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MGCCC Mourns Football Player Marcus Dickey
Mississippi Gulf Coast is mourning the loss of football player Marcus Dickey, who was killed in a car accident Sunday afternoon. Dickey, 22, was a transfer defensive lineman from Nicholls State and was coming back to Perkinston for Sunday’s practice after being in Thibodaux, La., for Saturday’s Nicholls State football game. “He was doing so good,” Gulf Coast football coach Jack Wright said.
At least 50 die in a storm as fearsome as Camille
Hurricane Katrina devastated South Mississippi on Monday with a force not seen since Camille 36 years ago, sweeping aside multimillion-dollar casinos, burying the beach highway and killing at least 50 people in Harrison County. "This," said Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, "is our tsunami." At least 50 people are confirmed dead in Gulfport and Biloxi. Katrina raged ashore in Mississippi at dawn and terrorized the Coast until winds subsided after 3 p.m., leaving massive damage in her wake.
Showalter, Bilbo named All-Americans
PERKINSTON, Miss. (WLOX) -Two Mississippi Gulf Coast players were named to the 2023 NJCAA All-American football team. Gabriel Showalter earned national honors for the second season as the First Team kicker, and Dayan Bilbo was named to the Honorable Mention team as the return specialist. It’s the second straight year Gulf Coast has had two members of the All-American team. The Bulldogs have had 64 selections since 1968.
Dayan Bilbo, Gabe Showalter earn All-Region
PERKINSTON, Miss. (WLOX) -Mississippi Gulf Coast had two special players named to the 2024 All-NJCAA Region 23 football team. Specialists Dayan Bilbo (So., Vancleave/Vancleave) and Gabriel Showalter (So., St. Martin/St. Martin) were selected by the MACCC coaches to the 26-person squad. Showalter is a repeat member of the All-Region team. Bilbo ranked fifth in the country by averaging 10.5 yards per punt return, and he had a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown.
Burn, Askin named All-MACCC
Mississippi Gulf Coast’s Kendall Burn and Bayley Askin were named to the All-MACCC Women’s Tennis team on Friday afternoon. The duo picked up their awards at ceremonies held during the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament before the Bulldogs played their quarterfinal match. The Gulf Coast team also picked up its MACCC runners-up trophy. Eight players from the 11-team conference were named All-MACCC. Gulf Coast, Jones and Meridian each had two players.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: April 22-28, 2022
Consulting-Specifying Engineer‘s top 5 articles online over the past week covered AI and building systems, building electrical systems, fire alarm signals, air handling systems and school changes. Were you out last week? Catch up with a link to each article below. 1. Using artificial intelligence to control building systems – Energy savings in buildings can be achieved when artificial intelligence and building automation systems are connected to achieve HVAC goals. 2.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: April 15-21, 2022
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center, New York City. Courtesy: Lendlease Consulting-Specifying Engineer‘s top 5 articles online over the past week covered building electrical systems, prefabrication, K-12 school changes, electrical power quality and specifying variable-speed compression. Were you out last week? Catch up with a link to each article below. 1.
What is the future of prefabrication in the U.S. construction industry?
Learning Objectives Learn about the history of prefabrication. Identify the benefits of prefabrication. Understand the concerns and obstacles impeding widespread adoption of prefabrication; obtain suggestions on overcoming them. The construction industry, despite its scale, is notorious for declining productivity and slow adoption of technology and now faces further challenges from COVID-19. Is this an industry ripe for a reimagining, a major disruption to the status quo?
Dependable transportation networks through the lens of resilience
The term resilience is often associated with building infrastructure, storm protection, and community preparedness. However, it’s also applicable to transportation assets of various kinds, including highways, bridges, and interchanges; aviation facilities; freight rail, passenger rail, and mass transit systems; and port and intermodal facilities.
Wright brings in another stellar class
PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC) - Mississippi Gulf Coast, which has won at least a share of the MACCC South title the past three years, reloaded with another elite recruiting class on National Signing Day 2022. Head coach Jack Wright and his staff have added 24 players so far, with at least two more signings expected soon. “It’s a very strong class with a lot of speed at a lot of positions,” Wright said. “A lot of the top guys on the board came our way.
Basketball Tickets on Sale Now
Tickets are on sale now for Mississippi Gulf Coast basketball, which starts Nov. 1. Bulldog fans can go to http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets to buy your tickets today. Individual game tickets cost $7 for adults, and $5 for youths. Children 12 and under are free. Gulf Coast is also selling basketball season passes, which will admit you to all games. Coach Hope Adams’ women’s team will play 11 home dates, and Coach Tim Ryan’s men’s team will also play 11.
