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for November 1998
PRCC Board Meeting Time Changed
POPLARVILLE—Pearl River Community College's regular December Board of Trustees meeting will be held December 1, 1998 at 1 p.m. in the PRCC Cafeteria Board Room.
The PRCC board voted to move its meeting to Tuesday, December 1 from the regular December 8 date because of a conflict with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Conference.
Pearl River Sweeps Co-Lin In South Openers
Wildcats Win Fourth
Straight 54-46; Lady Wildcats 74-67 Winners
POPLARVILLE Pearl
River Community College opened its 1998 men's and women's
South Division basketball
schedules in grand style here Thursday, sweeping Copiah-Lincoln in
M.R. White Coliseum
Both squads battled back
from halftime deficits to take the wins. The defending state
champion Wildcats, 4-3 overall,
1-0 in the division, won their fourth straight after an 0-3 start
with a 54-46 victory, while
the women took a 74-64 victory to improve to 3-3, 1-0. Co-Lin's men
fell to 5-2 overall, 0-1
in the division, while the women now sport an identical record.
In women's action, the Lady
Wildcats led for most of the first half, but Ann Webster's free
throw and lay-up in the
final two minutes pushed Co-Lin to a 34-31 lead. Kizzy Greene's buzzer-
beating lay-up gave Co-Lin
a 36-33 edge at the half.
For the first four mintutes
of the second half, Co-Lin held its lead, but freshman guard
Nichole Hearns of Miami,
Fla., sank a pair of foul shots to push PRCC ahead 45-44. One minute
later, the Lady Wolves regained
the lead at 48-47. Over the ensuing 10 minutes, CLCC held a 15-
14 edge to push the score
to 63-61, then PRCC point guard Jessica Shanklin of Baton Rouge,
La., hit a bucket with some
three minutes left to give the Lady Wildcats the lead. Co-Lin went up
on top one more time, but
Hearn's trey with 2:10 left kicked-off a 10-2 PRCC run to end the
game.
Hearns paced all scorers
in the contest with 24 points, including three 3-pointers, while
sophomore Norma Noel of
Miami, Hearns' Edison High School teammate, added 17. Shanklin
had 16, Alania Pendarvis
of Fruitland Park (Forrest County AHS) 8, LaKita Robertson of
Thibodeaux, La., 5; Jana
Jenkins of Brooklyn (Forrest County AHS) 3,Traci McMichael of
Foxworth (West Marion) 2,
and Kizzie Mark of Sandy Hook (West Marion) 2.
Webster led CLCC with 14,
while Antrinette Williams, Victoria Mason, and Green had 12
points a piece.
From the foul line, PRCC
was 17 of 26 (65 percent), while Co-Lin was 12 of 22 (55
percent).
In men's action, the lead
exchanged hands five times in the first half before Co-Lin
forward Thomas Terrell sank
a three-pointer to break an 18-all deadlock with 3:32 left. Nick
Mitchell's bucket at the
buzzer gave the Wolves a 28-19 edge at intermission.
Pearl River fought back
to tie things at 39 off a pair of free throws by freshman forward
Neal Broome of Bassfield
(Southern Mississippi transfer) at the 9:11 point, then freshman
forward Lemayn Wilson of
Houma, La., went one-for-two effort at the foul line to give the
Wildcats the lead for good
with 8:04 remaining. The Wildcats ended the game with a 14-7 run.
The Wildcats sole sophomore,
guard Jason Revies of Hattiesburg, led all scorers with 17
pionts, while Wilson added
15, Doug Green of Columbia (Columbia Academy) 8, Broome 4,
Tighe Lee of Columbia 3,
and Jovan Adams of McIntosh, Ala., Harold Jones of Baton Rouge,
Lamar Lathen of Houma, La.,
and Chris Marshall of Petal, 2 a piece.
Terrell paced Co-Lin with
15 points, while Ben Adams added 12.
From the foul line, PRCC
was 13 of 16 (81 percent), while CLCC was 7 of 10 (70
percent).
The Wildcats hosted non-division
rival Mississippi Delta Monday night, while the Lady
Wildcats are participating
in Monday's and Tuesday's Mississippi Delta Tournament in
Moorhead. It's more South
Division action Tuesday, December 1, when the men and women
travel to Decatur to face
East Central, then PRCC's squads host division rival Jones Thursday,
December 3. Women's tip-offs
are at 6 p.m., immediately followed by the men.
