The college held a ribbon cutting for its new 50,949-square-foot Hospitality and Resort Management (HRM) Center on April 12 at the Jefferson Davis Campus. “We are excited about the opening of this state-of-the-art facility that will provide a hands-on learning environment for our students,” said Dr. Mary S. Graham, MGCCC president. “And we look...
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MGCCC made it a perfect 4-0 record against archrival Pearl River with a doubleheader sweep of the Lady Wildcats Wednesday at Perkinston. MGCCC hammered Pearl River 10-2 in game one behind a leadoff homer by Lea Kittrell and a six run third inning. Brooke Gaston had two hits while Morgan Fairley doubled and drove...
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MGCCC pitcher Chris Wease retired 15 Jones batters in a row as the Bulldogs beat the Bobcats 5-2 to get a game two victory and a doubleheader split at Ellisville on April 17. MGCCC (21-17, 8-10) got three hits, including a solo homerun, from Kyle Clement in a12 hit offensive attack. Clement had three...
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The annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Writing Contest Awards Ceremony was held at the Perkinston Campus on April 4. A first-,second- and third-place winner was chosen in critical essay, formal verse, free verse, haiku, personal essay, prose poetry and short story categories. Winning submissions are published in “illumination,” the college’s literary journal and...
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A season of dominance continues for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College as the men’s squad improved to 12-0 with an 8-1 win at Meridian on April 13. Alex Puyol and Sean Robinson were both winners in singles and doubles play, with Puyol downing Joshua Marx in No. 1 singles 6-2, 6-3 and Robinson avenging...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College fell behind 6-1 in game two with East Central and eventually had to settle for a 10-2, 7-3 doubleheader split April 13 in Decatur for an MACJC South Division doubleheader. The Lady Bulldogs (26-7, 15-3) took game one 10-2 thanks to solo homeruns from Morgan Fairley and Dani Craft,...
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A grand slam homerun by Pearl River’s Nathan Pugh turned around game one and propelled the Wildcats to a 7-4, 11-1 sweep of Gulf Coast on April 13 in Perkinston. The Bulldogs (20-16, 7-9) got solo homeruns from Tyler Quave and Kyle Clement in the opening game loss. In the nightcap the Wildcats took...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College sophomore Presley Owens is part of the NJCAA’S 2012-13 list of Honorable Mention All-Americans. Owens, a forward from Vancleave, averaged 12.5 points per game and shot 70 percent from the free throw line as the Lady Bulldogs went 18-7 and advanced to the Region 23 semi-finals. She was also...
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The perfect season continues for the No. 17 MGCCC men’s tennis team as the Bulldogs shut out Jones 9-0 on March 5 in Ellisville. MGCCC (11-0) was lead by Alex Puyol as he dismantled Josh Lomas 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 singles play. Sean Robinson also cruised in straight sets over Tanner Chamblee 6-3, 6-1 as...
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The Jefferson Davis Players present William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” on April 18- 20, with a curtain at 7:30 p.m., and April 21, with a curtain at 2 p.m. in the campus Fine Arts Auditorium. The play is a comedy about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero, who...
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