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Sonny Pisarich

Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1966-1967) / Football

Pisarich scored a touchdown in the 33-0 November 12, 1966, massacre of Pearl River at Milner Stadium in Gulfport — the first victory of the Bulldogs over the Wildcats in 18 years. On November 19 of that year, Pisarich sacked the Jones County quarterback on the fourth down deep in Bulldog territory with time running out, thus ensuring the 21-14 Bulldog victory that earned the Perkinston institution’s first Mississippi Association of Junior and Community Colleges football championship since 1948. In 1967, Pisarich also played center field on Ken “Curly” Farris’ state championship baseball team, and that fall, played tight end on another Bulldog football state championship team. Named to First Team All-State in December 1967, he received the coveted Dr. D. L. Hollis Athletic Trophy for “the sophomore who has best promoted athletics by exemplary conduct” at the Perkinston 1980 Awards Day Assembly on May 16, 1968.