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CAPTAINS OF ECCC DIAMOND WARRIORS Brian Hardy (left) of Philadelphia and Ron Perkins of Louisville '"ill serve as co-captains of the 1998 East Central Community College Diamond Warriors. The Warriors. who had a record-break– ing 40 ""ins and 18 losses last year, begin regular season action at I p.m. Saturday. February 14, at Bevill State in Fayette, Alabama. Jamie Clark is in his I Oth year as head coach of the ltCCC baseball team. Serving as assistant coaches are Neal Holliman of Alice\ ille. Alabama, and Lee bady of New- . ton.

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\']TH JONES Geor;ia: Bobb~ Carter. II, of ~o:xapater: and Herbert Mont– gomef"). s.. "- of A.cadiana. Loui– siana. East Central led 32-27 at half- time. no" 9-8 o\erall In women·s action. the Lady

Louisiana; Wendy Mapp. six. of Newton County: and Sharae Brown of Scott Central and Marina Carter of Philadelphia, four each. Jones led 34-33 at halftime. Both ECCC teams posted wms over Hinds, as the Warriors claimed a 60-53 decision and the Lady Warriors cruised to a 76- 49 victory. Warriors scorers were Yenzen 17; Montgomery, 13; Bria~ Ilillie, seven, of Newton; Johnson, five; Ray Waddell of Philadelph ia, Toronto Parker of Forest and Tim Overstreet o f Carthage. four eac h: and Desmond Reed of Carthage, Keith Bell of Choctaw Central and Russell, two each. East Central led 35-33 at half– time. Lad) Warrior pointrnakers were Barrett, 20: Floyd. I0; Brown and Denise Chapman of New– ton. nme each; Mapp and Will– iams, seven each; Carter, five; Ellakc Murray, three of ·scott Central ; and Sonya Pinkston o f Forest, Tina Edwards and Artress Ruggs. both of Vigor, Alabama. t\\o each. Eas.t Central led 34-19 at half- time. In games this \\eek. East Cen– tral \'>ill ho:.t Co-Lin on Tues– da\, Jan. 20 and Pearl Ri,er on fhursda). Jan. ~2. The Warriors and Lad) \\ arriors travel to Southwes.t on Monda}, Janual) 26.

Warriors. now ll-5 and 3-2, were not as fortunate. falling 71- 68. East Central pointmakers \Hre Jamie Floyd, 19, of SmackO\er. Arkansas; Nico le Barrett. 18. ofMorton; Charissa ~ illiams. 1 ~ . of Terrebonne, Continued next page

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ECCCassistant baseball coaches Lee Eoo. o" .e ·-v:- \:e- J coo Neal Hollimon of Aliceville, Alabama. ore serving as assistant coaches &or -~e Eo~ Cenrro Community College Diamond Warriors. Eody, in his first year as assistan- cocc"' s c g·cduc-e o.o ECCC and the University of Mississippi and was a member of the 1992 a'"'d ·993 Dlcmc.'"lC Wcmor squads. Prior to joini('g the EC staff, he was employed with Thames nd...;serve ~ i e\'.r-o:& -o man was a pitcher for the Meridian Brakemen professional baseba -eom O'KX ·o Join ~.g - e ECCC staff. A graduate of Pickens Academy and the Universi– ty of West Alooomo nollimon so :ormer Alabama Independent Schools Association "Player of the Year He is alSO se:vmg his ·rs; . ear as assistant coach. The Warriors, who had a record– breaking 40 .vms and '8 losses os· year, begin regular season action .at l p.m. Saturday, Febru– ary 14, at BeVl Srcre n ~ayene. Alabama. Jamie Clark, who begins his eleventh season this year, serves as r.eod coocn o~ ;neWarrior baseball team. (EC photo)

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SteJvart toplayfor ECCC Diamond Warriors

Ben Stewart (seated). a se at Scott Cen rol High School. has become the first baseball player in the history of that schoo to gn With a college team. Stewart has signed a letter of intent to ploy baseball for the East Cen·ro Community College Diamond Warriors. Present a t the signing ceremony were· (from ft) Che~ McGee. Rickie McG~e. East Central coach Jamie Clark. Dewoyne Stewart and Scort Ce t ol baseball head coach Will Boswell.(fimes staff photo by David Hawkins)

