The Jones County Junior College Football Show with Coach Eddie Pierce will make its debut at 6:30 p.m. on Monday on local Comcast Cable channel 11 in Laurel, Hattiesburg and Petal.
Coach Pierce, along with JCJC Director of Sports Broadcasting Lance Pittman, will review highlights and discuss Thursday’s 38-7 Jones’ whipping of the Itawamba Community College Indians from Bobcat Stadium/Sim Cooley Field.
JCJC, ranked No. 7 in the NJCAA/JCfootball.com preseason poll, will host East Mississippi at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6. The Lions whipped Co-Lin 28-9 in their opener. (The next NJCAA/JCfootball.com poll will not be released until Sept. 9.)
It will be Hall of Fame Weekend at Jones, as Gene Tullos (basketball), Randall Boone (basketball) and John Perkins (football) will be inducted into the JCJC Sports Hall of Fame at a 6 p.m. banquet on Friday at the Ronald Whitehead Advanced Technology Center. The three inductees will be recognized at halftime of Saturday’s game.
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Bobcat football TV show airs Monday
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Lady Braves in title game
The South Jones Lady Braves will meet their old nemesis Wayne County here Friday night at 6 p.m. in the finals of the Region 5-5A basketball tournament. South Jones downed county rival West Jones while Wayne County came away with an impressive win over Stone County here Tuesday night.
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STATE CHAMPIONS
The Laurel Knight Hawks captured the Mississippi Christian Home Educators (MCHE) state basketball championship Monday in Jackson. In the final game of the double elimination tournament, the Knight Hawks defeated the two year reigning state champions, Jackson Victors, with a final score of 67-64.
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Northeast Jones grads doing well in sports world
Justin Cooley was approved Monday night by the Smith County school board as the new head football coach at Raleigh High School.
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No. 2 Bobcats ready for 2012 baseball season
What can they do for an encore?
That’s the question facing the 2012 Jones County Junior College Bobcats as they prepare for the Feb. 11 home opener against Mississippi Delta Community College. -
Hot-shooting Bobcats whip East Central, 92-62
The Jones County Junior College Bobcats shot over 52 percent from the floor and defeated East Central Community College 92-62 here Monday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building.
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Second season begins tonight
The season ending district tournaments are beginning tonight throughout Mississippi.
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No. 10 Lady Bobcats have high expectations in 2012
The Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats accomplished quite a bit on the softball diamond in 2011.
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NEJ’s McMillan signs with Holmes Bulldogs
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LHS’ Armstrong signs with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College:
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