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Pearl River's showchoir, RiverRoad, performs for the 1999 Homecoming Luncheon.

     WESSON   Copiah-Lincoln swept Pearl River in both school's South Division
men's and women's basketball openers here Thursday.
     The Wildcats fell 76-69 to drop to 3-2 overall and 0-1 in division play...more
 

November 17, 1999 River Sweeps Gulf Coast Classic Bombs Bevill State 92-59, NW-Shoals 80-71 To Improve To 3-1

     PERKINSTON   Pearl River's Wildcats are now 3-1 following their sweep in the Gulf
Coast Classic Monday and Tuesday here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
campus.
     PRCC bombed Bevill State from Sumiton, Ala., 92-59 on Monday; then followed with an
80-71 blasting of Northwest-Shoals from Muscle Shoals, Ala...more
 

November 16, 1999 River Bombs Bevill 92-59 Wildcats Improve To 2-1 With Win In Gulf Coast Tournament

     PERKINSTON   Pearl River's Wildcats improved to 2-1 overall with a 92-59
demolition of Bevill Community College from Fayette, Ala., here Monday in the Gulf Coast
Tournament.
     The win marked the second straight...more
 

November 15, 1999 Pearl River Sweeps Mississippi Delta Wildcats Even Record To 1-1; Lady Wildcats Improve To 1-3 Overall

     MOORHEAD   Pearl River Community College picked-up its first basketball wins of the
1999-2000 season here Saturday with the Wildcats topping Mississippi Delta's Trojans 98-94 and
the Lady Wildcats winning 64-62...more
 

November 10, 1999 Okaloosa-Walton Sweeps Pearl River Raiders, Lady Raiders Remain Unbeaten With Victories Tuesday

     POPLARVILLE   Okaloosa-Walton kept its unbeaten records in men's and women's
basketball intact here Tuesday, sweeping Pearl River Community College in M.R. White
Coliseum...more
 

November 8, 1999 Hinds Clinches South Title With 50-6 Romp Over River Eagles To Host Itawamba In Playoffs Next Week; Wildcats Finish 3-7, 1-5

     RAYMOND   The Hinds Eagles wrapped-up their 1999 regular season in grand style
here Thursday, blasting rival Pearl River 50-6 to clinch the 1999 MACJC South Division title.
     The nationally-ranked Eagles, who finished 9-1 overall and 5-1 in division play, will play
Itawamba, the North's No. 2 finisher, next Saturday in Raymond in the first round of the
MACJC's new four-team playoff set-up (North's No. 1 plays the South's No. 2 and vice-versa).
Itawamba, 6-4 and 4-2, was upset by East Mississippi 35-3 in Scooba Saturday to wrap-up its
regular season...more
 

November 5, 1999 Spring Semester Pearls Tryouts Nov. 22

     POPLARVILLE   Pearl River Community College's String of Pearls tryouts for the
2000 spring semester are set for Monday, November 22, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in M.R. White
Coliseum...more
 

November 3, 1999 Mathis Says Lady Wildcats Played Well Despite Losing Two In Northeast Tipoff

     POPLARVILLE   Richard Mathis says his first Pearl River Community College Lady
Wildcat basketball team "played well" in the Northeast Mississippi Tip-Off Classic in Booneville
this week, despite losing 74-68 to Roane State and 73-57 to host Northeast.
     "We didn't win, but I feel pretty good after seeing how we performed under fire," said
Mathis, who took over the PRCC women's program and enters his ninth season as the men's head
coach. "I think we'll be okay before...more
 

November 1, 1999 River Faces Hinds In Season Finale Eagles Can Clinch South Division Championship With Playoff Warm-Up Against Wildcats

     POPLARVILLE   Pearl River Community College head football coach Keith Daniels
says Hinds may not be as talented as it has been in its past years of glory, but the Eagles are
playing together as a team better than they ever have in Daniels' five seasons with the Wildcats.
     That's not good news for The River which will end the 1999 season Thursday against
Coach Gene Murphy's nationally-ranked Eagles in Raymond...more
 
 

November 1, 1999 East Central In Playoff Driver's Seat With 46-7 Blowout Of Pearl River Warriors Control Their Own Destiny; Post Season Nod Rests On Thursday's Perk Game

     POPLARVILLE   The East Central Warriors put themselves in the driver's seat for
a post season playoff berth following their blow out of South Division rival Pearl River
46-7 here Saturday in junior college football action in Dobie Holden Stadium.
     PRCC was celebrating its 1999 homecoming with high hopes of picking up its
fourth win of the season...more