Pearl River Splits With Okaloosa-Walton
Wildcats Avenge Nov.
7's Loss In Florida; Ladies Fall 81-67
POPLARVILLE Pearl
River Community College split men's and women's basketball
contests here Tuesday against
Okaloosa-Walton in M.R. White Coliseum.
The Wildcats avenged November
7's 84-78 loss to O-W in Niceville, Fla., with a 64-55
victory, while the Lady
Wildcats fell 81-67. The ladies were defeated 92-75 by O-W on
November 7.
It was the third straight
win for PRCC's men, who reached the .500 mark (3-3) for the
first time this season.
The Lady Wildcats dropped to 2-3.
In men's action, guard Jason
Revies sank a trey with 20 seconds left in the first half to
give The River a 30-28 edge,
but O-W guard Brad Alford immediately answered with a three at
the halftime buzzer to make
things 31-30 the visitors' way.
Wildcat forward Lemayn Wilson
of Highland Home, Ala., sank two buckets and two free
throws over a one-minute
span early in the second to push PRCC to a 45-42 edge. Pearl River
never relinquished its lead,
even though center Malcolm Battles sank a bucket with 4:05 left to
pull O-W within 2 at 56-54.
From that point, Pearl River ended things with an 8-1 run.
Wilson paced the Wildcats
with a game-high 19 points, while Revies, a Hattiesburg High
grad and PRCC's sole sophomore,
and Neal Broome of Bassfield added 15 each. Jovan Adams of
McIntosh, Ala., scored 7;
Jamie Bullock of Hattiesburg (North Forrest) 3, Lamar Lathen of
Houma, La., 2; Harold Jones
of Baton Rouge, La., 2; and Tighe Lee of Columbia 1. Elvin Mims
led O-W with 14 points,
while Bernard Duncan and Latece Williams had 11 each.
From the foul line, PRCC
was 17 of 26 (65 percent), while OWCC was 12 of 22 (55
percent).
In women's action, Okaloosa-Walton
led 31-27 at the half, then opened things up
offensively to take a 50-36
advantage in the second half. Pearl River pulled within 2 points 44-
42 off guard Nichole Hearn's
score with 14:54 left in the game.
Hearns, a freshman, and sophomore
Norma Noel both recruited out of Edison High
School in Miami, Fla. paced
PRCC with 15 points each, while sophomore Jessica Shanklin of
Baton Rouge, La., and Kizzie
Mark of Sandy Hook (West Marion) had 10 each. LaKita
Robertson of Thibodeaux,
La., scored 7; Alania Pendarvis of Fruitland Park (Forrest County
AHS) 5, Jana Jenkins of
Brooklyn (Forrest County AHS) 3, Traci McMichael of Foxworth (West
Marion) 2, and Laura Walters
of Petal 1. Cheley Landry led O-W with 15.
From the foul line, PRCC
was 15 of 26 (59 percent), while OWCC was 9 of 13 (69
percent).
Pearl River opens its South
Division slates Thursday when men's and women's teams
from Copiah-Lincoln visit
M.R. White Coliseum. The ladies tip-off at 6 p.m., immediately
followed by the men.
Two Lady 'Cats Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle In Niceville, Fla.
POPLARVILLE—Two Pearl
River College Lady Wildcats were injured Friday after
being struck by a vehicle
at an intersection in Niceville, Fla.
Injured were Jennifer Stevens
and Shana Caldwell, both Sumrall freshman guards who
were playing for the Lady
Wildcats in the Okaloosa-Walton Basketball Tournament. Stevens and
Caldwell were transported
by ambulance to Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville.
Caldwell was treated for
a bruised kidney and abrasions and released Friday night. Stevens
was reported to have suffered
two pelvis fractures, along with bruises and abrasions. She is also
experiencing back pain and
was scheduled to be released from the hospital at 12:30 p.m. today
(Monday).
"It could have been much
worse," said Lady Wildcat head coach Polly Kirkland.
Stevens, Caldwell, sophomore
forward Alania Pendarvis of Fruitland Park, and freshman
guard Traci McMichael of
Foxworth were waiting to cross the intersection following the Lady
Wildcats' 69-60 victory
over Pensacola Community College. Reports are that an unidentified man
driving a utility truck
stopped and flagged the PRCC players to cross the street.
