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Member Colleges
 
Anne Arundel Community College Fall Sports Outlooks  
 The Capital
- Sep 10, 2009
CROSS COUNTRY Coach: Jim Griffiths, 3rd year Runners to watch: Amanda Jones, Andrea Zoolakis, Sarah Peterson, Rachel Sattler, Emily Bolling, Kirsten Dolle, Cara Manas, Christin Probst Outlook: The Pioneers have won back-to-back Region 20 and Maryland Junior College Conference championships and look poised to...

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Cross Country
 
Tritons ready to make national run  
 The Messenger
- Sep 10, 2009
Advertisement Both the Iowa Central men's and women's cross country programs have recently established themselves as perennial contenders for the coveted NJCAA national crown.

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Football
 
RCTC a heavy favorite again against Itasca  
 Post-Bulletin
- Sep 11, 2009
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN The Rochester Community and Technical College football team hasn't had much trouble with Itasca in recent years and coach Brad LaPlante would like to continue that trend.

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Pima gets serious (at last) about its football  
 Arizona Daily Star
- Sep 11, 2009
advertisement In its original form, football at Pima College wasn't intended to attract attention. It was an opportunities-for-students concept meant to contribute to the campus the same way performing-arts students do at the Black Box Theatre, or PCC dance students do in the upcoming "A Season of New...

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Greyhounds rise in the junior college poll  
 Morningsun.net (AP)
- Sep 10, 2009
FORT SCOTT — With only two weeks gone in the 2009 football season, Jeff Sims and the Fort Scott Community College football team find themselves gaining respect, in the way of a national poll.

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Shed, No. 2 EMCC host Holmes to begin title defense  
 Starkville Daily News
- Sep 10, 2009
For the Daily News SCOOBA – With the school’s highest national ranking during the modern football era in hand, the second-ranked East Mississippi Lions begin defense of their 2008 MACJC North Division title today by entertaining Holmes Community College on the Scooba campus.

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EAST MISSISSIPPI RANKED SECOND NATIONALLY IN NJCAA/JCFOOTBALL.COM TOP 25  
 MSN Fox Sports
- Sep 10, 2009
SCOOBA, Miss., Sept. 8 -- East Mississippi Community College issued the following news release: Set to begin defense of their 2008 MACJC North Division championship this week against Holmes, the second-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College will enter Thursday's division opener sporting the team...

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PRCC up to #5 in poll  
 Picayune Item
- Sep 09, 2009
Special to the Item POPLARVILLE — After recording two straight convincing wins to open its 2009 gridiron campaign, Pearl River Community College picked up a No.

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AWC's Bullock, Holmes honored  
 News Channel 11
- Sep 09, 2009
KVBC News 3 KRNV News 4 KENV News 10 KPVI News 6 KXTF Fox 35 KCWY NBC 13 From: AWC Athletics Wwebsite Bullock, Holmes named WSFL Players of the Week Matadors’ stunning win at Snow propels them from 24th to 16th in NJCAA Poll Yuma, Arizona – September 8, 2009 -- Arizona Western College is proud to announce...

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NEW - NAVARRO FOOTBALL: Bulldogs moved up to No. 3 in national polls  
 Corsicana Daily Sun
- Sep 08, 2009
Rival Blinn is the new No. 1-ranked team From Staff Reports Navarro moved up to No. 3 two national junior college football polls on Tuesday after winning handily on the road on Saturday at Georgia Military, 35-7.

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NJCAA Football Poll  
 ESPN
- Sep 08, 2009
Through Sept. 7 Record Pts Pvs 1. Blinn College 2-0 139 5 2. East Mississippi CC 2-0 130 6 3. Navarro College 2-0 129 7 4. Butler CC 1-1 105 1 5. Pearl River CC 2-0 99 11 6.

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Locals help GCC earn victory, 51-29  
 BurbankLeader.com
- Sep 08, 2009
FOOTBALL: Wiggan, Chaidez and Bryant score touchdowns in Vaqueros’ win against West L.A.