Soccer moves to Gulfport Sportsplex
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast has moved its Friday soccer games because of wet field conditions at Perkinston. The Bulldogs will play a doubleheader at the Gulfport Sportsplex instead. Kickoff for the women will be 5 p.m., with the 11th-ranked men starting at 7 p.m. There will be no video stream. For more information on MGCCC’s 10 intercollegiate athletic teams, follow @MGCCCBulldogs on Twitter and MGCCCBulldogs on Facebook, and go to mgcccbulldogs.com.
No. 5 Gulf Coast faces Hinds challenge
PERKINSTON — No. 5 Mississippi Gulf Coast is on a pretty good historical roll playing against this week’s opponent, but there’s little reason to expect this week’s trip to Raymond to be an easy one. Gulf Coast has won 15 of the last 16 meetings against Hinds, but the last two, in particular, have been slugfests. The Bulldogs won 31-24 at Perk in overtime last year and came from behind two years ago to win 31-21.
MGCCC Bulldogs will open season at No. 7
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast will open the 2021 football season ranked seventh in the country. The NJCAA Division I preseason poll was released Monday. Hutchinson is atop the poll after receiving all five first-place votes. Snow College is next, followed by Northwest Mississippi. The Rangers are the only MACCC team above the Bulldogs. Hinds is ranked 13th in the 15-team list.
MGCCC Meet the Teams canceled
PERKINSTON — Meet the Teams, scheduled for Tuesday, has been canceled because of the upheaval caused by Hurricane Ida’s passage. The Mississippi Gulf Coast football team will kick off its season Thursday with a trip to Goodman to play Holmes. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. The men’s soccer team plays Friday at Itawamba, with the women’s soccer team off until next week.
Reese leaps into Olympic finals
PERKINSTON — Britney Reese leaped into her fourth Olympic long jump finals on Sunday in Tokyo (Saturday night in Mississippi). The Mississippi Gulf Coast Athletics Hall of Famer jumped 6.86 meters (22 feet, 6.25 inches) on her second attempt to pass the automatic qualifying mark by 4.5 inches. Reese, who finished third in qualifying will jump again Monday night Mississippi time in the finals. She’s hoping to add to her collection of Olympic medals.
Bulldogs batter Bears
By Don Hammack | April 7, 2021 at 10:48 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 10:48 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast destroyed Southwest Mississippi in a pair of five-inning games Wednesday at Ken “Curly” Farris Field. The Bulldogs won the opener 10-0 on a shutout by Hayden Robb (Fr., Vancleave/Vancleave) and pounded out 14 hits in a 13-2 victory punctuated by Noah Blythe (Fr., Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) hitting his seventh home run.
No. 2 MGCCC sweeps PRCC
By Don Hammack | March 10, 2021 at 10:44 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 10:44 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (WLOX) - After an uncharacteristically quiet offensive performance Monday, No. 2 Mississippi Gulf Coast pushed 20 runs across in a sweep of archrival Pearl River on Wednesday at Ross-Smith Field. A’Mya Stevens (So., Laurel/Northeast Jones) allowed only a single earned run in the first game, a 9-5 victory, and the Bulldogs cruised to an 11-6 win in the nightcap.
Flanagan’s layup gives Gulf Coast late win
By Don Hammack | March 8, 2021 at 10:47 PM CST - Updated March 8 at 10:47 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast has been on the losing end of four last-minute defeats in 2021, including a heartbreaking 3-pointer at the buzzer to lose at Southwest the first time the teams met. Monday night, the Bulldogs (6-7, 4-7 MACCC South) made a play and finally got a break.
Wednesday’s MGCCC Baseball DH canceled
Wednesday’s MGCCC Baseball DH canceled By Don Hammack | February 1, 2021 at 10:57 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 10:57 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast baseball’s season-opener Wednesday at Hinds has been canceled. The MACCC cited COVID issues at Hinds as the reason for the cancelation. The Bulldogs are now scheduled to open the 2021 season Saturday with a doubleheader at Ken “Curly” Farris Field against Pearl River. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.
Bulldogs bang on boards for big W
By Don Hammack | January 25, 2021 at 10:53 PM CST - Updated January 25 at 10:53 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - New Mississippi Gulf Coast men’s basketball coach Tim Ryan had a prediction he shared with his team before the Bulldogs’ first MACCC South Division game at Ellisville. “I told them before the game that if we win the board battle, it’s over,” he said. “They’ve got some big guys.
MGCCC women fall to No. 9 Jones
MGCCC women fall to No. 9 Jones By Don Hammack | January 25, 2021 at 10:51 PM CST - Updated January 25 at 10:51 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast battled back in the third quarter but couldn’t erase all the deficit against No. 9 Jones. The Bobcats held on to win 63-53 Monday at the Weathers-Wentzell Center. The MACCC South Division clash was the first game of the season for both teams.
