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Warrior baseball team.. . -Members of the 1991 East Central Community College Warrior baseball team include, first row, froll)~8 center-fielder Matthew Freeny, Edinburg ; pitcher Scott Sumerall, Morton; right fielder Wendell Whitehead , Ne~on left fielder Doug Williams, Philadelphia; catcher-outfielder Derrick Glenn, Louisville; short stop mske YaFOOfoogh, Union,center fielder John Jackson, Sibley, Louisiana; pitcher Andy Magoun, Ferriday, Louis1\_~ th1rd baseman Dav1d Martin, Bossier City, Louisiana; second row, from left, pitcher Fab1an Huddle~i> 0 n, N~~tpn; pitcher Jerry Dupuy, New Roads, Louisiana; third baseman-short stop Britten Oubre, Hahnville, slana. feft fielder Fred Jones, Newton; pitcher-first baseman Greg Perry, Edinburg; catcher-outfielder etay– Courvllle Eunice, Louisiana; second baseman Scott Hines, Philadelphia; pitcher-outfielder Jon Powers, Westlake, Louisiana; left fielder Jamey Champion, Demopolis, Alabama; third row, from left, pitcher Stacy Thames, Louisville; second baseman Justin Haralson, Decatur; first baseman Trampas Amedee, St. Amant, Louisiana, pitcher Brian Jones, Philadelphia; right fielder Robby Brady, Little Rock; right fielder-pitc.,er Richie Rivers, Un1on; p1tcher Anthony White, Little Rock; first baseman Jay Gipson, Newton; catcher Tommy Joiner, Forest, p1tcher David Luke, Louisville, and c er fielde Larod 0~. Forest. The Warnors are coached by Jamie Clark. etlto:) ...._

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and had a 2.68 ERA. Other sophomores expected to he on the mound include David Ltu.:e o f Nanih Waiya , Brian Jones o. Philadelphia and Anthony \\' hite o Liule Rock and freshmen Fabia" Huddleston of Neww n, Sec t umerall of Morton, Stac} Thank' of Louisville, Andy ~1agoun of Ferriday, Louisiana; Jerry Dupu~ ..:>f :-.e .... Roads, Louisiana; and PoY.ero; Concerning the infield position, H nes returns at second base. A ba - flc 1 or first base honors is curren v under""ay between Perr} and meace, with Yarbrou~ &s gnated as the starting short ~o-. He added Yarbroug11 was a pleasan: rurpn~e n the fall and consi~tentl) Jut the ball "very hard." Clar 'a1d fres hmen Britten Oubre of Hahnville, Louisiana and Da'id Martin of Bossier City, Loui– Jan.a • ilJ handle the left side of the infield •• The \\ arrior 'lead mentor said the hon top and third base positions will have to impro'e over la<>t fall for Eaq Centra. to have a so·lid defen<>h .. effort . Clark. "-hO 1 59-65 overaJI at East Cent ral, ha corulstently produced

When East Central Community College begins the 1991 baseball season on February 26 at Clarke College, fans should see a much im– proved team from last year's winn– rhg campaign. r Although the 1990 Warriors won a record 22 games (against 21 losses) and finished with a 12-12 South Division mark, head coach Jamie Clark said the 1991 squad will be ' 'stronger, faster and have more depth." Clark added the Warriors will also "play more aggressively" and will be "exciting to watch." Clark credits an intense off– season program in producing stronger and faster players. "We do a lot of weight-lifting, ex– ercises and running which have real– ly paid off in getting us ready to suc– cessfully compete this season," Clark said. Specifically, he said the outfield and catcher positions look "par– ticularly strong" and added players should be "very productive" at the plate. Concerning the outfield, Clark said two of last year's starters, left fielder Jamey Champion of Demopolis, Alabama and Wendell

Whitehead of NeY.10n "- Ill return to action with the center field po ition "still up for grabs." He ..aid t"-O players fighting for starting honor are sophomore Larod Odom of Forest and freshman John Ja~k on of Sibley, Louisiana. Ho\\C\Cr, Clark said a "reshuffling'' could oc– cur, with Champion mO\ ng to center field and Jon PoY.cr' of Westlake, Louisiana playmg leu field. At catcher, Clark said the pro– bable starter will be Clay Cour ille of Eunice, Louisiana who pla}ed third base last season. Backing up Courville will be freshman Dernck Glenn of Louisville and Tomm\ Joiner of Forest. · Leading the offensive attack will be sophomores Greg Perry of Edin– burg, Scott Hines of Philadelphia, Wendell Whitehead of Philadelphia, Champion, and Courville and freshmen Jake Yarbrough of Union and Trampas Amedee of St. La– mant , Louisiana. Clark sa id his main concerns this season are the pitching staff and specific infield positions. The onI) e'\pen, need hurler retur– ning is Perrywhfl waS" 2-0' la<,t yclir