McMichael made it across,
but Stevens and Caldwell were struck by a Jeep Cherokee
driven by a Niceville woman
who was turning right in the turning lane.
"The lady in the Cherokee
said she just didn't see them," Kirkland said.
Pendarvis escaped injury,
but was slightly grazed by the Cherokee. The man driving the
truck, who had stopped and
motioned for the PRCC players to cross, fled the scene.
Kirkland said the playing
status of Stevens and Caldwell is in limbo.
"Jennifer won't be back
on the court until after the Christmas holidays," said Kirkland.
"Shana should be okay in
a couple of weeks. Her status will be a day-to-day thing."
Kirkland said no charges
had been filed in the incident but an investigation was being
conducted by local police.
Wildcats Overcome Halftime Deficit To Pick-Up First Victory Of Season
Pearl River Trailed East Mississippi 44-41 At Intermission, But Wins 90-79
POPLARVILLE—The defending
state champion Pearl River Wildcats trailed East
Mississippi's Lions by three
points at halftime here Monday, but rallied in the second half to earn
their first victory of the
1998 season 90-79.
The Wildcats improved to
1-3, while the Lions dropped to 1-3. PRCC won't open South
Division play until Thursday,
November 19, when Co-Lins visits M.R. White Coliseum for men's
and women's contests.
Pearl River opened the season
with three consecutive losses 78-74 to Delgado in New
Orleans on November 3 and
125-79 to Tallahassee and 84-78 to Okaloosa-Walton in the O-W
Tournament this past weekend
in Niceville, Fla.
Against East Miss, Pearl
River started slow. The Lions opened the scoring with a 14-6
lead, but the Wildcats fought
back to take a 21-20 edge on McIntosh, Ala., center Jovan Adams'
bucket with 11:45 left in
the first half. Two minutes later, Pat Jones' two-pointer pushed EM back
into the lead 27-25. PRCC
regained the lead 35-34 off Highland Home, Ala., forward Lemayn
Wilson's field goal with
3:43 left, but the Lions closed the half with a 10-5 run to lead 44-41
at
intermission.
The lead exchanged hands
three times until guard Doug Green, a freshman out of
Columbia Academy, bucketed
a three-pointer at the 9:55 mark to tie things at 64. Forward Neal
Broome of Sumrall, a transfer
from USM, scored to give PRCC the lead for good.
Wilson led the Wildcats
with 24 points, while Jason Revies of Hattiesburg scored 16 (two
three-pointers), Broome
16, Green 15 (two three-pointers), Adams 6, Lamar Lathen of Houma,
La., 6; Harold Jones of
Baton Rouge, La., 6; and Jamie Bullock of Hattiesburg (North Forrest) 1.
Dewayne Jefferson paced
EM with a game-high 28, including four three-pointers, while James
Lewis added 18 and Pat Jones
10.
From the foul line, PRCC
was 22 of 32 (69 percent), while EMCC was 10 of 16 (63
percent).
In the Okaloosa-Walton Tournament,
powerful Tallahassee had six players hit in double
figures, while hitting 25
of 31 foul shots (81 percent) to record its 125-79 lopsided victory.
Broome and Jones led PRCC
with 18 points each, while Wilson scored 11, Tighe Lee of
Columbia 8, Revies 8, Adams
7, Green 5, Bullock 4, Jason Broom of Sumrall 4, and Lathen 3.
Against host Okaloosa-Walton,
PRCC trailed 48-46 at the half and O-W took the second
half 36-32 to record its
six-point win, despite hitting on only 50 percent of its foul shots. Wilson
paced The River with 24
points, Revies had 17, Broome 14, Jones 9, Green 7, Lathen 4, Lee 3.
and Adams 2.
In the season opener against
Delgado in New Orleans, things were tied at 41 at
intermission, but the hosts
took the second half 37-33 to take the 78-74 win. Broome led PRCC
with 26 points, including
four three-pointers, while Wilson had 16, Revies 13, Jones 6, Green 5,
Lathen 5, Bullock 3, and
Lee 2.
Delgado hit 95 percent (18 of 19) of its foul shots in the contest.
The Wildcats host Mary Holmes
this Thursday at 7 p.m., then Okaloosa-Walton arrives in
Poplarville this Tuesday
for men's and women's games. Ladies' action tips-off at 6 p.m.,
immediately followed by
the men.
