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ast Mississippi deserves its This and that on a Thursday: EMCC hosts Northwest Mississippi in a key division

There has been a lot of talk about the baseball teams at Clarke College and Meridian Community College, and justifiably so. But, there is a team a little north of here that's not bad either. East Mississippi Community College is 25-13 going into to– day's 2 p.m. home contest with Hinds Community College. Coach Bill Baldner's Lions are in the hunt for the MJCAA North Division title and possibly a spot in the Region 23 Tourna– ment that will be held in Meri· dian in May. "I'm really pleased with the team this year," Baldner said.

doubleheader Saturday at 1:30. • Look for Mississippi College to make a big splash on the women's portion of the Gulf South Conference basketball chase next season. The Lady Chocs under new coach Ed Nixon have signed several top players already, in– cluding Starkville's Cynthia Milons (5-9), Forrest County's Michelle Walters (5-11) and 6-foot-1 Sherita Hinton of Perry Central. • Former Livingston Universi– ty women's basketball coach Craig Roden is on the move again. Roden, who coached the last

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''Everything just seems to be fitting together for us. I'm get– ting good efforts and things are going our way a little more this year."

hare of talk in baseball circle two seasons at the University of Texas-El Paso ts now the head coach of the women at Connors State Junior College in Oklahoma. Connors Sta s is year-in and year-out one ci the best juco programs in "lation. Both them sand women's teams \\ere ·~in the top three at the time this season and baseball team is curren I~ m top 20 • Eas men's basket- ball d Bowen seems to ha'\: e omg, recruiting- wiSe Bowen has reeled in a top pro– spect out of Villa Rica, Ga., as well. Tony Bailey, a 6-foot-5 power forward, averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds his senior season and was selected second team all-state in Class 4A. • It may not be long before Mary Holmes College stops be– ing a baseball patsy. Three of the four Miss-Lou Conference teams - MCC, Clarke and Delgado - are already among the best in Region 23. All three have been ranked one time or another over the last two seasons. MHC is just 2-18 on the past. Tuesday night MCC bad to struggle to post a pair of 5·2 wins over the visitors from West Point. Don't be surprised if Mary Holmes gets a Miss-Lou Con– ference win this season. If im– provement continues, MHC could be more than just another win next season. • When George Foreman final– ly gets his chance against Mike Tyson, don't allow your children to watch. It may give them nightmares forever. Tyson did get beat by Buster

Douglas. But, he's got a point to prove and he couldn't care less how old Foreman is. Say goodnight, George.

season, but the team is much more competitive than in the

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