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Running back joins rare company with 1,000-yard season

Northeast Mississippi Community College sophomore running back Jeremy Cannon (New Albany) joined rare company in the Tigers’ season finale on Saturday, October 24.

Cannon entered Northeast final game against Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia needing 23 yards on the season to break the 1,000-yard mark.

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Tigers end season in Senatobia

Northeast Mississippi Community College’s football team capped its 2009 season with another close one.

Northeast (2-7, 2-4 in North Division) held the state’s topped ranked pass offense to under 250 yards through the air, but it was not enough as the Tigers fell in the season finale to the Northwest Rangers 17-14 Saturday, October 24.

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Running back 23 yards shy of 1,000-yard plateau

Northeast Mississippi Community College sophomore running back Jeremy Cannon (New Albany) sits just 23 yards shy of the 1,000-yard plateau as Northeast enters its final game of the 2009 season Saturday, October 24.

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MACJC All-Star Classic set for December

Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Keenum Stadium will host the thirty-sixth annual Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Classic football game on Saturday, December 5

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MACJC rewards running back for career day

After a career day against East Central Community College, Northeast Mississippi Community College running back Jeremy Cannon (New Albany) was selected as a Player of the Week when the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC)/National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XXIII statistics were released on Monday, October 5.

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Divine intervention steps in against Tigers

Northeast Mississippi Community College’s football team lost a 34-28 heartbreaker in overtime to the East Central Warriors in Decatur Saturday, October 3.

East Central pulled off some homecoming magic and seemed to get some help from “higher powers” with two touchdowns coming off “hail mary” passes as the horn sounded at the end of the first half and at the end of regulation.

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Madden does it again

Northeast Mississippi Community College Tiger safety LaDarrius Madden from Colbert County (Ala.) High School was selected as one of the MACJC Region 23 Defensive “Top Performers of the Week” for the second time in 2009.

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Northeast looks to 'blackout' ICC in rivalry game

Northeast Mississippi Community College battles its closest rival on Thursday, Sept. 8 at Keenum Stadium in Booneville.

Northeast (0-2) entertains Itawamba Community College (1-1) in the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges’ (MACJC) North Division opener for both schools

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Five softball players set to make history
Five members of the Northeast Mississippi Community College’s softball team will make history when they participate in the first-ever Domino’s Mississippi JUCO All-Star Showcase on November 7.

Sophomores Amy Blakeney (Nashville, Tenn.), Danielle Frederick (Wheeler), Sara Beth Michael (Booneville), Shardae Ward (Aberdeen) and Devin Reader of Iuka were all selected to play in the all-star contest at Freedom Ridge Park in Ridgeland.
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Football team takes 11th-ranked team to brink
Northeast’s football team took the nation’s eleventh-ranked team to the brink Thursday night in a game that featured the state’s top two defenses.

However, the offenses took over in the Poplarville match-up with Northeast and Pearl River combining for 936 yards of total offense and 65 points.

After a scare in the second quarter (21-20), Pearl River expanded its lead in the second half and handed Northeast its second loss of the season 42-23.

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Hinds spoils Tiger home opener in overtime
On a fair night at Northeast’s Keenum Stadium, the Tigers took on the Hinds Eagles in the season opener and despite a good effort came up short, falling 16-7 in overtime..

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Tigers look to clip Eagles wings in home opener

Northeast Mississippi Community College opens its second year of the Ricky Smither era as the Tigers host Hinds Community College on Thursday at Keenum Stadium in Booneville..

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Northeast Sports Hall of Fame inducts second class of honorees

Northeast honored four former athletes and a former men’s basketball coach at the second annual Northeast Sports Hall of Fame banquet Thursday, August 13.

Former Tigers and Lady Tigers joining the Northeast Sports Hall of Fame were former basketball players Gerald Caveness, Clyde Jones, Evelyn Thompson, and football player Larry Parker along with former Tiger basketball coach Harvey Childers.

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Darnell joins Tiger coaching staff

When Northeast Mississippi Community College football coach Ricky Smither was looking to replace the Tigers offensive coordinator; he knew exactly where to turn.

Smither signed former University of Mississippi and Corinth High School standout quarterback John Darnell to lead the Tigers’ offense during the 2009 campaign.
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Baseball players become part of Blue Mountain history

Northeast Mississippi Community College baseball players Seth Kennedy (Iuka) and Zane Treadaway (East Union) helped the Northeast baseball team create history during the 2009 season.

Now, the Tiger teammates are part of the record books at Blue Mountain College.

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Former baseball coach heads to College World Series

One season with the Golden Eagles has turned exactly that … golden as former Northeast Mississippi Community College assistant baseball coach Richy Harrelson heads to the College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska.

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