Pirates beat Chargers; face Washington Co. in 1st round

The Pike County Pirates (5-4, 3-2) traveled to Macon’s Henderson Stadium Friday night to battle the Central Macon Chargers (2-7, 2-3). Realtime scoring from the game was provided by Greg Parrott and compiled by Rachel McDaniel.The Pirates will travel to Washington County this week for the first round of the GHSA state playoffsA win would propel Pike to the second round and a matchup with the Tattnall County-Callaway winner.GAME SUMMARY:Pike scores on a 4 yard TD run by Tyler Gregory at 1:34 in the first quarter. Fuqua hits PAT. Pirates 7, Chargers 0.Pike scores on a 30 yard TD pass by Gregory at 1:14 in the second quarter. Fuqua hits PAT. Pirates 14, Chargers 0.Pike scores on a 11 yard TD run by Gregory at 0:14 in the second quarter. Fuqua hits PAT. Pirates 21, Chargers 0.HALF TIME: Pirates 21, Chargers 0.Pike scores on a 31 TD run by Artez Oglesby at 3:57 in the third quarter. Fuqua hits PAT. Pirates 28, Chargers 0.Central Macon scores on a 16 yard TD run at 2:06 in the third quarter. PAT no good. Pirates 28, Chargers 6.Pike scores on a 12 yard TD run by Tyler Gregory at 10:52 in the fourth quarter. Fuqua hits PAT. Pirates 35, Chargers 6.FINAL: Pirates 35, Chargers 6.