Angel Torres
NMJC's Filipa Calisto's Quest For Less And More
The rain had begun to fall, but the horrors did not start until around 8 p.m. On March 14, 2019, Cyclone Idai hit Beira, Mozambique - the...
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Matthew Cooper
Gavin Davis Kept The Dream Alive at West L.A.
Gavin Davis had just helped his team secure a hard-fought victory. Yet he did not return home elated. He did not return home oozing with...
Joanna Shillingford
Prouder and Prouder of Polk State's George Pridgett, Jr.
Brenda Pridgett went into labor, and laughed. “George Sr. was taking forever to come out of our bedroom . . . when he did come out, he...
Angel Torres
Women's NJCAA D3 Tournament Preview
The National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) DIII women’s tournament is scheduled to start March 15th and a champion will...
Matthew Cooper
10 Reasons To Root For Prince George's Community College Men's Team
1. Unfinished Business The Owls won the NJCAA Division III Men's Region 20 Championship in the 2021–2022 season after finishing the...
Matthew Cooper
Reasons to Root for Howard Community College Lady Dragons
1. A Program on the Rise The Howard Community College women's basketball program is only a decade old and started with little fanfare. As...
Michael Carter
Davidson-Davie CC's Coach Matt Ridge - The Ridge On Top Of The Storm
Matt Ridge is running up the sideline toward mid-court, waving his hands frantically, yelling to his Davidson-Davie Community College...
Matthew Cooper
NIACC's Audrey Martinez-Stewart is a Reflection of her Greatest Fan
"Don't ever cry." As Audrey Martinez-Stewart saved a loose ball during an AAU tournament in Indiana, crying did not cross her mind. She...
Jack Meyer
NJCAA D1 Women's - Big Offseason Moves
Nearly every team in the NJCAA brings in new talent in between seasons. Whether a school lands highly-touted recruits or adds new talent...
Colin McNamara
NJCAA Men's D1 Update: 5 Regions to Watch
The NJCAA season is rapidly approaching. Many regions made some shocking improvements, while some have been elite for decades. Let’s look...
Colin McNamara
Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself
Wild, lost and curious - the three words Dian Wright-Forde used to describe his past self. He associated with the wrong crowds and...
Alexandra Nikou
Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State
Nope. Not Nya Valentine. Everyone has at some point stopped working hard. Everyone has, at least on occasion, given in to the temptation...
Jack Meyer
Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens
“Everyone has a plan until they get hit . . . I will not be shaken, for He gives me the strength to hit back.” The message inscribed...
Colin McNamara
NJCCA D1 Men's Update: Off-Season Impacts and Teams on Rise
Most successful Division I junior college players pack their bags after one year with their respective programs, or they are forced to...
Jack Meyer
NJCAA Women's D1 Teams to Watch Next Season
Almost every team has one thing in common right now: they believe this can be their year. Whether they are ranked number one in the...
Tom Seipp
NJCAA Women's D2 - Way Too Early Top 10 And More
For the first time since the 2018-19 season, NJCAA D2 women’s basketball completed a season. Kirkwood Community College won their eighth...
Colin McNamara
Clayton Southwick Is Happy With More Snow
Clayton Southwick may love Snow, but he did not intend to play with it for very long. Heading into the 2021-22 season, Southwick enrolled...
Jack Meyer
Telisha Brown Brought Special To Blinn
What if I’m not good enough? Should I just give up? Am I not special? Most athletes frequently face questions like these. In addition to...
Tony Jimenez
Marion Made His Mark At SLCC
You've probably never heard of Marion Humphrey, a 6-2 guard who played for two seasons at San Diego before coming to Salt Lake, Utah...
Kevin Martinez
Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu: Gulf Coast State's Not So Silent Killer
Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu had earned a reputation as a silent killer. She will beat you in a variety of different ways on the court without...
Tony Jimenez
CBT's JUCO Update - 2021-2022 Season Recap
Looking back at the 2021-22 season… • The fact that Northwest Florida St., the No. 10 seed and an at-large team, won the National JC...
