The Pirate Post

POST SEASON FOR THE PIRATES

By: Alaunte’ Massrock & Bradley Dillon

The postseason for the Pirates has begun. Five of the Pirates fall sports teams have moved on: boy’s soccer/girl’s soccer, girl’s golf/boy’s golf and both boy’s and girl’s cross country. The post season is significant for most athletes as they work hard all season to finally be recognized in the post. This recognition is not just in the eyes of coaches or leagues, but in all their peers around the district, region and eventually state; you either win or go home.

Senior James Morgan representing the boy’s golf team reached the regional semifinals. His record breaking season came to an abrupt end when he went into two playoff holes and lost in the second one. The girl’s golf team, unfortunately, lost in district by six strokes. Samantha Morgan led the Pirates with an 83 followed by Aubree Varga 88. When talking about her season, Morgan stated “I think my season went fantastic, we went beyond my expectations.” Now the pirates have to work in the offseason to get better and go farther next year. “I will work on my swing and just my all-around game in the offseason,” said Morgan.

The boy’s soccer team will play Canton South in the district semifinals on Monday the twentieth at 7 o’clock. The soccer team has had a difficult season, but are hoping to keep it alive. The girl’s soccer team won their first round game in the tournament winning 2 to 0 vs Ravenna. Scoring for the lady pirates was sophomore Leah Mesaros off of a long freekick, and senior Sarah Craver off a bouncing kick from the top of the arc. The girls next game is 17-0-1 Niles Mckinley.

Our Pirates cross country teams have completed the regular season and are headed to districts this weekend. For the boys, Sophomore Caden Dillon came in 7th making MVAC 1st team. Junior Cohen Richardson came in 16th getting the title MVAC Honorable Mention. Going into Districts this weekend, Dillon stated, “I’m just trying to improve every week.” Dillon is hopeful that his team will make it out of districts to regionals for the first time in at least ten years,“This is the best team we’ve had in years.” The girls had two MVAC 1st team finishers; one was 2nd place finisher senior Julia Wheeler and the other was 6th place finisher junior Jenna Canale. Finishing in 17th place earning MVAC Honorable Mention was freshman Jillian Shaffner.

These teams and players work and train extremely hard before and during the season to succeed and move on in the playoff. Hopefully they can catch fire,

ABOUT US

The Pirate Post started out as a club in the spring of 2025. This year, it officially became a Journalism and Communications Class, run by students, that is open to anyone! The process to make this an elective, however, was no easy feat. Student Izzy Goodnite (who proposed that we create a school newspaper) wrote a proposal for the school board, and they agreed to make it a class. We aim to inform the student body about things that are new at Southeast: sports, school plays, field trips, and seasonal news. We cover it all! “I feel this newspaper isn’t just about information though, it is also about learning and recognizing people who deserve it,” states Goodnite. If you enjoy writing, Newspaper is the class for you! If you have any article ideas or any questions, you can email our advisor, Julia Dillon: jdillon@sepirates.org or fill out the form at the bottom of our website.