1994

New Hope avoids probation as New Hope baseba ll coach Stacy Hester watched Fridav a nd Saturday's games from the press box as the result of a two– game susoenston for failing to leave the field promptly after being ejected at ~eshoba Central on March 31. SPORTS with Marty Stamper

reur ed 13 batters tn a row at one potnt. In five mmngs. \'O'Alell struck out four and did nott.SSue a -a i!l sharp coou-ast to his two ....-alAS to 'lnesU1keot:: .ano :.£15 spnng His former ECCC tea...--:..::-..ates ~ to watch as thetr aouoleheaoe:r "Jt."£ -Pea.d River at Popiar-,J,e -:as :2ll'lleQ OIIL !. American honors· 3rancon G:-a"· :\eshoba Central ""as ~of t.=.-ee --=-~ Central Comrnumt\' Colle-ze L-:-m: basebaU players to~ :\JC.~.; =.cz:-l""""'""r .-\ll-Amertcan honors J01mng Gra~ are Ma:"· ?an7--; d Hickory and Jamte ~.I arrow of r:...a.-.~ !.a. • Ammon stays und~r oar. Ro.0e:t ~­ rnon of Uruon shot a 2-u.ocer :;a;- i to c= ·; medalist honors. but tus :ea.;~ co better than thtrd m lhe Xo=-~t ~ - - dale Invttational at ~;:a C:efi Course at :\AS .'.lendian las~ ·~ \\'est lauderdale '-''00 ~e ·w..-nam~ "''lh a total of 316. Clanu:ia.:e -as~ at 320 followed b\' L'mon 33! Sol..~~ lauderdale t361 ·.Forest 3i3 • ~ew Hope • ECCC 1r10 ~arr.s ~a=e- :

.. It was either probation or me sit out two games." Hester said Sunday of the cno.ces the :\1HSAA gave him . ·'I under– slana a lot of the push for probation came from Xeshoba Central." Without Hester in the dugout. the Tro– Jans lost 3-2 to Tupelo Friday night and 13-Q to Columbus Saturday. :'-:eshoba Central was scheduled to visit ~ew Hope Tuesday night with piFtyoff hopes for both teams at s take. Hattiesburg coach Jim Pierce probab~y thinks the minor wrist slap Hester got ts a big joke. The MHSAA put his team on probation and kept it out of the playoffs in· the ear ly 1980s for the exact same violation. Then again. when you consider all the penalty Lanier got (no regular-season tournaments in 1994-95) for its brawl with

:'-Iatchez in the state ba sketball tour:la· ment. ~ew Hope's mild punishmen: is;o t surprising. • Hardin signs with McPherson: Don.cld Hardin of Neshoba Central and East U%1- tral Community College has signed a na– tional letter-of-intent with :\fcPhe:son College in Kansas. ECCC teammates Salento Hudson an. • A, E, I, 0 , U ... Vowell leaves Go c~n Eagles without a clue: Ole Miss juruor ;:n– cher Chris Vowell evened his record at .-! with the Rebels' 6-4 win last Wednesda~· .n Hattiesburg. Vowell. who played at :'-leshoba Central and East Central Commumty Colle::e,

Hester sits in penalty box

t:!OOJ . and Northeast lauderdale !392 >. Bo Welch of Union shot a 76. Welch took medalist honors wtth a 74 on April 18 at Forest Country Club. Ammon had a 79. Union was third again behind West Lauderdale and Clarkdale. • ECCC softball team wins North half: In just its second year of competion, the East Central Community College women's soft– ball won the North Division championship in going 23-11 during the regular season. The Lady Warriors received a first– round bye in the state tournment which was scheduled for today at New Albany's Sports Plex. The top two teams from the state tour– nament will advance to the Region 231bur– nament Saturday at Meridian. • Glenn moves up to AA: Former ECCC slugger Leon Glenn of Louisville is on the roster of the El Paso Diablos of the Texas League. Glenn was the MVP in the Australian League championship series this past winter. Through 14 games, Glenn was batting .188.

• Noxubee's getting better: The Noxubee County baseball team made it through a pa1r of seven-inning games last week. They lost 7-1 at Starkville a nd 10-3 to Houston in Macon. For the season, the Tigers are 1-12 and have been outscored 192-39, or an average of 14.8 to 3.0 per game. • 4A powers could soon include Gautier: If Tuesday's bond issue on the Coast pass– ed. there should soon be another athletic· powerhouse in Class 4A. II it passed, Gautier High School would be created, taking some 800 students from Pascagoula High. Of those 800, some 272 boys and girls in grades 9-12 are currently participating in sports. Among the athletes from Gautier that have played at 'Goula are Terrell Buckley and Richard Harvey of the NFL, Antonio Harvey of the Los Angeles Lakers. Florida State wide receiver Kez McCorvey, and Houston Cougar running back Donald Moffett.

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