Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7-on-7 passing camp set June 12 at PRCC

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College will host its first 7-on-7 Passing Camp Friday, June 12 here on the PRCC campus...more

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Pearl River, Perk split in division doubleheader
Tortorich’s grand slam caps Wildcats’ come-from-behind rally in 11-7 nightcap victory; Bulldogs open twin bill with 7-3 win

POPLARVILLE — Derek Tortorich belted a grand slam home run in the bottom of the seventh to propel Pearl River’s Wildcats to an 11-7 victory over arch-rival Mississippi Gulf Coast to insure an MACJC South Division doubleheader split here Sunday....more

Monday, March 30, 2009
PRCC students named all-state scholars

POPLARVILLE - A top student at Pearl River Community College has been named to the All-Mississippi Academic Team and selected as a 2009 Coca-Cola Silver Scholar...more

Monday, March 30, 2009
7-on-7 passing camp set June 12 at PRCC

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College will host its first 7-on-7 Passing Camp Friday, June 12 here on the PRCC campus...more

Monday, March 30, 2009
From Special Reports

Some 18 Pearl River Community College students recently successfully competed in the state Delta Epsilon Chi (DEX) in Jackson. They all now advance to the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif. in April...more

Friday, March 27, 2009
Centennial Folk Festival to be held as planned

POPLARVILLE - The Centennial Folk Festival at Pearl River Community College will be held on Saturday as scheduled...more

Friday, March 27, 2009
Mythology to take center stage at PRCC

POPLARVILLE - The Pearl River Community College Department of Fine Arts and Communication will present its spring theater production on April 2 and 3...more

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Folk Festival celebrates PRCC's 100-year history

POPLARVILLE - The sights and sounds of yesteryear return to Pearl River Community College on Saturday, March 28, with the Centennial Folk Festival...more

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Centennial in April

The Pearl River Community College family will celebrate the college's 100th anniversary with a Grand
Finale weekend April 24 and 25...more

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Jones sweeps ‘Cat Fight
Pearl River drops 4-2, 3-2 heartbreakers to plummet to 14-12 overall, 2-6 in division

ELLISVILLE — Jones County swept Pearl River in the ’Cat Fight I MACJC South Division baseball doubleheader played here Tuesday with the Bobcats taking 4-2 and 3-2 victories over the Wildcats...more

Saturday, March 21, 2009
Wildcats split with Wolves in division doubleheader
Pearl River takes 7-4 victory in first game, but fall to Copiah-Lincoln 5-2 in nightcap

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College split with Copiah-Lincoln in MACJC South Division doubleheader baseball action here Saturday; winning the first game 7-4, but falling 5-2 in the nightcap of the twin bill...more

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Lady Wildcats sweep Lady Bulldogs

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River’s Lady Wildcats swept Holmes’ Lady Bulldogs 8-3 and 4-1 in an MACJC non-division softball doubleheader here Thursday to improve to 16-6 overall...more

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wildcats sweep Broncbusters
PRCC avenges Tuesday’s losses with 7-4, 2-0 wins over Garden City

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College swept Garden City (Kan.) 7-4, 2-0 in doubleheader baseball action here Thursday, avenging the Broncbusters’ sweep over the Wildcats earlier in the week...more

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wildcats split with Bears
Ashford hurls one-hitter en route to 5-0 MACJC South Division road win for Pearl River; Southwest takes extra-inning 5-4 victory

SUMMIT — Pearl River Community College split with Southwest Mississippi in MACJC South Division doubleheader baseball action here Wednesday...more

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Lady ‘Cats sweep Lady Lions

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River’s Lady Wildcats swept East Mississippi’s Lady Lions in a MACJC non-division softball doubleheader here Tuesday, taking an 8-3 win in the first game and a 10-1 blowout victory in five innings in the nightcap...more

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Garden City sweeps River
Kansas-based Broncbusters take 12-6, 3-2 wins over Wildcats

POPLARVILLE — The Kansas-based Garden City Community College Broncbusters took a 12-6, 3-2 doubleheader baseball sweep over home standing Pearl River here Tuesday, dropping the Wildcats’ overall record to 10-8...more

Friday, March 13, 2009
PRCC to close for Spring Break

POPLARVILLE - All campuses of Pearl River Community College will be closed the week of March 16 for Spring Break...more

Friday, March 13, 2009
PRCC honors Spiers, Rawls

POPLARVILLE - Katie Spiers and Archie Rawls are Pearl River Community College’s HEADWAE nominees...more

Friday, March 13, 2009
PRCC Phi Theta Kappa chapter wins awards

POPLARVILLE - The Iota Mu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Pearl River Community College received two chapter awards and an individual award at the honor society’s regional convention in New Orleans...more

Friday, March 13, 2009
PRCC’s Donta Smith grabs post-season hoops honors
Washington, Little named All-MACJC honorable mention

POPLARVILLE — Donta Smith, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound forward for Pearl River Community College’s Wildcat basketball squad, was named to the All-Region 23 and All-MACJC squads for the 2008-2009 season...more