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Dianzond Warrior scholars These members o~ ·.-.a =os· C:,., ··a Community College baseball team received special recognition for earn 'lg 3 0 o ~oo. a g·cde point averages for the 1997 fall semester. Pictured are (first row, from e~) Jay 'v'c_a-oor 1"1Umphreys Academy; Ron Perkins, Louisville; Rusty Cum· berland, Nashoba Cenrra · 3rc"' -era. Ph1 adelphia; and Dustin Mathews, Claiborne (Louisiana) Christian Academy (seconc row. :..On" e~) Joey Smith, Newton County High School; Linzy Gres· sett, Carthage Joey A1 en Jt..'lc- o'"\ Cry (Arkansas) High Sct"\ool; and Jason Willis, Neshoba Cen– tral; (third row from left) P " =>ea'SO"\ ewton County; Scott Townsend. Jena (Louisiana) High School. Zach Sanders. Neshooo Ce"·'a ; Dennis McDill, Leake Academy; and Bo Burkes, Nesho· ba Central. and (fourth rov-. ~OfT' a~) Justin Chaney. Newton Ccunty; Chad Champion, Holt (Alabama) High School Dart Gresse.... Lake, and Scott Stephens. Northeast Lauderdale. The Dia· mond Warners are led by head coact) Jam1e Clark. (EC photo)

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Shumaker to play baseballfor East Central Michael Shumaker (seated), a Forest Htgh School senior. has signed an National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the East Central Community College Diamond Warriors.Pictured at the signing ceremony were: Standing (from eft) Bobby and Faith Shumaker. Forest High School baseball coach Alan Atkison and East Central Community College coach Jamie Clark. (Times staff photo by David Hawkins)

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ECCC DIAMOND WARRIORS R ad) to begm the 1998 campaign are these members of the East Central Community College base– lit am \\hO include (ftrSt row, from left) manager Mott Stewart, Louisville; catcher Dustin Mathews. 1onroe. Louisiana: mfielder Casey Skelton, Louisville; pitcher Rusty Cumberland. Philadelphia; mfielder Clark T)son. Jonesboro, Louisiana; outfielder Bo Grace, Meridian; catcher Joey Smith, Philadelphia: pitcher P.J. Pearson, Decatur; and manager Jesse Vanetten, Hillsboro; (second row, fr m left) pncher Dann) Rushing, Edinburg; pitcher Brian Hardy, infielder B.J. Morrow and out– fielder Zach anders. all of Philadelphia; infielder Ron Perkins, Louisville; outfielder Eric Weaver, e\\10n. mfieldcr Jay McLendon, Belzoni; infielder Justin Chaney, Little Rock; and catcher Brodie Manhe\\ . Brandon: (third row, from left) pitcher Joey Allen, Junction City, Arkansas; pitcher Seth Hebert, ~e\\ Iberia. Louisiana; pitcher Dennis McDill, Ph·iladelphia; pitcher Scott Stephens, Merid– ian: infi lder Bo Burl-..es. Philadelphia; pitcher Dan Gressett, Lake; infielder Jason Willis, Phi ladel– phia; outfielder Chad Champion. Holt, Alabama; outfielder Pabl Clearman, Philadelphia; and out– fielder Greg\\ Ood. Decatur: and (fourth row, from left) pitcher Chris Tullos, Union; infielder Michael Hall. Carthage: outfielder Linzy Gressett, Carthage; assistant coaches Neal Holliman and Lee Eady, and head coach Jarrte Clark.

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LHS's Lee Martin signs scholarship with ECCC ''Diamond Warriors''

LHS--Senior Lee Martin inked a scholarship with East Centra] Community College ofDecatur Thursday, February 5, 1998, to play baseball for the Warriors. Martin, who is a three sport, football, basketball and base– ball, letterman at Lake High School, signed the scholarship Thursday as his mom and dad, Jamie and Coach Randy Marti n looked on (picture at left). Coach Wyatt Tullos, Lake High School Baseball Coach and ECCC Baseball Coach Jamie Clark were on hand as well. It was announced last\\ eek that Martin \\ill also be participating in the Bernard Blackwell Foot– ball All Star Classic in Clinton July 24, 1998. Martin was an of– fensive and defensive stand-out for the Hornets this year:

Pictured at the signing are, front, Lee Martin, from left, back row, Coach Rand~ ~larti11 , J amie Martin, Baseball Coach Wyatt Tullos and ECCC Basbeball Coach Jamie Clark

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East Centra From Staff Report• The East Central Commuru College Warnors opened t e 199 juruor college baseba - on wtth a doubleheader sp 1t ot Bevill State, Ala. on SaturdaJ

College splits 1 :.ippi Tue:,day at 3 p.m.

