COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —
Defending national champion Blinn College (Texas) is the No. 1 ranked team in NJCAA football after the conclusion of the first two weeks of the 2010 season. The Bucs were voted to the top spot in the first poll of the season, released Tuesday. Blinn received 139 total poll points and six of seven first place votes.
Blinn is 2-0 overall after wins against preseason No. 3 Fort Scott (Kan.) 55-42 on Aug. 28 and Southeast Prep (non-NJCAA school) 70-7 Saturday. The Bucs offense has
dominated in its two wins amassing 968 total yards of offense. Quarterback Justin Tuggle has thrown for 423 yards and six touchdowns while also rushing for 144 yards and four more TDs in the two wins. Tuggle was the starting quarterback for three games at Boston College a year ago.
Blinn is no stranger to the No. 1 ranking as the Bucs held the top spot for eight weeks last year and three weeks in 2008. The Bucs also hold the longest active winning streak in the NJCAA with five straight.
Arizona Western College is second in the rankings with 132 poll points and a first place vote. The No.2 ranking is the highest regular ranking for the Matadors since their 1972 national championship season. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Butler Community College (Kan.) and Snow College (Utah) round out the top five.
Blinn, Butler and Navarro (No. 9) have appeared in the Top 10 of the last 14 consecutive regular season rankings.
Other MACJC schools in the Top 20 are Jones County Junior College, which climbed to No. 11 from its preseason spot of No. 19, No. 15 Northwest Mississippi, which hosts East Central Community College on Thursday, and No. 16 East Mississippi Community College. The defending state champion Lions were ranked No. 7 in the preseason before dropping their season opener at Gulf Coast.
The second regular season NJCAA Football Poll will be announced Tuesday.
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Blinn claims top spot in NJCAA poll; EMCC falls to No. 16
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Neel leaving champion War Eagles for Panthers
Eric Neel spent three seasons coach at East Central. The Hornets played in three state championship games.
Neel then coached the past three years at Wayne County, leading the War Eagles to three straight Class 5A fast-pitch state crowns.
And now, he doesn’t see why the same can’t occur at Quitman. After guiding Wayne County to its third straight championship Saturday, Neel resigned his position in Waynesboro on Thursday to replace Kacie Roberson at Quitman. -
Unexpected Honor
Winning a state championship, that Blake McMullen expected.
To be named the Player of the Year in Class 3A by the Mississippi Association of Coaches, that caught the Southeast Lauderdale senior off guard. -
RCA’s Lee and pair of Generals chosen for All-Star tilt
Russell Christian Academy senior Camryn Lee and Newton County Academy duo Clay Upton and Dillon Williams will wrap up their senior seasons today.
The local trio will play in the MAIS All-Star Class A game at Smith-Wills Stadium in Jackson at 2 p.m. The Class AA-AAA game will follow. -
McFarland named first-team All-American for Jones County
The honors continue to come in for the Jones County Junior College softball program.
Pitcher Ginger Lonergan and centerfielder Relanda McFarland were both named to the NJCAA Division II All-American first-team on Thursday. -
A Family Affair
Five days. Two state titles. One family.
It’d be hard to find a family that had a better week than the one Robbi and Shay Cooper just experienced. -
Roundup — Stephens receives Sekul Award
Adding to his impressive collection of coaching hardware, East Mississippi Community College head football coach Buddy Stephens was presented with the 2011 George Sekul Award during the All-American Football Foundation’s Banquet of Champions held earlier this month at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
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The Drought Is Over
All Mason Irby was hoping for was to find a way on base.
The Southeast Lauderdale sophomore did that and so much more. Irby's single with two outs in the seventh inning broke a tie, lifting the Tigers to a 6-3 MHSAA Class 3A state championship win at Smith-Wills Stadium on Wednesday, and handing Southeast (32-7) its first title since 1966. -
Ramey shines again, hurls Tigers to MHSAA Class 3A crown
The bar was set pretty high.
After all, Southeast Lauderdale senior right-hander Colby Ramey needed just 65 pitches to beat Kossuth in Game 1 of the MHSAA Class 3A state championship game Thursday.
However, according to fellow senior Blake McMullen, Ramey cleared the hurdle Wednesday when he scattered eight hits on 104 pitches to finish off the Aggies in a 6-3 state championship-clinching win at Smith-Wills Stadium on Wednesday. -
Southeast wins MHSAA Class 3A Championsip
Slideshow from the MHSAA Class 3A state championship game between Southeast Lauderdale and Kossuth.
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Briarwood to host Emerald Coast Golf Tour in June
Professional golf is coming to Meridian.
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