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Member Colleges
 
This week at CCRI  
 Warwick Beacon
- Sep 24, 2009
Women's Soccer The Lady Knights, who are ranked third in the nation according to the NJCAA Division I poll, steamrolled Mercer County Community College 6-0 to stay perfect on the season.

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2009 County's inductees span athletic gamut  
 The Capital
- Sep 24, 2009
A legendary lacrosse player, a highly decorated basketball official, a nationally renowned duckpin bowler and an Anne Arundel Community College icon comprise the Class of 2009 for the Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame.

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Patriots' athletic program still growing  
 Martinsville Bulletin
- Sep 20, 2009
PHCC has 111 athletes enrolled this fall, up from 9 last...

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Football
 
CLC going into battle of unbeaten, ranked teams  
 ap.brainerddispatch.com
- Sep 24, 2009
Colt Gatzemeyer will not be 100 percent, but he will be the starting quarterback when the 20th-ranked Central Lakes College Raiders face the 16th-ranked Rochester Yellowjackets Saturday.

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National poll has 3 conference teams in top 10  
 News-Journal.com
- Sep 24, 2009
When the National Junior College Athletic Association released its weekly poll on Tuesday, it told the nation what coaches in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference already know.

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Navarro football: Dog pound  
 Corsicana Daily Sun
- Sep 23, 2009
Navarro opens up offense in 61-28 blowout of...

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GRCC's special teams rule in win  
 MSN Fox Sports
- Sep 23, 2009
GRAND RAPIDS -- The Grand Rapids Community College football team took advantage of its special teams play on the way to a 54-36 victory against Iowa Western Community College on Saturday at Houseman Field.

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Apaches Enter NJCAA Football Poll At No. 17  
 Tyler Paper.com (AP)
- Sep 23, 2009
The Tyler Junior College football program, which has missed the playoffs the last four years, has forced its way back into the national conversation. By improving to 3-0, the Apaches were rewarded Tuesday with a No.

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JUCO football poll  
 Post-Bulletin (AP)
- Sep 23, 2009
NJCAA POLL Through Sept. 20 Record Pts Pvs 1. Blinn 3-0 139 1 2. Navarro 3-0 132 3 3. Pearl River CC 4-0 125 4 4. Hutchinson CC 4-0 110 6 5. Butler CC 3-1 107 5 6.

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No Bullocks!  
 News Channel 11
- Sep 23, 2009
KVBC News 3 KRNV News 4 KENV News 10 KPVI News 6 KXTF Fox 35 KCWY NBC 13 Courtesy: AWC Athletics Yuma, Arizona – September 21, 2009 -- Arizona Western College is proud to announce that for the third straight week, AWC Football player Reggie Bullock has been named as the Western States Football League...

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SCC football team cracks grid rankings  
 The Arizona Republic
- Sep 21, 2009
For the first time since 2007, Scottsdale has cracked the National Junior College Athletic Association's top-20 football rankings. The Artichokes (1-1), ranked 20th, pounded rival Mesa two weeks ago and almost upset then-No.

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JJC's air attack not enough vs. Ellsworth  
 Herald News (STNG)
- Sep 20, 2009
JOLIET --Things looked great at the start, but they certainly turned sour in a hurry. Joliet Junior College's football team got a quick 80-yard touchdown pass from Chris Walley to tight end Brandon Williams just 1:45 into the game to take a 7-0 lead over Ellsworth.

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No. 2 Lions fall 43-26 to Mississippi Gulf Coast  
 Starkville Daily News
- Sep 19, 2009
For the Daily News SCOOBA – East Mississippi’s 10-game, regular-season winning streak came to a halt Thursday night on the Scooba campus, as the second-ranked Lions dropped a 43-26 home decision to No.

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Soccer
 
North Country crushes regional rival Clinton  
 The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Sep 24, 2009
Advertisement SARANAC LAKE - Ernest Afful led North Country Community College's Saints with four goals against Clinton Community College on Wednesday afternoon.

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MCC turns back Reivers to stay perfect  
 Times-Republican
- Sep 24, 2009
Advertisement Facing off against the Marshalltown Community College soccer team can prove to be a very trying endeavor. Iowa Western certainly found it to be that way Wednesday afternoon on the MCC campus.

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Generals score four goals in second half to win big  
 The Evening Telegram
- Sep 23, 2009
Herkimer, N.Y. - With six different players scoring goals for the Herkimer Generals, beside the usual Kariym Balthazar, Herkimer defeated SUNY Delhi 6-0 Tuesday night at Wehrum Stadium.