In the opener. Jay McLendon a homer, a single and three run batted in Greg Wood dded a double, two singles and RBI Clar Ty,on, 0-1, took the

opener picked up his first win for Alabama (3-0). In 5 1-3 innings of relief, Blankenship allowed t\\ o hits and one run, walked t\\ o and struck out six. The win was Alabama's third

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In the second game, McLendon and Ron Perkins banged out. two singles each, while Brodie Meadows and Jason Willis each hit a double. Dan Gressett, 1-0, picked up

.au..ooOJ..ou.&P 1-0 m the three-game series.

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Holmes toma awks~ East Central Warriors

From Staff Reports E as t Central Community College evened it» JuCo record at 2-2 Thursday after fallin!? to Holmes Communitv Colle and

ECCC Baseball committed six errors in the con– test. One of the team's bright :-pots, however , was former • Ieridian High School athlete Bo Grace. He slammed a three-run homer for ECCC- just one of five hits the team collected in the game.

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ECCC announces baseball signings ~everal area hi_gh school baseball players have si ned nanonal letters of mtent to continue their athletic caree~s at -----East Central Community College announced Sports E~CC hea_d coachja~e Cl~rk. D . Stgnees mclude Umverstty Christian second 1gest baseman/shortstop Charlie Welch, Winston - - --- Academy shortstop/second baseman Josh Miles Neshoba Central shortstop Brent Paige Scott Central left-handed pitcher Be Stewart, Philadelphi~ Hi h ~to~st~~~ecoaknd baseman Josh Hardy, Forest High catch~r • c ae um er and Lake High outfielder Lee Martin.

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DECATUR-Pitchers on the East Central Community College baseball team for the 1998 campaign include (kneeling from left) Danny rushing, Edinburg; Rusty Cumberland and Brian Hardy, both ofPhiladelphia; Clark Tyson,Jonesoboro,Arloin– sas; Chris Tullos, Union; Chad Champion, Holt, Alabama; an~ , (standing from left) Joe) Allen. Junction City, Arkansas; Bo Burkes, Philadelphia: Scott Stephens, Meridian; Dan Gressett, Lake; Jason Willis and Dennis McDill, both of Philadelphia; P.J. Pearson, Decatur: and tb Hebert/ \'ew Iberia, Louisiana. The Diamond Warrior"' are led b) bead coach Jamie Clark.

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Welch to play for East Central Diamond Warriors Charlie Welch (right) of Morton. a senior at University Christian School. has signed a National Letter of intent to play baseball for the East Central Community College Diamond Warriors. The second baseman batted .3851ast season and has played baseball since eighth grade. Charlie is the son of Ann and John Ryan of Morton. He is pictured with UCS baseball coach Doug Shanks.

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"'ississippi Delta Ids off ECCC ' The .11----1--~tppi Delta Community College Trojans scored froe l'Uill' m the fir.-t and three more in the third, then held off ~ e Ea:..t Central Community College \Vamors 12-8 Thursday moon in Deeatur in junior college ba...eball action. Trading 12-4, ECCC tallied four time..; in the bottom of the run to cut the deficit to 12 . Ti my Renfroe, 2-2. picked up the win for 'Mississippi Delta. Ja n \\tlhs, 1-2. took the loss for East Central. Offem-ively, the TroJanS outhit the Warnors 17-10. Justin Casano. Brooke Henderson and Jeremy Winborne each collect– ed doubles for Missi~ippi Delta. Wmis had a home run for ECCC, while Bo Grace, Joey Smtth. Justin Chaney and Rusty Cumberland added doubles tor the Warriors. ECCC falls to 10-8, while Mississippi Delta tmproves to 7-7. ECCC plays a doubleheader at Itawamba today.

