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New Head Basketball Coach Found for Lady Pirates
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New Head Basketball Coach Found for Lady Pirates

By: Ally Doty A new chapter began this week for the Pensacola State College Women’s basketball team when athletic director, Bill Hamilton, hired Clenita “Penny” Jones as the new head coach, taking former coach, Leah Drury’s position after two years of dedication. Jones attended Washington high school and played under one of the most well-known...

Ohio-Chillicothe Brought to Slaughter
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Ohio-Chillicothe Brought to Slaughter

By: Spenser Garber On March 4, 2014, Ohio-Chillicothe University Softball team visited Pensacola State College for a double-header where the Pirates won both games, 16-2 and 17-0. The first game saw a troubling start with 2 runs for the Ohio Hilltoppers and PSC suffered three up and three down in the first inning. Shortly after,...

Pirates Basketball Wins First tournament Game Since 1998
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Pirates Basketball Wins First tournament Game Since 1998

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State College men’s basketball team headed to Ocala, FL on Monday, March 3 to compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association State Tournament for the first time since 1998, when they defeated Dayton State College 102-79, but lost their second game, being bumped out of the tournament and went...

PSC Softball Finally Plays Home Game
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PSC Softball Finally Plays Home Game

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State College Softball Coach, Brenda Pena, and her squad of fourteen ladies hosted a double header with Bishop State Community College Tuesday, Feb. 25 on a rare day in Pensacola where the sun shined brightly and temperatures reached mid-sixties to early seventies. PSC softball rarely had games at home due...

2014 Pirate Invitational
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2014 Pirate Invitational

By: Ally Doty The 2014 Pirate Baseball Invitational took place Saturday, Feb. 22 through Monday, Feb. 24where the Pensacola State College baseball team welcomed four out of city teams and battled their way through the weekend. PSC first played on Saturday morning against the Rend Lake Warriors from Illinois. Rend Lake scored two early runs...

PSC Women’s Basketball Head Coach to Resign
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PSC Women’s Basketball Head Coach to Resign

    By: Ally Doty Leah Drury, the women’s head basketball coach for Pensacola State College, announced her resignation today, Feb. 26, at the Hartsell Arena, which has been her home for the last two years of her coaching career. The event started out lightly, when Bill Hamilton stepped up to the podium and knocked...

Men’s Basketball Stops Conference Rivals
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Men’s Basketball Stops Conference Rivals

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State men’s basketball team battled their rivals, Gulf Coast Community College, in a blood bath battle for sixty minutes in which they endured angry coaches, bad calls and a rowdy crowd. PSC went into the game with a 3-4 conference record and a 15-10 overall season record and felt it...

Women’s Basketball Falls to Conference Rivals
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Women’s Basketball Falls to Conference Rivals

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State women’s basketball team faced conference rivals, Gulf Coast Community College, on Wed. February 5, 2014 in hopes of grasping their first conference win of the season. Going into the match, the Pirates held a 0-7 conference record and a 10-14 overall record with second year-coach Leah Drury, desperate for...

PSC Women’s Team Participate in Classic Tournament
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PSC Women’s Team Participate in Classic Tournament

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State women’s basketball team participated in the Pensacola Classic Tournament on December 13th and 14th at the Lou Ross Center. Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” rang off the gymnasium walls Friday, Dec. 13 as PSC and Southern Union State Community College flocked towards the court to warm up before the game. “It...

Women’s Basketball Team Takes Victory at Home Opener
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Women’s Basketball Team Takes Victory at Home Opener

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State College women’s basketball team proved good form at their first home match, Saturday Nov. 16 at the Lou Ross Center, after defeating Meridian Community College by 12 points. At the start of the season leading up to their first home game, the Lady Pirates held a 3-2 record on...