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Pearl River Community College’s 2005 Homecoming court, featuring queen
Chastity Nicole McLemore, a sophomore from Picayune, will be presented
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, before the PRCC-Southwest football game.
Other members of the Homecoming court include from left: First row - McLemore;
second row - Jessica Stuart of Purvis (football maid) and Sarah McLaney
of Carriere (student body maid); back row - Fredra Hinton of Hattiesburg
(sophomore maid), Erin Fortenberry of Prentiss (sophomore maid), Ashley
Ladner of Waveland (freshman maid), Emily Bryant of Hattiesburg (freshman
maid), Kimberly Stewart of Picayune (freshman maid), and Deidra Green of
Raleigh (Forrest County maid).
Monday, October 31, 2005
Mathis optimistic about
‘athletic’ Wildcats in 2005-2006 season
Pearl River mentor says
squad can make a run to return to the top
POPLARVILLE — Last
year, Richard Mathis’ 14th edition of Pearl River Community College Wildcat
basketball posted its first losing season in who knows when.
After winning back-to-back
MACJC state championships in 2003 and 2004, the Wildcats fell to 13-14
overall with their 74-61 season-ending loss to Northwest Mississippi in
last March’s Region 23 Tournament...more
Monday, October 31, 2005
Walley says Lady ’Cats
could return to MACJC South Division elite in 2005-2006
POPLARVILLE — After
winning the Region 23 women’s basketball title in 2002-2003 and a trip
to the NJCAA nationals in Kansas, Pearl River Community College missed
out on all post-season play the past two seasons for the first two times
in head coach Ed Walley’s five years at the Lady Wildcat helm...more
Friday, October 28, 2005
Playoff-bound PRCC pounds
Delta 51-14
MACJC post-season scenario
set after Gulf Coast ices South title with 26-10 road victory over Hinds
POPLARVILLE — Defending
NJCAA and MACJC champion Pearl River got back on the winning track in convincing
fashion Thursday as the Wildcats pounded non-division rival Mississippi
Delta 51-14 here in Dobie Holden Stadium...more
Monday, October 24, 2005
Wildcats hope for rebound
from Perk loss with Trojan visit Thursday
Second-ranked Pearl River
suffered first loss in 23 outings against Bulldogs last week in Perkinston
POPLARVILLE — Defending
state and national champion Pearl River hopes to rebound from its loss
to arch-rival Mississippi Gulf Coast last week when Mississippi Delta visits
for a 7 p.m. non-division contest in Dobie Holden Stadium...more
Monday, October 24, 2005
Lady Wildcats claim first-ever
MACJC soccer championship with 2-1 win over Gulf coast
Wildcats end season with
4-3 loss to Trojans in first round
RAYMOND — Pearl
River Community College won its first-ever women’s state soccer championship
with a 2-1 victory over Mississippi Gulf Coast here Sunday in the MACJC
Tournament on the Hinds CC campus...more
Monday, October 24, 2005
Bulldogs’ first-half
domination halts Wildcats’ winning streak at 23-straight with 55-47 victory
Oliver shatters PRCC
passing record with unprecedented 603-yard effort; Freeman sets new reception,
receiving yardage mark
PERKINSTON — Defending
NJCAA and MACJC champion Pearl River saw its record 23-game winning streak
snapped here Thursday, as it failed to overcome Mississippi Gulf Coast’s
first-half domination to fall 55-47 in A.L. May Stadium...more
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Wildcats, Lady ’Cats
enter state soccer tournament as South Division champions
Pearl River men, women
wrap regular season with division sweeps over Jones, Copiah-Lincoln
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College’s MACJC South Division hampion men’s and women’s
soccer teams enter this weekend’s state championship tournament at Hinds
in Raymond off back-to-back road sweeps to end the regular season...more
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Pearl River-Perk rivalry
hits gridiron for the 73rd time Thursday in a key MACJC South Division
match up
No. 2-ranked, undefeated
Wildcats guns for 24th-straight win against 3-1 Mississippi Gulf Coast
POPLARVILLE — One
of the most-heralded rivalries in all of community college football hits
the gridiron for the 73rd time Thursday when No. 3-ranked Pearl River travels
to A.L. May Stadium in Perkinson to take on Mississippi Gulf Coast in a
key MACJC South Division match up...more
Monday, October 17, 2005
Wildcat winning streak
extended to 23 via 40-7 clobbering of Bears
Defending NJCAA, MACJC
champions celebrate 2005 Homecoming in grand style
POPLARVILLE — Defending
NJCAA and MACJC champion Pearl River pumped its consecutive win streak
to 23 straight with a 40-7 splattering of the Southwest Mississippi here
Saturday to climax the Wildcats’ Homecoming celebration in Dobie Holden
Stadium...more
Monday, October 17, 2005
Wildcats clinch South
Division with 2-1 win over Gulf Coast
Lady Wildcats, Lady Bulldogs
tied for division lead via Perk’s 2-0 win
POPLARVILLE — The
Pearl River Community College Wildcats clinched the MACJC South Division
title here Friday with a 2-1 victory over rival Mississippi Gulf Coast...more