Tony Jimenez
Dawson's Coach Joe Peterson and his Two Tots
To be sure, the two National JC Athletic Association Division l two-year schools in Montana – Dawson and Miles – get little if any...
Kevin Martinez
Tyler On Top, Again
The 17-seed Apache Ladies of Tyler Junior College defeated the 3-seed Georgia Highland Chargers 92-80 in the NJCAA women’s national...
Kevin Martinez
Sandra Lin Went All In At Georgia Highlands
“The reason why I wanted to come here was that I want to be the first example for other females in Taiwan who want to play here that they...
Tony Jimenez
MEN's NJCAA All-Tournament Team and Awards
HUTCHINSON, Kans. --- When the basketball went up for the tip off at 10 a.m. (CST) on March 14, many of the folks in this south central...
Tony Jimenez
Melissa "Moe" Llanes: Gavilan's Groundbreaker
For Gavilan College assistant coach Melissa "Moe" Llanes, Feb. 9 was a day like any other, until it turned into an unusual day during the...
Kevin Martinez
Pearl River's Tristen Washington - Determined Dreamer
Tristen Washington loves the game of basketball, and she is great at it. But as a player moves up the ranks into college and hopefully...
Garrett Cote
Hocking's Trevell Adams is Tough Enough
In June of 2016, a day after LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship, a 15-year-old in Columbus, Ohio was...
Tony Jimenez
Kilgore's Coach Brian Hoberecht Credits Whole Crew
Coach Brian Hoberecht of Kilgore College gives credit to his players -- not simply the solid starting five, but also the heavily involved...
Kevin Martinez
Shanequa Henry - Hardworking and Humble at EOSC
Shanequa Henry wants a life in basketball, even though she knows that means a lot of hard work. The point guard puts in that effort at...
Tony Jimenez
Chayce Polynice - Bigger and Better at Southern Idaho
By Tony Jimenez - When Coach Jeff Reinert took the College of Southern Idaho job – to be sure, one of the blue bloods of juco hoops –...
Kevin Martinez
CBT's Women's Juco Rankings - Feb 2022
Women's JUCO Ranking Update: 1. Three Rivers Community College (21-0): grabs the number one spot as the reigning defending champions...
Tony Jimenez
CBT JUCO Men's Update - Carrillo And Cochise
Walk down the streets of Douglas, Arizona today and virtually everyone knows the Carrillo name and his game at Cochise, a two-year...
Tony Jimenez
A Titan Named Brody Boyer
Make no mistake, Brody Boyer has plenty of swag, on and off the basketball court. Away from the gym he sports gold chains, wears...
Bret Kehoe
CBT's Latest JUCO-Women's Rankings
Top dogs remain top dogs. Last season’s champion, Northwest Florida State, top the rankings as 2021 turns to 2022 thanks in part to a...
Bret Kehoe
There's No "I" in FSW
“We really stress that everybody is equally important. Just have five basketball players on the floor.” Simple words from Florida...
Tony Jimenez
JUCO Notes For December
The top team in the National JC Athletic Association? If you go by the NJCAA polls from the first half of the season it’s Salt Lake,...
Josh Moss
ICC's Maisa Marcal's Long Trip To Friendship And Success
The average community college student commutes about 10 miles. For Maisa Marcal it’s 5,270. A third year sophomore for Independence...
Tony Jimenez
Isaiah Perry Hopes His Game Sings in the Volunteer State
When he was a junior at Bolivar Central high school in Bolivar, Tenn., Isaiah Perry was a non-descript 5-11, 240-pounder who wasn’t very...
Tony Jimenez
Camron Donatlan To South Suburban as Transfer Portal Comes to JUCO
The fact that players can now put their names in the transfer portal after only one season perplexes South Suburban, Ill. Coach John...
Bret Kehoe
Women's NJCAA D1 Rankings And More
Young basketball players always dream big. Even as they chase glory during the senior year of high school, they are already thinking...
Tony Jimenez
Top Jucos Angling to Return to Kansas in 2022
If you go by recent history, Florida is the No. 1 state in JUCO hoops. Bright coaches and big-time players galore. Shoot, the five-team...
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