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MCC softball team By Will Price The Mend an Star (30-17) in the other first round game, also starting at 10:30 a.m.

MCC head coach Robert Eakins said he expects ECCC to come ready to play. "Even though it isn't a rivalry, East Central will be fired up and playing for pride since we don't get to play each other dunng the regular season," Eakins said. ECCC coach Mike Anderson had similar respect for i\ICC. ~l\leridian ha-. a <70od ball team, and experience --hou~d help them in the regional', Andersor ...aid. They have l een re~1onal champ the last two year:; •. e v.-ill be playmg on a ~ ... 1....':~ .: and mo"t 01 us play on (hn. , o Mt:ndtan will have a little ad\'aDta_t L~ere.

The Meridian Community College goftball team will host the Regional 23 Tournament Saturday after receiving two forfeit~ fro m ~tary Holmes Thursday. Also entered will be the East Central Lady Warrior..; (the third– place team in the state tournament), th<' Jone..; Lady Bobcats (the :.tate tournament runner-up) and the ...tate champion lta\\amba Lady Indians i\.ICC enter... the double-eliminatiOn tournament \\ith a 51-10 record a-. the Independent Mi£5-Lou wmner. ECCC 25-13 wtll be the Ladv Eagles' first round opponent at I 0 30 a.m. ltawamba 25-5 "ill play Jones

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in the tate tournament,'' said team effort. Itawamba coach Carrie Ball. "We hit ''We all have to pull together," she the ball well, played good defense and said . 'The freshmen are doin g an offense, and everything just came excellent job and we a::~ sophomores around and fell in place." have got to lake control and be lead- Jone:. coach Gwen Magee said she ers. was plea:-ed with her team's perfor- "If we play well, with determma- mance m the state tournament. t10n, heart and consistency, we can "I am real proud of the way my beat anyone. We need to come out and girls played.' )>!agee said. "If we can get the butterflies out of the way a nd play as well in the region we will have win the fi 1st ga"'le a nd we "ill be a shot at going to the Nationals. OK." "We have beaten everyone in the Eakins said he 1s hopmg his tt•.tm tournament but everyone has a lso can reverse a trend of not playing well beaten us. I'm glad to get another shot at home. at ltawamba with my girls being fresh "You can be sure I will have them and not tired out after six games." fired up," he said. Casey Comvill, one of four sopho- "This is what everyone has played more~ on the MCC team, said the for all year, a chance at a shot to go to Lady Eagles will be striving for a the Nationals." SCOTT COUNTY TIMES UNION APPEAL WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL NERI DIAN STAR "...-

"If you don 't jump on Merid. n e~ly, everything being equal, t e) will beat you in the fifth through · e seventh innings." The Itawamba Lady Indians, se ~­ ed number two from the North g - g into the state tournament, won it ~ :h a 9-8 victory over Jones. Itawamba scored nine runs in the first inning and h eld off the Lady Bobcat:> for the victory. Jones had reached the finah:; ..._:ter going through the losers' brat~t:-t when it dropped a second round gamt– to East Central 18-8. The Ladv Bobcats defeated East Central 9-5 m the consolanon finals for the right. to meet ltawamba. "I feel good about e-oing mto the tournamen: Sa~'.lrdny -after our play

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