Category: <span>Archived Sports</span>

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC baseball team started their season off with back-to-back wins over Indian River Community College. The Pirates won 12-6 on Friday’s game and 13-9 on Saturday’s game. Miguel Mejia started on the mound for the Pirates on Friday and Chris Sorce started on Saturday. Defenisvely, the...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 PJC women’s basketball head coach Chanda Rigby said she wanted to experiment with her bench players by giving them a significant amount of playing time in Saturday’s 72-42 win over North Florida. She may well have found a new contributor and go-to player. Center Latoya Thomas scored...

by Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 PJC extended their losing streak to five games Wednesday night as they suffered a 90-75 defeat at the hands of Okaloosa Walton College, who also started the losing streak with a 93-91 overtime win over the Pirates on Jan. 5. PJC head coach Paul Swanson said that...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC Women’s Basketball team had a chance to pull into second place in the Panhandle Conference with a road win over Okaloosa Walton College but instead lost 68-53, falling into a tie for third place against Tallahasse, whom PJC will play next Wednesday night. Poor shooting...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 After starting conference play with a record of 0-3, their latest lost coming on the road at the hands of Tallahassee, the PJC men’s basketball team unfortunately had to turn right around and play No. 1 ranked Chipola (22-0, 4-0) on Saturday night. Despite a hard fought...

by Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC Pirates out-rebounded The Tallahassee Eagles 61-29 in Tuesday’s conference match-up and yet lost the game 78-75. The difference in the game was the Eagles’ performance on the foul line as they made 23 of 29 attempts while the Pirates made only 10 of 19. “They...

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 After a 2-0 start in the conference, the PJC women’s basketball team dropped their third straight game. This time it was a 59-51 defeat at the hands of Tallahassee Community College, ranked No. 6 in the state. The Lady Pirates (13-6, 2-3) were down by 43-18 in...

Joe Edler Published: February 18 2004 Champs The Detroit Tigers.  They went out and signed Ivan Rodriguez on Monday.  Four years for $40 million.  The rebuilding has begun. The Pro Bowl.  The NFL’s equivalent to an all-star game was amazing this year.  What a game.  The two teams set the record for most points scored...

Joe Elder Published: February 18 2004 I am a sports fan.  I guess that’s a good thing since I am the sports editor.  I have been thinking about the word fan lately though.  Fan is short for fanatic. It’s cool that the sports world takes people away.  They get wrapped up in a particular team...

Joseph DeAngelis Published: February 18 2004 Did your New Year’s Resolution include something about getting in shape? If so, you’re not alone. Many fitness centers see enrollment increases during the first two months of the year. But did you know that as a PJC student or employee, you have access to a fitness center –...