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Pittsburg Pirate Basketball Schedule 2008-2009 
( ) Scrimmage *District Games ^Senior Night Date Opponent Location Team Time Dec. 5-6 Chapel Hill Tourney Away 9th TBA Dec. 9 Miller Grove Away JV & V 5:00 Dec. 11-13 Wills Point Tourney Away 9th, JV, V TBA Dec. 16 Spring Hill Away 9th, JV, V 5:00 Dec. 18-20 Tatum Tourney Away Varsity TBA Dec. 22 Winnsboro Away 9th, JV, V 1:00 Dec. 29-31 Leonard Tourney Away Varsity TBA Jan. 2 Tatum Home 9th, JV, V 5:00 Jan. 6 Tyler Chapel Hill Home 9th, JV, V 5:00 Jan. 9 Gladewater Home 9th, JV, V 5:00 Jan. 13 Paris Away 9th, JV, V 5:00 District Jan. 16 * Atlanta Away JVG, JVB, VG, VB 4:00 Jan. 20 * New Boston Home JVG, VG, VB 5:00 Jan. 23 * Liberty-Eylau Away JVB, VG, VB 5:00 Jan. 27 * Mt Vernon Home JVG, JVB, VG, VB 4:00 Jan. 30 * Pleasant Grove Away JVB, VG, VB 5:00 Feb. 3 * Atlanta Home JVG, VG, VB 5:00 Feb. 6 * New Boston Away JVB, VG, VB 5:00 Feb. 10 * Liberty-Eylau Home JVG, VG, VB 5:00 Feb. 13 * Mt Vernon Away 9th, JVB, VB 5:00 Feb 14 District Tourney P.G. 9th/JV TBA Feb. 17 *^ Pleasant Grove Home 9th, JVB, VB 5:00 Playoffs Feb. 23-24 Bi-District (All 16-3A Teams get a BYE) Feb. 26-28 Area Mar. 4-5 Regional Quarterfinals Commerce Mar. 6-7 Regional Tournament Commerce Mar. 12-14 State Tournament Austin
Head Coach – Dexter Patrick
Assistant Coaches – Quincy English, Justin Jones, & James Acosta
THREE-PEAT District Champions
2008 Pittsburg Pirates #4 in the state - (23-8) 8-0 in District 16-3A
B A S K E T B A L L 2000 Area Champions 2001 Regional Quarterfinalist 2002 Regional Quarterfinals Champions 2003 Regional Semi-Finalist 2005 Bi-District Champions 2006 Area Champions 2007 Regional Quarterfinalist 2008 Regional Semifinalist |
LADY PIRATES Basketball
2008 Bi-District Champs
2008-2009 Lady Pirate Basketball
| Date | Opponent | Site | Teams | Time |
| Nov 1 | Hooks Scrimmage | Hooks | V | 2:00 |
| Nov 8 | John Tyler Scrimmage | John Tyler | JV, V | 9am |
| Nov 11 | Hawkins | There | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Nov 14 | Rusk | There | V | 5:30 |
| Nov 18 | OPEN | |||
| Nov 21 | Hughes Springs | Pittsburg | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Nov 25 | Harmony | Pittsburg | JV, V | 5:30 |
| Dec 2 | Hallsville | There | 9, JV, V | 5:00 |
| Dec 4-6 | Winnsboro Tournament | There | V | TBA |
| Dec 4 & 6 | Chapel Hill Tournament | There | 9, JV | TBA |
| Dec 9 | Chapel Hill | Pittsburg | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Dec 11-13 | East Texas Shootout | Brownsboro | V | TBA |
| Dec 16 | Saltillo | There | JV, V | 5:30 |
| Dec 19 | Spring Hill | Pittsburg | V | 4:30 |
| Dec 29-31 | Sherman Invitational | Sherman | V | TBA |
| Jan 2 | Commerce | Pittsburg | V | 2:00 |
| Jan 6 | OPEN | |||
| District | ||||
| Jan 9 | Mt. Vernon | There | 9, JV, V | 5:00 |
| Jan 13 | Pleasant Grove | Here | 9, JV, V | 5:00 |
| Jan 15-17 | Winnsboro Tournament | There | 9, JV | TBA |
| Jan 16 | Atlanta | There | V | 5:00 |
| Jan 20 | New Boston | Here | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Jan 22 | TBA | TBA | 9th | TBA |
| Jan 23 | Liberty-Eylau | There | V | 5:00 |
| Jan 26 | PG & Mt V | Pleasant Grove | 9th | 5:00 |
| Jan 27 | Mt. Vernon | Here | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Jan 30 | Pleasant Grove | There | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Feb 2 | Atlanta & Mt. V | Mt. Vernon | 9th | 4:00 |