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Caba excited about talent on both sides of field  
 Wellsville Daily Reporter
- Sep 06, 2009
ALFRED - Normally, turnover is a four-letter word in football, but not for Alfred State College in 2009. Being a two-year college, roster turnover for the athletic teams is more commonplace that four-year institutions and this season is no different for head coach Mick Caba and the Pioneers.

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Quick start propels JJC  
 Suburban Chicago Newspapers (STNG)
- Sep 06, 2009
JOLIET -- A 28-0 lead midway through the third quarter was more than enough impetus for the Joliet Junior College football team on Saturday. That big cushion helped the Wolves open their home season with a 35-21 victory over North Dakota State School of Science at Memorial Stadium.

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Snow College suffers tough loss to Arizona Western  
 Deseret News
- Sep 06, 2009
EPHRAIM — The Snow College Badgers lost their first home game in nearly five years with a 35-17 loss to the short-handed Arizona Western Matadors. Snow College's last home game loss came against Glendale in 2004 where they lost 23-21.

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College of DuPage gets the best of Harper  
 Daily Herald
- Sep 05, 2009
A standing-room-only crowd gathered at Harper College to watch the defending NJCAA Division III champion Hawks take on border rival College of DuPage (1-1) on Saturday afternoon.

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GMC JC ready for second round of brutal three week schedule  
 The Union-Recorder
- Sep 05, 2009
When it comes to scheduling, Georgia Military head coach Bert Williams takes the same approach as Fresno State University’s head football coach Pat Hill — “Anytime, anyplace.

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2009 GLENDALE COLLEGE SEASON PREVIEW FOOTBALL: Vaqueros looking to spring back  
 BurbankLeader.com
- Sep 05, 2009
Area players — among a group of 20 sophomores — will be trying to help GCC improve from 3-7 result last season.

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Soccer
 
Mercer men roll to opening win  
 NJ.com
- Sep 10, 2009
STAFF WRITER KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Arturo Barajas scored twice as the Mercer County Community College men's soccer team opened the season with a 7-1 victory over Ulster County Community College yesterday.

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UPDATE - Navarro soccer is nation's new No. 1 team  
 Corsicana Daily Sun
- Sep 09, 2009
Lady Bulldogs replace Lewis & Clark after 3-0 win over Trailblazers From Staff Reports The Navarro Lady Bulldogs soccer team is the new No.1-ranked team in the latest NJCAA Division I Top 15 released Wednesday.

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HCCC off to 5-0 start  
 The Evening Times
- Sep 09, 2009
COLLEGE SOCCER - HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2, JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1 HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College’s Generals tallied twice in the second half and broke away from a scoreless halftime tie Tuesday on the way to a 2-1 win over Jefferson Community College and their fifth...

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Cannoneers lose season opener on late goal  
 Watertowndailytimes.com
- Sep 09, 2009
HERKIMER — Krista Stubba scored in the 88th minute to give Herkimer Community College a 2-1 Mid-State Athletic Conference women's soccer win over Jefferson Community College on Tuesday.

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COLLEGE ROUNDUP (Sept. 9): DeLabio named NCCC Athlete of the Week  
 Niagara Gazette
- Sep 09, 2009
Recent Starpoint graduate Teresa DeLabio was selected as the first Niagara County Community College Athlete of the Week of the academic year on Wednesday.

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Local Colleges: TC3's Kohler awarded regional honor  
 Theithacajournal.com (AP)
- Sep 08, 2009
DRYDEN -- Tompkins Cortland Community College men's soccer player Brandon Kohler has been named the NJCAA Region III Male Athlete of the Week. He was chosen from all the male athletes among the 26 Region III colleges.

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ROOF: Lost goalie doesn’t faze JCC-Olean Women’s Soccer  
 Olean Times Herald
- Sep 07, 2009
OLEAN - Coming off two straight playoff seasons in the first two years of the program, JCC-Olean women’s soccer coach Ryan Deppa figured he was all set when practice opened Aug.

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JCC Soccer Team Edges 11th-Ranked SUNY Delhi  
 The Post-Journal
- Sep 07, 2009
Advertisement TROY-The Jamestown Community College Jayhawks (2-1) knocked off the 11th-ranked team in NJCAA Division III men's soccer on Sunday by edging SUNY Delhi, 2-1, in the East-West Showdown hosted by Hudson Valley CC.

