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April
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Wildcats eye MACJC title
bout Sunday
Defending state champ
Pearl River defeats Northwest, Itawamba to move to title
game Sunday at 3 p.m.
SENATOBIA — Nationally-ranked
Pearl River recorded back-to-back victories over host Northwest Mississippi
and Itawamba here Saturday in the MACJC State Tournament to earn a shot
at a state championship "repeat"? in Sunday title bout...more
Friday, April 29, 2005
Defending champ PRCC
falls into MACJC tournament losers' bracket with 4-2, 10-inning loss to
Meridian
SENATOBIA — Defending
state champ Pearl River eyes an uphhill climb to retain its crown here
in the MACJC State Tournament underway at Northeast Mississippi CC, as
Meridian pulled out a 4-2, 10-inning victory to push the nationally-ranked
Wildcats into the losers' bracket...more
Friday, April 29,2005
Defending state champ
Pearl River bombs Holmes 11-1 in six innings in first-round action of MACJC
State Tournament
SENATOBIA — Defending
state champ Pearl River bombed Holmmes 11-1 in six innings here Thursday
in first-round action of the MACJC State Tournament underway at Northwest
Mississippi CC...more
Friday, April 29,2005
Big crowd attends PRCC
chapel dedication
POPLARVILLE
- Pearl River Community College formally dedicated its
new Malone Chapel on the
school’s main campus Thursday...more
Wednesday, April 27,2005
Nationally-ranked Pearl
River sets sights on title ‘repeat’ in MACJC Tournament
Defending champ Wildcats
enter event in Senatobia ranked No. 2 by NJCAA
POPLARVILLE — Defending
champ Pearl River sets its sights on a baseball title “repeat” this week
when it travels to Northwest Mississippi CC in Senatobia for the 2005 MACJC
State Tournament set for Thursday through Sunday...more
Tuesday, April 26,2005
PRCC receives Student
Support Services grant
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College’s Student Support
Services program has received
a $298,263 grant. The grant is for the
first year of a four-year
program that was approved...more
Tuesday, April 26,2005
2004 Pearl River football
awards announced by coaching staff
POPLARVILLE — The
Pearl River Community College football coaching staff
have announced the award
winners for the 2004 national and state
championship season. The
Wildcats finished the season with a 12-0
record...more
Monday, April 25,2005
PRCC Larry Brackins drafted
During NFL pre-draft
workouts, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers showed the most
interest in Pearl River
Community College wide receiver Larry Brackins.
It didn’t come as
a big surprise Sunday when the Buccaneers used
their fifth-round choice
to select the Junior College All-American Larry Brackins...more
Monday, April 25,2005
Division champ Pearl
River set single-season win record with sweep over Southwest to wrap up
regular season
Defending state champ
Wildcats take 4-2, 5-3 victory to push overall mark to 39-7
POPLARVILLE — South
Division champ Pearl River set a new single-season victory record here
Saturday with a 4-3, 5-3 doubleheader sweep over division rival Southwest
Mississippi to push its overall mark to 39-7...more
Thursday, April 21,2005
Lady Wildcats sweep Lady
Bulldogs to remain in post-season playoff hunt
PRCC evens division mark
at 6-6; eyes ‘must win” scenario
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats remain in the post-season playoff hunt with their
3-2, 9-1 South Division doubleheader softball sweep over arch-rival Mississippi
Gulf Coast here Wednesday...more
Wednesday, April 20,2005
PRCC Recruitment Team
already on the job
POPLARVILLE - The
2005 Wildcat Recruitment Team, made up of some 17
Pearl River Community College
students from throughout the college’s
six-county district, are
already on the job working to recruit students
to PRCC...more
Wednesday, April 20,2005
Pearl River clinches
division crown with win over Perk
No. 1-ranked ’Cats win
5-2 in first game of doubleheader; lose nine-inning nightcap 9-6 to Mississippi
Gulf Coast
POPLARVILLE — No.
1-ranked Pearl River clinched its second straight MACJC South Division
championship here Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over arch-rival Mississippi
Gulf Coast in the first game of a division doubleheader in Wildcat Stadium...more
Wednesday, April 20,2005
Students recognized at
PRCC Awards Day
POPLARVILLE--Traci
Comesana of Purvis was recognized four times during
Pearl River Community College’s
annual Awards Day program held recently
in Moody Hall Auditorium.
Comesana was awarded the PTK All USA Academic
Award, the PTK Hallmark
Award, the Annual Staff Award, and the Student
Government Association Award...more
Wednesday, April 20,2005
PRCC slips to No. 2 in
NJCAA baseball poll
POPLARVILLE — The
defending MACJC state baseball champion Pearl River Community College Wildcats
slipped to No. 2 in the latest NJCAA’s Division II baseball poll released
Wednesday...more
Tuesday, April 19,2005
Excellent entertainment
for the community at a good price.
