PRCC's Mathis is coach of the year

Sports

March 12, 2010

Special to the Item The Picayune Item Picayune Item Fri Mar 12, 2010, 10:10 AM CST

TULSA, Okla. — Pearl River Community College basketball coach Richard Mathis has been named the MACJC Men’s Coach of the Year for the 2009-2010 season.

Mathis, who just completed his 19th season with the Wildcats, guided this past season’s team to the MACJC state championship, marking the fifth such title the school has won since he arrived on the Poplarville campus. He has won a total of seven Juco state championships in Mississippi, including a men’s title at Northeast Mississippi and a women’s at East Mississippi.

PRCC also won men’s championships under Mathis in 1995, 1998, 2003, and 2004; as well as runners-up finishes in 1997. In addition, the Wildcats finished second in the Region 23 Tournament in 1998 and 2006.

The Wildcats defeated host East Mississippi 61-58 for the MACJC title Feb. 25 in Scooba, but ended their season at 24-5 overall in second-round action of the regionals.

East Miss went on to win the Region 23 title and copped a berth in next week’s NJCAA National Tournament to be played in Hutchinson, Kan.

All told, Mathis, who also serves as Pearl River’s athletic director, is 346-190 at The River and boasts a career win-loss mark of 682-294 (including high school and senior college).

Text Only

Sports

Lady Tide wins district title For the first time in six seasons, the Picayune girls are league champions on the basketball court. The Lady Tide knocked off top-seed Long Beach 50-40 Friday night, in the Region 8-5A Tournament finals. It was the first district title for the PMHS girls since 2006. Long Beach had beaten Picayune twice in the regular season. "They executed everything perfectly," second year Picayune head coach Lacey Kennedy, whose team in now 22-6, said. "These girls play so hard and they do everything I ask of them. They really deserve this."
February 11, 2012 1 Photo
Mississippi State beats Mississippi
Dee Bost is Mississippi State’s career assists leader, so he knows the art of throwing a good alley-oop pass.

February 10, 2012
Lady Hornets upset Bay
The tallest player on the court for Poplarville came up with the biggest game Thursday night.
Bretta Hart, the Lady Hornets’ 6-foot-4 junior center, scored a game high 26 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and blocked seven shots as Poplarville upset second seeded Bay High 43-39 in the Region 8-4A semifinals.

February 10, 2012
Tide teams advance
Both Picayune basketball teams will be playing for Region 8-5A championships Friday night. The Lady Tide returned to the Class 5A South State playoffs for the first time in two years, thanks to a 47-40 win over West Harrison.

February 8, 2012 1 Photo
Season ends for PRC teams
The season came to an end for both Pearl River Central teams in the opening round of the Region 8-4A Tournament Tuesday night. The Blue Devils fought hard against top-seeded West Harrison, before coming up short in a 47-43 loss to the Hurricanes.

February 8, 2012
League tourneys set
With regular season play wrapping up over the weekend, local prep basketball teams now look forward to their respective district tournaments which begin this week.
All area teams will begin postseason play on Tuesday night, with two local teams hosting tournaments.

February 4, 2012
Super Bowl today
MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning — Eli, and Peyton, too.
This Super Bowl certainly has all the makings of another thriller, the perfect finish to a season that began in turmoil and wound up the most successful in league history.

February 4, 2012
Picayune sweeps Pearl River Central
Shemar Williams hit four of six free throws in the final minute and his Picayune teammates completed the task at hand as the Maroon Tide turned back Pearl River Central 70-62 on Friday night.

January 28, 2012
Green County beats Lady Hornets
A small sign in green and gold hung on the fence at the Poplarville High Stadium, reading, “We believe! Go Hornets!.”
And certainly, while a little belief can go a long way, it simply wasn’t enough for the Lady Hornets in Saturday afternoon’s semifinals of the Class 4A South State girls soccer playoffs.

January 28, 2012
Blue Devils face forfeitures
Pearl River Central’s Boys basketball team is in the midst of one of its best seasons on the hardwood in a decade. The Blue Devils, however, face the possibility of having to forfeit many, if not all of their 15 wins.

January 24, 2012
More Sports Headlines

Sports

Search Results

PRCC's Mathis is coach of the year

Site Map

Contact Us