Ranger Athletics

Olivo is the NTJCAC Player of the Week (Feb 27 - March 5) rangersports.net/x/naxp7

Rangers defeat Frank Phillips in their Friday doubleheader at home. rangersports.net/x/gol5b

Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Famer Skip Townsend, won six state championships at Brock High School, was named the new women’s coach at Ranger College on May 1. Townsend replaces Bill Foy, who left to become the men's basketball coach/AD at Paris Junior College.

A former Division I coach at SMU, James Stafford was named the head men's basketball coach at Ranger College last week. Stafford replaces Billy Gillispie at the helm of the RC program. Gillispie stepped down on March 30 to take over the Tarleton State University position.

@JucoTexas Ranger College head coach Scott Norwood garnered his 500th career victory recently with a win over rival Cisco College. You can read all about his achievement by going to: rangersports.net/sports/bsb/201…

@SkippersDugout Ranger College head coach Scott Norwood garnered his 500th career victory recently with a win over rival Cisco College. You can read all about his achievement by going to: rangersports.net/sports/bsb/201…

Billy Gillispie is returning to the big time! After guiding Ranger to three appearances in the NJCAA national tournament, the former Big 12 Coach of the year agreed to take over the Tarleton State University men's basketball team on Tuesday.

Norwood collects 500th career win Ranger College head baseball coach Scott Norwood joined the 500-win club with a win over cross-county rival Cisco College. Norwood collected career win No. 500 on March 7 with a 24-13 decision over Cisco.

There will be a special pre-national tournament edition of the Billy Gillispie Coaches Show TONIGHT, beginning at 6 p.m., at La Hacienda Restaurant in Eastland, Texas. La Hacienda will be offering a 15 percent discount to everyone that turns out for the show.

NJCAA selection show to be aired at noon The 2020 Division I Men’s Basketball Championships selection show will be aired at noon on several NJCAA outlets. The show can be viewed on March 8 at njcaachampstv.com, or on the NJCAA’s Facebook and Twitter feed.

If you would like to get an inside look into Ranger College's basketball program, KATX 97.7 FM (katxradio.com) will be airing the Billy Gillispie Coaches Show at 6 p.m. The show is being staged at La Hacienda restaurant in Eastland.

Be sure to join us tonight for the live stream of the Ranger College men's and women's basketball games against McLennan. Games will start at 5 p.m. on the RC Facebook page.

This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Ranger College football team winning the 1979 NJCAA national championship. The Rangers posted an 11-0 record under head coach Tim Marcum that season. He later won seven Arena Football League championships.

The unbeaten Ranger College women's basketball team will travel to Big Spring on Saturday to play the Howard College Lady Hawks. The game will start at 4 p.m. in the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum.

The Ranger College men's golf team will head into the holidays ranked No. 1 nationally, according to the latest Bushnell Golfweek NJCAA Division I Poll.

The Ranger College women’s volleyball team will hold tryouts on Dec. 8 in the Ron Butler Gymnasium. The tryouts will run from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information contact Ashley Mahan via email at amahan@rangercollege.edu.

RC soccer teams to hold tryouts Tryouts for the Ranger College men’s and women's soccer teams will be held at 2 p.m. on Dec. 14-15 in Ranger. For more information contact Rafael Gonzalez at rgonzalez@rangercollege.edu or Gabi Laurent at glaurent@rangercollege.edu.

Ranger College men's basketball moves into top spot in NJCAA Division I basketball rankings. GO RANGERS!! Check out the latest poll at stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/20…

The Ranger College men's junior varsity basketball games with Brian Tanner Prep Academy scheduled for Sunday and Monday have been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. RC JV head coach Ra'Kim Hollis said the two teams will try and reschedule the games for later this season.

The Ranger College women's basketball team will play Paul Quinn JV tonight. Go Lady Rangers!!