Lady Wildcats Split In O-W Tournament
PRCC Ladies Defeat Pensacola 69-60, But Fall To Host O-W 92-75; 1-3 Overall
POPLARVILLE—Pearl
River's Lady Wildcat basketball team is 1-3 overall following
this past weekend's split
in the Okaloosa-Walton Tournament in Niceville, Fla.
PRCC opened tourney play
with a 69-60 victory over Pensacola Community College on
Friday, but fell to host
O-W 92-75 Saturday. The Lady Wildcats opened their 1998 season with
an 83-70 loss to Delgado
in New Orleans on November 3.
Saturday's match-up with
O-W was shadowed by a Friday traffic mishap where two Lady
Wildcats were struck by
a vehicle while crossing an intersection in Niceville. Freshmen guards
Shana Caldwell and Jennifer
Stevens, both out of Sumrall High, were injured with Stevens
suffering two fractures
to her pelvis and numerous bruises and abrasions. Caldwell suffered a
bruised kidney and bruises
and abrasions.
Caldwell was treated and
released at Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville, while Stevens
remained hospitalized through
Monday for observation.
Against Pensacola, Pearl
River overcame a 29-27 halftime deficit to take the nine-point
victory, despite hitting
a dismal 42 percent (5 of 12) from the foul line.
Freshman guard Nichole Hearns
of Miami, Fla. (Edison High) scored 16 points, including
four three-pointers, while
her high school teammate, sophomore Norma Noel, paced all scorers in
the contest with 19. LaKita
Robertson of Thibodeaux, La., scored 14, Alania Pendarvis of
Fruitland Park (Forrest
County AHS) 8, Jessica Shanklin of Baton Rouge, La., 5; Laura Walters
of Petal 5, and Tamikia
Hartfield of Hattiesburg (North Forrest) 2.
O-W led 53-29 at the half.
Hearns paced PRCC with a game-high 21 points and
duplicated her Friday effort
with four three-pointers, while Noel added 19, Pendarvis 12, Shanklin
10, Roberton 7, Jana Jenkins
of Brooklyn (Forrest County AHS) 2, and Kizzie Mark of Sandy
Hook (West Marion) 2.
Okaloosa-Walton swished
eight three-pointers in the game.
Against Delgado, Shanklin
opened the season with a bang, hitting for a career and game-
high 30 points, while Hearns
added 12, Noel 9, Roberton 6, Pendarvis 5, Walters 4, Traci
McMichael of Foxworth (West
Marion) 3, and Stevens 1.
Dawn Winn and LaTasha Coleman
combined for 47 points to lead the hosts to victory.
PRCC's ladies hosted Mary
Holmes Tuesday in M.R. White Coliseum, then take a week
off until Okaloosa-Walton
visits for men's and women's games. The ladies tip-off at 6 p.m.,
immediately followed by
the men.
PRCC will stage "Murder in the Magnolias"
November 10, and November
13 & 14
POPLARVILLE—Pearl River Community College Department of Speech and Theater will present "Murder in the Magnolias," a comedy spoof of "Southern" plays in three acts, Tuesday, Nov. 10, Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. each date and is open to the public. General admission is $5. PRCC students, faculty and staff will pay $3.
The play is Pearl River's entry in the Mississippi American College Theater Festival planned for Mississippi State University. PRCC will compete against other colleges and universities in the state for scholarships.
The cast includes Alan Takagi of El Lamino Real High School in Los Angeles; Terri Noble of Vancleave High School of Jackson County; Lindy Spiers of Sumrall; Clint McPhail of Oak Grove; Reyna Odom of Petal, Rochelle Broom of Poplarville; Jess Jackson of Petal; Josh Penot of Hancock County; Emmy Schaibly of Fontaine Bleu High School in Mandeville; Nick Smith of Poplarville; Melissa Burton of Picayune; and Jeremy Hepler of Carriere.
Assistant Director is Jessica Elmore of Foxworth, Lighting Director Jim Fite of Columbia, Stage Manager Jessica Lockwood of Picayune, Sound Manager Graig Clinton of Hattiesburg, Hair and Makeup artist Jenna Wade of Kiln.