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year and had a 2.68 ERA. Other sophomores expected to be on the mound include David Luke of Nanth Waiya, Brian Jones of Phi– ladelphia and Anthony White of Little Rock and freshmen Fabian Huddleston ofNewton, Scou Sumer– all of Monor:, Stacy Thames of Louisville, Andy Magoun of Ferri– day, LA; Jerry Dupuy of New roads, LA and Powers. Concerning the infield position. Hines returns at second base. A battle for first base honors is current– ly underway betw~n Perry and Amedee, wtih Yarbrough designat.eO as the starting shortstop. He added Yarbrough was a pleasant surprise in the fall and consistently hit the ball "very Hard." Clark said freshmen Britten Oubre of Hahnvtlle, LA and David Martin of Bossier City, LA "wtll handle lhc left sideofthe infield" The Warrior head mentor said thl short stop and third base postUons will have to improve ovec last fall for East Central to have a solid dcfen– stve effort. Cl:trk, who is 59-65 overall at EC, has consistently produced players who have moved to the senior cgJ– legc level and the professional ranks as well. Former standout first baseman Leon Glenn of Louisville is playing in the Milwaukee Brewer system and pitcher Donald Culberson of Phi– ladelphia stgncd last year with the ChicagoWhite Sox. Culberson play– ed last summer in the White Sox organization but returned to East Central last fall as a fu ll-time student.

When East Central Community College begms Lhe 1991 baseball season on February 26 at ClarkeCol– lege, fans should see a much improved team from last year's win– ning campaign. Although the 1990 Warriors won a record 22 games (against 21losses) and finished with a 12-12 South Division mark, head coach Jamie Clark said the 1991 squad will be "sttonger, faster and have more depth." Clark added the Warriors will also "play more aggressively" and will be "exciting to watch." Clark credits an intense off-season program in producing stronger and faster players. "We do a lot of weight-lfting, exercises and running which have really paid off in getting us ready to successfully complete this season," Clark said. Specifically, he said the outfield and catcher positions look "particu– larly strong" and added several play– ers should be "very productive" at the plate. Concerning the outfield, Clark said two of last year's starters, left fielder Jamey Champion of Dempoolis, ALand Wendell White– head of Newton will return to action with the center field position "still up for grabs." He said two players fight– ing for starting honors are sopho– more Larod Odom of Forest and freshman John Jackson of Sibley, LA. However Clark said a "reshuf– fling" could occur, with Champion moving to center field and Jon Pow- ers ofWestlake, La playing left field .

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At catcher, Clark said the probable starter will be Clay Cowvile of Eunice, LA who played third base last season. Backing up Courville will be freshman Derrick Glenn of Louisville and Tommy Joiner of ForesL Leading lhe offensive attack will be sophomores Greg Perry of Edin– burg, Scott Hines of Philadelphia, Wendell Whitehead of Newton, Champion and Courville and fresh– men Jack Yarbrough of Union and Trampas Amedee ofSt Lamant, LA. Clark said his main concerns this season are lhe pitching staff and spe– citic infield positions. The only experienced hurler returning is Perry who was 2-0 last

Oilier former Warriors who are currently members of senior college squads include ptichers Jeff Crocker of Linden, AL and Brian Senn of Demopolis, AL, bolh of Aubum Univer:;ity; outfield Joey Boykin of louisville, at lhe University of MS: outfielder Alfred Triplett of Louis– ville, at Jackson State University; infielder CliffMoncriefof Westlake, LA, at McNeese State; pitcher Gre!! Smilh of Memphis, at Memphis State University; and infielder Gregg Warren of Forest, catcher Miles Por– ter and infielder Keith McGee, bolh of Morton, and catcher Scott Allen of Livonia, LA, who are all enrolled at Belhaven College.