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Notebook: GCCC men's soccer team takes loss in stride  
 The Garden City Telegram
- Sep 23, 2009
in Sports By MIKE KESSINGER mkessinger@gctelegram.com As the No. 4 team in the NJCAA rankings, the Garden City Community College men's soccer team hit a snag Saturday.

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Lady Mavs Snap Losing Streak  
 The Pona City News (AP)
- Sep 23, 2009
TONKAWA Breaking out of a two-game losing string, the Northern Oklahoma Lady Mavs defeated Neosho County (Kan.) 2-0 Tuesday in women's soccer. Before Tuesday, the Lady Mavs had been beaten 14-0 Friday by Hutchinson (Kan.

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MCC soccer teams hot  
 Democrat and Chronicle (AP)
- Sep 23, 2009
The Monroe Community College soccer teams are off to hot starts thanks in large part to a pair of high-scoring freshmen forwards. On the men's team, Moses Watkis has nine goals and 20 points for the 3-1-1 Tribunes.

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LCCC soccer: Passing Grades  
 The Telegraph.com
- Sep 23, 2009
The Telegraph GODFREY — No matter the opponent, the LCCC women’s soccer team never gets the other team’s ‘B’ game. Everybody’s always up for the defending national champions.

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TC3's Henry wins weekly award  
 Theithacajournal.com (AP)
- Sep 22, 2009
Tompkins Cortland Community College women's soccer player Courtney Henry has been named the NJCAA Region III Female Athlete of the Week for the period ending Sunday.

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ICC nets OT goalto cap rally  
 Pjstar.com
- Sep 20, 2009
Cougars’ Benavidez nets winner against DuPage in Lincolnland...

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Volleyball
 
Maize follows in sister's footsteps for Harper volleyball team  
 Daily Herald
- Sep 23, 2009
After a deep a run to the Final Four of the NJCAA women's volleyball tournament that saw Harper come away with a fourth-place finish last year, you'd think it would be a smooth transition into the next season.

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Sports : Eastern dominating ACCAC - Eastern Arizona Courier  
 Eastern Arizona Courier
- Sep 23, 2009
Head coach Shari Kay and the Lady Monsters are making their presence felt throughout the ACCAC and on the national stage. Eastern Arizona College won two more matches on Friday and Saturday to improve to 11-1.

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Baseball
 
Former Chipola Player Records First Big League Hit  
 Foster Folly News
- Sep 25, 2009
Tyler Flowers, former Chipola Indian and current back-up catcher for the Chicago White Sox recorded his first major league hit, Sept. 19, against the visiting Kansas City Royals.

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JJC baseball coach King for this day  
 Herald News (STNG)
- Sep 24, 2009
Providence Catholic High School baseball coach Mark Smith, Wayne King's former right-hand man at Joliet Junior College, relates the story of Lockport graduate Robert Sullivan, who played for King and the Wolves.

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Snair leaves Ulster to coach baseball at rival Sullivan  
 Daily Freeman (AP)
- Sep 22, 2009
Click to enlarge Ulster coach Ryan Snair resigned to take the baseball job at rival Sullivan. Photo by Tania Barricklo. STONE RIDGE — Ulster County Community College baseball coach Ryan Snair is moving on to the next challenge in his professional life.

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GCC sweeps past Erie CC  
 The Daily News Online
- Sep 21, 2009
The Genesee Community College baseball team swept a doubleheader against Erie Community College Saturday in Western New York Athletic Conference action.

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Basketball
 
Texas JUCO forward commits to Blue Raiders  
 Daily News Journal (AP)
- Sep 19, 2009
Odessa College basketball player Melvin Baker's impact was felt more in his absence than his presence. Soon, Baker's presence will be felt at MTSU. Baker, a 6-foot-7, 205-pounder, verbally committed to sign with the Blue Raiders earlier this week, as part of the 2009-10 recruiting class.

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Golf
 
IHCC golf team places first at Western Kansas Invite  
 Ottumwa.com
- Sep 23, 2009

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Softball
 
Genesee's Softball Coach Inducted into SUNY Brockport's Athletic Hall of Fame  
 Read Media Newswire
- Sep 24, 2009
)(readMedia)-- Genesee Community College is pleased to announce head Softball coach and sports information director, Kristen Clark will be inducted into the SUNY Brockport Golden Eagle Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 26, 2009.

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Catcher named All-American  
 The Stanly News and Press
- Sep 23, 2009
SCC Softball Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — Annette Hatley, a softball standout catcher with the Stanly Community College softball team, has received the distinguished Academic All American award from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

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