Alabama High School Basketball - Pickens Academy thwarts Southern Academy
January 5, 2012: Greensboro, AL 36744 The Pickens Academy Pirates (Carrollton, AL) basketball felled the host Southern Academy Cougars (Greensboro, AL), 51-39 in Thursday's league test.
The Pirates (2-11) will now prepare for their test against Patrician Academy (Butler, AL). The Saints go into the AISA AA Region 2 Area 1 test with a 15-3 record. In their last test, Patrician Academy defeated Sumter Academy (York, AL), 59-33, in a non-league test.
The Cougars now own a 1-3 record. They take the field next when they travel to Pickens Academy for a AISA AA Region 2 Area 1 test on Friday, January 13.