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Homecoming 2014
Homecoming
As the 2014 Homecoming festivities began, the school started off with a great week of dressing up and having fun with "Spirit Week": Monday- College Day; Tuesday- Camouflage Day; Wednesday- Character Day; Thursday- Nerd VS. Jock Day; and the students ended with Extreme Spirit Day on Friday. The cheerleaders hosted a pep rally Friday as they cheered on the football players, and also some of the football players and male students got dressed up for the Mock Homecoming Court. Also some of the football players dressed up to be the cheerleaders for the day. "Miss Foxy Knoxy" was elected Mock Homecoming Queen by her fellow peers and was very honored and excited to have the opportunity to be able to support her school by serving as Mock Homecoming Queen. The cheerleaders had a “toe-touch contest” in which Mr. Hickman, Coach Vaughn, Coach Wilson, and Coach Tanner participated in. the winner of course was Mr. Hickman. The cheerleaders also hosted a “gummy worm pie eating contest, that of which a couple of students participated in and the winner was Haley Tyler. There were also many other games played and other events that took place for the homecoming pep rally. Before the Homecoming game on Friday, September 26, the senior class of 2011 planted a Memorial Tree behind the scoreboard on the football field in honor of their classmate Blake Hammock who recently passed away due to a tragic car accident. Mrs. Martha Mock came and shared many memories that she had of Blake. Blake’s classmates also shared their memories. Blake may be gone, but he is never forgotten. During half time, the Homecoming Court class representatives took the field. The girls on the court were elected by their classmates to represent their class. The 9th grade representatives were Anna Knox and Caitlyn Young. The 10th grade class’ representatives were Ashley Johnston and Grace Roberts. 11th grade’s representatives were Alicia Peek and Matti Smith, and the senior representatives included: JaDe’ Padgett, Marissa Mooneyham, Parker Kelley, and “Miss Cougar” Cheyenne Galloway. While interviewing the seniors about their homecoming night Marissa said Homecoming Court was a great experience because it was the first time that she was able to hang out with her friends at a football game because some of her friends are usually busy managing, but mainly because it was an all-around good night. JaDe’ Padgett said it was a good night because she had an opportunity to represent her senior class and it was an honor to be chosen. Parker Kelly said “I liked taking a break from cheering for a game, and being Homecoming queen meant a lot to me because it means a lot that the high school student body thinks I represent the school well.” Cheyenne Galloway said “It was a great honor to be “Miss Cougar” because the football team elected me to represent them on that night.” Homecoming week and night were great successes for all of the students; we had a great student section at the game, the fans were very “into” the game, and the half-time show was fabulous. Each of the girls looked outstanding! Congrats, ladies, on being elected on the court!
Pre- Peprally Makeup
2014 Mock Homecoming Queen "Miss Foxy Knoxy"
Gummy-worm Pie Eating Contest
Beautiful Cheerleaders Ready for the Peprally
PAC Ready for Runout
2014 Mock Homecoming Court
Lady Cougars Proceeded to State
The Lady Cougar Softball Team Ended Their Season With Final Four
The Piedmont Academy softball team had a great season as it sadly came to an end. The softball team has a record of 17 wins, 12 losses and 2 ties for the whole season. They went 5 and 2 in Region which is 5 wins and 2 losses and they defeated LaGrange Academy twice, Oak Mountain twice, and Flint River once. The Lady Cougars lost to Flint River twice one of the losses being a battle for the region championship. Before battling out for region champs, the Lady Cougars hosted the Gatewood Lady Gators here at home for Senior Night October 1st. The game was an all-around tough game to play. Gatewood came out with their heads high after winning a region championship, but they also left with their heads down after the Lady Cougars won 7-5. The crowd was very alive with the student section being as loud as they could, keeping the player alert and pumped up. The Lady Cougars held their own as they had great offense by putting the ball in play, and they also had a good defense as they made the routine plays to get out of innings. The team and coaches are proud of how well they are playing as a team. The Lady Cougars played Flint River Academy for the region championship October 2 but fell to them 9-3, putting the Cougars second in region. The Lady Cougars still advanced further into the season as they made it to the first round of state playoffs.
The Cougars played Briarwood Academy here at home for the best 2 out of 3 to see who would advance to the next round. The Lady Cougars held the Briarwood Lady Bucs as the Cougars won 13-4 in the first game. The Lady Cougars also defeated the Lady Bucs 15-6 in the second game leaving the Lady Bucs out of the next round of state. The Cougars played great defense and swung the bats really well during the games.
The Lady Cougars advanced to the second round and played Citizens Christian Academy on Thursday October 9th at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00 to determine which team would advance to the Final 4. The Lady Cougars won the first game against the Patriots 9-4 as the Lady Cougars had a great offensive game. The Cougars lost the second game 2-6 causing the teams to have to play another game. The Lady Cougars won the third game 7-5 to advance to the Final 4 which was played Saturday, October 11th.
On Saturday, the Lady Cougars were very excited to have advanced to the next round of the state play-offs, as they faced Windsor in the first game. The Cougars had some errors in the field and could never catch up with the Lady Cougar’s hits. The Lady Cougars fell to Windsor 10-2 setting them back to play David Emanuel Academy for the second game. The Lady Cougars fought really hard but fell a little short at the end of the second game losing 7-5. It was a devastating loss, but the Cougars gave it all they had. Coach Funt said he was very proud of the ladies as they fought back very hard and gave all of their effort until the last pitch was pitched. We are very proud of the Lady Cougars and how far they came and improved throughout the season!
CONGRATS LADIES ON HOW FAR Y’ALL HAVE COME!
2014 Lady Cougar Softball Team
Lady Cougars Advanced to Final Four
PAC Student Section Represent on Senior Night
Should There be a Dress Code?
The question was “Do you think Piedmont should have a dress code with a uniform?” Some student answered with yes, but it shouldn’t be as strict, or yes, because it’s a private school and it will cause less judgment. Another answer was "yes, because it is an easy dress code, but maybe they shouldn’t be so strict on the little things like a shirt tail being untucked, the different color of blue jeans, skinny jeans or flared jeans, or pants with jewels." Some people think that as long as jackets have piedmont on them then hoodies should be okay on week days also. On the flip side, a majority of people said that there should not be a dress code because if it isn’t going to be exact and apply to all people then they should change the rules, because it isn’t fair for some people to be called out, but other people not be punished and continue to wear things that others have already gotten in trouble for. Another answer for no is because if they are going to have a dress code it needs to be an exact dress code not a “Polo and jeans,” because if it’s a “Piedmont Dress Code” then some people think that you should be able to wear anything. In conclusion the overall answer was no because some people think if we should have one it should apply to everyone but not as strict as pants color, jackets, pants decorations, accessories, and many more.