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.320 in the fall with six home runs. Perry, who also plays first base, baLLed an even .400 in the fall. "A total of four wins return on me mound," Clark said. "We're pretty young with 21 freshmen. Our catcher (Courville) returns with one inning experience be– hind the plate in his life." Courville was signed as a shorts_top, but played third base last season. He caught one inning in the season finale. "Being realistic, I realize we're terribly young and very inexper– ienced," Clark added. "We have some sl!engms. We'll have to ,. :t J.Od see what happens in the ......

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RBI}, center fielder Jamey Champion (.180, 1 3B, 2 HR, 10 RBI), outfielder Larod Odom (.222), catcher Clay Courville (.209, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI), and pitchers Greg Perry (2-0, 2.68 ERA), David Luke (2-3, 5.49), Brian Jones (0-0, 4.63}, and An– thony White (0-0, 6.31). Clark calls Hines the "glue" to ECCC 's infield. '"'h · ~,. •adl•h4 .:1

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Dupuy and Powers join Perry. Jones, and Luke as the top five starting pitchers. "Right now, that's the five we expect to pull most of U1c load;' Clark said. ...i..!!.!. l ECCC is set to open its season ~\ Clarke College today in aoJ p.m. doubleheader. The 1homt ~ner is a twmbill with! Ita– '' 'lnlba Saturday at 1 p.m. EE:CE: d11 a 42-game schedule. '(I n !"7rom last year's Warrior tcan1, Jeff Crocker and Brian Senn are at Auburn, Joey Boykin is at Ole Miss, Scon Allen (the 1990 team MVP) is at .Belhaven, and Cliff Moncrief is at McNeese State. Donald ('ul~r.wn H.:.n,rl \\i\\1 the Chic'!gffi ~1u1c 1 So" lfgJilljlhtion.

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Also behind the plate is Tommy Joiner. A nearly total freshman infield consists of Trampas Amadee and Newton's Jay Gipson at first base, Jake Yarbrough of Union at shortstop, and David Martin at third base. Britten Oubre will see action at shortstop and third base. Also in the infield is second base– man Justin Haralson of Decatur. The freshman pitchers are Andy Magoun, Fabian Huddles– ton of Newton, Jerry Dupuy, Scott Sumerall, Jon Powers, and Louisville's Stacy Thames. Pow– ers will also see action in left

In addillon to the sophomores, the oulficld should be an ECCC ,trong point with freshmen Mark Stribling (who's currently on the Region 23 Tournament-bound ba– sketball team), Fred Jones of Newton, Doug Williams of Choc– taw Central, Richie Rivers of Un– IOn, Robby Brady of Beulah Hub– bard, John Jackson, and Matthew Freeny. Jackson \l.as a Louisiana high school all-sta.: out of Sibley, La. Catcher Derrick Glenn made the Class 4A-5A Mississippi high school all-star game. He and Courville are expected to split the catching chores.

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Warriors' comeback. ECCC's other run came in the top of the seventh. Brian Jones (1-0) got the win with the use of an effective sinker that forced the Panthers to hit ground ball outs. Yarbrough had two hils for ECCC as did Jon Powers . Greg Perry picked up the save. Curt Belton (0-1) took the loss. Jody Kyzar had three singles for Clarke, while Steve Cochran had a pair of hits. Clarke outhit ECCC, 9-6. The Panthers jumped on ECCC for five runs in the bottom of the first inning in the second giUllc. ECCC issued three walkS" lQ Clarke's first four batters. KyLU' and Joel Keller followed with run– scoring singles. ~ Keith Smith added a two-t~tn homer for Clarke in the botto!Tl Of the sixth. Sheldon Stribling (1-0) got.t.he win, while Powers (0-1) tookth~ Joss. Keller picked up the save. Clarke outhit ECCC, 9-4. "Stribling threw pretty well," ECCC four th-year coach Jamie Clark said. "Considering we had only been outsi~ three times in the Iastl5 days and Clarke about the same. it really wasn't t hat badly played. It's the firs t time since I've been at ECCC that we've started the season with a win." Clarke's win in the nigh tcap was the first for new coach Bryan Burt. Clarke travels to Cop i ah– Lincoln Thursday for a 1 p.m. twinbill, :while ECCC hosts Ita– w am.ba~aturday i n a 1 p.m. ~ou hkJ1endY.. h • '"'""""of'

