1994

Neshoba Countians keep ECCC in upper division

Offensive stats G AB R H 28 38 HR RBI SB Ave.

.379

Brandon Gray ........... 47 153 34 58 20 2 6 48 3

Brooks Bryan

. . . . . . .46 151 35 49 9 4 2 22 9 .325

300

Ricky John . . . . . .. .. .. .. 47 160 44 48 8 3 3 22 6

Raymond Johnson . . ..... 27· 37 11

11

2 2 1 10 2 .297

John Herrington .. ... .....48 104 30 30 3 1 1 13 11

288

Pitching stats

W-L IP K BB ERA Tommy Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1 482fa 29 28 5.56 Brooks Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 23 17 12 3.91

"J ohn was the same old John," Clark said. " He batted .288 and that's just one point lo\\"er than the previous year. He really came on at the end of the year. The main thing was he provided really good defense in the middle. He and Ricky John can really turn a double play." Herrington had seven errors in 130 chances for a .946 fielding pe rcen– tage as he was named I<:CCC's Golden Glove Award winner. Herrington and Gray were In– captains a long with J amie l\1orrO\\ of Harvey, La . J ohn, a freshman s hor tstop. returned to action a fter redshtrtmg the 1993 season due to grade dcf i– ciencies. The Neshoba Central graduate batted an even .300 with 48 hits. eight doubl~s. three triples, three homers. and 22 RBI. He led the team in runs scored with 44. '·Both offensively a nd defensn e– ly, Ricky really struggled the first ha lf of the year," Cla rk said " In the

htgh four triples, two homers, and 22 RBI. He was a lso nine of 11 in s tolen base attempts. Brooks ended up with pretty good s tats, bu t he seemed to tire as the yea r went on," Clark said. ''He played center field and we asked rum to steal some bases and that prooably took away from his hitting at the end of the year. ·we·re going to move him to left field next year and we don't expect to bene to pitch him so much altiloul!h _ u never know about pit– chers Bryan nad a 3-1record with a 3.91 E R.; In ?.3mnings, he struck out 17 \\'hile a.G:tn'2 12 Defensitte~. Bryan had one error 1 m 8i chanc~ for a fielding percen– ::...~e~f ~ ~phomore second baseman John Hemng ton oi :\eshoba Central bat– ted Z88 \\ith 30 hits three doubles, one tnple. one homer 13 RBI. and 11 stolen ba £!:'

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