Pirates eliminate Trojans 46-42

Nate Ferrell hit two clutch free throws with 11.1 seconds left Monday night to propel the Pike County Pirates to a 46-42 win over the Lamar County Trojans in the first round of the Region 5AA playoffs in Barnesville.Pike advances in the tourney. Lamar was eliminated.Ferrell led all Pike scorers with 12 points. Marcus Wilkins finished with nine points while Javier Cok had seven and Kody Adams finished with six.Anthony Marshal had five points for the Pirates while Justin Guy had four and Nick Starks had three.Camden Foster led Lamar with 16 points while Jadarious McCala was also in double figures with 14. Other Lamar scorers were D’Norrious Bennett (4), Rod Brown (2), Maurice Bloodser (2), Adrian Butler (2) and Damien Battle (2).