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Member Colleges
 
This Week at CCRI  
 Warwick Beacon
- Nov 05, 2009
Women’s Soccer The CCRI women’s soccer, ranked fourth in the country, begins play in the District tournament on Friday. The Lady Knights will play Mercer County CC at 2 p.

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Hawks ready for court, mat seasons  
 Daily Herald
- Nov 04, 2009
With the leaves changing from summer green to fall orange and yellow - and snow sure to fall soon - that can only mean one thing. The Harper College Sports and Wellness Center is abuzz with the men's and women's basketball squads and the wrestling team preparing for their seasons.

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JCC Will Have Seven New Swimmers  
 The Post-Journal
- Nov 03, 2009
Advertisement It's the start of a new season and Jamestown Community College swimming coach Mike Giambruno is excited and ready as the Jayhawks kick off the 2009-10 campaign on Wednesday in a dual home meet with Genesee CC, starting at 6 p.

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Cross Country
 
EPCC wins regional, conference meet title  
 El Paso Times (AP)
- Nov 02, 2009
ROSWELL -- The El Paso Community College women's cross country team won the NJCAA Region 5 and Western Junior College Athletic Conference (WJCAC) cross country championship on Saturday.

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Football
 
EMCC to host defending state champion Gulf Coast in MACJC championship  
 Daily Times Leader
- Nov 05, 2009
SCOOBA – The seventh-ranked Lions of East Mississippi will bid for a school-first state football championship by playing host to two-time defending state champion Mississippi Gulf Coast Saturday afternoon on the Scooba campus.

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QB leading Snow to big season  
 MSN Fox Sports
- Nov 05, 2009
It was not the conversation an undefeated quarterback ever wants to have. Last season, Timpview graduate Quinn Mecham's quarterbacking abilities led the Snow College football team to nine straight wins when coaches had to discuss sidelining him in favor of a sophomore returning from an injury.

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SWJCFC Notebook: KC's Osunde selected defensive player of week  
 News-Journal.com
- Nov 05, 2009
For the second week in a row, the Southwest Junior College Football Conference's top defensive player is a Kilgore College Ranger. J.R. Osunde came up huge in the Rangers' playoff-clinching, 27-10 win over Cisco on Saturday to earn top defensive honors in the league.

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Williams named WSFL Special Teams Player of the Week  
 News Channel 11
- Nov 05, 2009
KVBC News 3 KRNV News 4 KENV News 10 KPVI News 6 KXTF Fox 35 KCWY NBC 13 Courtesy: AWC Athletics Yuma, Arizona – November 4, 2009 -- Arizona Western College is proud to announce that AWC Football player Jesse Williams has been named the Western States Football League Special Teams Player of the Week for the...

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Navarro can’t take Kilgore for granted  
 Corsicana Daily Sun
- Nov 04, 2009
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Sports : The mission continues at EAC - Eastern Arizona Courier  
 Eastern Arizona Courier
- Nov 04, 2009
From the outside looking in, it may seem to observers that serving a two-year church mission after high school would be a hindrance to one’s football career.

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Navarro No. 1, Fort Scott No. 2; Butler drops to No. 8  
 Fort Scott Tribune
- Nov 03, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The regular seasons in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and the Southwest Junior College Football Conference each came to a climactic end as the top four teams in the country took the field against one another Saturday.

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Navarro, Fort Scott take over top two spots in 'Dirty 30'  
 Fort Scott Tribune
- Nov 03, 2009
The top three teams in JCGridiron.com's "Dirty 30" poll all lost over the weekend, propelling Navarro (Texas) into the top spot in this week's poll. Fort Scott Community College moved up three spots from No.

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Soccer
 
READY TO DEFEND  
 The Telegraph.com
- Nov 06, 2009
The Telegraph GODFREY - The title defense is well under way for the Lewis and Clark Community College women's soccer team. After topping rival Southwestern Illinois 3-0 for the Region 24 title last week, the defending national champion Trailblazers will play host to the NJCAA District C Tournament beginning...

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East Bridgewater’s Giguere pitches in for Massasoit  
 Enterprisenews.com (AP)
- Nov 06, 2009
East Bridgewater sophomore steps up in captain...

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Polk State Shooting To Stay Perfect  
 The Ledger
- Nov 05, 2009
Undefeated Vikings will go to nationals if they capture the District F title today.

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PGCC men's soccer takes shot at Division III national tournament  
 Gazette.net
- Nov 05, 2009
Owls riding hot streak into NJCAA District 4...

