Defensive ends Larry Jefferson and Xavier Pegues were recently named to the Rivals.com JUCO Top 100 when they released their 2015 prospect rankings on Thursday.
Members of the Itawamba Community College football and men’s basketball team took time out of their summer to help give back to the community by volunteering with April’s Angels to help build their handicap playground at Itawamba Attendance Center on Monday.
“It felt good,” said Armstrong. “I’ve been waiting to have a break out game and show the [Sabercat] fans what I was capable of doing and to help the team get a win over our rivals was extra sweet. The defense played amazing and we just wanted to be able to keep them going by putting points on the board on the offensive side of the ball.”
“Academics is the number one thing we stress in our program,” said Coach Sean Cannon. “Success on the football field starts with success in the classroom. If you have the discipline and the desire that it takes to be good students then those same traits will carry over to workouts, practice and in games.”
Cannon, 39, a native of Calhoun City, succeeds Jon Williams as the 11th head coach in ICC history after spending the last four seasons as the program’s defensive coordinator and assistant head coach.
ICC will announce the program's 11th head football coach in a press conference set for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 16th in the lobby of the David C. Cole Student Services Building.
The acronym for “To God be the Glory” echoed throughout Williams’ dominate performance that saw the 27 year old break his own squat world record with a lift of 909 pounds before winning his first-ever World Championship with another world record of 2,144 total pounds.
Itawamba Community College President Mike Eaton has announced Sean Cannon has been named interim head football coach for the Indians. Cannon has been a member of the ICC coaching staff for the last four years as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.
Itawamba Community College head football coach Jon Williams stepped down on Monday to accept a position as the new assistant head coach and director of player personnel with the University of Southern Mississippi.
In only one season as a defensive back and receiver for Coach Jeff Terrill and the Indians, Lofton had five receptions for 102 yards and one touchdown while returning two kicks for a touchdown and leading the team with two interceptions to go along with five tackles.
Former Indian Demarius Howard (Calhoun City) wasn’t known by many entering the University of Southern Mississippi spring game, but the Bennie Abram LEGACY Award winner open many eyes with his break out performance on Saturday.
“It felt good being back,” said Armstrong. “I’m really happy to be a Sabercat and hope I can help the team this season and hopefully for seasons to come.”
Fresh off their first playoff appearance in six years, Coach Jon Williams and the ICC football team welcomed 34 newcomers to the program on the first official day of the spring signing period.
Coleman spent the last three seasons at Faulkner University working as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In his first year at Faulkner, Coleman played a key role in the development of two-time NAIA All-American quarterback Josh Hollingsworth, who led the nation in most all passing statistical categories.
Itawamba Community College head football coach Jon Williams announced 13 players signed National Letters of Intent to continue their football careers during the NCAA’s early signing period.
Williams won the Super Heavyweight and Overall divisions by amassing an American record of 2,225 total pounds during the USA Powerlifting (USAPL) Raw Championships in Hattiesburg on Saturday.
A pair of Austin Franklin (East Central CC) field goals led the South to a 6-3 victory over the North in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-Star Football Classic on Thursday.
Tobias Lofton (Forest) Griff Loftis (Mooreville) andhave been selected to the Capital One Academic All-District Team, made of players from teams from NAIA, Canadian, and two-year schools.
“We are extremely proud for these guys getting this well-deserved honor,” said Williams. “They represent all the hard work, sacrifice, and dedication a lot of guys this season and from seasons past that helped us be able to enjoy the success we had this season and hopefully in the future.”
Itawamba Community College was represented with a total of nine football players named to the 2013 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-State teams as announced by the conference on Monday.
Turnovers on four-straight possessions to start the contest helped the No. 4 Jones County Junior College Bobcats build a big lead and cruise to a 49-21 victory over Itawamba Community College in the MACJC semi-finals on Saturday.
Itawamba Community College and Jones County Junior College are separated by 233 miles, but the two programs are no stranger when it comes to the gridiron.
“East Mississippi is as good as advertised,” said ICC head coach Jon Williams. “We didn’t play as well as I thought we could have, but give credit where credit is due because in my team this is the best team in the country and they played like it.”
“This is what rivalry games are all about,” said ICC head coach Jon Williams. “Two teams slugging it out to the very last play of the game and our guys found a way to be on the positive side of things at the end of the night.”
The Itawamba Community College football team dropped to No. 20 in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) football poll after losing to Coahoma Community College 47-41 in double overtime on Saturday.