Friday, March 13, 2009
Lady Wildcats’ sixth-inning rally salvages split with Lady Wolves
Copiah-Lincoln one-hits Pearl River for 3-0 win in first game of MACJC South Division doubleheader

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College rallied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning here Thursday to propel the Lady Wildcats to a 5-4 come-from-behind MACJC South Division victory over Copiah-Lincoln and salvage a doubleheader split with the Lady Wolves...more

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hinds bombs River in division openers
Eagles smack a combined 26 hits en route to 10-4, 11-2 doubleheader sweep over Wildcats

POPLARVILLE — Hinds Community College’s Eagles smacked a combined 26 hits here Tuesday en route to a 10-4, 11-2 doubleheader sweep over home-standing Pearl River in both teams MACJC South Division openers...more

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Lady ‘Cats perfect at 4-0 in division after Tuesday sweep over Lady Bears
Pearl River takes 7-6, 8-0 home victories over Southwest Mississippi to improve to 11-5 overall

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College’s Lady Wildcats swept Southwest Mississippi’s Lady Bears 7-6 and 8-0 here Tuesday to remain perfect in the MACJC South Division softball derby...more

Monday, March 9, 2009
Byrd to replace Hess as PRCC soccer coach
Former Wildcat assistant coach takes over women’s men’s teams

POPLARVILLE — The Pearl River Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the hiring of Jack Byrd is the college’s new women’s and men’s soccer coach here Monday, replacing two-year head coach Josh Hess who resigned the post two weeks ago...more

Monday, March 9, 2009
Despite falling short of hoops title, Mathis says season ‘pretty good’
Wildcats post 20-win season in 2008-2009

POPLARVILLE — Back in four months ago, if you had told Richard Mathis that his 18th edition of Pearl River Community College Wildcat basketball would finish the year with 20 wins, he would’ve said you were crazy...more

Monday, March 9, 2009
Pearl River sweeps Faulkner in tight 5-4, 8-7 road wins
Lady Wildcats 9-5 overall heading into Tuesday’s South Division openers versus Southwest Mississippi

BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Pearl River Community College’s softball team swept Faulkner State (Ala.) here Friday with narrow 5-4, 8-7 victories, spelling sweet revenge over the Lady Sun Chiefs who swept the Lady Wildcats in Feb. 20's home openers...more

Monday, March 9, 2009
River sweeps Baton Rouge
Wildcats smack a combined 24 hits to take high-scoring 14-10, 14-0 road wins over Bears

BATON ROUGE, La. — Pearl River Community College’s Wildcats cracked a combined 24 hits here Saturday en route to a 14-10, 14-0 doubleheader sweep over Baton Rouge CC’s Bears to improve to 10-4...more

Friday, March 6, 2009
PRCC concert brings back music of the past

POPLARVILLE - The Pearl River Community College jazz band and show choir will be raising the rafters Thursday (March 12) when they present a combined concert of popular music of the past...more

Thursday, March 5, 2009
PRCC offers AutoCAD courses

HATTIESBURG - The Lowery A. Woodall Advanced Technology Center of Pearl River Community College is offering Beginning AutoCAD as an intensive, short term weekend course...more

Thursday, March 5, 2009
PRCC’s top students join Phi Theta Kappa

Pearl River Community College recently inducted 75 of its top students, including a mother and daughter, into Phi Theta Kappa honor society...more

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Pearl River sweeps Hinds in division softball openers
Lady Wildcats take 7-1, 10-6 road wins

RAYMOND — Pearl River Community College’s Lady Wildcats opened their 2009 MACJC South Division softball schedule in grand style here Wednesday, sweeping a doubleheader against rival Hinds 7-1 and 10-6...more

Wednesday, March 3, 2009
River ends season with loss to Mississippi Gulf Coast in Region 23 Tournament
Wildcats wrap year at 20-9 with 88-84 defeat

CLINTON — Pearl River Community College’s Wildcats wrapped up their 2008-2009 basketball season here Monday with an 88-84 loss to arch-rival Mississippi Gulf Coast in opening-round action of the Region 23 Tournament underway in A.E. Wood Coliseum on the Mississippi College campus...more

Tuesday, March 2, 2009
PRCC goes 2-2 in Gulf Coast Tournament
Wildcats swept on Saturday, but rebound with two-game sweep by identical 9-7 scores on Sunday

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Pearl River Community College’s Wildcats went 2-2 here in this past weekend’s Gulf Coast-Panama City Tournament, falling 20-9 to host GC-PC and 8-7 to Kanakee (Ill.) on Saturday before rebounding with a sweep over the same two opponents on Sunday by identical 9-7 scores...more

Tuesday, March 2, 2009
Wildcats sweep Eagles
Pearl River smashes Alabama Southern with convincing 8-1, 16-12 road victories

MONROEVILLE, Ala. — Pearl River Community College’s Wildcats completed a four-game sweep over Alabama Southern here Friday with convincing 8-1, 16-12 road wins to pump its overall record to 6-2...more