Northwest Football / Ava Robbins

Head Coach Benjy Parker previews No. 3 Northwest Ranger Football’s season opener at Pearl River (tonight, 7 p.m., Poplarville). He reflects on 18 four-year signees, back-to-back national academic crowns (team GPA 3.25), recruiting standards, and winning the line of scrimmage. Parker also updates the QB room—transfers Aiden Glover (Missouri) and Nico Fann (Mercer) set to play, with freshman Wyatt Bond contributing on special teams—plus progress on the OL/DL and how last year’s Pearl River finish fuels this year’s mindset.

Student-athlete Ava Robbins shares how she chose Northwest and balances academics, athletics, and leadership. The middle blocker on the state-champion volleyball program discusses the team’s 5–2 start (sweep of Northeast), sophomore leadership and chemistry, time management, and an Illinois road swing (Lewis & Clark, Saint Louis, Shawnee, East Central Missouri). Robbins—NWCC Most Beautiful, orientation leader, two-time pole vault state champion—talks business studies and training toward a commercial pilot career.

Keywords: Northwest Mississippi Community College, NWCC, Ranger Hour, Benjy Parker, Ranger Football, Pearl River, Poplarville, NJCAA, MACCC, Aiden Glover, Nico Faan, Wyatt Bond, academic excellence, 3.25 team GPA, four-year signees, Ava Robbins, NWCC Volleyball, middle blocker, sweep of Northeast, Lewis & Clark, Saint Louis, Shawnee, East Central Missouri, orientation leader, Most Beautiful, pilot training, Heindl Center, The Spinners, Crowder.