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The Meridian Community Col– lege Eagles saw their early base– ball record drop to .500, with a doubleheader loss to Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston Tuesday. MCC lost a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning of the first game, falling 6-5. The Bulldogs made it a rout in the nightcap, winning 9-1. Relief pitcher Randy Farmer came inherited a one-out, one-man on situation in the seventh inning of the opener. Farmer forced the 1ust out with a fly ball, butGCC's Teddy Bishop tagged Farmer ~1) with a game-winning homer LO end the game. MCC's Scott Finley was 3-for-3 in the opener, with a homer, double and four RBis. Far– mer, the third MCC pitcher of the game, was 2-for-4. The Eagles had no multiple hit– ters in the nightcap. MCC got dou– bles from Andy Hall and Trey Pace. David Utz took the loss. The Eagles play at Delta • Thursday. • EAST CENTRAL S-2, CLARKE 2-9: East Central Com– munity College and Clarke Col– lege opened their 1991 baseball seasons with a split ofTuesday's doubleheader at Clarke. Clarke's Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fust inning of the opener before ECCC rallied for four runs in the top of the fourth inning. Jue Yarbrough's two-out, • two- run double off the right – center field wall highlighted the

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Southwest Saturday. Southwest won the opener, S-3. The split gives the Warriors a 3-1 division record and a S-3 over– all slate. ECCC -used four bits and two 1 Southwest errors in the first inning of the nightcap to take a S-2 lead. Wendell Whitehead ripped a two– run homer in the fourth inning to put the Warriors up 9-4. White– head had two hits and three RBI in the win. Scott Hines, Trampas Amadcc, and David Martin also had t·., Q hits. Steve Hebert hit a solo hor r for the Bears. who are 1-3, 1 . Greg Perry (I-0) allowed nc hits and three walks in getting the complete-game win. In the opener, the visiting B · s got an RBI -double from I Moore and an RBI-single tt:tftn Darious Carter in the sixth itdllll to snap a 3-3 tie. Moore also got I the win in relief.

East Mississippi Community College got a grand s!am in the fourth inning of the mghtcap to salvage a split with Paducah, Ky., in area junior college baseball ac- tion Sunday. . Glenn Dailey cracked the b1g blow, scoring ahead of him Shay Eubanks, Brad Nester and Casey Brown. Jeff Vance recorded his third home run of the season for Paducah. The slam came with the game tied at three. Brach White af.ld Glenn Culpepper also had two hits each to lead the 4-5 Lions. Chris Hester got the win, even– mg his record at 1-1. Hester was a loser m the first game, as Paducah scored a 13-10 win in a slugfesl. EMCC scored Six in the second innmg, but the visitors scored three runs in the founh and fifth innings, and blew things open wiih a seven-run seventh. Vance had a pair of homers in the opener, while EMCC was led by Brian Arnett and Brad Nester with two hits each. The Lions play at Mary Holmes in West Point today.

ECCC drew even at 3-3 in the fifth on Jon Powers' three-run double to left-center. Powers was 3-for-7 in the doubleheader as were Whitehead and Amadee. Brian Jones (2-1) went the en– tire route for ECCC. Moore and Brent Spillers were • EAST CENTRAL 3-10, 4-for-7 on the day for Southwest, SOUTHWEST S-5: East Central's while Hebert was 3-for-8. Warriors used a five-run first in- ECCC is idle until hosting Jack.– ning in. the seco~d game. to take .a son (Tenn.) State in a two-game 10-5 wm and gam .a spht of thetr series, March 19-20.

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Godwin and Mark Dunn each went 3-for-3 to leatl JSCC. Dunn also scored four ld - runs . Mike Goff added a two· run homer. Brian J ones (2 - 2) wa s charged with the loss, while Brad Dyer allowed five hits in six innings to gain the win. ECCC hosts Hinds at 3 p.m. Saturday in a South Division ~ doubleheader. ECCC is 3-1 in the division, while Hinds is 2-2,

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Most of the Region 23 junior college baseball coaches are pretty smart. In a preseason poll of 10 of the 18 baseball coaches in Region 23, Gulf Coast received 39 points, while Mississippt Della was sec– ond with 34, Mendian was third with 29, and Delgado of New Or– leans was fourth with 25. Hinds was a distant flfth with 13. Others receiving points were Nonhwest (5), Pearl River (3), East Mississippi (1) and Jones {1). The 10coaches who voted were Delta's Terry Thompson, Eas t Mississippi's Bill Baldner, North-

Gulf Coast enters 1 uesday's 4 p.m. -doubleheader at East Central leading the MICA South Division with a 9-1 mark. The Bulldogs are 20-3 overall wilh losses to Hinds, Jackson (Tenn.) State, and Jeff Davis ofBrewton, Ala. Gulf Coast was picked 16th in the NJCAA preseason poll.

