Category: <span>Sports</span>

Shauna Cook The Corsair Melissa McShan is the Pirates’ new physical trainer.  She got her Bachelors in Kinesiology at University of Northern Texas and her Masters Degree of Science in Sports Management from Southern Mississippi. She did internships and worked at Clemson, Jacksonville State University, and Alabama. “I got to work with the WNBA Detroit...

A-mila West The Corsair Efforts are still under way to recruit more members for the cheer and dance squad that will support this season’s Pensacola State College men and women’s basketball teams. Coach LaRita Carter has held four auditions since the beginning of fall semester to search for talent. While currently there are only six...

Brian McLellan The Corsair The Pensacola area has always worshiped college football like a religion.  Yet somehow it has taken until 2011 before talks of having a college football program actually exist in the area. Though the closest Division-1 program is in Tallahassee, and another is soon going to be in Mobile, there are no...

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates finish the Florida State Tournament with another win against Palm Beach College Oct. 15 in a 3 set match winning 25-14, 25-20, and 25-17. “This was the second time we got to play Palm Beach and it was the second time we beat them,” Head Coach Chris Laird said....

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates got their first time win against Hillsborough Community College Oct.15 in the Florida State Tournament in a 5 set match 25-19, 19-25, 25-22, 24-26, and 15-10. “It was a first time for me and a first time for the program to beat them,” Head Coach Chris Laird said.     ”...

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates lost to Illinois Central College on Oct.14 in a 5 set match 21-25, 25-20, 22-25, 26-24, and 10-15. “The biggest let down was that we did lose that match,” Head Coach Chris Laird said. “It was unfortunate, but on the flip side we just got done beating the #1...

The Lady Pirates defeat #1 ranked team Miami-Dade in 4 sets winning 25-21, 20-25, 25-19, and 25-23 in the Florida State Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. on Oct. 14. “That’s a really big deal obviously because we wanted to beat them and before we could never get a set off of them,” Head Coach Chris Laird...

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates take the match in 3 sets against St. John’s River Oct. 13, 25-16, 25-20, and 25-15. Sarah Guidry had 14 kills and hit a 550 for the match.   “Normally, just like a baseball hitting percentage, the higher the better,” Head Coach Chris Laird said. “For volleyball, anything over...

Shauna Cook The Corsair On Thurs. Oct. 11 which was Breast Cancer Awareness Night for the Lady Pirates. Just like they fight to find a cure, they fought to take the win and conquered  in 3 sets killing the “War hawks” 25-6, 25-13, and 25-9.   “In a match like tonight, the girls have a sense...

Shauna Cook The Corsair The Lady Pirates clinched the Panhandle Conference Championship beating Gulf Coast College in 3 sets at Tuesday’s match in Panama City: 25-22, 25-20, and 25-17. “Hats off to Gulf Coast College, they played harder than they have in the past and obviously the scores show that,” said Head Coach Chris Laird....