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MCC on championship track  
 Democrat and Chronicle
- Nov 04, 2009
Next Page 1 | 2 Previous Page It's championship week for the Monroe Community College soccer teams. The men (7-7-2) won their 15th Region III title on Saturday, defeating host Bryant & Stratton on penalty kicks.

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JCC's Doldo, Raso selected to Region 3 squad  
 Watertowndailytimes.com
- Nov 03, 2009
Jefferson Community College women’s soccer players Elysa Doldo and Nikkia Raso have made the NJCAA Region 3 Dvision III team. Doldo recorded three goals and three assists this season out of the defense for the Cannoneers.

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Two Crowder College soccer players named to All-Region XVI squad  
 The Neosho Daily News
- Nov 02, 2009
Neosho, Mo. - Two Roughrider soccer players were named to the NJCAA Region XVI All-Region team. Rafael Simmons (Bristol, England) was named first-team All-Region, and Chris Higgins (Glasgow, Scotland) was named to the second-team All-Region squad.

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Triton step closer to Final Four  
 Franklin Park Herald-Journal(STNG)
- Nov 02, 2009
MEN'S SOCCER -- The journey back to the NJCAA National Tournament will take the Triton College men's soccer team back to the scene of last year's Final Four in Dallas, Texas.

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Volleyball
 
DCCC wins district volleyball championship  
 The-Dispatch.com
- Nov 03, 2009
Davidson County Community College defeated Passaic County Community College 25-14, 22-25, 25-20, 26-24 to win the NJCAA Division III District H volleyball championship Saturday in Paterson, N.

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FPC tops NMMI, earns share of conference title  
 Borger News-Herald
- Nov 03, 2009
Sports Editor BORGER-Throughout the season the Frank Phillips College Lady Plainsmen faced a couple of growing pains with a squad that was filled with freshman that had great athletic ability but had to learn how to play the college game quickly in order for the team to continue the success the program has...

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Bergen Community College women’s volleyball team digs pink  
 (201).net
- Nov 02, 2009
In order to serve up a message of breast cancer awareness, Bergen Community College women’s volleyball team is participating in the Side-Out Foundation’s near-900-college "Dig Pink" effort to raise funds in support of breast cancer research.

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Hawks keep region title on HCC mantle  
 The Herald-Mail
- Nov 02, 2009
By JACK HILL III/Staff Correspondent November 1, 2009 The Hagerstown Community College volleyball team accomplished something it is getting quite used to by doing things out of the ordinary.

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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: ’Blazers advance to NJCAA  
 Niagara Gazette
- Nov 01, 2009
Margo Pagano was named the most valuable player as the NCCC women’s volleyball team captured the Region III title on Sunday, advancing to the NJCAA Tournament in the process.

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Basketball
 
MCC Season Preview: Highlanders' title ambitions rest with new cast  
 Waco Tribune
- Nov 06, 2009
Conference championships are nothing new to the McLennan Community College Highlanders. In their 41-year history as a basketball team in the National Junior College Athletic Association, they can count 23 with only two losing seasons.

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ECC women overcome shortcomings for hard-fought win  
 Courier News (STNG)
- Nov 06, 2009
ELGIN -- Overcoming woeful shooting from the field and the charity stripe, the Elgin Community College women's basketball team clawed its way to a 48-41 victory over visiting College of DuPage on Thursday night.

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Scouting the 2009-10 Prairie State College women's basketball team  
 The Times nwi.com
- Nov 05, 2009
Who's back: Hammond grad Nancy Thompson and Jaleesha Conner are the two returning starters for the Cougars. Neither one started every game, and neither one will light up the scoreboard, but they certainly can defend, as evidenced by Thompson's 2.

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Scouting the 2009-10 Prairie State College men's basketball team  
 The Times nwi.com
- Nov 05, 2009
Who's back: NJCAA Division II Preseason All-American Jermaine Love-Roberts (Rich East) returns after leading the Cougars in scoring and rebounding at 13.

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Matadors ranked 17th in preseason poll  
 YumaSun.com (AP)
- Nov 05, 2009
11:00 PM FROM STAFF REPORTS Arizona Western's men's basketball team is ranked 17th in the NJCAA's preseason poll and the women's received votes in the poll released Thursday.

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Expectations high for HCC women in 2009-10  
 Hutchnews.com
- Nov 05, 2009
By Brad Hallier - The Hutchinson News - bhallier@hutchnews.com Rarely has the Hutchinson Community College women entered a season with such high expectations.

