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Wrestling

 

 

 

Harper wrestlers earn top national ranking  
 Daily Herald
- Jan 27, 2010

There's been an upbeat mood recently in the Sports and Wellness wrestling room at Harper College. On Jan. 20, the Harper wrestling team was voted the No.

 

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Detmers, Pastrovich, O'Malley Among LLCC HoF Honorees  
 The Journal News
- Jan 25, 2010

Nineteen former athletes and one former coach will be inducted into the Lincoln Land Community College Athletic Hall of Fame the afternoon of Saturday, Feb.

 

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Football

 

 

 

RVC president pulls plug on football program  
 Rockford Register Star (AP)
- Jan 28, 2010

Photos Purchase this photo SCOTT MORGAN | RRSTAR.COM Rock Valley College's Henry Davis is hit by Joliet's Blake Rogers in the second quarter Saturday, Aug.

 

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AWC's Minnick with ties to both Super Bowl teams  
 KSWT 13 News
- Jan 28, 2010

(Yuma, AZ) - January 25, 2010 - AWC Head Football Coach Tom Minnick doesn't need to be in Miami two weeks from now to know how a couple of Super Bowl participants are feeling.

 

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Former BCC standout gives verbal commitment to MSU  
 Battle Creek Enquirer (AP)
- Jan 26, 2010

Former Battle Creek Central standout Rashad White, a 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive tackle for Fort Scott Community College (Kansas), has given his verbal commitment to sign with Michigan State next Wednesday on National Signing Day.

 

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Soccer

 

 

 

EHS senior signs with Lewis and Clark  
 TEdwardsville Intelligencer (AP)
- Jan 28, 2010

Emily King cinched a likely successful collegiate soccer experience by inking a deal to play at Lewis and Clark Community College. LCCC is coming off a 23-2-1 record and a tie for third place at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament in 2009.

 

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Gloucester County College hires soccer coach  
 Today's Sunbeam - NJ.com
- Jan 27, 2010

When Dan Roberts stepped down last season after 12 years as the head coach of the Gloucester County College women's soccer team, the Roadrunners had a void to fill.

 

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Volleyball

 

 

 

Lon Morris College names Velez volleyball coach  
 Daily Progress, Jacksonville
- Jan 23, 2010

sports@jacksonvilleprogress.com Frankie Velez has been named head volleyball coach at Lon Morris College, according to the university’s athletic director, Dale Dotson.

 

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Felker to play volleyball at Neosho County  
 The Joplin Globe (AP)
- Jan 23, 2010

By Anvil Welch awelch@joplinglobe.com CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Desiree Felker, a two-time all-Big 8 Conference selection for the Carl Junction High School volleyball team, signed a letter of intent with Neosho County Community College on Friday.

 

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Baseball

 

 

 

True student-athletes /  
 Dailycommercial.com
- Jan 29, 2010

True student-athletes FRANK JOLLEY Staff Writer LEESBURG -- Rich Billings looks for more than baseball players when he is on the recruiting trail. The Lake-Sumter Community College baseball coach wants not only the best high-school players he can find, but he searches for student-athletes who can be leaders...

 

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’Cats’ Hill signs with Florence-Darlington Tech  
 Herald Online
- Jan 29, 2010

Michael Hill, a senior third baseman at Rock Hill High School, has signed to play baseball at Florence-Darlington Technical College next year. Hill was joined by family and friends at Second Baptist Church on Saturday night for the official signing.

 

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CSN baseball team out to make amends for last year’s finish  
 Las Vegas Sun
- Jan 29, 2010

The College of Southern Nevada baseball team has built a reputation over the years as being one of the nation’s elite junior college programs. It didn’t appear that way, however, last spring when CSN closed the season by being the first team eliminated in the double elimination NJCAA Region 18 event.

 

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Wild signs with Mineral College  
 Bnd.com
- Jan 26, 2010

Seth Wild (center, seated), a class of 2010 Left handed pitcher from O'Fallon High School, recently signed a NJCAA letter of intent to attend Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri.

 

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Curnel, Lawson choose NMMI  
 Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
- Jan 25, 2010

SEGUIN If the current trend continues, Roswell, N.M. will soon be known more for Matadors than aliens. On Monday afternoon, two more Seguin baseball players seniors Ronnie Bubba Lawson and Jared Curnel signed letters of intent to play for New Mexico Military institute, joining former Matador...

