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Welding instructor James
Patterson, second from right, watches Monday as student Steve Collins of
Jackson finishes attaching the Pearl River Community College Wildcat mascot
to the pedestrian bridge at the Forrest County Center. Looking on, from
left, are welding students Tim Folse of Columbia, Yancey Trotter and Earl
Loyd, both of Hattiesburg, who helped fabricate the mascot.
PRCC Public Relations Photo
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Monday, April 30, 2007
PRCC presents annual
awards to top students
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College honored its best students during its annual Awards
Day Program on April 19...more
Monday, April 30, 2007
Dubuisson’s one-hitter
over Southwest propels Lady Wildcats into MACJC
State Tournament
PRCC kicks off post-season
play Friday against Northeast Miss.
SUMMIT — Pearl River
ace Jessica Dubuisson hurled a one-hit shutout over Southwest Mississippi
in the nightcap of a South Division softball doubleheader here Saturday
propelling the Lady Wildcats into the MACJC State Tournament for the first
time since 2004...more
Monday, April 30, 2007
PRCC offering several skills
classes
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College, in conjunction with the Mississippi Construction
Education Foundation and TDWA (Twin Districts Workforce Area), will be
offering some specialized skills classes this summer at sites in Pearl
River, Forrest, Lamar and Hancock counties...more
Monday, April 30, 2007
‘Cats clinch MACJC Tournament
berth with sweep over Wolves
Pearl River takes 7-0,
3-2 victories; opens post-season play Friday at Mississippi Gulf Coast
in Perkinston
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Wildcats snatched a berth in this week’s MACJC State Tournament
in Perkinston with a doubleheader sweep over Copiah-Lincoln here Saturday
in Wildcats Stadium...more
Monday, April 30, 2007
State director urges
PRCC students to grab opportunities
POPLARVILLE - Dr.
Wayne Stonecypher encouraged a group of Pearl River Community College students
Wednesday to take advantage of every opportunity that comes their way...more
Monday, April 30, 2007
PRCC to offer dorms for
summer semester
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College will open dormitories for male and female students
attending classes on its main campus again this summer...more
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Lady ‘Cats stay alive
in post season chase with split at Jones
Pearl River must sweep
Southwest Miss. Saturday to grab MACJC State Softball Tournament berth
ELLISVILLE — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats remain in the mix for a berth in the upcoming MACJC
State Softball Tournament after splitting with South Division rival Jones
County here Wednesday...more
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
PRCC takes care of business
with sweep in ‘Cat Fight II
Wildcats now eye Saturday
showdown with Copiah-Lincoln for South Division’s No. 2 seed in MACJC State
Tournament
ELLISVILLE — Pearl
River took care of its own business in grand fashion here Tuesday in ’Cat
Fight II and propelled itself into a ‘do or die’ scenario with Copiah-Lincoln
to decide the South Division’s No. 2 seed in the upcoming MACJC State Tournament
in Perkinston...more
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
PRCC gives students taste
of non-traditional careers
POPLARVILLE - Kim
Clifford tested the electrical system in a Jeep Tuesday and Jay Gibbs fixed
the hair on a mannequin...more
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Pearl River splits with
Hinds
Lady Wildcats pound season-high
20 hits in 12-7 non-division victory, but fall 7-4 in nightcap game
RAYMOND — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats pounded out a season-high 20 hits in its 12-7 victory
over Hinds, but fell 7-4 to the Lady Eagles in the nightcap of a MACJC
non-division doubleheader to drop to 16-26 overall here Monday...more
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
PRCC equipment training
fills workforce gap
POPLARVILLE _ Dirt
movers working on the Pearl River Community College driving range look
like any other site preparation crew _ orange hard hats and safety vests
worn over jeans and dusty boots...more
Monday, April 23, 2007
Bevill State sweeps Pearl
River
Lady ’Cats suffer pair
of one-run road losses to Lady Bears
SUMMINTON, Ala.