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Volleyball
 
Texas College Shows Growth, But Not Enough To Top Eastfield  
 Tyler Paper.com (AP)
- Sep 11, 2009
Texas College showed some growth, but the Eastfield Lady Harvesters reaped the rewards with a 3-1 victory over the Lady Steers Thursday at Gus F. Taylor Gymnasium.

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Opinion: For CSI VB, ranking a point of motivation  
 Times-News (AP)
- Sep 10, 2009
College of Southern Idaho volleyball coach Heidi Cartisser borrowed my copy of this week's NJCAA Division I Volleyball Poll after practice on Wednesday and read it aloud to her players.

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12th-ranked LLCC volleyball team tops DACC  
 State Journal Register (AP)
- Sep 10, 2009
Volleyball No. 12 Loggers top DACC Sophomore Megan Spinks had 13 kills and Beka Pruemer had 18 assists in Lincoln Land Community College’s 28-26, 25-18, 25-23 win over Danville Area Community College in a Midwest Athletic Conference match Wednesday at Cass Gymnasium.

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Raiders post win over Storm  
 Columbus Telegram.com
- Sep 09, 2009
- 09:35:29 am CDT BEATRICE -- The NJCAA, D-II, No. 13 Central Community College volleyball team played its first five-set match of the season Wednesday night.

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RCTC volleyball preview  
 Post-Bulletin
- Sep 09, 2009
RCTC VOLLEYBALL Head coach: Carolyn Bell (third year, 45-20 record). Assistant coaches: Melanie Lane (3rd year), Amber Zitzow (1st year), John Geske (1st year).

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Lady Chaps rebound with big win  
 My West Texas (AP)
- Sep 09, 2009
From staff reports The Midland College volleyball team bounced back from a 1-3 showing at the Blinn Tournament over the weekend with a three-game win over Trinidad State (Colo.

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Apache Ladies Roll In Three  
 Tyler Paper.com (AP)
- Sep 09, 2009
Tyler Junior College volleyball coach Dana Hatch likes the talent of her team but not the consistency. But on Tuesday night, the Apache Ladies played to their talent level in a 3-0 win over NJCAA Division III national champion Brookhaven at Wagstaff Gymnasium.

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Lincoln Land's Sullivan has help to go with talent this season  
 State Journal Register (AP)
- Sep 06, 2009
Caitlyn Sullivan has proven she can carry high expectations. The Lincoln Land Community College sophomore played four seasons of varsity volleyball at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, which has built a reputation in the sport.

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Baseball
 
Brown new Harper baseball coach; men's soccer rolling  
 Daily Herald
- Sep 10, 2009
It has been a busy week for Harper College athletics this week, which includes the hiring of new baseball coach Clif Brown and the men's basketball team changing opponents for its season-opener on Nov.

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Pitt Bulldogs to meet Team USA 18U in Fall Exhibition  
 Eyewitness News 9
- Sep 09, 2009
Pitt Community College Athletics announced today that the college’s nationally-ranked baseball team will face the Team USA 18 and Under squad twice this month as part of its fall practice slate.

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Jayhawks Get Split At NCCC  
 The Post-Journal
- Sep 07, 2009
Advertisement SANBORN - ''This was a very good weekend for us as I was very pleased with were able to come out with a 2-2 record against Monroe CC and Niagara County CC,'' said Jamestown Community College baseball coach Anthony Barone after splitting a twin bill with Niagara County in the Western New York...

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Basketball
 
Mott Community College basketball team loaded with talent for 2009-2010  
 Mlive (Blogs)
- Sep 11, 2009
The 2009-2010 Mott Community College Bears are ready to run. On Friday morning, I watched head coach Steve Schmidt's team in a 90-minute open gym that was as intense as it was exciting.

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Herrmann gets chance to build at Young Harris  
 Online Athens
- Sep 09, 2009
rogerclarkson@onlineathens.com | Story updated at 11:12 pm on 9/8/2009 David Manning/Staff Former Georgia interim basketball coach Pete Herrmann has accepted a job to re-start the program at Young Harris College.

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