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Iowa Lakes’ Burns and Boston named preseason All-Americans  
 Estherville Daily News
- Nov 05, 2009
*To: *From: Advertisement Two members of the top NJCAA Division II national team have achieved additional preseason recognition. Robert Burns was selected to the preseason First Team All-American squad and Armon Boston was named a Second Team All-American in the preseason listing.

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JCC Women Cruise To 84-42 Victory  
 The Post-Journal
- Nov 05, 2009
Advertisement By Jim Riggs jriggs@post-journal.com The Jamestown Community College Jayhawks women's basketball team put together a big 28-2 streak early in their game Wednesday night against the Pitt-Titusville Lady Panthers and cruised to an 84-42 victory.

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Roundup - EMCC sweeps ECCC in home doubleheader  
 The Meridian Star
- Nov 04, 2009
SCOOBA — The East Mississippi basketball teams swept a home basketball doubleheader from East Central on Thursday night at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum. The EMCC women picked up their first win of the new season by a 58-56 tally, while the Lions improved to 2-0 with a 63-56 victory.

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ESPN2 to feature Siena walk-on Smith  
 TimesUnion.com
- Nov 04, 2009
Just-in’Love Smith, the former HVCC player now a 26-year-old walk-on senior at Siena, will be featured on ESPN2’s “First Take” Thursday morning according to Siena officials.

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Reloaded: Experienced and deep, CSI men aim to get back on track  
 American Chronicle
- Nov 04, 2009
By Mike Christensen, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Nov. 4--The pieces are in place. When the 2008-09 season ended with a 22-9 record and no trip to the NJCAA tournament for a second consecutive season, College of Southern Idaho men's basketball coach Steve Gosar said it was time to get things back on...

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Chipola's Lane, women's team revved for new challenge (See Schedule, Roster)  
 News Herald
- Nov 04, 2009
MARIANNA — This season almost never happened for David Lane. After the Chipola Lady Indians finished third in the NJCAA national tournament last season, Lane was exhausted.

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CCC wins in women's basketball  
 Pressrepublican.com (AP)
- Nov 04, 2009
PLATTSBURGH — It wasn't pretty, but the Clinton Community College women's basketball team picked up its first win of the season. The Cougars got off to a great start, but struggled thereafter, and were still able to come out with a 55-40 win over Word of Life Tuesday at home.

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Jefferson garners first win  
 Watertowndailytimes.com
- Nov 04, 2009
SARANAC LAKE — Nick D'Alessandro scored 18 points to help power Jefferson Community College to an 86-82 victory over North Country Community College in a men's basketball game Tuesday.

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Texans picked in WJCAC despite losing many stars  
 Lubbock Avalanche Journal
- Nov 04, 2009
South Plains College basketball coach Steve Green understands how his team is picked to win the Western Junior College Athletic Conference and ranked No.

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Former Air Force sergeant from Savannah stars in hoops  
 Savannah Morning News
- Nov 03, 2009
Former Air Force sergeant from Savannah stars in...

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Scouting the 2009-10 South Suburban College women's basketball team  
 The Times nwi.com
- Nov 03, 2009
Who's back: Seven players return from a team that went 20-12 and lost in the semifinals of the NJCAA Region IV tournament. That's a big reason why the team is ranked 15th in the preseason national poll.

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Clark named pre-season All-American team  
 The Delphos Herald
- Nov 03, 2009
The Delphos Herald PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP — Owens Community College women’s basketball student-athlete Sarah Clark of Delphos has been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Pre-Season All-American Second Team.

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Lady Hawks take season opener  
 Big Spring Herald
- Nov 03, 2009
By Joe Zigtema Sports Editor The Howard College Lady Hawks began their quest for a second straight national tournament appearance Monday night with a 93-49 win over the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens junior varsity squad at Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.

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Patriots enter season ranked No. 1 in NJCAA  
 Ocala.com
- Nov 03, 2009
Ratliffe gives CFCC a 'wow'...

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Scouting the 2009-10 South Suburban College men's basketball team  
 The Times nwi.com
- Nov 02, 2009
Who's back: Only three players with any semblance of experience with the Bulldogs return, led by redshirt sophomore Tremell Adams, who broke his foot last fall and missed the entire season.

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College basketball: Lady Wranglers look skyward  
 Odessa American Online (AP)
- Nov 02, 2009
For Ara Baten, perception may exist, but he cannot see it. Can’t see that if one was drawing a graph showing the momentum of the Odessa College women’s basketball team, a line would be clearly ascending.

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Deatric Smith receives national recognition  
 Americus Times Recorder
- Nov 02, 2009

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