Gulf Coast announces basketball attendance policy
Gulf Coast announces basketball attendance policy By Don Hammack | January 20, 2021 at 10:49 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 10:49 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast will make excess tickets to its home basketball games for the upcoming season available exclusively to the student body. The men play their first home game Friday, Jan. 22, when Faith Prep visits Perk for a 2 p.m. tipoff. The women play their first home game Monday, Jan. 25, against Jones.
MGCCC Women’s Basketball game postponed
MGCCC Women’s Basketball game postponed By Don Hammack | January 19, 2021 at 10:50 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 10:51 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast’s women’s basketball game against Delgado scheduled for Thursday has been postponed because of COVID-19 issues in the New Orleans-based school’s program. Bulldogs coach Hope Adams is looking at rescheduling opportunities with the Dolphins or other schools.
Legendary Gulf Coast Coach George Sekul: Gone, But Not Forgotten
By Don Hammack | January 5, 2021 at 10:41 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 10:41 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Legendary Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College player and coach George Sekul, whose Bulldogs teams won two national titles and more than 200 games, died Monday at home in D’Iberville surrounded by his family. He was 83.
MGCCC pauses football for 14 days due to COVID concerns
Football activities will resume Nov. 10. Mississippi Gulf Coast is pausing football operations for 14 days beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27, because of COVID-19 concerns. (Source: WLOX Sports) By WLOX Staff and Don Hammack | October 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM CDT - Updated October 28 at 12:04 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast is pausing football operations for 14 days beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27, because of COVID-19 concerns.
Gulf Coast football game postponed
MGCCC game against Copiah-Lincoln postponed By Don Hammack | October 12, 2020 at 12:01 AM CDT - Updated October 12 at 12:01 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast’s game against Copiah-Lincoln this Thursday has been postponed. Co-Lin has suspended football operations for two weeks because of COVID-19 concerns. Gulf Coast will still celebrate Homecoming this week. More details will be released.
MACCC South Football: Hinds vs. Gulf Coast
By Don Hammack | October 9, 2020 at 1:57 AM CDT - Updated October 9 at 1:57 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC BULLDOGS) - Mississippi Gulf Coast ran its winning streak to 18 games Thursday in the gutsiest of gut checks, beating Hinds 31-24 in an overtime thriller. “It was one of the toughest games we’ve played in,” Bulldogs linebacker Mike Smith said.
MACCC South 2020 Season Opener: Gulf Coast vs. Pearl River
By Don Hammack | October 2, 2020 at 1:25 AM CDT - Updated October 2 at 1:25 AM POPLARVILLE, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast running back Deondre House ran for a career-best 220 yards, and the Bulldogs piled up 649 yards in total offense on the way to a 42-25 win Thursday over archrival Pearl River. Gulf Coast ran for 344 yards and held the Wildcats to only 53 on the ground in the third-latest season-opener in school history.
Gulf Coast & Pearl River ready for MACCC South opener
By Don Hammack | October 1, 2020 at 1:25 AM CDT - Updated October 1 at 1:25 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast will kick off its latest season-opener since 1944 Thursday following a short trip to Poplarville following one of the longest, strangest off-seasons since those days.
2 MGCCC squads named MACJC All-Academic Team of the Year
2 MGCCC squads named MACJC All-Academic Team of the Year By Don Hammack | July 2, 2020 at 12:33 AM CDT - Updated July 2 at 12:33 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) - Mississippi Gulf Coast's softball and men's soccer teams earned MACJC All-Academic Team of the Year awards, the conference announced Tuesday. Coach Eric Neel’s softball team, which finished the abbreviated season 14-0 and ranked No. 2 in the country, compiled a 3.67 GPA. That was tops among the league’s 15 schools.
Tim Ryan brings Championship Pedigree to Gulf Coast Men’s Basketball
By Josh Berrian and Don Hammack | May 20, 2020 at 11:57 PM CDT - Updated May 20 at 11:57 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - After an exhaustive national search, Mississippi Gulf Coast has hired Tim Ryan, who already has an NJCAA championship on his resume, to be the new men’s basketball coach. Ryan coached the College of Central Florida to the NJCAA Division I title in 2013, piling up 393 wins and a .717 winning percentage during his 17 years in charge.
MACJC Extends Dead Period for Recruiting
MACJC to extend Dead Period on recruiting By Don Hammack | May 16, 2020 at 2:02 AM CDT - Updated May 16 at 2:02 AM PERKINSTON, Miss.
MGCCC’s White and Booker receive All-MACJC Honors
White and Booker garner All-MACJC Honors By Don Hammack | February 26, 2020 at 11:41 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 11:41 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (WLOX) - Two of Gulf Coast’s basketball stars and former coast standouts received conference honors today. St. Martin’s Daphane White and Pascagoula’s D’yasmond Booker were voted to All-MACJC teams Wednesday. White, a sophomore center, was voted to the All-MACJC South First Team by the conference coaches.