Wildcats Hope To End Season On Positive Note With Win Over Hinds
With Both Teams Out Of Playoff Consideration, 2-6 Pearl River Sets Sights On 5-4 Hinds To Wrap-Up 1998 Season In Poplarville
POPLARVILLE Pearl
River College head coach Keith Daniels says don't misinterpret
defending state champion
Hinds' lackluster 5-4 record this season. The Eagles, PRCC's foe this
Thursday night in the season
finale for both squads, still have a very solid and talented football
team.
Twelfth-year Eagle head
coach Gene Murphy isn't accustomed to four-loss seasons. After
all, his Hinds squads have
recorded four straight state championship and five since 1988 under his
leadership. But even though
the Eagles were the preseason pick to repeat as South Division
champs and entered the season
ranked No. 7 nationally, this year is an exception to the rule in
Raymond.
"No, they (Hinds) haven't
played up to the expectations everybody had for them, but their
5-4 record isn't indicative
of the caliber of team they have either," Daniels said. "They've been
victimized by lots of mistakes
that are not typical of a Hinds team...and those mistakes have been
capitalized on by opponents
that have the personnel to to beat them.
"Hinds has really helped
the opposition this season through making so many mistakes."
Hinds opened the season
with a 16-9 win over North power East Mississippi, but lost two
of its next three a 26-16
loss to Mississippi Delta, a 48-7 win over Coahoma, and a
disheartening 30-21 loss
to Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Eagles recorded back-to-back victories
37-0 over Co-Lin and 35-7
over East Central before suffering back-to-back losses to
Southwest 24-17 and Jones
28-23. Last week, HCC got back on the winning track with a 35-7
non-division victory over
Holmes.
Daniels says Hinds has exceptional
linebackers and linemen on the defensive side, while
boasting the South Division's
best running back in Terrance Williams.
"Jones has a good one, Southwest
has a good one, but they're not as good as Williams,"
Daniels said. "We'll have
to contain him if we're to have any chance of winning."
Through eight games, Williams,
a first-team All-American pick, was tops in the state in
rushing with 867 yards on
156 carries (5.6-yard average per carry), while scoring seven
touchdowns. The sophomore
is averaging over 140 yards a game.
Daniels isn't as worried
about Hinds as he is his injury-riddled Wildcats.
Since the start of the season,
12 Wildcats have been lost to injuries or dismissed from the
team, while three starters
DL Robbie Stewart of North Forrest, OL Derrick Franklin of
Columbia, and DB Delvin
Peters of Columbia will miss the regular season finale with injuries
from last week's 16-7 loss
to East Central in Decatur.
"We'll be down to 40 players
against Hinds," Daniels said.
Stewart and Franklin will
be sidelined with ankle injuries, while Peters, the Wildcats'
leading tackler heading
into the ECCC game with 32 solos and 10 assists, underwent arthroscopic
surgery on his right knee
Wednesday morning in Hattiesburg. Peters played only sparingly against
the Warriors and didn't
record any defensive numbers. In addition, starting DL Chris Gistorb of
Alexandria, La., missed
two weeks with an ankle injury, but returned to see only limited playing
time last week, will be
back in the Wildcat starting lineup.
"Chris will be back in the
line-up, but he won't be 100 percent," Daniels said, noting the
Wildcats' leading rusher,
RB Anthony Davis of Shelby, N.C., will also return after missing the EC
game because of disciplinary
reasons.
In last year's game played
at Raymond, Hinds won 37-18 and killed any postseason
playoff hopes for the Wildcats.
The Eagles finished with 20 first downs and 418 total yards with
then-freshman Williams rushing
for 141 yards.
This season, Pearl River
lost four straight before shutting out Coahoma 48-0 on
September 24. Two more losses
followed 17-7 to Southwest and 34-13 to Gulf Coast
before the Wildcats rallied
in the final two minutes to drop Copiah-Lincoln 15-12 on October 24.
Last Thursday, PRCC blew
a 7-3 halftime lead to lose to East Central and drop to 2-7
overall and 1-4 in the division.
ECCC improved to 3-6, 2-3.
The host Warriors opened
the game with a nine-play, 51-yard drive to the Wildcat 16, but
PK Josh Hardy's 33-yard
field goal attempt was no good. Three series later, EC faked a punt and
the 40-yard run set-up a
first-and-goal at the Wildcat 7. Seven plays later, Hardy redeemed
himself with a 37-yard field
goal.