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Itawamba is 6-4. Northwest is 5-3, and East Missi s1ppi is 4-3. Hol– mes is 0-6, while Coahoma is 0-8. Northeast ha · a doubleheader split with Delta at Delta. While the Mtss-Lou Confer– ence has yet to begin i ts league ga:nes, Merid.an has an 18-10 overall m ark. while Clarke is 8-14. Among the i 990 Region 23 players who are on the current ros· ters of four-yeu schools are Dy· ron Morris (G:-..mbling), Victor Keyes (Missis~ ppi College), and Jimmy Shorter Sicholls State) of Co-Lin; Jeff C:-ocker (Auburn),

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an cighti:Un ie~ ·. J amey Champ– ion, Amadee llnd Jake Yarbrough all had two hits . Champion and Derek Glenn also had doubles, while Amadee had a triple. Du– prey (4-1) got the wm in this game also. William C"corgc had a double (or It~wamb4. Cooper (0-1) took

Randy Palmer bla ted a fnr~~ run homer in the bottom of the first inning for Itawamba. Alan Barefoot also had a homer, while Shay Cooper had two singles. Ja– son Lowe (2-2) took the loss. - In the second game, Whitehead cranked his fourth homer of the year, a grand-slam in the the fourth inning that staked ECCC to

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ECCC Diamond Warriors... Pitchers on the East Central Community College baseball team for 1991 include (seated from left) Jerry Dupuy, New Roads , Louisiana; Jon Powers, Westlake, Louisiana; Scott Sumerall, Morton; Andy Magoun, Feriday, Louisiana; Trampas Amedee, St. Amant, Louisiana; (standing from left) Brian Jones, Neshoba Central; Stacy Thames, Louisville ; Greg Perry, Edinburg ; Fabian Huddleston, Newton; Anthony White, Beulah-Hubbard; and David Luke, Nanih Walya...,TbeiDiafTl()AdWarriors are coached by Jamie Clark rt 1 v.< bn!>,( e) I( 9ri

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ECCC Diamond Warriors... student athletes rrom Neshoba County who are members of the East Central Community College baseball team f9r 1991 include (from left) pitcher Brian Jones and second baseman &:btt Hines, ~oth () N"thoba Central. The Dia– mond Warriors Sf ikE~ by Jamte c:_lark. (EC Photo)

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Locals are on Diamond Warriors team Student athletes from Winston County who ar e member s of the East Centra l Community College baseball team for 1991 includes, from left, pitcher Stacy Thames and catcher– outfielder Derrick Glenn, both or Louisville and pitcher David Luke, Nanib Waiya. The Diamond Warriors ar e coached by Jamie Clark. 1su AtDt~ r1ftw

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sweep Warriors By MARTY STAMPER Star sports writer DECATUR- Gulf Coast's Bulldogs came in here Tuesday as one of the top junior college base– ball teams in the nation, sporting a 20-3 record. The Dogs struggled to take a 5-3 win over East Central in the pcner before routing the War– riors. 18-3, in the nightcap. GCCC improved to 22-3 over- ~lll and a league-leading 11 -1 in he MJCA South Division. ECCC dl to 8-12, 5-5. 0 Kenny Taylor gave the Dogs a l-0 lead in the second inning of the opener when be singled home Robert Dickerson, who had beaten out an infield hit The crucial defensive lapse of the game came in the top of the fifth. ECCC shortstop Jake Yar– brough caught Mike Young's po– pup in shallow center field and tried to double off Taylor at first. Yarbrough's throw sailed into the ECCC dugout with Taylor awarded third base. Taylor scored on Kraig Hawkins' groundout. The Dogs added another run in the frame to lead 3-0. GCCC coach Cooper Farris

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agreed the throwing error was a big break. ECCC then had runners on first and second with no outs in'the bot– tom of the frame, only to have BritLain Oubre hit into a double play started by Young at third base. "I think the turning point was when we get the ground ball and we turn the doubleplay in the middle," Farris said. "I thought the third baseman made a beads up

play on that because going to his left was the only chance he had at a double play. If he had come to the bag, he wouldn't have had a play at it." GCCC added another run in the sixth on Teddy Bishop' s RBI- double. The host Warriors erupted for three runs in their half of the sixth on a two-run double fromWendell

