Upward Bound gets funded for next five years

Pictured is the Northeast Texas Community College Upward Bound staff (from left): Elisa Henninger, Director; Laura Lambert, Campus Coordinator for Mount Pleasant, Pewitt and Pittsburg; Keziah Eckstrom, Recruiter and Campus Coordinator for Chapel Hill and Daingerfield and Kelsey Flores, Administrative Assistant.†



The Upward Bound program at Northeast Texas Community College recently received notification from the United States Department of Education that it will be funded for the next five years.



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Alvin falls to Navarro despite late rally

The Alvin Community College baseball team?s season came to an end Wednesday in a late-night match up with Navarro College as they were defeated 8-5.

The game eliminated Alvin from the tournament and put Navarro one step closer to a trip to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Navarro will face Galveston College at 1 p.m. on Thursday to determine who will play an undefeated San Jacinto College at 5 p.m

Navarro asserted their domination early on as they scored seven runs on five hits, two errors and two walks in the bottom of the first inning.

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San Jacinto remains undefeated

The NJCAA Region XIV Baseball Tournament continued with its pattern of long, extra-inning ballgames on Wednesday night as San Jacinto College beat Galveston College 6-5 in 16 innings.

San Jacinto remains the only undefeated team in the tournament. Galveston will play Navarro at 1 p.m. on Thursday (game 13) in order to try to earn the chance for a re-match with San Jacinto at 5 p.m.

San Jacinto started off strong, putting three runs on the board in the bottom of the first.

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Navarro eliminates Texarkana in the battle of the Bulldogs

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Navarro College dashed the tournament hopes of Texarkana College 2-1in game nine of the NJCAA Region XIV Baseball Tournament on Wednesday in the battle of the Bulldogs.

Navarro will play again Wednesday at 8 p.m. against the winner of the Alvin vs. Blinn match up.

No runs were scored in the first inning. Navarro started things off when they scored a single run in the top of the second.

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Galveston beats Blinn in 13 innings

The Galveston College Whitecaps managed to remain undefeated in the Region XIV Baseball tournament as they defeated Blinn College 2-1 in 13 late-night innings. This was the fourth game of the tourney to require extra innings. The game lasted around four hours and finally wrapped up around 2:30 a.m.

Galveston will move on to face San Jacinto on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in a fight to remain undefeated in the tournament. Blinn will face Alvin College at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Blinn got on the board first thing, scoring one in the top of the first.

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San Jacinto edges past Navarro in weather-plagued marathon

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San Jacinto College edged past Navarro College Tuesday night 7-6 in game seven of the NJCAA Region XIV Baseball Tournament at Northeast Texas Community College. Originally underway on Monday evening, the game was delayed until Tuesday night due to rain.

Weather issues plagued the game Tuesday as well, as strong intermittent lightning forced officials to call two more delays.

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NTCC receives $202,785 to update medical technology

Northeast Texas Community College recently received a JET (Job and Education for Texans) 5 grant from the Texas State Comptroller's Office for $202,785. These funds will††will allow NTCC to purchase software for its†health programs, computers for each of its 12 dental hygiene operatories, new digital x-ray equipment, electronic dental record software, intraoral cameras and a panoramic digital x-ray system†. Pictured (from left) is Dr. Brad Johnson, NTCC President, Tricia Bowen, Interim Dental Hygiene Director, Dr. Jena Hamra, Dean of Allied Health, and Dr.

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Tourney to resume at 5 p.m. Tuesday

Due to soggy field conditions, the Region† XIV Baseball Tournament has been pushed back until 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Game 7 (San Jacinto vs. Navarro) will be played at 5 p.m. and game 8 (Blinn vs. Galveston) will be played at 8 p.m.

Games 9-12 will be played on Wednesday and 13 and 14 on Thursday. The championship game will be played on Friday if necessary.

An updated tournament bracket is available at ntcceagles.com/tourney.

 

 

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