Pinckney Community High School

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Pinckney High School, or Pinckney Community High School is a high school located in Putnam Township, Michigan. The current high school building is at 10255 Dexter-Pinckney Road in Putnam Township.HistoryPinckney High School was founded in 1888. After a number of additions and renovations, the high school building was built. Eventually the growing number of students demanded a new high school. In 1968, the current "Pathfinder" building was built. This became the new high school until again, the number of students exceeded the amount of space available. In 1999 another high school building was built to house grades 9-12. Today this building is still used as the high school. It features four soccer/football fields, four baseball diamonds, ten tennis courts, and a full track and field area. In spite of having four football fields, football games were still held at Pathfinder Middle School where the main football stadium (Wes Reader) was until the 2011 football season. In 2010, a $59 million bond proposal passed which included a new sports facility. Pirate Stadium cost five million dollars and hosted its first football game on September 2, 2011. The stadium includes bathrooms, home and away bleachers, a coach and player room, and a new turf field.SportsThe Pinckney High School Men's Cross Country team took the state championship for three years in a row and 3rd in the state in 2009, led by Coach Tom Carney. On February 25, 2011 the Boys' Basketball team beat Brighton High School 67-64 2OT to win the KLAA Lakes Conference title. On February 25, 2012 the Boys' Basketball team beat Walled Lake Central 54-50 to win the KLAA Lakes Conference title for the second year in a row. On July 21, 2012 the Boys' Basketball team won the Division II AYBT National Championship. On October 25, 2013 the Football team made its first playoff berth since 2001. For the first time, the football team made it to the district playoff in the same season. The football team was led by head coach Jakob Gailitis, MHSFCA assistant coach of the year Rod Beaton, and First Team All-KLAA players Buck West, Shawn Kelley, Nick Wasyl, Tyler Schingeck, Jimmy Savage, and Justin Eagy.