1995

WEEK OF

Northeast sweeps

The Tiger s went from ~n 0-8 start t o a two-game wm– ning streak, with a record of 2-8. "(Reid) sure shut u s down," East Central coach Jamie Clark said. "But we have no excuses, what h ap – pens happens. "We'll show up tomor row and play, we won't panic, we'll bounce back." The Warriors fell to 4 -3 and host Itawamba today at 1 p.m. The second game was scoreless until the top of the third inning, wh e n Northeast's Glenn Tapp got on bas e with a si n gl e a n d was brought home on a n East Central overthrow to first base. Neither team scored in the fourth and fifth innings but Northeast came alive in the sixth, scoring six runs off of three different Warrior pitch– ers. The T igers added thr ee more runs in the top of the seventh. The lone bright spot for East Central was breaking up Reid 's no hitter, as the Warriors scored three run s on two hits . See ECCC, Page 38

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• Northeast 4, E a s t Central 2: The Tigers broke into the win column for the first time this season. Shaun McGrath got things started for Northeast as he scored in the top of the first off a single by Jared Jackson. The Warriors got on the board in the third when Ru;lry John was brought home on .:;.ogle.

DECATUR- Anyone wh o missed "meet the playe r s" night at East Cen t r a l could at least ~atch _up on t h e pitchers Fnday mght. The Warriors used s even different hurlers as they fell to Northeast 10-3 in th e s ec– ond game of a double h eader . East Central fell 4-2 in th e earlier ball game. While the Warriors had their share of problems on the mound in the second game, Northeast p itcher Brian Reid had n one, a s he carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. "We've been pl ayin g well as the week progr essed ," Northeast coach Ray Scott said. "We knew if we kept plug– ging something good would happen.'' It did.

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