— Pearl River’s Lady Wildcats suffered a pair of one-run losses here Friday,
falling 4-3 and 8-7 to Bevill State’s Lady Bears in NJCAA softball action...more
Monday, April 23, 2007
Wildcats split with Bears
PRCC now 5-7 in league
play with two South Division doubleheaders remaining in 2007 regular season
SUMMIT — Pearl River’s
Wildcats split with Southwest Mississippi in MACJC South Division doubleheader
baseball action here Saturday, taking a 6-3 victory in the first game,
but dropping the nightcap 5-3 to fall to 20-22 overall and 5-7 in league
play...more
Friday, April 20, 2007
Lady ‘Cats sweep Lady
Wolves
Pearl River takes 3-2,
9-3 victories over defending MACJC, Region 23 champ Co-Lin to stay alive
in post-season hunt
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River remains in the thick of the post-season playoff hunt, as the Lady
Wildcats swept defending state, Region 23 champ Copiah-Lincoln 3-2 and
9-3 in MACJC South Division doubleheader softball action here Wednesday...more
Friday, April 20, 2007
Perk sweeps Pearl River
Wildcats drop to 4-6
in South Division with 8-1, 11-6 losses to No. 4-ranked Bulldogs
POPLARVILLE — Mississippi
Gulf Coast’s Bulldogs clinched the MACJC South Division crown here Wednesday
with an 8-1, 11-7 doubleheader sweep over Pearl River’s Wildcats in Wildcat
Stadium...more
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Pearl River’s Walley
signs five more to hoops pacts
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College Lady Wildcat basketball coach Ed Walley signed
five standouts to national letters of intent recently for the 2007-2008
season...more
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
No. 3-ranked Gulf Coast
sweeps Lady Wildcats
Arch-rival Lady ’Dogs
take 9-0, 7-5 victories
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats were swept here Monday by the nationally-ranked Mississippi
Gulf Coast Lady Bulldogs 9-0 and 7-5 in MACJC South Division softball action
in Lady Wildcat Stadium...more
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
PRCC gets $350,000 from
state arts commission
POPLARVILLE - The
Mississippi Arts Commission recently awarded Pearl River Community College
a $350,000 Building Fund for the Arts grant...more
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
PRCC alumni take top
engineering awards
POPLARVILLE - Two
graduates of Pearl River Community College have been honored by the Mississippi
Engineering Society...more
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Guzman named to academic
team for PRCC
Michelle Guzman
of Picayune has been named to represent Pearl River Community College on
the 2007 All-Mississippi Academic Team...more
Monday, April 16, 2007
PRCC Symphonic Band to
present concert
POPLARVILLE - The
Pearl River Community College Symphonic Band will present its spring concert
at 7 p.m. Monday at Olivia Bender Cafeteria on the Poplarville campus...more
Monday, April 16, 2007
PRCC sweeps Southwest
Lady Wildcats get much-needed
13-2, 9-6 South Division victories
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats and Southwest Mississippi’s Lady Bears were at huge
crossroads here Thursday if they had any hopes of making it to the MACJC
post-season tournament...more
Monday, April 16, 2007
Wildcats swept by Eagles
Pearl River falls 13-3,
4-1 on non-division road trip
MERIDIAN — Pearl
River’s Wildcats saw their overall record even up at 19-19 after dropping
a pair of MACJC non-division baseball contests here Thursday to Meridian’s
Eagles...more
Friday, April 13, 2007
Wildcats sign Hattiesburg
High hoops duo
Williams, White to suit-up
for Mathis in 2007-2008 season
POPLARVILLE — Two
Hattiesburg High basketball standouts in Adrian Williams and Jeremy White
signed national letters of intent Wednesday to play for the Pearl River
Community College Wildcats in 2007-2008...more
Friday, April 13, 2007
PRCC sweeps Baton Rouge
Wildcats get back on
winning track with 3-0, 13-10 victories over Bears
POPLARVILLE — After
dropping three straight in a two-day span last week, Pearl River’s Wildcats
got back on the winning track here Wednesday with a 3-0, 13-10 doubleheader
baseball sweep over Baton Rouge CC’s Bears...more
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Wildcat Soccer Academy
set May 9-11 at PRCC
POPLARVILLE — The
Pearl River Community College Wildcat Soccer Academy is set for May 9-11
(Wednesday through Friday)...more
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
PRCC women’s hoops ink
blue chipper in Columbia High’s Olivia Magee
Hoops star averaged 31
points a game with Lady Wildcats
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College Lady Wildcat basketball coach Ed Walley has added
