless teams, unless you count Aliceville's recent forfeit against Gordo as a win. It would be Holt that came out on top with their first win of the season, a 47-29 win.
The Lady Wave got on the board first on an Emily Bryant layup for a 2-0 lead. Holt would then tie the game at 2-2 on a Williams layup.
Neither team scored for almost three minutes until Williams broke a 2-2 tie with a layup with 3:39. Gordo's Taylor Clegg would answer shortly after with a steal and layup to tie the game at 4-4.

PA Alumnus Josh Wright takes over at Tuscaloosa Academy

Pickens Academy alumnus Josh Wright, a four-time AISA state champion at Bessemer Academy, was recently named head coach at Tuscaloosa Academy. Wright and his wife, Caroline, live in Tuscaloosa, which made the move hard to turn down. "It was a big factor that I get to wake my daughter up, take her to school, and I get to see her when I come home," Wright said.

Tornadoes win Area 9 regular season title with win over Holy Spirit

Jacoris Barnes

Pickens County’s Jacoris Barnes hits a layup in a 74-41 win over Berry

The Pickens County Tornadoes, ranked sixth in Class 1A, captured the regular season Area 9 championship on January 14, by defeating the Holy Spirit Saints 67-63.
It was Senior night at Pickens County and all varsity basketball seniors were honored between the boys and girls games.
The Seniors honored were Kelcei Phillips, Jacoris Barnes, Ladesmon Brown, K.J. Byrd, Jaylon Jones, Xavier King and Xerrance Washington.

 

Tough week for Lady Tornadoes

The Pickens County Lady Tornadoes had a tough week of play, dropping to 1-9 on the season. On Saturday, January 9, the Lady Tornadoes played the Sipsey Valley Lady Bears and lost a heartbreaker 49-47 in overtime. Sipsey Valley led 9-6 after one period and then held a one-point lead at halftime, 19-18. Pickens County took the lead after three quarters, 28-25, but the Lady Bears came back in the fourth to tie the game at 45-45 at the end of regulation. The Lady Tornadoes could score only two points in overtime and Sipsey Valley came away with a 49-47 victory.

Lady Tornadoes drop two

Kelcei Phillips

Pickens County’s Kelcei Phillips scores one of her 17 points against Hubbertville.

BY BARRY AMBROSE
Sports Correspondent

The Pickens County Lady Tornadoes dropped wo games in the first half of the week to fall to 1-5 on the season. On Monday, January 4, the Lady Tornadoes traveled to Holy Spirit and lost a close one, 50-46. Leading the way for Pickens County in a losing effort was Kelcei Stewart with 29 points.

 

Top-ranked tornadoes blow away Lions

Xavier King

Pickens County’s Xavier King puts up a shot against Hubbertville.

BY BARRY AMBROSE
Sports Correspondent

The #1-ranked team in Class 1A, the Pickens County Tornadoes upped their record to 5-1 (4-0 in the Area) with an easy 77-27 win over the Hubbertville Lions.
Pickens County went on a 7-0 run to start the game, and had a 17-11 lead at the end of the first quarter.
To begin the second quarter, Pickens County went on a run again, this time 12-0, to open up a 29-11 lead.

PA Boys fall to Eagles 57-34

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PA’s Chandler Box (10) goes for a layup while Heritage Christian’s Ty Stoutermire defends.

BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Managing Editor
brian@pcherald.com

Heritage Christian started fast and finished fast, as the Eagles cruised to a 57-34 region win Monday night.
The Eagles jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead, as Tobias Stoutermire nailed two corner threes, followed by a three by Ty Stoutermire.
Pickens Academy got on the board with a jumper by Rafe Brown, cutting the lead to 9-2. A layup by Aidan Johnson would make the score 9-4 with 2:52 left in the first quarter, as Heritage went on a scoring drought.