1977-1982

score on a fielders choice aff the bat of Chisolm before Eagle pitcher Mark Overby bore down - to retire the side. The Eagles showed their : power in the bdtom of ttre, second. 1 Jim Thompson singled and Copland rmcW on an m r . Butler sacrificed the rufiners up a base before Pogw blasted a 0-1 fastball over the left field fence to give Meridian a 3-2 which they never lost. But the Eagles were not through for the inning. Harris singled and John White stmwed his p e r by sending a 2-2 f ~ t b a l t out of the park to give the Eagles a 5 2 lead. The fmal nms of the game came in the Eagle's half of the third. With m out, Copeland . walked a d Butler m&ed on J! an error. Pogue then sacrificed the cunners up a b e and Harris walked to load the bases. Duce then threw two straight wild pitches allowing Copeland and Butler to soore. After a cwple of shaky innings, Overby settled down to record the win. At one point the ex-West Lauddale ace retired 11 in a row. Overby st- out seven and walkd six. The Eagle's next actiw is, Friday wfren defending state champion Miskippi Del visits for a 5:M A r w M e h e d at John Mass fie

The bunt paid off as Paul Harris singled to score Copeland and Butler. Meridian p M d up two more in the fifth. Chuck Butler and Tim Pogue singled. Both runners moved up on a passed I d and Buthr scored on another passed ball. Pogue then scored on a sacrifice fly by Tony M. The Eagles picked up their final runs in the sixth. Torrance, Page, and Thompson all reached on errors to load the bases. Torrance scored cin a sacrifice fly by Copeland and Pogue plated Page with a single to right which e d the game by the lbm rule. When the second game started it looked as though the Eagles were going to split again. Warrior second baseman Dewayne Chisolrn led off with a walk. A passed ball allowd Chisolrn to advance to m n d . Two outs later a throwing emr allowed Chisolm to wore and gve the Warriors an early 1-0 lead. Warrior starting pitcher James Duce, who recently signed a basketball scholacship with Auburn, retired the Eagles in the first and East Central added another run in the second.

By GUY COWART

Alan a I not-hitter and Mark Overby a tmhitter to lead the Meridian 1 Junior buege Eagles ta a 100 and &2 sweep over East Central here Tuesday. The Eagles combid their stellar pitching with timely hitting and excellent defeme to run their m r d to 1&15 on the year. In the opener, Wallace was in command from the start. 'h sophomore left hander struck out 11 and walkd four while only one Warrior cwld reach second base. The Eagles gave Wallace all the runs he needed in the &tom of the first. With two out, Chris Miller reached on an error. Bubba Torrance then blasted his ninth homer of the year over the left field f e w to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead. But Meridian wasn't through. Randy Page reached on another Wamor error. Jim Thompson singled and Tim Copeland plated Page and Thompsonwith a single to right before East Central could get out of the inning. While Wallace was breezing along, the Eagles kept scoring. runs. In the M o m of the third Copeland wallred and Chuck Butler reached on an error. nrn P o p then moved the runners up a base with a -..;-ifice hunt. Wallace fired

Duce singled and Jimmy White walked. One out later John Montgomery was hit by a nitch to load the a-