a blue chipper to his 2007-2008 roster as he signed Columbia High standout
Olivia Magee to a national letter of intent Monday...more
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Hinds trims ‘Cats 17-12
PRCC’s nine errors take
their toll
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Wildcats committed a whopping nine errors in their nine-inning
MACJC non-division game with Hinds here Friday and the visiting Eagles
took a 17-12 victory...more
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
LSU-E sweeps Pearl River
Lady Wildcats suffer
10-0, 8-5 road defeats
EUNICE, La. — Pearl
River’s Lady Wildcats were swept by LSU-Eunice in NJCAA doubleheader softball
action here Thursday, losing to the Lady Bengals 10-0 and 8-5 to drop to
11-20 overall...more
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
‘Cats swept by Dolphins
Pearl River smacked 8-5,
21-14 to Delgado in unprecedented high-scoring twin bill
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River’s Wildcats were swept by Delgado’s Dolphins in NJCAA baseball action
here Thursday, losing the first game 8-5 and the nightcap by an unprecedented
21-14 count...more
Monday, April 9, 2007
AT&T renews commitment
to PRCC endowment
POPLARVILLE - AT&T
recently contributed $4,000 to its scholarship endowment fund at Pearl
River Community College...more
Monday, April 9, 2007
PRCC Wildcat turns up
at Forrest County Center
HATTIESBURG - Motorists
driving into the Forrest County Center of Pearl River Community College
in Hattiesburg Monday easily spotted the newest edition to campus - a PRCC
Wildcat...more
Monday, April 9, 2007
PRCC alumni to hold cookout
POPLARVILLE - The
Pearl River County chapter of the Pearl River Community College Alumni
Association will hold An Evening in the Park, its second annual cookout,
from 5 to 7 p.m. April 20 at Jack Read Park in Picayune...more
Monday, April 9, 2007
Auditions set for PRCC
choral scholarships
POPLARVILLE - Auditions
for choral scholarships to Pearl River Community College will be held from
2 to 5 p.m. April 27 in the band hall/choral room...more
Monday, April 9, 2007
PRCC drum major, color
guard auditions set
POPLARVILLE - Auditions
will be held April 28 for drum majors and color guard for the Pearl River
Community College Spirit of the River marching band...more
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
PRCC splits with Jones
in first Lady ‘Cat Fight
Krystal Penton’s three-run
homer propels Lady ’Cats to their first MACJC South Division win of season
POPLARVILLE — Krystal
Penton smashed a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth here Tuesday
to propel Pearl River Community College to a 10-0 victory via the eight-run
rule over arch-rival Jones County, marking the Lady Wildcats’ first MACJC
South Division victory of the season...more
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Wildcats swept by Wolves
PRCC, Copiah-Lincoln
deadlocked in second place at 4-4 in South Division race after 9-3, 6-2
road losses Tuesday
WESSON — Pearl River
and Copiah-Lincoln are deadlocked in second place of the 2007 MACJC South
Division baseball derby after the host Wolves handed the Wildcats 9-3 and
6-2 losses here Tuesday...more
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
River rolls on tennis
court
POPLARVILLE — The
Pearl River Community College women’s and men’s tennis teams played a double
header here March 24...more
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
PRCC students receive
scholars’ awards from MUW
POPLARVILLE - Two
Pearl River Community College students have been named University Transfer
Scholars at Mississippi University for Women...more
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
PRCC alumna to return
for graduation
POPLARVILLE - The
invitation to speak at Pearl River Community College’s 2007 graduation
ceremonies both shocked and elated alumna Sherie Hinton Henry...more
Monday, April 2, 2007
PRCC sweeps ‘Cat Fight
Wildcats bomb South Division
rival Jones 8-1, 4-0
POPLARVILLE — The
Pearl River Wildcats won the first of two ’Cat Fights with MACJC South
Division rival Jones County here Saturday, sweeping the Bobcats 8-1 and
4-0 to improve to 17-12 overall and 4-2 in division play...more
Monday, April 2, 2007
Pearl River’s Mathis,
Walley to coach Juco All-Star squads
Jones, Husband to play
for South men’s, women’s elite teams
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College’s men’s and women’s head basketball coaches, Richard
Mathis and Ed Walley, respectively, have been named head coaches of the
South Division squads selected for the MACJC All-Star Basketball Classic
set for Friday, April 13, at Choctaw Central High School near Philadelphia...more
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