REMINDER: Steve Stubblefield from Townhouse Photography will be on campus on Monday, August 1st to take pictures for the football program. Seniors athletes (ONLY) should be dressed in their uniform and at the electronic sign by 5:30 for the cover picture(s). Paid ads and all team / individual pictures will start at 6:30 on the football field. We will begin with paid advertising pictures and once complete move immediately into the team and individual pictures. 

The following teams and all coaches / sponsors need to be dressed in their uniform at the stadium by 6:30:

1. Varsity Cheer
2. Varsity Football
3. Junior Varsity Cheer
4. Junior Varsity Football
5. Varsity Volleyball
6. Junior Varsity Volleyball
7. Tennis Team
8. Pep Band
9. Dance Team

This is always a big undertaking. We have taken steps to avoid some of the chaos from years past. All students should remain with their respective groups to avoid unnecessary delays. We have several students participating in multiple sports but the order above should allow time for them to change in or out of their uniform.

The Booster Club's Annual Kickoff Meeting is set for MONDAY AUGUST 15th at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria. 

This meeting will serve as the annual kickoff meeting. Booster memberships / family passes will be on sale. We will have sign-up sheets available for the concession stand(s) and Thursday night team meals for everyone to complete.

This is a mandatory meeting for the parents of all student athletes participating in fall sports including:

• termite, peewee, JV and varsity football, 
• JV and varsity volleyball and 
• termite, peewee, JV and Varsity cheerleaders. 

In addition to all of our coaches, we will have professionals on hand to discuss concussions and player safety.

Please join in congratulating Danielle Brown, a rising senior at Pike Liberal Arts School, on her acceptance of a softball scholarship to attend and play at Chattahoochee Valley Community College, in Phenix City, Alabama. 

A formal signing ceremony will take place later in the fall so that Danielle can celebrate this accomplishment with her teammates and the rest of the student body.

Vehicle Decals are available in the school office for $1.00 each.

Please note that the Booster Club is hosting work days for the Saturdays leading to the beginning of the school year (July 30th and August 6th) . The following areas need our attention.  Please email Coach Allen if you cannot attend one of these dates but would like to claim ownership over a specific item listed below:

The Stadium:

1. The area outside the softball fence to the football practice field and up the hill to the stadium needs cutting with a bush-hog
2. Coach Allen has cut the fence line, under the bleachers and most of the hill this past Saturday. The hills may need trimming again but Coach Allen took care of the heavy lifting.
3. ​The sidewalks need edging.
4. Please bring your pressure washers as the sidewalks and concourse area as well as the home and visitors bleachers are in need of cleaning.
5. Reattach a portion of the shed that was blown out by a summer storm
6. Re-position the state championship signs blown down by a summer storm.
7. ​The concession stand needs a deep cleaning. 
8. The press box needs cleaning as well. I believe there is a vacuum in the ​PIKE​ Coaches​'​ box.
9. The field house ​ / equipment trailer ​need organizing.
10. ​Drag the football field and school parking lots.​

The Gym:

1. The gym needs cleaning. This includes the foyer, the concession stand, under the bleachers and both boys and girls locker rooms. Please bring cleaning supplies if you plan on participating in the gym cleanup.
2. ​Repaint the boys' and touch up the girls' locker room floor​
3. Change blown light bulbs in foyer, locker rooms, weight rooms etc.
4. We also need to touch up the blue stripe along the wall containing the coaches' offices as the basketball chairs left marks. We also need to paint Coach Allen's door with the same blue paint.

Important Dates to Remember

• July 25th: Football Workouts will begin (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5:30 pm)
• July 25 - 26th; Morning workouts are for make-ups only (catch-ups must be scheduled)
• July 30th: Work / Cleanup Day #1
• August 1st: Two-a-Day varsity football practices begins (8:00 am / 5:30 pm)
• August 1st: JV Football Team Meeting (5:30)
• August 1st: Pictures for program (6:30 on the football field - Seniors report at 5:30)
• August 2nd: First day in full pads (varsity football)
• August 2nd: First day of JV football practice (helmets and shorts)
• August 6th: Work / Cleanup Day #2
• August 8th: First day in full pads (JV football) 
• August 10th: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 
• August 11th: First volleyball game - at Northside Methodist 
• August 13th: Work / Cleanup Day #3 (if needed)
• August 15th: Annual Booster Club Kickoff Meeting / Mandatory Fall Sports Parent's Meeting
• August 18th:  Meet the Patriots Rally at the Stadium  
• August 19th: Kingwood's Varsity Football Jamboree 
• August 22nd: Annual Foundation Meeting
• August 26th: First Varsity Football game - at Clarke Prep 
• August 30th: First Termite, Pee-wee, and JV Football game - at Morgan

Attention all parents of the 3rd and 4th grade students that are interested in participating in termite football or cheer, Dr. David M. Bradford will be the head termite football coach and Katie Scott will coordinate the termite cheerleaders. Please contact Dr. David M. Bradford at dbradford@troycable.net and Katie Scott at katiebarrscott@gmail.com for information on the upcoming season.