Gulf Coast’s season comes to a close with a loss to Hinds
By Don Hammack | February 21, 2020 at 12:38 AM CST - Updated February 21 at 12:38 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast’s season ended Thursday night with a 74-70 loss to Hinds on Sophomore Night at the Weathers-Wentzell Center. The Bulldogs (14-8, 6-8 MACJC) had to win to have a chance to advance to the postseason for the 22nd straight year. They also would have needed help in two other games, but wouldn’t have gotten in anyway.
Lady Bulldogs pound Hinds, head to the MACJC Tourney
By Don Hammack | February 21, 2020 at 12:40 AM CST - Updated February 21 at 12:40 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast clinched its second straight trip to the postseason in style on Sophomore Night, pounding Hinds 66-47 Thursday at the Weathers-Wentzell Center. Gulf Coast, which is the South No. 4 seed, will play North Division champs East Mississippi on its home court Tuesday, with the time to be announced Friday.
Gulf Coast holds off Pearl River in Thriller
By Don Hammack | January 21, 2020 at 9:46 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 10:55 PM POPLARVILLE, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - When the chips were down Tuesday night in Poplarville, Gulf Coast got a big defensive play, a big 3-pointer and two clutch free throws to beat archrival, Pearl River, 56-55. Mia Goolsby (So., Legacy Early College/Greenville S.C.) made the free throws with 6.1 seconds left to make the Bulldogs 12-1 overall and 4-1 in the MACJC South.
Gulf Coast holds off Pearl River in Thriller
By Don Hammack | January 21, 2020 at 9:46 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 10:11 AM POPLARVILLE, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - When the chips were down Tuesday night in Poplarville, Gulf Coast got a big defensive play, a big 3-pointer and two clutch free throws to beat archrival, Pearl River, 56-55. Mia Goolsby (So., Legacy Early College/Greenville S.C.) made the free throws with 6.1 seconds left to make the Bulldogs 12-1 overall and 4-1 in the MACJC South.
Gulf Coast clinch 11th straight win
By Don Hammack | January 14, 2020 at 12:55 AM CST - Updated January 14 at 12:55 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - The first 60 seconds of the second half weren’t good for Mississippi Gulf Coast. They fell behind quickly by double-digits, but a hockey line-change substitution provided the spark in a 71-67 win over Southwest at the Weathers-Wentzell Center. “Thank God for our bench,” Bulldogs coach Jason Harrison said. “That’s one thing about my team I like.
Lady Bulldogs Drop First game of Season
Lady Bulldogs suffer their first loss of the season to Copiah-Lincoln By Don Hammack | January 9, 2020 at 11:50 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 11:50 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - Mississippi Gulf Coast couldn’t extend its season-opening win streak to double-digits Thursday night, losing 49-42 at the Weathers-Wentzell Center to Copiah-Lincoln. The Bulldogs (9-1, 1-1 MACJC South) went ice cold from the field in the second half, shooting only 19 percent.
MGCCC Wins Big In First Game Of 2020
MGCCC Wins Big In First Game Of New Year By Don Hammack | January 4, 2020 at 7:41 PM CST - Updated January 4 at 7:41 PM PERKINSTON, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Gulf Coast shook off a slow start and nearly broke the scoreboard Saturday at the Weathers-Wentzell Center, beating Royal Ambassadors 123-57. The Bulldogs (9-0) didn’t take the lead for good until the 10:30 mark of the first half.
No. 1 Gulf Coast battle for MACJC crown Saturday
By Don Hammack | November 8, 2019 at 12:45 AM CST - Updated November 8 at 12:45 AM PERKINSTON, Miss. (MGCCC Athletics) - No. 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast faces a tough task when it tries to win its 16th MACJC championship Saturday at Senatobia. Read what Bulldogs coach Jack Wright had to say about No. 4 Northwest. “Northwest is a very well-rounded, physical team,” he said. “They run the ball and stop the run. They have a bunch of great athletes and an efficient quarterback.
Former MGCCC Bulldog Drafted by Steelers
By Don Hammack | April 28, 2019 at 12:05 AM CDT - Updated April 28 at 6:59 AM PERKINSTON, MS (MGCCC) - Defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs became the latest Mississippi Gulf Coast player picked in the NFL Draft on Saturday. Buggs, who is from Ruston, La., was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round. He was the 20th pick of the round, the 192nd overall. The 6-foot-3, 306-pounder, played for the Bulldogs in 2015 and 2016, where he was a two-time All-MACJC South defensive end.
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