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Wildcats shoot for 23
straight against Bears Saturday in 2005 Homecoming battle
2-1 Southwest handed
previously undefeated Gulf Coast 34-31 OT loss last weekend
POPLARVILLE — Defending
NJCAA and MACJC champion Pearl River is out to pump its consecutive win
record to 23 straight here Saturday when Southwest Mississippi visits for
a 3 p.m. South Division battle to climax the Wildcats’ 2005 Homecoming
celebration...more
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Sones to receive Volunteer
of the Year award
POPLARVILLE - Celecia
Sones, a 1967 graduate of Pearl River
Community College, will
be honored as 2005 Volunteer of the Year during
Homecoming activities this
weekend...more
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Pearl River men, women
remain perfect at 6-0 in South Division with sweep of East Central
Wildcats, Lady Wildcats
pump overall records to 8-1
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College’s women’s and men’s soccer squads kept their perfect
MACJC South Division records intact here Monday with a sweep over league
rival East Central...more
Monday, October 10, 2005
Defending national champ
PRCC remains undefeated with 28-18 romp in 75th ’Cat Fight at Jones
Oliver amasses 279 yards
of individual total offense in Wildcats’ 22nd straight win
POPLARVILLE — The
defending NJCAA and MACJC champion Pearl River Wildcats pushed their consecutive
win record to 22 straight with a 28-18 splattering of the arch-rival Jones
Bobcats in the 75th-annual ’Cat Fight here Saturday in Bush-Young Stadium....more
Friday, October 7, 2005
Parish, Robbins share
love for Pearl River College
POPLARVILLE - Maude
Parish and Donald K. Robbins have always loved Pearl River Community College...more
Friday, October 7, 2005
Cole to receive Distinguished
Service Award
POPLARVILLE - Verlene
Norton Cole, a 1951 graduate of Pearl River Community College, would be
the first to tell you that her life has been forever rewarded for having
attended PRCC...more
Friday, October 7, 2005
PRCC to induct 4 into
Sports Hall of Fame
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College will induct four new members into its Sports Hall
of Fame here Saturday (Oct. 15) as part of the college’s 2005 homecoming
celebration...more
McLemore reigns over PRCC
Homecoming festivities
POPLARVILLE - Chastity
Nicole McLemore of Picayune, the daughter of Scott and Marilyn McLemore
of Picayune, will be crowned queen of Pearl River Community College’s Homecoming
court at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon (Oct. 15) in Dobie Holden Stadium...more
Friday, October 7, 2005
Reunions, Sports Hall
of Fame highlight PRCC Homecoming
POPLARVILLE - Homecoming
Day on Saturday (Oct. 15) at Pearl River Community College will be packed
full of activities including reunions, tours of the campus, an alumni luncheon
and the presentation of the Homecoming court before the PRCC-Southwest
football game at Dobie Holden Stadium...more
Friday, October 7, 2005
Lowery is 2005 Dobie
Holden Scholarship recipient
POPLARVILLE - Sophomore
Chris Lowery of Petal is the 2005 recipient of the Dobie Holden Scholarship
at Pearl River Community College...more
Thursday, October 6, 2005
PRCC classes resume in
Hancock County
BAY ST. LOUIS -
Pearl River Community College classes have resumed this week in Hancock
County at the Stennis International Airport and Hancock High School...more
Wednesday, October 5,
2005
Reunions, Sports Hall
of Fame highlight PRCC Homecoming
POPLARVILLE - Homecoming
Day on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Pearl River
Community College will be
packed full of activities including reunions,
tours of the campus, an
alumni luncheon and the presentation of the
Homecoming court before
the PRCC-Southwest football game at Dobie Holden
Stadium...more
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
75th-annual ’Cat Fight
set for Saturday Defending national, state champ Pearl River Wildcats face
arch-rival Jones Bobcats at 7 p.m. in Ellisville
POPLARVILLE — One
of the most storied rivalries in all of junior college football will hit
the gridiron for the 75th time Saturday in Ellisville when the defending
MACJC and NJCAA champion Pearl River Wildcats takes on the Jones County
Bobcats on the JCJC campus...more
Monday, October 3, 2005
Defending national champ
PRCC sets new consecutive win standard with 48-26 bombing of Hinds
Oliver, Byrd have recordbook
efforts in Wildcats’ 21st straight victory
POPLARVILLE — Defending
NJCAA and MACJC champion Pearl River won a record 21st-straight football
game here Saturday, bombing South Division power Hinds 48-26 behind the
recordbook efforts All-American quarterback Jimmy Oliver and wide receiver
Demetrius Byrd...more
Saturday, October 1, 2005
PRCC alumni chapter meeting
in Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Forrest-Lamar County Alumni Association is hosting
a fish fry at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the South Mississippi Electric
Power Association Pavilion. Tickets are $8...more
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