1995

WEEK OF

ECCC experiences both ends of twinbill sweeps

ercr had a double and a home run. Ivy wa-. 2-for-2 w1th a double, while Ron Coo~ added a tnple. Willis Lall~ 1-G> allowed only one run O\er the ftr.;t five inmngs to get the wm. The \\'amors tmproved to 6-3 with the sweep, w htle Itawamba fell to 2·8

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The East Central CommunJt\ Col– lege Warnors were swept b~ ~orth· east in doubleheader action Fnda) in Decatur before commg back to take two wins from visiting Itawam- . ba on Saturda)'. The Warriors brought a 6-3 record into this week's action. The Wamors were slated to open South DivisiOn play at Gulf Coast on Tuesday before hosting 1994 Region 23 runnerup Bossier Parish in a 3 p.m. double– header Thursday. EC then visits Pearl River Saturday before hosting Three Rivers (l\1o.l in a three-game set, March 16-17. "It's probably the toughest two weeks we've had since I've been here," ECcoach Jamie Clark said of the nine games. NORTHEAST 4-10, ECCC 2-3: The Tigers of Northeast limped into Decatur Friday afternoon with an 0-8 mark, but swept the Warriors as EC fell to 4-3. Mitch Covington (0-1 l took the loss in the opener despite allowing only one run through four innings before being lifted for this week 's con– ference action. Jason Wilkins (2-l l suffered the same fate in the nightcap as he was lifted after giving up only one run through four frames. Brian Reid of Northeast no-hit EC over the first six innings of the se– cond contest. ECCC 10-10, ITAWAMBA 9-1: The Warriors trailed 9-2 after S 1 2 innings before rallying to take Saturday's opener in extra innings. A four-run sixth brought EC to within 9-6 and a three-run rally in the seventh forced an extra inning. Brooks Bryan, who went 4-for-5, singled home Chris Ezelle. who had walked, with the winning run in the bottom of the etghth. Bryan 0-ll also was the winning pitcher with two innings of scoreless relief. Dusty Ivy was 3-for -4 with a homer for EC, while Kevin ~elson had a pair of doubles. In the nightcap. the Warriors led 2-1 through 3 1 ~ innings and broke the contest open with six runs in the bot-