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The Dogs added an insurance botham ripping a three-run homer. run in the top of the seventh and The Dogs led 6-0 before ECCC held ECCC scoreless in the bot- could get three ours. tom of the frame . GCCC added six more runs in Fabian Huddleston (3-1) went the third. the distance for ECCC. as did ECCC got one run in the bottom GCCC's Chris O'Brien (5-0). of the third on Jon Powers' sacri- "Huddleston pitched good ficefly. . enough to win," ECCC coach Ja- The Dogs extended theu lead't(Y mie Clark said. "Right now, he's 18-1 with a six-run fourth. An~the only pitcher that we've got that ror, four walks, two b_alks, 1wo as showing any degree of consis- wild pitches, and four smgles fi g- rency. He's the only pitcher that's urcd in th~ scoring.. . . - showing us right now that he can "It just seemed hke everythmg pitch in this league out of our fell in place," Farris said of tAe whole staff. second game. "That first galr!e

"The story of the first game is could have gone either way. A bag they made the plays when they hit here or there and they're in the had to. When we had to make the m 1 ddle of it." plays at crunch time, we couldn't ECCC got its final two runs in do 1t. . the fourth on RBI-singles from "In gam~ two, everybody JUSt DougWilliams and Powers. dropped the1r head after game on~. Higginbotham went 5-for-7 m When you get beat 18-3, you don t the twinbill. Whitehead and Pow– make excuses, you just drag the ers each had two hits to lead field and get ready for the next ECCC. day." . . ECCC returns to action today In the n1ghtcap, the farst four with a doubleheader with 11-13

Itawamba beginning at 3:30p.m. The two split this past weekend With ECCC taking a 9-2 win and ICC claiming a 3-2 victory. FIRSTGAME GCCC-...-.................. Oib 021 I 5 II 2 ECCC ............................000 003 0 - 3 4 4 \\P-Chris O'Brien (5·0). LP -Fabian llud· dieston (3-1 ). \1ultlpl~ hitt~rs- uuxu, XXX; •••u•u, XXX. 28- GCCC: Robtn Higg1.11· both om, Teddy Bishop; ECCC: Wendell While· bud, David \1 ttin 311-l\one. HR- :'lone

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Serve as captains Serving as captains for the East Central Community College baseball team for the 1991 season are, from leftJ. Ieft fielder Jamey Champion of Demopolis, Ala.; pitcher-first baseman Gregi'erryof Edmburg; and second baseman Scott Hines of Neshoba Central. TheJI)'famOnd ~rnors. tlir~coached by Jamie Clark. (ECCC photo)

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different sort of baseball pbilosophy from Cop a - the -.econd to improve their record to 27-11. MCC Lincoln Community College loaded the ba~ ~ · Delgado in a pair of conference games Satur- against East Central Wednesday afternoon, and L e day at 5 p.m. next man up drove home the game-winner. In the first game MCC waited a while before The Warriors and Wolves were tied at four after jumping out, scoring one run in the ftfth and two m seven innings of play, and ECCC took home the 5-4 the sixth. David Blevins and Tim Graham both had win in the nightcap of the doubleheader. The War– a double for the Eagles. David Utz (3-2) pickd up riors won the frrst game by the same score the win. In the decisive ninth, John Powers reached base In the second game, MCC also walled a while, on an error and stole second. Co-lin then intention– scoring one run in the fourth and two in the fifth and ally passe and ~lond, and then intentionally passed Jamey while Bill Tadlock had two RBI. bane Pullen (2-2) Champioa: as well. •-::t ,.,.;..., , a..ft 1".,.. .,,Nr, wins in sweep

That set the stage for Philadelphia native Mark Stribling to knock the ball into center field and drive home Powers for the victory. Strong pitching didn't hurt the Warriors either. ECCC's Brian Jones- fonnerly of Neshoba Cen– tral - came on to face a bases-loaded jam in the seventh. He got out of the jam and went on the · throw three scoreless innings. Champion bad a three-run homer in ECCC's four-run first inning. The Warriors did not score again until Stribling's heroics. In the first game it was Co-lin that had one big inning. A four-run second gave the Wolves from Wesson a 4-1 lead. but the Warriors scored once each in the third, fourth, fLfth and sixth innings to get all the runs they needed. Whitehead and David Martin had doubles, and John Powers got the win, coming on with two outs in the second lflf..r.b

