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Tree Trek winners announced

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012
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Fifty-nine runners competed in this year’s Baxley Tree Fest Tree Trek sponsored by the City of Baxley and the Baxley-Appling County Chamber of Commerce. Runners gathered early on Saturday, April 14, to scope out the course map and strategize with fellow competitors. [Full Story »] 

Pirates capture region title

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Tuesday, April 17. 2012
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By David Miller

The Appling County Pirates (21-0, 13-0 Region 2AA) continued their record breaking start winning all three games during the week. The Pirates started the week hosting the Pierce County Bears (16-5, 10-3) on Tuesday, April 10 picking up the win 10-9. The Pirates would then travel to face the Long County Blue Herons (6-14, 2-10) on Friday, April 13 with the Pirates winning 4-3. The Pirates would end the week hosting non-region opponent Calvary Day Cavaliers (13-7, 9-1 Region 3A-A) with the Pirates winning 8-3. [Full Story »] 

ACA Baseball Has Marathon Week

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Tuesday, April 17. 2012
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Spring break yielded little rest for the Appling Christian Academy baseball team this past week. Their first series began at eleven o’clock on Monday morning. The matchup featured a double header with the Crusaders of Faith Baptist from Ludiwici. The Eagles of ACA had two very good offensive games with the bats coming alive up and down the order. The pitching was also outstanding. Rex Cox would pick up the first win with out yielding a run and allowing only one hit as the mercy run was applied in a four-inning contest. [Full Story »] 

2012 Pirate Golf Teams

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Wednesday, April 11. 2012
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Pictured (l-r), front- Hannah Reeves, Josefina Arnold, Autumn Bellew, Alonna Edenfield, middle row- Tylar Kirkland, Maverick Barnes, Austin Orvin, Zach Eason, Steven Hughes, back row- Coach Regenia Warren, Matthew Spell, Avery Gill, Campbell O’Steen, Garrett Grothmann, Chandler Rentz, Brandon Griffis and Jake Barnes. Not pictured- C.J. Vann and Will Thomas

Mackenzie Williams earns SoCon Player of the Week honors

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Wednesday, April 11. 2012
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Georgia Southern Softball backed up a series victory over Chattanooga with SoCon Pitcher and Player of the Week honors for Sarah Purvis and Mackenzie Williams, respectively. It is the second career weekly award for each Eagle with Purvis picking up Pitcher of the Week honors on March 12th and Williams earning Player of the Week on April 18, 2011. [Full Story »] 

Pirates stay hot, improve record to 18-0

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Wednesday, April 11. 2012
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By David Miller

The Appling County Pirates (18-0 overall, 11-0 Region 2AA) picked up two more wins defeating Jeff Davis (13-6, 8-3) on April 3 by a score of 9-3 and defeating Tattnall County (11-7, 4-7) on April 6 by a score of 10-4.
The Pirates remain atop the Georgia AA Coaches Poll and are scheduled to host the second ranked Pierce County Bears (15-3, 9-2) on Tuesday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m. The Pirates are also set to travel to Long County (5-12, 1-9) on Friday, April 13 at 6:00 p.m. and host Calvary Day (11-6, 7-1 Region 3A-A) at 1:00 p.m. [Full Story »] 

Eagles Win Over Bible Baptist

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Wednesday, April 11. 2012
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The ACA Eagles travelled to McDonough on Friday the 6th to face the Bible Baptist Eagles, a regional contender. Andrew Phillips led off the Eagle offense with a triple and the game continued with strong offensive from the Appling team. Rex Cox led the Eagle offense with three hits. Bryant Phillips, Dallas Johnson, Andrew Phillips, each had two apiece. [Full Story »] 

Pirates improve record to 16-0, still ranked number one in poll

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Wednesday, April 4. 2012
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The Appling County Pirates (16-0 overall, 9-0 Region 2AA) continued their winning ways winning all three games played over the past week. [Full Story »] 

ACA improves to 5-2 on season

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Wednesday, April 4. 2012
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Appling Christian Academy’s season record improved to 5 and 2 with a win this past Friday against region opponent, the Open Bible Warriors from Valdosta.  The Warriors took an early lead scoring twice in the first inning of play. [Full Story »] 

Pirate players named all-region

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Wednesday, March 28. 2012
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By Coach Bryan Weaver

The Appling County Pirate basketball team advanced to the State AA playoffs and finished with an overall record of 15-12 and 8-8 in Region 2AA. [Full Story »] 

ACA Eagle Baseball and Softball teams continue winning streaks

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Wednesday, March 28. 2012
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After losing their first two games of the young season, the baseball Eagles have come roaring back with four consecutive wins over Barnes Academy of Hartwell, First Presbyterian of Hinesville, Highland of Valdosta and Bible Baptist of Hampton. The baseball Eagles are 1-1 in league play and 4-1 overall thus far this season. [Full Story »] 

Pirates remain undefeated after two wins, now 13-0 on season

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Wednesday, March 28. 2012
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By David Miller

The Appling County Pirates (13-0 overall, 7-0 Region 2AA) won two games over the past week defeating Wayne County (6-7, 2-3 Region 2A-AAAA) for the second time this season 8-7 in eight innings and defeated McIntosh County Academy (4-9, 1-5) 14-1 in five innings. The Pirates were scheduled to play the Statesboro Blue Devils (6-5, 1-3 Region 2B-AAAA) on Saturday, March 24 in a non-region contest but the game was postponed until Monday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. [Full Story »] 

Weaver has good showing at Daytona

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Wednesday, March 21. 2012
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Appling County High School 11th grader Blake Weaver (left) traveled to Daytona, Florida, on March 11 – 12 to participate in Monster Energy’s Ricky Carmichael (right) Amateur Supercross. [Full Story »] 

Pirates win two more, streak now at 11

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Wednesday, March 21. 2012
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By David Miller

The Appling County Pirates (11-0, 6-0 Region 2AA) won two games over the past week defeating Long County (3-7, 0-5) 11-1 and defeating Toombs County (3-7, 1-3) 6-0. [Full Story »] 

Lady Eagles play in NACA Tourney

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Tuesday, March 13. 2012
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The Appling Christian Academy Lady Eagles carried their 18-0 season record and their GCAA State Championship into the National Association of Christian Athletics Tournament in Dayton, Tennessee this past week. [Full Story »] 
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