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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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east's Ronnie Key, Copiah– Lincoln's Steve Blackmon, East Central's Jamie C lark, Hinds' Rick Clarke, Jones' Bobby Glaze, Gulf Coast's Cooper Farris, Meri– dian's Corky Palmer, and Clarke's Bryan Burt. Pearl River is 6-4 in the South, while East Central is 5-3, followed by Hinds at 4-4, Jones at 3-5, Co– Lin at 2-6, and Southwest atl-7. In the MICA North Division, Northeast is a big surprise as the Tigers lead the league with a 6-1 mark. Delta is second at 6-2, while Baltimore pitcher Ben McDonald

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