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Yarbrough also turned a pair of double plays in the seventh and eighth innings with the winning run aboard. Greg Perry (2-3) got the win in seven innings of relief of Powers. Todd Mardis hit Perry's first pitch for a two-run homer, but the Eagles wem silent after that. Trailing 8-2 after four mrungs. the Warriors rallied for two runs in the fifth and four in the sixth to force extra innings. Fabian Huddleston (5-2) tossed a three-hitter in the nightcap. Hinds got its only run in the bot– tom of the first. ECCC scored ootL..r'.l.."'L."''

both of its runs in the sixth. Trampas. Amadee hit a double. while Brittain Oubre drove in the winning run with a ground out as Hinds chose not to bring iLc; in– field m. Darren Dietrich (3-1) took the loss. Hinds loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh wtth one out. but Huddleston struck out the final two batters to complete the sweep. "It's the two biggest wins since I've been here," ECCC coach Ja– mie Clark said. "Our kids were so , I tired, they didn't even talk on the way back."

RAYMOND - East Central unity College's Warriors took ~wo btg steps toward secur– ing .. state tournament playoff berth with a 10-8, 2-1 sweep at Sunday afternoon. Wendell Whitehead's two-run nomer in the top of the lOth in– rung provided the difference in the opener. Whitehead had three hits in that contest as did shorts– top Jake Yarbrough. Scott Hines and Jon Powers added two hits each, while Jarney Champion contributed a double.

second The sweep puts ECCC in sec– ond place in the South Division, one-half game ahead of Pearl River. ECCC is 11-7 m the· league, 16-17 overall. Pearl River is 10-7 in the division. Hinds dropped to 9-9, 16-18. ECCC hosts Jones Wednesday at 4 p.m. in another South Divi– sion doubleheader. • DELTA 4-4, NORTHWEST 3·1 : The Trojans reclaimed the North Division lead with the sweep in Moorhead. Della is 13-3 in the North. while Northwest is 12-5. The Rangers arc 14-12-1 overall.

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• EAST CENTRAL 6-14, SOUTHWEST S-4: The Warriors applied the broom on the road with a rout in the second game. Trampas Amadee had three bits to lead the onslaught. Scott Hines, Wendell Whitehead, Britten Oubre, Jake Yar– brough and Clay Courville had two hits each. White– head had a double. East Central scored three in the first and never looked back, but the real damage was done in the fourth and fifth, when the Warriors bowed up for a combined se– ven runs. The Bears got three of their four runs in the second inning. Favian Huddleston (4-2) got the win for East Central. The opener was a bit closer. East Central had to play stiff defense in the late mnings to come away with the win. The Warriors held a 3-0 lead after two innings, and went up 6-0 after the top of the third, but the Bears ral– lied in the bottom to knife the lead in half. Southwest, however, could get no closer than the fifth run. Hines and Jon Powers had two hits each for the War– riors, and Jamey Champion contributed a double. Pow– ers went the distance for the win, his second against one loss.

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ECCC pitchers.. . Pitchers on the East Central Community College l.Jaseball team for 1991 include (seated from left) Jerry Dupuy. New Roads. Louisiana; Jon Powers. Westlake. Louisiana; Scott Sumerall. Morton; Andy Magoun. Feriday. Louisiana; Trampas Amedee. St. Amant. Louisiana; (standing from left) Brian Jones. Nashoba Central; Stacy Thames Loulsvrlle. Greg Pe·rry. Edinburg; Fabian Huddleston. Newton; Anthony White. Beulah-Hubb • :"ld David [~. ¢'Janih Waiya. The Diamond Warriors are coached by Jamie Cla rk.

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ECCC INFIELDERS· 'Infielders on the East Central Communlt) College baseball team for 1991 Include (kneeling from left) thlrc

baseman David Martin, Bossler City, Louisiana; short stop JakE man Justin Haralson, Decatur; left fielder Fr«t Jones, Newton; Yarborough, Union; third baseman-sho~ stop Britten Oubre short stop Jake Yarborough, Union; right fielder Wendell White- Hahnville, Louisiana; second baseman Scott Hines, NeshobE head and pitcher Fabian Huddleston, both of Newton; and (stand- Central; (standing from left) first baseman Trampas Amedee, St lng from left) left fielder Doug Williams, Choctaw Central; pitcher- Amant, Louisiana; first baseman Jay Gipson, Newton; first base right fielder Richie Rivers, Union; right fielder Robert Brady, Beu· man Greg Perry, Edinburg; and second baseman Justin Haral lah Hubbard; first baseman Jay Gipson, Newton; and pitcher son, Decatur. The Diamond Wa11r iors are coached by Jamie Clark Anthony White, Beulah Hubbard. The diamond Warriors are (EC Photo) coachedbyJamieCI~~~~~~h2~J._ .. :s ..... A-- , ___.. __