After an exchange of punts,
Pearl River engineered a 15-play, 60-yard drive to take the
lead. QB Derrell Burkett
completed 10 and 31-yard passes to TE Nate Williams to set things up
at the EC 13, then RB Cornelious
(Cornbread) Thornton scored from the three. PK Nando Lopes
booted the PAT to make things
7-3.
On Pearl River's second
possession of the second half, a Warrior roughing the punter
penalty near midfield benefitted
the Wildcats, who wound-up with a first down at the ECCC 34.
Controversy ensured when
Thornton burst for 8 yards and fumbled. The Warriors picked-up the
fall and took it the distance
for a TD. The PAT made it 10-7 EC's way with 6:09 left in the third.
Punter Greg Mitchell's 40-yard
boot early in the fourth quarter was downed by TE Jeffrey
Thomas at the hosts one-foot
line, but the Warriors followed with an impressive 99-plus-yard
scoring drive to deflate
any Wildcat momentum. The 13-play drive ate-up nearly 7 minutes of the
fourth-quarter clock and
McKenzie capped things from 3 yards out with 6:30 left. Hardy's PAT
was blocked.
PRCC had the edge in passing
yardage 111 to 62, but ECCC led in most other areas. The
Warriors had 21 first downs
(17 rush, 3 pass) to the Wildcats' 14 (8 rush, 4 pass), while they
amassed 334 total yards
(272 rush) to PRCC's 195. RB Jimmie Rax led Wildcat rushers with 69
yards on 17 carries. WR
Chris Marshall caught six passes for 48 yards.
"Players of the Week" for
the East Central game as selected by the Wildcat coaching staff
include:
OFFENSIVE AWARD Sophomore
TE Nate Williams of Hattiesburg, 2 catches for 41 yards.
DEFENSIVE AWARD Freshman
DB Paul Purvis of Purvis, 10 solo tackles, 9 assists.
SPECIAL TEAMS AWARD DB Patrick
Walker of Columbia, 3 tackles on punt coverages,
finished game with 4 solo
tackles, 2 assists, 1 pass interception (5 for season).
OFFENSIVE LINE AWARD Sophomore
OL Chris Johnson of Grand Bay, Ala.
DEFENSIVE LINE AWARD (Tie)
DL Johnny Ratliff of Hattiesburg and DE Ben Guy of Bay
St. Louis (St. Stanislaus),
both freshmen. Ratliff had 4 solo tackles and 2 assists, while Guy had
3
solos, 4 assists, 1 QB sack,
1 tackle for loss, 1 pass hurry, and 1 blocked punt.
The Pearl River-Hinds series,
which dates back to 1926 when the Wildcats won that
inaugural game 53-0, is
deadlocked at 27-27 with two ties. The Eagles have won the last four
meetings with PRCC last
winning in 1993 30-14 and in 1992 21-16.
PRCC's 13 state championships
is unmatched in Mississippi junior college football circles.
Hinds has won 11, including
a co-championship with The River in 1953.
In last week's Thursday
night junior college action around the state: Hinds (5-4, 3-3)
defeated Holmes (4-5, 2-3)
35-6 at Goodman, Northwest (9-0, 6-0) defeated East Mississippi (6-
3, 4-1) 28-18 in Scooba
to clinch the North Division crown, Itawamba (4-5, 2-3) defeated
Northeast (1-8, 1-4) 38-31
in Booneville, and Mississippi Delta (7-2, 4-2) defeated Coachoma (0-
9, 0-6) 54-6 in Clarksdale.
In Saturday action, Mississippi
Gulf Coast (5-4, 3-2) defeated Copiah-Lincoln (2-7, 1-4)
21-14 in Wesson, while nationally-ranked
(No. 4) and undefeated Jones (9-0, 6-0) clinched the
South Division title by
defeating Southwest (6-3, 3-2) 19-16 in Ellisville.
The 1998 Mississippi community
college regular season ends next week. On Thursday,
Holmes hosts Coahoma in
Goodman, Southwest hosts Co-Lin in Summit, Gulf Coast hosts East
Central in Perkinston, Itawamba
hosts East Mississippi in Fulton, Mississippi Delta hosts
Northeast in Moorhead, and
Northwest hosts Jones in Senatobia. NWCC and JCJC will return to
battle against one another
for the 1998 state championship game set for November 14 in Ellisville.