Pirates Volleyball Falls in Both Area Matchups
BY Melanie Harvell
Sports Correspondent
Volleyball
Lady Pirates Fall to Holy Spirit Lady Saints
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.
Pickens Academy Finishes off Greene County Wildcats in 3
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BY Melanie Harvell
Sports Correspondent
Pickens Academy Lady Pirates beat Greene County Lady Wildcats Monday night. Scores were as follows: Set 1 was 25-16, Set 2 was 25-10 and Set 3 was 25-16.
Pa Volleyball Falls to Southern Academy
Britney Fitch gets ready to send a serve across the net during the third set against Southern Academy.
Pickens Academy dropped three sets to Southern Academy on Thursday evening, Sept. 27, as the Lady Pirates dropped sets by scores of 25-10, 25-9, and 25-17.
Pickens Academy Volleyball Splits First Two Matches
By Brian Hamilton, Sports Correspondent
Pickens Academy dropped its first volleyball match on Thursday, Aug. 23 to Bessemer Academy before picking up a win against Russell Christian on Tuesday, August 28th. The Lady Pirates will host Tuscaloosa Academy on Tuesday, September 4th, in what PA head coach Erica Wicktora said would be an competitive match.”.
“It’s a pretty good rivalry,” Wicktora said of playing Tuscaloosa Academy. “The games with TA are always pretty intense because they’re one of our better opponents.”
Pickens Academy Falls to Tuscaloosa Academy
By Brian Hamilton, Sports Correspondent
The Pickens Academy volleyball team fell to Tuscaloosa Academy three sets to zero Sept. 4, dropping the Lady Pirates’ season record to 1-2. Pickens Academy fell behind early in the first two sets before trying to mount a comeback, while the Lady Pirates took a 15-10 lead before surrendering the lead for a 25-18 loss.