THE PIONEER

Joseph Henrickson Staff Writer The Pierce Raiders baseball team completed another 4 game sweep May 4and 5, this time it was against Grays Harbor Community College. The Raiders outscored their opponent 23 – 6 in the four game set and continue to lead the NWAACC West Conference with a record of 16 and 4. Leading [...]

Friday, May 10, the softball team had already secured a spot in the playoffs but was looking for a sweep of a double header against Grays Harbor Community College to clinch first place. Since April 27, the team had raised the bar and had their sights on making the playoffs but had a lot of [...]

Lloyd Shisler Staff Writer Student Services and Activities Budget [S and A] is a budget that supports and funds Pierce programs such as athletics, tutoring, theater, pioneer, writers studio, music program and many more. Cameron Cox, director for student life, mentioned that Pierce’s tuition was raised last year at 12 percent. Instead of the S [...]

Joseph Henrickson Staff Writer In South Africa, baseball has been around since the late 1800’s, but still does not have the notoriety that it has here in the United States with Major League Baseball. In fact, still to this day there has never been a native South African in the MLB, but a few recent [...]

Lloyd Shisler Staff Writer There are people who truly live life on the edge; to push the limits of life and the human body beyond the limits of what humans were not meant to do. Many people find a certain freedom when they put themselves outside their comfort zone. Raymond Collazo is a student who [...]

Joseph Henrickson Staff Writer Every Monday and Wednesday there are approximately 35 people that get together at the HEC for some friendly competition.  From noon to 2 p.m. the gym becomes a recreational soccer facility and the fun begins. Intramural soccer is a sport that is played in a college with no competition involved, but [...]

Joseph Henrickson Staff Writer On a cold, wet April weekend Little League games throughout the region were being rained out.  At Mt. Tahoma Athletic Complex, the Pierce College Raiders picked up the rakes and got their home field ready to play.  Such is baseball life in the Northwest, despite having to deal with the rain [...]

Joseph Henrickson Staff Writer Baseball season is underway once again as we welcome spring here at Pierce College.  The Raiders, along with new head coach Kevin Davis are known as the 2012 NWAAC C Champions and with the slate wiped clean, the plan is to keep that title. There is a short list of players [...]

Cedrick McClurry Staff Writer After winning last year’s NWAACC tournament, Coach Davis and his baseball team have been tagged with the biggest target one can be tagged with—champions. The Raiders agree that it’s time to defend the title. Standout pitcher Elliot Morris is poised to defend their title with a repeat victory. Elliot Morris is [...]

                    Team acquires Michael Morse in three team deal Staff Writer Joe Henrickson It’s been a busy off-season this year for the Seattle Mariners. After finishing with the lowest number of runs scored for the third consecutive season, General Manager, Jack Zduriencik needs to get offense. [...]