Category: <span>Archived Sports</span>

Corey Reese Published: March 29, 2006 PJC’s baseball team took on Florida’s #1 Junior College baseball team in Gulf Coast on Sunday April 2, losing 14-12. Nick Francis went 5-5 with 3 runs and Brandon Hamilton had 4 RBI’s to lead the Pirate offense.  Nick Pressley allowed 8 runs in 3 innings to head the...

Corey Reese Published: March 29, 2006 March Madness has been just that – madness.  Three ‘Cinderella’ teams – Wichita State, George Mason and Bradley – and teams like Michigan State, Syracuse, and Iowa going out in the first round have turned my bracket to confetti.  I can, at least, say that I got one thing...

Corey Reese Published: March 29, 2006 Using the same bat, using the same glove, not stepping on the chalk lines.  These are all superstitions and rituals that are common place in baseball, even with PJC’s baseball team.  The rituals and superstitions start the day before a game for the Pirates. “The day before the game...

Samantha Meyers His peers think of him as a talented athlete, hardworking student, and a quick-footed basketball player; his name is Jalin Thomas.  Now Thomas has been selected for the Hal Chasey Award by the Florida Community College Activities Association. The Hal Chasey Award has only been given to five PJC basketball players in the...

Corey Reese Published: March 8, 2006 PJC’s baseball team, trying to avoid a sweep, pushed Chipola to extra innings but ultimately fell short losing 7-6 in 12 innings.  Chipola swept the three game weekend series with the win. Jared Grace had 2 hits and 3 RBI and Nick Francis added 2 hits.  Jimbo Bunch went...

Corey Reese Published: March 8, 2006 The PJC baseball team continued its winning ways and improving their conference record, sweeping North Florida in their three games this weekend. The sweep gave PJC their first three conference wins of the season and the Pirates ended the weekend with a strong statement. In the 11-1, 5-inning win...

Corey Reese Published: March 8, 2006 Baseball is starting up again.and I love it.  The sport has so many stories that you can talk about from Barry Bonds dressing up as Paula Abdul for rookie hazing at Giants spring training, to his chase for Hank Aaron’s 755 home run record.  You can talk about the...

David LaRock Published: March 8, 2006 The 2005-2006 PJC basketball season has come to a close. The players, as well as the coaches, put a lot of heart, sweat, and tears into this year’s basketball season, only to see it come up short of the ultimate goal, a championship. The team did not just lose...

Corey Reese Published: March 8, 2006 The Lou Ross Center, home to PJC’s basketball teams, coaches’ offices, and pool, has become a ghost town while it undergoing renovations. The center was built in the 1960s.  This is the second renovation the center has undergone in the last 10 years.  The last renovation included installing a...

Corey Reese Published: February 22, 2006 The PJC Lady Pirate softball team swept a doubleheader against Meridian Junior College, winning by a combined score of 30-7. PJC won the first game 13-4 behind Amanda Leggett’s 5 innings of pitching.  They won the second game 17-3 behind Alicia Burnett’s 4 innings of pitching. The only two...