ECCC OUTFIELDER5-0utfielders on the East Central Communi· ty College baseball team for 1991 Include (kneeling from left) Doug Williams, Choctaw Central; Wendell Whitehead, Newton; John Jackson, Sibley, LA; Matthew Freeny, Edinburg; Jon Pow– ers, Westlake, LA; (standing from left) James Champion, Demo– polis, AL; Fred Jones, Newton; Robby Brady, Beulah Hubbard; Riehle Rivers, Union; 'a l rod Odom~ Scott Central. The Dia- mondWarriors are co ed b ie-Ciark. (EC Photo) :

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Warriors hi By MARTY STAMPER Star sports writer DECATUR- When a team starts a season, one of its hopes is !hat the last game it plays will be for something important. East Central Community College's baseball War– riors found lhemselves in just that situation Thurs– day a they hosted Pearl River. An ECCC split at Gulf Coast Wednesday, along with a PRCC sweep of Southwest, meant that the Wamors needed a sweep in Thursday's MJCA South DtviSlon doubleheader to force a one-game playoff with PRCC for a berth in the MJCA state tournament \\hich begins today at Gulf Coast. ECCC held a 5-3 lead through five innings in the opener. but PRCC scored four runs in the sixth and added t"''O more in the seventh to take a 9-5 win. PRCC (26-1.! overall, 16-7 South) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the flrst on a two-run homer from Ja-

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mie Williamson. ECCC (18-20, 13-10) evened the game on a two– run homer over the scoreboard by North Alabama signee Wendell Whitehead in the bottom of the first. Brent Rossler gave PRCC a 3-2 lead in the sec– ond on a single to left field The Warriors got a line-drive RBI-single from Jake Yarbrough over a leaping Dustin O'Neal at second base in the fourth and took a 4-3 lead when Scott Hines' grounder got past Williamson at third base. The Warriors loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, but got only one run with it coming on a passed ball. ECCC's Jerry Dupuy (5-4), who came on in relief of Jon Powers in the third inning, ran into control problems in the sixth as he_walked three. Along

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tral the first game here in my five years," PRCC coach Jim Nightengale said. "They play tough right here. We've got another day to play." PRCC faces 27-11 Delta, while 34-6 Gulf Coast takes on 17-13-1 Northwest in the MJCA tourney. "They're not a great team, but they're solid," Clark said of the playoff-bound Wildcats. "We're a pretty good team, but we're not as solid as tbey are. Maybe next year." The Warriors wound up third in the South Divi– sion for their highest league finish since making the state playoffs in the mid-l970s. The coaches mutual!} consented not to play the nightcap as the playoff bertb had already been settled. PRCC---- - --------210 004 2-9 II 4 ECCC-----------------·200 210 0- S 6 4 WP - Will Seymour (1·0). LP- 1=> Dupuy (S-4). Multiple hlttm– PRCC: Bran Roalu , Oluis O:.ar:>cx~De~. Willi&rnSOn. San~ 3; ECCC: Jon Powers 3. 2B - PRCC: Gn:a Sanden, Zacn Pace. JB - None. JIR - PRCC: Jamie Williamaon, ECCC: W~ Y.l:itd:e.wd

wil.h an error by third baseman Britten Oubre, Lhe Wildcats got to within 5...!. Brad Gilmore's bloop single into a soggy outficlrl put PRCC ahead to stay, 7-5. "We had been getting some pretty good pitching lately, but we knew the time was going to come when it was going to jump up and bite us and it did today," ECCC coach Jam.e Clark said. The Warriors threatc.."led in the bottom of the sixth, loading the bases ~ il.h no outs after Hines walked, Powers singled. :.::<:1 Whitehead was hit by a P.itch. PRCC's Will &;:\mour (1-0) came on to stnke out the middle of t!',e ECCC lineup - Jamey Champion, Trampas Atrudee, and Mark Stribling - and keep the two-ru:: lead. ECCC stranded 10 b~runners from the third through the sixth inninp The Wildcats added :·.vo more runs in tbe seventh. ''That 's the first time .,. e've ever beat East Cen-

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