Thanks so much for supporting
your schools,
Pamela Luke
POPLARVILLEThe
Pearl River Community College Concert Band, under the direction of Archie
Rawls and Dr. Kyle Hill, will present their annual Spring concert on Monday,
April 25 at 7:00 p.m. in Moody Hall Auditorium on the Poplarville campus.
The concert will include works by John Philip Sousa, Mozart, and Duke Ellington.
The concert will also feature adjunct woodwind instructor Jimmy Mullen
on alto saxophone in Sammy Nestico’s arrangement of “Persuasion.”
The concert is free, and the public is welcomed...more
Tuesday, April 19,2005
PRCC chapel dedication
April 28
POPLARVILLE - The
dedication of Pearl River Community College’s new
Malone Chapel on the school’s
main campus will take place on Thursday,
April 28...more
Monday, April 18,2005
Pearl River sweeps Jones
in critical division twin bill
Lady 'Cats take 14-5,
13-9 wins to even league record at 4-4
POPLARVILLE-Pearl
River's Lady Wildcats swept arch-rival Jones here Thursday in MACJC South
Division softball action to improve to 12-11 overall and 4-4 in league
action...more
Monday, April 18,2005
Lady Wildcats ink two
district hoops stars to letters of intent
Picayune’s Jones, East
Marion’s Stokes sign with PRCC
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College head women’s basketball coach Ed Walley signed
two in-district basketball standouts to national letters of intent Tuesday...more
Monday, April 18,2005
Co-Lin sweeps Lady Wildcats
4-2, 8-0 in key division twin bill
Pearl River drops to
12-13 overall, 4-6 in South Division
WESSON — Pearl River’s
Lady Wildcats were swept by Copiah-Lincoln’s Lady Wolves here Saturday
in a key MACJC South Division softball doubleheader.
PRCC dropped to 12-13 overall
and 4-6 in the division race with the losses...more
Monday, April 18,2005
’Cats split with Trojans
No. 1-ranked Pearl River
falls 5-4, wins 5-1 in nightcap
MOORHEAD — No. 1-ranked
Pearl River Community College fell 5-4 in the first game of an MACJC non-division
baseball doubleheader with Mississippi Delta here Friday, but bounced back
in the nightcap to take a 5-1 victory and improve to 37-7 overall...more
Thursday, April 14,2005
PRCC summer registration
dates set; classes in Waveland and at Stennis
Registration for
new students attending Pearl River Community
College during the 2004
summer semester will be held on both the
Hattiesburg and Poplarville
campuses...more
Thursday, April 14,2005
Football Wildcats make
progress in spring drills
POPLARVILLE - Only
five months have passed since the 2004 Pearl
River Community College
football team won the NJCAA National
Championship in Coffeeville,
Kan., and already the 2005 Wildcats are
making preparations for
another season...more
Thursday, April 14,2005
Wildcats sweep Wolves
No. 1-ranked Pearl River
bombs Copiah-Lincoln 12-2, 8-5
POPLARVILLE — No.
1-ranked Pearl River Community College blew past rival Copiah-Lincoln 12-2,
8-5 in MACJC South Division doubleheader baseball action here Wednesday
to improve to 36-6 overall and 8-2 in league...more
Thursday, April 14,2005
PRCC’s River Extravaganza
raises record $86,000
POPLARVILLE - The
Pearl River Community College Development
Foundation’s 18th annual
River Extravaganza held last weekend in M.R.
White Coliseum was another
huge success...more
Thursday, April 14,2005
PRCC remains No. 1 in
NJCAA baseball poll
POPLARVILLE — The
defending MACJC state baseball champion Pearl River Community College Wildcats
remain in No. 1 in the nation according to the latest NJCAA’s Division
II poll released Wednesday...more
Wednesday, April 13,2005
Softball ’Cat Fight postponed
until Thursday;
Pearl River’s Thursday
doubleheader with East Central cancelled
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Tuesday 1 p.m. MACJC South Division softball doubleheader with
arch-rival Jones County has been postponed until Thursday due to potential
inclimate weather conditions, says Lady Wildcat head coach Leigh White...more
Wednesday, April 13,2005
Lady Wildcats sweep Lady
Bears
PRCC back on winning
track with 12-4, 8-0 division wins over Southwest
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats got back on the winning track here Saturday with
a 12-4, 8-0 MACJC South Division doubleheader sweep over Southwest Mississippi...more
Wednesday, April 13,2005
PRCC tennis swept by
Jones
Lady Wildcats lose 8-1;
Wildcats fall 9-0
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College’s women’s and men’s tennis teams were swept by
Jones here Tuesday with the Lady Wildcats falling 8-1 and the Wildcats
9-0...more
Monday, April 11,2005
Wildcats split with Bobcats
No. 1-ranked PRCC drops
first battle of doubleheader 4-2, but bounces back with 8-1 blowout in
nightcap in Ellisville
ELLISVILLE — No.
