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By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC baseball team won their final two games in the Delgado tournament. PJC defeated the College of Dupage 12-4 on Sunday and Delgado 12-5 on Saturday. Josh Reed was credited with the win over Dupage. Ryan Ditthardt and David Poutier each went 3-5 with a doubles...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 Coach Bill Hamilton became PJC’s all-time winningest coach on Friday as PJC won back-to-back games against the College of Dupage and Delgado Community College, who beat PJC 7-6 on Thursday. Hamilton now has 525 total wins since he began his tenure at PJC. On Thursday’s game against...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC men’s and women’s basketball teams both had a chance to pull shocking upsets over Chipola’s men’s and women’s team, but lost the game at the end. In the women’s game, PJC (now 4-7 in the conference)lost 70-66. PJC trailed at halftime 39-32 but made a...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 Familiar game trends frequently popped up during the PJC men’s basketball team’s 86-66 loss to Gulf Coast Community College on Saturday night. Once again, PJC significantly out-rebounded their opponent and still lost the game. “I’ve never had a team,” said head coach Paul Swanson, “that has consistently...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC baseball team has scored 10 or more runs in each of the four games they’ve played and won so far this season. After scoring 10 runs in game one of a two game series against Baton Rouge Community College, PJC won game two on Saturday...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC baseball team routed Baton Rouge Community College 10-2 Friday, giving the Pirates an important home opening win. “That’s very important,” said Ryan Ditthardt, who had two home runs in the game. “It sets the pace for the season.” PJC was explosive on offense. After being...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC men’s basketball team continued their losing streak, which now stands at six, Wednesday night after losing to Tallahassee Community College 97-69. PJC head coach Paul Swanson said that this was the first game this season where he felt his team was outplayed in every way...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 It was an uphill battle for the PJC women’s basketball team as they fought adversity all game long in their heartbreaking 54-52 loss to Tallahassee Community College. The Lady Pirates left everything on the court Wednesday night but to no avail. After a back-and-forth second half, it...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC baseball team is looking forward to a competitive season this year as the Pirates should have a perfect blend of talented freshman and experienced sophomores. Head Coach Bill Hamilton has not yet made an official starting line-up and that is because he has a lot...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 30, 2008 The PJC Men’s basketball team finished non-conference play with a record of 12-5 and had a lot of confidence going into their conference schedule. However, the Pirates lost a heartbreaking 93-91 conference home opener against Okaloosa Walton College, a game in which there were several instances of...