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W"IG_reg Wood and Jason , I hs each col1ect€d two sin– J: ' and hit a home run E..... ;day afternoon to lead the a .; t Central Community College ~Varriors to a 14-! 2 '\m agamst homestanding • orthw~st Mississippi Commumtv College l·n . . ll b • JUniOr co e,ge ,aseball action . :\ ood s homer was his sev- en . h of the ~easo h ·1 \V"Jr ' h ::; n • \\" I C h l I, omer was his fourth of t e year. Brodie Meadows added a double and his fourth home run of the season. Joey Smith

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Keeping him honest East Central Community Col– lege f1rst baseman Chad Cham– pion keeps a runner from stray– ing too far on this pickoff play in a recent game at Decatur. The Warriors ran their record to 13- 1 0 with a 14-12 win at North– west Sunday. Jason Willis and Greg Wood each had a pair of singles and a home run, while Chris Tullos (2-2) got the win with t hree inn ings of relief . Brodie Meadows and Joey Smith also homered for EC.

Prep and Juco Baseball Schedules

Leake at Sylva-Bay, 12:00 Jones at East Central CC (DH), 1:00 Sunday, March 22 No games scheduled · Monday, March 23 No games scheduled Tuesday, March 24 Philadelphia at Ackerman, 7:00 Neshoba Central at Wingfield, 5:30 Choctaw Central at West Lown– des, 6:00

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Thursday, March 19 Winston at Leake (DH), 4:00 Friday, March 20 Philadelphia at Union, 6:30 Nashoba Central at Kosciusko Ackerman at Choctaw Central, 3:30 \ Jackson State (Tenn.) at East Central CC, 3:00 Saturday, March 21 Carthage at Philadelphia (DH), 11 :00 Nashoba Central at Noxapater, 11:00 Union at Nanih Waiya, 1:00

Starkville at Leake, 6:00 Unron at B.L. Moor, 4:00

Wednesday, March 25 East Central CC at Gulf Coast (DH), 4·00

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Warriors split with Hinds C.C. East Central Community College·, Greg Wood became the ...choor- all -time career home run leader ~londay after hitting three homers as the Warriors spln a South Division double· header at Hinds Community College. Wood hit two home runs as the Warriors dropped a 10-7 decision in the opener He came back to hit a home run and a ~ingle in the finale as ECCC too~t an 11-5 ·win to earn a split ofthe twin-bill. For the season. Wood has 11 home runs. For his career, Wood has a school-record 20 home runs. • Hinds 10, ECCC 7 (Game 1): Wood staked ECCC to a 3-0 with a three-run homer in the top of the first inning. Unfortunately. Hinds rallied to take a 10-7 win. Brodie ~Ieadows had two hits forECCC Chad Champion, 2·2, took the los on the mound for the Warriors. • ECCC 11. Hinds 5 (Game 2): Justm Chaney banged out four smgles. while Dustin Mathews had a double and a single in ECCC's win. Wood adde~ a homer and a single. . Bnan Hardy. 2-2, got the win m relief. ECCC 16-12, 5- l ) plays at GulfCoast Wednesday. By Mike Grubb The r,•e• d a., Star

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East Central plays hardball D Warriors play six road games DH in eight days fanned four batters a nd Wood collected his eleventh allowed onl) three hits Wood homer in the second game and wa5 rh.:: leading hitter with two added a single. Willis a l so singles , and Chad Ch...mpion homered and drove in a second added a double. run. Linzy Gre:::.et of Carthage Although they've lost top

was drhten in by one of ihe stru-ter Seth Herbert and closer Wood singles 10 the seventh Clark Tyson, head coach J amie inning. Clark said the Diamond War- Brian Hardy took the loss in r iors are still in the playoff the second ~ame against Pearl hunt. River. while for the Warriors "We lead Jones by two Justin Chaney and Bo Grace games for the second regional each had a pair of hits, and playoff spot, and lead Co-Lin Dustin .tlatbew popped a dou- by one game in the state play– ble. off chase. If we were to get our In the two lo::.se:o, to Gul f pitchers back, our chances Coast, Hardy took the first one would improve considerably. and Dan Gre::::.et was assessed We a r e j ust two games out of tne second los::.. first behind Gulf Coast, and In ilie opening game, Math- even though we have had our e-s dinged a homer and a pair share of injuries we are in the of singles. In Ute second game, thick of things like we have Jay )lcLendon collected three been with four weeks to go," hits . Joey Sm..th had a triple, Clark said. and doub.es were made by Clark went on to say that Willis , Meadows and he felt his team would be in Matthew... . good shape if they could return In the Hindb series, East 1 their injured players by t he Central lost the opening game end of the season. 10-7 but won the nightcap 11-5. The Diamond Warriors sur- Champion took the loss, but vived their toughest road Wood's got stupid with the bat swing of the season and now as he hit two homer:. and col- prepar e to host a number of lected five RBI's . Meadow:~ games over the next two weeks added two hits to the cause. starting on Saturday.