1-ranked Pearl River Community College dropped the first game of an MACJC
South Division doubleheader 4-2 to arch-rival Jones County here Saturday,
but bounced to take an 8-1 victory in the nightcap to improve to 34-6 overall...more
Friday, April 8,2005
PRCC tennis teams split
with Holmes
Lady Wildcats 8-1 winners;
Wildcats lose 7-2
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College’s women’s and men’s tennis teams split with Holmes
here Thursday with the Lady Wildcats taking an 8-1 victory and the Wildcats
falling 7-2...more
Friday, April 8,2005
PRCC to offer dorms for
summer semester
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College will open some
dormitories for male and
female students attending classes on its main
campus again this summer...more
Wednesday, April 6,2005
Pearl River No. 1 in
NJCAA baseball poll
Defending state champs
entered season ranked No. 7
POPLARVILLE — The
defending MACJC state baseball champion Pearl River Community College Wildcats
are No. 1 in the nation according to the NJCAA’s first Division II poll
of the 2005 season released Wednesday...more
Wednesday, April 6,2005
Wildcats’ win streak
halted at 27 with 2-1 loss to Bears
Troxclair’s 12 Ks propels
PRCC to 7-0 shutout in nightcap
SUMMIT — Defending
MACJC state champ Pearl River’s record 27-game winning streak was halted
with a 2-1 loss to Southwest Mississippi in the first game of an MACJC
South Division baseball doubleheader here Tuesday...more
Tuesday, April 5,2005
Lady Wildcats swept by
Perk PRCC softball team drops to 0-4 in division with 4-3, 8-1 road losses
PERKINSTON — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats were swept by rival Mississippi Gulf Coast 4-3 and
8-1 in MACJC South Division softball action here Monday.
PRCC dropped to 8-11 overall
and 0-4 in league play, while MGCCC improved to 19-4 and 2-0...more
Tuesday, April 5,2005
Pearl River extends win
streak to 27 with 4-3, 3-2 sweep over Gulf Coast
PERKINSTON — Defending
MACJC state champ Pearl River extended its winning streak to 27 games here
Monday with a 4-3, 3-2 South Division doubleheader sweep over rival Mississippi
Gulf Coast...more
Tuesday, April 5,2005
Pearl River tennis teams
swept by Meridian; split with Hinds
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College’s women’s and men’s tennis teams were swept by
Meridian March 29, but bounced back with a split against Hinds on March
30...more
Monday, April 4,2005
Seventeen restaurants
will provide goodies at PRCC Extravaganza
POPLARVILLE - Seventeen
restaurants from South Mississippi provide a
grand smorgasbord for Pearl
River Community College’s 2004 18th annual
River Extravaganza this
Sunday...more
Friday, April 1,2005
Good Afternoon, Some
of MS's beautiful young women.
Thanks for supporting
your schools, Pamela Luke
POPLARVILLE – At
Pearl River Community College’s recent Ms. PRCC Wildcat Scholarship Pageant,
Cristy Carr of Lumberton was chosen as winner and awarded full tuition
for one semester at PRCC. The contestants are judged according to
poise, stage presence, style, speaking, and overall appearance. Pictured,
from left, are second alternate Lauren McLeod of Lucedale, winner Cristy
Carr, first alternate Starr Montgomery of Columbia, and third alternate
Robin Drake of Hattiesburg...more
Friday, April 1,2005
Four students honored
as top scholars at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Four
Pearl River Community College students were
recently selected to the
2005 All-Mississippi Academic Team...more
Friday, April 1,2005
Wet fields postpones
PRCC’s Saturday baseball, softball doubleheaders with Gulf Coast
South Division twin bills
set for Monday in Perkinston
POPLARVILLE — Saturday’s
MACJC South Division softball and baseball doubleheaders in Perkinston
between arch rivals Pearl River and Mississippi Gulf Coast have been postponed
until Monday due to extreme wet conditions on MGCCC’s diamonds...more
Friday, April 1,2005
PRCC Fine Arts Departments
Presents “Big River”
POPLARVILLE--The
Pearl River Community College Fine Arts Department will take
audiences down the mighty
Mississippi River during a performance featuring the musical comedy "Big
River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" this April 13, 14, and 15 at
7:00 P.M. in Moody Hall on the PRCC campus in Poplarville...more
Friday, April 1, 2005
Defending South champ
Co-Lin blisters Pearl River in division softball openers
Lady ’Cats fall 10-2,
15-4 to drop to 8-9 overall, 0-2 in league
POPLARVILLE — Defending
MACJC South Division softball champ Copiah-Lincoln whalloped Pearl River
0-2 and 15-4 to open both squads’ league schedule here Wednesday in Lady
Wildcat Stadium...more
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