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Attention all parents of the 5th and 6th grade students that are interested in participating in peewee football or cheer, Kevin Adams will be the head peewee football coach and Traci Tompkins Leverett and Erica Dunn Garrott will coordinate the peewee cheerleaders. Please contact Kevin at kevinadams4au@icloud.com Traci at tracileverett@hotmail.com or Erica at egarrott@centurylink.net for information on the upcoming season.

PIKE's varsity football team will travel to Lowndesboro for three, 25-minute 7-on-7 games later today. PIKE will take on Lowndes Academy at 6:00; Clarke Prep School at 7:00 and Hooper Academy at 7:30. The team bus is scheduled to leave campus at 4:00 pm

Important Dates to Remember

• July 18th and 19th: The team bus will leave Pike Liberal Arts School at 7:15 am each day and head to Troy University's football practice fields for 7-on-7 drills. The varsity team will work on 7-on-7 sets from 7:30 until 8:30 and will then head back to campus for their regularly scheduled workouts.
• July 18th: First official volleyball practice (9:00 am until noon)
• July 19th: PIKE's varsity football team will take on Crenshaw Christian Academy in a 7-on-7 game beginning at 6:00 pm at Delaney Kervin Stadium. Admission is free.
• July 21st: PIKE's varsity football team will travel to Lowndes Academy for three, 25-minute 7-on-7 games. PIKE will take on Lowndes Academy at 6:00; Clarke Prep School at 7:00 and Hooper Academy at 7:30.
• July 25th and 26th: PIKE's varsity football team will travel to Huntingdon College in Montgomery for its annual 7-on-7 tournament. 
• July 25th: Football Workouts will begin (6:00 pm)
• July 26th; Scheduled morning workouts end. (make-ups / catch-ups must be scheduled)
• July 28th: First official football practice (Shorts and helmets)
• August 1st: JV Football Team Meeting (5:30)
• August 1st: Pictures for program (6:30 on the football field)
• August 2nd: First day in full pads (varsity football)
• August 2nd: First day of JV football practice (helmets and shorts)
• August 8th: First day in full pads (JV football)
• August 10th: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
• August 11th: First volleyball game - at Northside Methodist  
• August 19th: Kingwood's Varsity Football Jamboree
• August 26th: First Varsity Football game - at Clarke Prep
• August 30th: First Termite, Pee-wee and JV Football game - at Morgan

PIKE's Cheer Squads Take Camp Champs!

Today marked the end of a very successful 2016 AISA Cheer Camp as PIKE's Varsity Cheer Squad was named Medium Varsity Camp Champions, Gameday Champions, Extreme Routine Champions, Third Place Home Pom, First Place Cheer, Third Place Sideline, and Spirit Stick Winner.

PIKE also won the Leadership Award which is voted on by all schools ending camp.

PIKE also received the Top Banana Award which is given by the staff

The following Patriots were named UCA All-Americans and AISA All- Stars:

• Anna Laura Cobb
• Lexie Motes 
• Mia Smith

Winners of this year's Pin It Forward Award included:

• Anna May
• Jordan Grice
• Mia Smith

The end of Cheer Camp was also a great success for PIKE's JV cheer squad as well as they were named Large Varsity Camp Champions, Gameday Champions, Extreme Routine Champions, First Place in Home Pom, First Place in Cheer, Second Place in Sideline, and Spirit Stick Winner.

Pike JV also received Gold Superior Ribbons all week.

The following Patriots were selected as UCA All-Americans:

• Ansley Adams
• Porter Lankford
• Isabella Saunders
• Raegan Brown
• Addi Garrott
• Alyssa Terry

Also, Addi Garrott was given the Pin It Forward Award by a UCA instructor.

Both Pike JV and V squads and their coaches would like to thank everyone who came to support them!

Please note that Thursday morning's workout (both boys and girls) is cancelled as most if not all athletes participating are planning on attending the Cheer Competition at Huntingdon College which begins at 8:00 am. If you plan on attending Thursday's competition, please note that start times typically run early and there is a $5.00 admission charge. The team bus is leaving campus at 6:30 am.

Today marks the midpoint for this week's volleyball camp. PIKE's volleyball teams have worked extremely hard under the tutelage of Ruben Valdez Carrión, Kiana Lozada and Amanda Vinalova all of whom flew in from Puerto Rico to assist Coach Jacqui Wynn and Coach Jonnathan Valdez with this week's camp. ‪#‎GoPIKE‬

The JV and Varsity Cheer Squads will host a "demo day" this Sunday afternoon to show what they are taking into competition to next week's AISA / UCA camp at Huntingdon College. The cheerleaders and their coaches invite all friends and family to come out and watch. Demo day will begin at 3:00 pm in the school gym (Sunday, July 10).

Cheer Camp begins on Monday with the home-pom competition and the AISA All Star tryouts for the seniors.  It starts at 1:00 pm in the gym at Huntingdon College.   Cheer Camp concludes on Thursday with the Extreme Routine, Gameday Competition and the Awards Ceremony.  These start around 8:00 am and are also in the gym at Huntingdon. Please note that start times do typically run early, so anyone attending on should plan to be ahead of schedule. Also note, there is a $5.00 admission charge each day (on Monday for home pom, etc. and Thursday for the Cheer Performance/Awards Ceremony). The football team will travel to Thursday's competition via the team bus to show its support of our cheerleaders.