The Lady Pirates basketball team brought in a full house Jan. 6 as they defeated nationally ranked No. 4 Northwest Florida State in overtime 83-75 and are now 1-0 in conference. PJC is ranked No.7 in the nation. Another Panhandle Conference team, Gulf Coast is ranked No. 1. Before overtime, PJC was down 69-67 with…
MADELAIN TIGANO The Corsair Mixed Martial Arts is taking charge in popularity all over the world, and Desiree Cicale believes “Pensacola is going to produce fighters like nowhere else.” Cicale and her partner, Alex Silva Ruas, own a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA, and Muay Thai training camp on West Gregory Street in downtown Pensacola. As…
MADELAIN TIGANO The Lady Pirates, PJC’s volleyball team, are now conference champions after winning Oct. 14 against Gulf Coast Community College in a battle for an entry to the state tournament. “I’m excited to go to state,” said Cassidy Nance, freshman player. “It is what we worked really hard for, and we finally did it.”…
Lindsey Chavers Published: January 24, 2006 The men’s basketball team gained a much needed win against Gulf Coast Community College on Jan. 17 with a 93-68 victory. PJC gained the lead early and went into the second half with a 10-point lead. The Pirates managed to keep the Commodores at bay with a strong offensive…
Lindsey Chavers Published: January 24, 2006 Having to do math on a weekend, with no calculators, would not even be an option for most people. But for the 400 high school and middle school students who attended the Region 1 Mu Alpha Theta math tournament at the PJC Milton Campus on Jan. 13, it was…
Katie Coseo Published: January 24, 2006 There are boxes stacked up against the wall that have yet to be unpacked in the lobby of the Pensacola campus clinic. But the news is that there is a lobby at all. “This used to be all outside,” RN Judy Harrington said. The clinic, run by Harrington, has…
Ricky Di Williams Published: January 24, 2006 Governor Charlie Crist withdrew 283 gubernatorial appointments when he took office a couple of weeks ago. Four of the names on the withdrawal docket are members of PJC’s Board of Trustees; Chairwoman Dona Usry, Celeste Norris, Deidre Young, and Harry Miller Caldwell. The other five members, Vincent R.…
Lindsey Chavers Published: January 8, 2006 The PJC men’s flag football team ended an accomplished season with a trip to the national competition held at the University of West Florida, Dec. 29-31. “This year’s team could have won and were talented enough to win,” said Doug Rogers, the team’s coach. But they fell short, only…
Lindsey Chavers Published: January 8, 2006 The PJC women’s basketball team moved closer to conference games during a two-day tour in Louisiana, Jan. 1-2. Their first match-up was against Louisiana State University- Eunice, who are on their longest winning streak in history. PJC managed to hold on, and even gained the lead at one point…
Carlus Page Published: January 8, 2006 So you’ve heard the term “fantasy football” but still aren’t quite sure what it is? Fantasy Football has been played for more than 20 years, becoming ever so popular over the past six. Curtis Stothers, a U.S. Marine and college student, says he has been playing Fantasy Football since…