GAME 7• MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECORD: 2-4 2016 BEARS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES SOUTHWEST SPORTS INFORMATION 601-276-3878 (Ph.) SMCC Box 5304 • Summit, MS 39666 GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date: Thursday, Oct. 13 2016 Game Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Summit, MS Sept. 1 ............................... Coahoma GULF COAST BULLDOGS SOUTHWEST BEARS Stadium: John I. Hurst .................................................. Away 2015 7-2 Overall 2015 3-6 Overall Field: Monroe McElveen W 24-6 5-1 South Record: 1-5 South Last 5 Games vs. GC: 0-5 September 8 ........................... Holmes 2016 3-3 Overall 2016 2-4 Overall Last Played—2015: GC 37-10 .................................................. Away 2-1 South 1-2 South L 34-20 Radio: _ K106-WAKH-FM 105.7 Coach: Chad Huff Coach: Tucker Peavey Web: ____________ www.k106.net September 15 ........................... Hinds 3rd Season 4th Season www.southwestbrearathletics.com ................................................. Home L 27-0 Record at 19-8 Record at 10-22 SMCC Gulf Coast Defensive Player to Watch September 22 ..................... Northeast ................................................. Home #31 Kenan Johnson L 55-30 LB 2016 STAT LEADERS 2016 STAT LEADERS September 29 .............. Jones County Rushing-N. Trotter, Jr. 96 carries, 475 yds., 2 TD .................................................. Away Rushing-T. Daniels 47 carries, N. McLaurin 53 carries, 221 L 33-21 371 yds., 3 TD; G. Jones 62 car- yds., 2 TD ries, 258 yds., 2 TD October 6 ........................ Pearl River Passing– N. McLaurin 53-105- Passing– K. Whitlow 72-122-4 .................................................. Away 5 Int., 6 TD Int.-733 yds.-6 TD W 31-21 Casey Haygood 44-84-452 yds., Receiving-A. Barrow 13-114 2 TD yds.; L. Wells 13-107 yds., 2 TD; October 13 ....................... Gulf Coast Receiving– R. Pierce 38-345 J. Nance 12-139 yds.; B. Martin ……………………………...Home yds., 2 TD 11-153 yds., 2 TD 7:00 p.m. T. Fleming 20-222 yds., 1 TD Defense– I. Buggs 43 tackles, 5 Defense—D. Dantzler 57 tack- TFL, 2 Sacks October 22 ............................. Co-Lin les, 2 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 FR R. Dean 39 tackles, 7 TFL, 4 .................................................. Away M. Ware 39 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 Int., 2 FF 3:00 p.m. PBU J. Stewart 37 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 Ken. Anderson 34 tackles October 29 .................... East Central Sacks, 1 PBU, 2 FR ................................................. Home Homecoming 5:00 p.m. Offensive Player to Watch #2 Javian Jackson WR Southwest MS Community College Athletics SMCC_ATHLETICS YOUTUBE—-Southwest Athletics Website: www.southwestbearathletics.com SMCC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Michael D. Gunnell, Sports Information Director Office: _____________________ (601) 276-3878 SOUTHWEST COACHING STAFF Email: ________________ [email protected] Tucker Peavey Head Coach Cameron Achord QB’s/RB’s/TE’s/Special Teams/Recruiting Kelby Bowman Defensive Coordinator Dr. Bill Ashley, Athletic Director Donald Dykes Defensive Backs Office: _____________________ (601) 276-2000 Email: __________________ [email protected] DeMorrius Jones Defensive Line Dominique Sullivan Wide Receivers GAME 7• MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECORD: 2-4 BEAR FACTS Gulf Coast won the only Rank College (1st Place Votes) State Record Points Prev North-South matchup in 1 Northwest Mississippi (3) MS 6-0 299.5 1 Week 6 leaving the South 2 Garden City KS 6-0 197 3 3 Arizona Western AZ 6-0 196.5 2 with a 10-8 edge on the 4 East Mississippi MS 5-1 175 5 season. 5 Trinity Valley TX 5-1 170.5 4 6 Mesa AZ 5-1 142 13 7 Tyler TX 4-1 140 12 8 Lackawanna PA 6-0 131 6 Gulf Coast leads the all- 9 Northeast Mississippi MS 5-1 128 18 time series with the Bears, 10 Central Lakes MN 7-0 94.5 17 57-21-3. The Bears last defeated Gulf Coast in 2006 (14-7) SCHEDULE & RESULTS MACJC Games Week 7 MACJC Games Week 5 Scores Thursday: Southwest 31 Pearl River 21 Miss. Gulf Coast @ Southwest Northeast 30 Itawamba 12 Coahoma @ Itawamba East Central 37 Jones Co. 24 Co-Lin @ Holmes Hinds 17 Co-Lin 14 Northeast @ Miss. Delta East Miss. 63 Holmes 49 (Sat.) Hinds @ East Central Gulf Coast 42 Miss. Delta 0 Northwest @ East Miss. Northwest 34 Coahoma 0 Pearl River @ Jones Co. BEAR REWIND Cliff Fernandez Iowa State University Position: TE Height: 6’ 3” Weight: 255 High School: Dexter Page 2 2016 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Dr. Bill Ashley Vice-President for Student Affairs Director of Athletics Dr. Bill Ashley, Vice President for Student Affairs at Southwest, is in his fourth year as Director of Athletics. He came to Summit in 2011 after five years at Hinds Community College. The athletic programs at Southwest have made many