1990

WEEK OF

At Clarke Monday... ECCC to begin baseball season

Ea.• C ...n.:.u Community Col– le£e' Dlalllond \\'arnors begin the 1990 ~pa.J:n Monda}', February 19 at Oar ~ Co~e and, according to -d )'"eal C03Ch Janue Clark, this )ear's squad featu res many !)trenglh.s ~h .sbo~ld make East Central a ttong contender for divi– SIOn - and posstv e state - honors. C1ar • I ; l~m 1 mished the eason th a :().19 o~ erall mark and·~ er

thing about this year's Warrior team is the "balance" that exists between "hitting" and "pitching". The '89 squad was more of a "pitching" squad while the '88 team featured a "hitting" club. This year, Clark said the Warriors are equally strong of– fensively as weU as defensively. Although the Warriors are ble\s– ed with many strengths, Clark said the actual "keys" to a successful campaign include the health of sophomore hurlers Jeff Crocker of Marengo (Alabama) Academy and Donald Culberson of Neshoba Cen– tral who have undergone rehabilita– tion programs, and freshman out– fielder Scott Hines of Neshoba Cen– tral and Wendell Whitehead of Newton "who need to provide baserunners" for sluggers J oey Boykin of Winston Academy, Jamey Champion of Demopolis Academy and Culberson. Returning starters include Boykin (designa ted hitter), Culberson (right field), catcher Scott Allen of Livonia, Louisiana; first baseman Eric Davis of East Chatham, New York; second baseman Scott

Fulcher of Louisville; and short stop J imbo Patterson who last season played third base. Also returning is last year's top pitcher, Brian Senn of Demopolis, Alabama. Senn was ranked na– tionally in the top 10 with an ERA of 1.67 for 81 innings. Besides Senn, other starting pit– chers arc sophomore David Hub– bard of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and freshmen Brian Jones of Neshoba Central, David Luke of Nanih Waiya and Greg Perry of Edinburg who will also possibl> pro– vide "relief" help. Clark said freshmen expected to see action include third baseman Jamey Champion of Demopolis, left fielder Scott Hines of Neshoba Cen– tral; center fielder Wendell Whitehead of Newton and infielders Clay Courville of Eunice, Louisiana and Cliff Moncrief of Westlake, Louisiana and Steve Burleigh of Plaquemine, Louisiana. Clark's 24-man '90 roster includes 12 sophomores and 12 frestimen. Of the 10 starters, five are in-district athletes with five team members be– ing from out-of-district.

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