East Central Communi:y College's Diamond Warriors maintained the.r :,econd-place stand ing in outh Division action folio" .n~ a weekend split ''nth hnmestandin!:! Pearl River on Sa~.miar, .Ia.reh 28. . E~t Centr al, 11-15 overall and 6-4 in league play, won the first £ame 2-0 and dropped the second 6-0. The PRC sen es was the fi nal one of a six-game road trip , in wh1ch the Warr ior s dropped a double-header to Gulf Coast, March 25, and split decisions with Hinds on March 17. The h ighlight of the road trip was the record-setting per– formance of Greg Wood . He slapped three home runs over the six games, giving him 20 for his caree r. He brok e the previous re cord of 18 in a caree r set by Brandon Williams. In the first game at PRC, Jason Willis got the win as he

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ECCC PITCHERS - Pitch ers on the East Central Community College baseball team for the 1998 paign include (kneeling_from left) Danny Rushing, Edinburg; Rusty Cumberland and Brian Ha~~~. both of Philadelphia; Clark Tyson, Jonesbror, Arkansas; Chris Tullos, Union; Ch ad Champion, Holt, Alabama; and (standing from left) Joey Allen, Junctiion City, Arkansas; Bo Burkes, Philadel– phia; Scott Stephens, Meridian; Dan Gressett Lake, Jason Willis and Dennis McDill, both of Philadelphia; P.J. Pearson, Decatur; and Seth Hebert, New Iberia, Louisiana. The Diamond Warri- ors are led by head coach Jamie Clark. (EC Photo) :

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Diamond Warriors S eep Southwest A double-header sweep of conference foe Southwest has moved East Central's Diamond Warriors to withm one game of league-leading Gulf Coast. the eli n .catchup. Freshman BrOCJe MeaaO\\S of Brandon ga"-e EC the lead for good when hJ.s ru~nm homer also :;...--o:ed .:-ho:na.~ Jay Md...aldcn Bel.zani who

Gressett fanned seven, walked one and allowed seven hits. Southwest carried a first– inning 1-0 lead to the fourth when sophomore slugger Greg Wood of Decatur tied the contest with his 12th homer of the season and 21st round– tripper as a Diamond Warrior. Wood, a product of Newton County High School, set a school record for homers earlier against Hinds when he collected his 20th clinger. The division battle remained tied through the seventh and went into extra innings, when Matthews broke the deadlock with his lead-off homer in the eighth. Freshman Chad Champion of Holt,

East Central, which claimed 7-1 and 4-1 victories over the host Bears Saturday afternoon, improved to 19-15 overall and 8-4 in South Division play. Freshman hurler Jason Willis of Philadelphia went the distance in game one, improving his record to 5-2. Willis fanned seven, walked two and allowed just four hits in the 7-1 victory. After a Southwest homer gave the Bears a 1-0 lead, East Central rallied for three runs in the sixth and took control of

earlier :>Jl"tg!ed \\ illis later smgled a!'..d srored m the mrung. East C-entrzl _-a.:.:.ed tis lead in the se\entn ~sophomore Eric \\"eaver at • ewton tal11ed oo a sin::_- e _ SO";'homo:e Ron Perkins of l...c-~ ~e followed by MeadCM_ base-.-loaded triple which .scmed Perkins, McLendon and Thctin Matthews of 1 n.'"Oe Sophomore Da..'l Gre-.~tt of Lake got the wm m game two, impro\ing his recn:d 6-1 In claiminc the ~ QectSlOl\