| Feb 3 | Atlanta | Here | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Feb 6 | New Boston | There | V | 5:00 |
| Feb 10 | Liberty-Eylau | Here | JV, V | 5:00 |
| Playoffs | ||||
| Feb 16-17 | Bi-District | (All 16-3A Teams | Get A | BYE) |
| Feb 19-21 | Area | TBA | ||
| Feb 23-24 | Regional Quarterfinals | TBA | ||
| Feb 27-28 | Regional Tournament | Commerce | ||
| March 5-7 | State Tournament | Austin |
Head Coach: Debra Manley (903) 491-9044
Asst. Coach: Jeff Sutton, Kim Patterson, Arlan Harris
Lady Pirates
Lady Pirates make it to Championship Game
Coach Manley Takes 500th Win
The Pittsburg Lady Pirate varsity team helped head basketball coach Debra Manley clinch a milestone in her coaching career with their win over Commerce 49-48. The Lady Pirates would lift their team to 12 wins for the season with the victory and Coach Manley would reach her 500th win as a head basketball coach.
The Pirates would reach this milestone with the help of leading scorer Kiara Wright with 12 points and Miranda Miner with 10 points including two 3 pointers.
Other scorers in the victory against Commerce would be Capria Howell with 9 points, Synterreka White with 6, She’Cara Humphrey with 6 points, Shanequa Harris with 2, Hailey Clark with 2, and Katryna Watkins with 2 points.
With the win, Coach Manley takes a place in high school basketball history as the few and exemplary coaches to reach the 500th mark.
During the holiday break the Lady Pirates would travel to the Sherman Holiday Invitational to compete in a tough tournament for elite teams. The Lady Pirates would make their way to the championship game where they would lose to Whitesboro 51-49 in double overtime.
The Pirates would make their way to the championship undefeated by beating Van Alstyne 63-17 and Farmersville 47-32. The loss would come to a very tough team that is ranked 19th in the state.
The battle would be a close back and forth power house game in the final quarters of play. Finally, Whitesboro outscored Pittsburg 9-7 in the second extra period to pull out a 51-49 thriller at Bearcat Gymnasium, taking away the title trophy.
Whitesboro took an early 14-8 lead and maintained the upper hand for the first half, but the Lady Pirates crept closer in the second half, cutting the Lady Cats’ lead to 34-30 at the end of three.
Pittsburg was led by Kiara Wright with a game-high 25 points. She’Cara Humphrey’s drive and layup would’ve forced a third overtime, but was ruled to have been made after the buzzer, giving Whitesboro the win.
Two Lady Pirates also received the honor of being named to the Sherman Holiday Invitational All-Tournament Team. Juniors She'Cara Humphrey and Kiara Wright were both honored with the award.
Last Tuesday night the Lady Pirates also hosted the Pleasant Grove Hawks in district competition. The Lady Pirates would take the win over the Lady Hawks 69-49.
Humphrey for the Pirates would score the first eight points of the game as she would finish with 19 points against the Hawks.
The Hawks would tie up the game at 25 each with 5:08 left in the 2nd quarter. But coming out of the locker room at the half, the Lady Pirates would open up with a 6-0 run and not look back.
Wright would lead the Lady Pirates with a game high of 21 points, Clark with 9 points, Harris with 6 points, Watkins with 5, Charnequa Frazier with 4 points, Miner with 3, and White with 2 points.
