PRCC tickets on sale

Published 7:00 am Saturday, July 12, 2014

POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College is looking to earn a berth in the state juco playoffs for the first time in five seasons as the Wildcats prepare for the upcoming campaign.

And local fans now have the opportunity to follow the Wildcats in that quest..

Reserved season football tickets and all‑sports passes are now on sale at Pearl River Community College.

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Tickets for all five home games, with seats in the chair‑back section on the 50‑yard line, are $65 each. Season ticket holders will have first choice of seats and must renew by Aug. 10. Walk‑up individual tickets in the reserved section are $15 each.

The entire center section will be chair backs for reserved seating.

General admission tickets this season are $5 for students and $10 for adults.

The all‑sports pass will also be offered for 2014-15 for $100. This pass includes a reserved ticket for football, as well as entrance to any PRCC regular‑season sports event on campus.

The Wildcats, who have won four MACJC state championships since 2003, will open their 2014 season with a home game against Coahoma Community College in Dobie Holden Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 28.

The following week, on Thursday, Sept. 4, the Wildcats will host Holmes Community College. Both games will kick off at 7 p.m.

The first road game is Thursday, Sept. 11, at Hinds Community College. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m.

Other home games include Jones County Junior College on Thursday, Sept. 18 (7 p.m.), Co-Lin Community College on Thursday, Oct. 2 (7 p.m.), and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Saturday, Oct. 11 (2 p.m.), for Homecoming.

Other road games include Southwest Community College on Thursday, Sept. 25 (7 p.m.), in Summit, Northeast Community College on Thursday, Oct. 16 (6:30 p.m.), in Booneville, and East Central Community College on Thursday, Oct. 23 (6:30 p.m.), in Decatur.

The first round of the MACJC playoffs will begin Saturday, Nov. 3.

William Jones, 46, a native of Hot Springs, Ark. and assistant coach at PRCC from 2001-07, is the head football coach at PRCC. This will be his second season at the helm of the Wildcats.

Jones came to PRCC from East Mississippi Community College, where he served as associate head coach and defensive coordinator.

To order, mail checks to the Pearl River Community College Department of Athletics, P.O. Box 5440, Poplarville, MS 39470 or call (601) 403‑1041. Or email the athletic department at jfrancis@prcc.edu.