Pittsburg Gazette

This year, February has 29 days. Once every four years, February gets a bonus day and when it happens, it’s known as a leap year. What is a leap year? Well, it has to do with how many days there are in an average year (which is 365) and the earth’s rotation around the sun. And if you happen to be born on leap day February 29, that doesn’t mean you only celebrate a birthday every four years. Every three years, you get to celebrate your birthday on March 1st and continue to grow old like the rest of us.

The Pirate baseball team began their season with two wins, against Hooks 6-5, and walked off Hughes Springs to win 7-6

For the Pittsburg Lady Pirates, the ride ended too soon. A season that saw the team state ranked from November to January and battle through a tough district 15-4A and do so without backing down from any team saw the Lady Pirates reach the playoffs only to draw a perennially tough Canton Eaglette squad in the bi-district round at Tyler Junior College’s Wagstaff Gymnasium.