Category: <span>Archived Sports</span>

Joseph DeAngelis Published: March 3 2004 Many basketball programs would be content with a 25-5 record, a national ranking and a berth in the state tournament. But the 23rd ranked PJC’s Lady Pirates are not content; they are hungry. After winning their first 18 games, the Lady Pirates finished second in the Panhandle Conference and...

Lindsay Spencer Published: November 9, 2005 The Lady Pirates completed yet another terrific season at the state volleyball tournament in Lakeland last week. In the opening round, PJC lost the first game to Manatee Community College.  They were then eliminated from the tournament by St. Petersburg Community College. “The team competed and represented PJC very...

Joshua Watson and Morgan Gates Published: November 9, 2005 Upon first glance, the team may just seem like any other group of junior college students playing the game they love. However, if you were to get close enough to hear them speak, you would also find out that the men of the 2005-06 men’s basketball...

David LaRock Published: November 9, 2005 The 2005-06 Men’s Pirate Basketball team begins its fight for the Panhandle Conference Championship with a series of early season non-conference games to sharpen skills. The Panhandle Conference has a strong reputation for being the toughest conference in the nation. “The Panhandle Conference is one of the toughest junior...

Morgan Gates Published: November 9, 2005 Nov. 4 and 5 marked the opening of the 2005-2006 PJC Basketball Season for both the men’s and women’s teams. The teams played in tournaments – the CiCi’s Tip-Off Classic for the Pirates and the Okaloosa-Walton Tip-Off Classic for the Lady Pirates. The Pirates tipped off their tournament in...

Joshua Kinser Published: November 9, 2005 The weekend of Oct. 23, Hurricane Wilma brought to the Gulf Coast what some are calling the greatest surf in 30 years. Along with perfect waves came world class surfers, the Quicksilver surfing team, photographers and journalists from “Surfer Magazine,” and recognition from the global surfing community that may...

Lindsay Spencer Published: October 26, 2005 “So you want to go to Lakeland, huh?” Coach Pete Pena asked after the Lady Pirates dominated over Gulf Coast Community College.  Lakeland is where the girls will travel in a couple of weeks to compete at the state level. “The first game was the hardest and most intense,”...

Morgan Gates Published: October 26, 2005 PJC’s gym in the Lou Ross Center held this year’s annual Pensacola Basketball Coaches Clinic sponsored by the Andrews Institute on Oct. 13th. Each coach that attended the event donated $10 to United Way’s Hurricane Relief Effort Funds, in lieu of a fee. The event was hosted by PJC’s...

Erin Hammontree Published: October 26, 2005 It’s hot, humid, and the overbearing heat from the sun has taken its toll on your body. You feel the sweat billow and run down your face from the inside of your helmet. No worries though, as you throw the gear into third, you spot a murky cesspool of...

Joshua Kinser Published: October 26, 2005 Sparkling freshwater springs that trickle into Juniper Creek and sugar white sand bars are just a few of the reasons to glide down this less paddled creek in Blackwater River State Forest. With Blackwater River crowded by motor boats and Coldwater Creek covered with tubers and paddlers, Juniper Creek...