 

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Basketball

 

 

 

Slower second half pays off for Pima  
 American Chronicle
- Jan 28, 2010

By Rob Weiler, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. Jan. 28--After 20 minutes of pingpong, 20 minutes of chess put Arizona Western College women's basketball team into a slumber.

 

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JCC's Henderson is Mid-State Player of the Week  
 Watertowndailytimes.com
- Jan 28, 2010

Freshman point guard Terence Henderson of Jefferson Community College was named Mid-State Athletic Conference Player of the Week. Henderson averaged 37 points and 13.

 

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GTCC Men's Basketball Team Ranked 4th In The Nation  
 Digtriad.com
- Jan 28, 2010

Jamestown, N.C. - What a difference a year makes. Guilford Technical Community College coach Phil Gaffney was lamenting his 2009 men's basketball team finishing the season with the worst record (12-20) of any team he has coached.

 

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OCC Women are now 21-0, Men win too  
 Cnycentral.com
- Jan 28, 2010

Read more: Onondaga Community College, OCC, Mens Basketball, Womens Basketball, College, NCAA Basketball This has all the makings to be a special year for Onondaga Community College Women's basketball.

 

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Basketball: Odessa College's Wade is enjoying return from ACL injury  
 Odessa American Online
- Jan 27, 2010

Odessa College’s Carlo Wade knew that something was wrong with her right knee. Just three games into the 2008-09 season, Wade was injured during a tournament game at Trinity Valley, but though she was hurt, the extent of the injury wouldn’t be revealed until the Lady Wranglers returned home.

 

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MCC Men Ranked 18th  
 Kwtx.com
- Jan 26, 2010

The McLennan Community College men’s basketball team jumped five spots to 18th in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association poll released today.

 

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RCTC women named Team of the Year  
 Post-Bulletin (AP)
- Jan 26, 2010

By Guy N. Limbeck The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN The Rochester Community and Technical College women's basketball team got a chance to celebrate some more on Monday night.

 

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TC3 men rise to No. 4 in basketball poll  
 The Ithaca Journal
- Jan 26, 2010

DRYDEN -- Tompkins Cortland Community College was ranked fourth in the latest NJCAA Division III men's basketball poll. It's the highest ranking ever for the Panthers, and the fourth consecutive week in the top 10.

 

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Morrison, Pima eye national title  
 eXaminer.com
- Jan 25, 2010

It was a little over two years ago when a friend tipped off new Pima Community College women’s basketball coach Todd Holthaus about a pair of fairly unheralded Phoenix-area senior prep players out of Surprise Copper Canyon High School that were playing in a Tucson-area holiday tournament.

 

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Softball

 

 

 

Kankakee Community College players to continue careers  
 The Daily Journal (AP)
- Jan 29, 2010

Kankakee Community College sophomores Tara Buchanan and Heather Gradishar will each continue their college softball careers when their days as Cavaliers are over.

 

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GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOFTBALL PREVIEW:Seeking higher ground  
 Local XXL (ENG)
- Jan 29, 2010

PST GLENDALE — Though the first pitch of the season hasn’t been thrown, Glendale Community College softball Coach Dave “Hawk” Wilder said there’s already a calming influence with a primarily new cast of players.

 

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National tournament or bust for North Idaho softball  
 CDA Press.com
- Jan 27, 2010

COEUR d'ALENE -- The bad taste left in their mouths after an early exit from the Region 18 tournament is still fresh, but the North Idaho College softball team intends on leaving their fellow Scenic West Athletic Conference rivals with the same feeling in early May on the way to a NJCAA tournament appearance.

 

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Keokuk's Bowen chooses Indian Hills  
 The Hawk Eye
- Jan 26, 2010

Senior will play softball for NJCAA Division I power. By CHAD DRURY cdrury@thehawkeye.com KEOKUK -- Keokuk High School softball player Autumn Bowen had a few options when it came to deciding where to continue her career.

 

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Gomez signs letter-of-intent to play for former BHS standout  
 Breckenridge American Online
- Jan 25, 2010

There s that old saying: Never forget where you come from. Candra McKee remembered her roots and now is using them in an effort to bolster her softball roster as the women s softball coach at Clarendon College, as Breckenridge High School senior pitcher Davina Gomez officially signed her letter-of-intent to...

 

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