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By MARTY STAMPER Dt•mocllll Sports Editor Halfway through the 1998 junior college baseball season, the Warriors of East Central are basically right where they want to be. After Saturday's 7-1, 4-1 South Division sweep at Southwest, EC trails league– leading Gulf Coast by only one game. Gulf Coast has to travel to Decatur on April 18 for a dou– bleheader. The Warriors entered this week with a 19-15 over all record and an 8-4 showing in the South Division. Gulf Coast is 9-3 in league play. "We have eight of our last 12 conference games at home," EC coach Jamie Clark said. "That ought to be worth some– thing. "We're two games ahead of Hinds and Co-Lin for the state tournament and four ahead of Jones for the region tourna– ment. "Right now, it looks like the Warriors are right back in the middle of it again." Jason Willis (5-2) to~sed a five-hit complete game in Sat– urday's 7-1 win at Southwest. In his l ast 14 innings, the Neshoba Central grad has given up only one run and it was unearned. Willis struck out seven and walked two. Willis also had a home run, his seventh of the season.

The Warriors have been playing shorthanded for much of the season. Top pitcher Seth Hebert went down with an arm injury in the second inning of the very first game. Top closer, Clark Tyson, has missed several weeks due to tricep injury in his right arm. Both are expected to return to the lineup soon. "We expect to get Hebert back by the end of the week," Clark said. "That's got to help us down the stretch and Tyson had seven saves in our first 12 wins. He also plays third base." Pitching bas helped t h e Warriors stay in the playoff hunt. .· "It's true the league is not quite as good as it's been in recent years, but our No. 2 pitchers, Willis and Gressett, are as good as anybody's," Clark said. This week could go a long way toward settling the War– riors' playoff situation. They will host Copiah-Lincoln in a South Division doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. On Friday, EC will host Hinds in another division dou– bledip beginning at 1 p.m. Other remaining league games are at Jones on Tuesday (April 14), against Pearl River on April 22 in Decatur, and at Co-Lin on April 25.

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Brodie Meadows had a two– run homer for the Warriors in the three:run sixth inning. The Warriors needed an extra inning to complete the sweep. EC scored three times in the top of the eighth to give Dan Gressett (6-1) the win. Dustin Matthews led off the eighth with a homer to give the Warriors the lead for good. Chad Champion added a two-run double that plated Michael Hall and Joey Allen for some insurance. Gressett struck out seven and walked only one in tossing a seven-hitter. Chris Tullos tossed the bot– tom of the eighth for h1s third save. Greg Wood hit his 12th homer of the season and the 21st of his career in the night-

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The East Central Community Col– lege Diamond Warriors complete(:~ a– double-header sweep of conference foe Southwest and moved the War– riors to within one game of league– leading Gulf Coast. East Central, which claimed 7-1 and 4-1 victories over the host Bears Saturday afternoon, improved to 19- 15 overall and 8-4 in South Division play. Gulf Coast's division mark now stands at 9-3 following a week– end split with Co-Lin. Freshman hurler Jason Willis of Philadelphia went the distance for EC in game one, improving his record to S-2. Willis fanned seven, walked two and allowed just four hits in the 7-1 victory. After a Southwest homer gave the Bears a 1-0 lead, East Central rallied for three runs in the sixth and took control of the division matchup. Freshman Brodie Meadows of Bran– don gave EC the lead for good when his two-run homer also scored

sophomore Jav McClendon of Bel– zoni who earlter 5mg ed \\ill., )C~t r singled and "COred m the mrung. East Central padded 1ts lead 7n the se\'enth ''hen sophomore Enc Weaver of ;:-..:e\"t ton tallied on a .,ingle by sophomore Ron Perktnc; of Louis,·ille, tollo\\ed b\ Meadows' bases-loaded tnple \\htch !>Core Perkins, ~kCienaon and Ou ... tin Matthews of Monroe Sophomore Dan Cres..,eH ot Lake got the ,,-in in game t\\0 unpro\ing his record to o-1 In claiming the 4-1 decision, Gre......ett ·anned "e'en, walked one and allO\\ed ;;even htts. Southwest earned a uro..t-mrung 1- 0 lead to the f· urth ''hen .,oph 'more slugger Greg \\ ood of Decatur tied the contest with hi_., t\\t~lfth homer of the season and ~15~ round tnpper as a Diamond \\'arnor. \\'oc

The aivis10n battle remained tied through the c;cventh and went into extra innings, when Matthews broke the deadlock with his lead-off homer in the eighth. Freshman Chad Chapl– on of Holt, Alabama, later doubled, sconng Michacl Hall of Carthage and Joey Allen of Junction City, Arkansas. East Ce_ntral maintained 1ts 4-l advantage behind the pttching of Sophomore Chris Tullos who came in relief for Gressett in the eighth and was credited with the save. East Central faces another tough week of action, as the Diamond War– riors travel to Delta on April 7; host Co-Lin in makeup games beginnin'g at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 9; and entertain Hinds starting at 1 p.m. Friday, April 10. East Central jour– nyys to Jones on Tuesday, April 14, in competition that gets under way at 4 p.m. in Ellisville. AU games are double-headers.