strides during Ashley’s tenure as Director of Athletics. In 2015-16, the men’s basketball team claimed the MACJC state championship. The women’s basketball team made the MACJC state tourney and the NJCAA Region 23 tourney respectively for the third time and second time in four years. The 2015-2016 softball team produced the best record in program history and made its first-ever appearance in the MACJC state playoffs. In 2015, the Bears baseball team made its first state playoff appearance in nine years. The 2013-14 Lady Bears basketball team advanced to the MACJC State Championship Game where they were narrowly defeated by Jones County, which led to a hot performance in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament where they also were the runner-up for the region championship, which led to a bid in the NJCAA national tournament in Salina, Kansas. Also, head coach Brent Harris was named women’s director of NJCAA Region 23. On the academic side, numerous student-athletes have received national and state honors since 2013, including a total of 43 being inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa national honor society. The men’s basketball team was named the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year in 2015-2016 and came in second in 2014-2015. Also they were MACJC Academic Team of the Year in 2014-15 and 15-16. The baseball and softball teams were both named an NJCAA All- Academic Team in 2015-16 (the ninth straight year the softball program has received this honor). The football program has seen the construction of a new press box and the bathrooms have been air-conditioned in John I. Hurst Stadium. Also the visitor’s grandstand has been expanded 2014-2015. Additional seating is currently being installed for the fall of 2016-17 and the addition of a visitor’s press box will add a special touch to the stadium. The sprinkler system was also replaced on the Monroe McElveen Field. Advertising revenue from the sales of sponsorships on the football scoreboard has enabled the college to include a video board on the football scoreboard. The locker room has had new carpet added with custom made lockers installed. Also, an additional office and meeting room have been added. The former baseball locker room was converted into a spacious all-sports athletic training room. An additional irrigated practice field was completed at the end of the spring semester of 2016. The underside of the home grandstand has been resurfaced to be more esthetically pleasing. After the 2016 season further modifications will be made to the home grandstand. Through the Bear Backers Booster Club, the football fieldhouse audio/visual needs were met in 2013-2014. The SMCC Soccer stadium, complete with dugouts, a press box and permanent seating for fans, has been completed. The teams have also had locker rooms undergo renovation within the Student Activities Gymnasium. Our football program hosts a football camp for high school teams during the end of June which is ran by high school coaches. Also, the football program has hosted out of state high school teams’ summer camps. New locker rooms were remodeled and put into service for both the baseball and softball teams in 2013-2014. Baseball and softball respectively have had coaches’ offices remodeled as well. New indoor batting cages have been placed in the PE Building/Athletic Practice Facility for baseball and softball and can be hoisted out of the way for multipurpose use of the basketball courts. A new grandstand and a press box were installed for softball in 2013-2014 while baseball had a new field drainage system installed during the fall of 2015, a new outfield fence in the fall of 2012, in addition to new right field and left field fences completed inclusive of bull-pens for both the Bears and opponents prior to the 2015 season. Page 3 2016 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE Also, the college’s final product of the QEP is a fitness center located in the facility with baseball and softball. As a result of the QEP the PE Building/ Athletic Practice facility has a new playing surface for both basketball courts complete with three-lane walking track. The racket ball courts were re- moved and the QEP fitness center was moved into this space. The fitness center serves students, faculty, and staff for a nominal charge for the fall and spring semesters. Further enhancements to the softball and baseball field will begin the fall of 2016 with the outfield fence for softball being moved back and a new scoreboard will be installed, in addition, modern lights will replace the existing lighting on both the baseball and softball fields. The baseball scoreboard will also have its artwork modified to add the college’s official athletic logo. The varsity basketball gymnasium lobby has undergone a complete renovation during the fall of 2015. During the fall of 2013 new padding with the college athletic logo was added under both goals.