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-2 In game two, hurler Dan Gres,ett got the win, as h is record improved to 7-4. Gressett struck out four, walked two and allowed seven hits. Chris Tullos of Union came in relief the final two innings and was credited with the save. The Diamond War.riors were led offensively by Willis home run and single; Bo Grace of Meridtan, Mathews and Meadows, doubles each; Clark Tyson of Jonesboro, Arkansas two singles; and Jay McLendon oi Belzoni, single. Willis' homer - a two-run blast - came m the four-run third inning. Ea.;t Central lost a double– header to Hinds Cl1 April 10 b) s::o.-es of 13-3 and 6-5 re~tively. In the first contest, wh1ch called after five innings, Ownpton took the loss m the Il'D-."'l:i as his record dipped to 2-- l.ead..ing hitters for East Certii.U were Willis, home run Ty~n, home nm; double; and single, Willis' - a :SOlo shot - came m mrung and marked d!nger f the seac;on. 'lHlin .... ast came in . nmg Hurler Cle) Allen o't]tmetion Arkansas, took the loss in game two, as his record fell to 1-3 Tyson came m reijef and ?ttched three scoreless innings, fanned two, walked ooe and allowed no hits. Top hitters for East C_entral were Perkins, two smgles; McLendon, Champion and Wood, singles each. East Central began the week's action by blasting Miss. Delta 15-4 in a non< nference

In games this week, East Central travels to Jones oo April 14 in double-header action beginning at 4 p.m. in Ellisville, and will play a single contest against Holmes at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Apnl 15 in Philadelphia. the Diamond Warriors host Gulf Coast in a double-header matchup at 1 p.m. Saturday April 18, and will journey to East Miss. (1"1 Monday April 20 for a single contest at 6 p.m. m Scooba.

ECCC s Co-Lin Playoff picture Still Unclear When East Central freshman Jason Willis of Community College ~wept Co- Philadelphia got the win in Lin in a makeup doubleheader game one, as his record en April 9, the Diamond improved to 6-2. Willis fanned Warriors appeared ready to 10, walked two and allo ..•ed break away from a cluster of just four hits in registering the division teams battling for victory. At one point during the playoff contention. But a division matchup, Wilhs double-header loss to visiting fanned seven-straight Co-L:in Hinds the following day put batters. the ECCC squad back within Leading hitters for East the mix of division foes trying Central were Greg Wood of to qualify for post-season play. Decatur, home run, Dustin East Central, 22-17 overall Matthews of Monrre and 10-6 in the South Division Louisiana, and Eric Weaver o. as of April 13, trails league- Newton, doubles each; Chad leading Gulf Coast (12-6) but Champion of Holt, Alabama remains ahead of Co-Lin (8-•, and Ron Perkins of Lows'l:ille,. Hinds (9-8), Pearl River (9-9), two singles each; and BrO

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EC stays in second in South Division By MARTY STAMPER Democrat Sports Editor The East. Central Commu–

nity College Warriors had a 3- 2 showing in last week's base– ball action. In South Division games, the Warriors swept Copiab– Lincoln befnre losing twice to Hinds. • EC 15, Miss . Delta 4 : The Warriors hammered the North Division leading Trojans on April 7 at.Moorhead. Chad Champion (2-3) got the win and aided his cause with a sing1~ and a three-run homer. Joey Smith and Greg Wood each had three hits, while Bo Grace and Clark Tyson each had two. • EC 8-6, Co-Lin 2-4: The Warnors swept the Wolves on Thursday in Decatur. In the opener , Jason Willis tos ed a fo ur-bit complete game to improve to 6-2. H e struck out lV, including seven in a row. Win my 11 years here , I don't remember anyone ever

Jason Willis tossed a four'-hitter in East Central's 8•2 win over Co- m Thursdat The Nashoba Central grad is 6-2 on the mound and has h e1ght homers as a designated hitter/first baseman. EC is in second place in the South Division and hosts league-leading Gulf Coast Saturday at 1 p.m.

Tyson homered for EC. Willis also had a single. In the second game, Hinds used a five-run second frame to complete the sweep J oey Allen -- too e ass. Ron Perkins had two bits for EC. The Warriors entered this week with a 22-17 overall record and a 10-6 South Divi– sion mark to trail league-lead- ing Gulf Coast by a game.

stnking out seven in a r ow," EC coach Jamie Clark said. Greg Wood belted his 13th homer of the year Chad Champion and Ron Perkin each baa ruta Dan Gressett 1 i -1 ) got the win in the second game, while Chris Tullos tossed two score– less innings to record his

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'.~ast Central exceeds expectations, \ three weeks with a sore arm. ftr Lee Baker ~Ct:lrlon-Ledger Steff Writer JUNIOR COLLEGES '~'East 'Central for the "i:iome~i sit:S' ·· riors_are 24-17 but toughened into a betler team than expected

"Our pitching has I>N·n a pleasant ·sllri>rise, hut the hittin~t hos not bccri what we've ha d from l':o!ll Control teams in years past," Clurk sflid.

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JuCo Region 23 playoffs. "We're trying to hold on and win the Southern Division and then make it into the state playoffs," he said. But Gulf Coast Community College trails ECCC by just a game in the divisional stand– ings at 13-7 and Copiah– Lincoln Community College isn't far behind with a 10-8 record. So in the non-division matchup with the Northern Division frontrunning Lions on Monday, Clark elected to give as many players as possible a chance to see action. See Warriors, Page 38

to ib potential than any I've coached in mv 11 vear, here." After ~..mg d, owly thi, ;;ea,on, ECCC , been on a tear the pas· three week,, accordin!! to Clark. ~Eve~hing has been commg together.- he -ma "'The middle of our h!leup 1- blttln::!', our pitching 1, ~ 1d and our defen:;e h~ been playin!! ~Ueat.» The re,ult been a ,urge to the top of the MACJC', Southern Divis nandtn::!'::.. Wnh a rero:-d r 12.6 m divi– sion play and .6-l- o erall, Clar -ays · r are now m a dh,- ~ton the

SCOOBA - When he's asked to describe his East Central Community College baseball team, Jamie Clark just smiles. "This is not a team of super– stars," said the Warriors' head coach Monday after watching his squad pound East Mississippi Community College for 16 hits in a .12-2 road victory. "These kids have really worked hard," he added. "I'm proud of them because it's starting to pay off. "This team is playing closer

"The next six games is wh will determine how far this tea goes." ECCC 12, EMCC 2 ECCC 122 002 14 - 12 16 EMCC 010 001 00 - 2 4 WP: Chad Champton (ECCC) 4-4 LP: Man Diamond (EMCC) 2·2. HR: Bo Grace (ECCC). 38 : None ~ None. · Multiple Hits: Scott Kappler (EMCC Bo Grace (ECCC) 4, Greg Wood (ECCC Jason Wtllts (ECCC) 2, Clark Tyson (ECO 3 Joey Smith (ECCC) 2.

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Clark downplayed the final outcome, howe,·er. With his team facmg six 'traight divi– ,.;ional game , he explained, the Warnor,- u,ed _fonda} 's night experience to get ready for a run at the po~t eason. "lt:s hard to assess what this game meant," satd Clark "It's good t.o go home with a win but we have to be realistic.

"Both teams came into thts game already in great postllon to make the playoff:-." he atd "Neither one of u" were gomg to throw our top guns tonight "So I think both of u, \'Were treating it more hke o pract ee game than anythmg 1

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HOSAGroup Plans Auction atECCC Game The ECCC HOSA (Health Oc– cupation Students of America) chapterwill hold a silent auction between games of the ECCC– Pearl River baseball double– header scheduled Wednesday, April 22 in Decatur. First game auction gets underway at 4 p.m. on Chris Gay IV Memorial Field. Among items to be auctioned in the fund-raiser include a brass electric lamp. porcelain flower, dried flower wall arrangements , baskets and Camille Beckman bath soaps and sundries, jewelry case, 1 0-year old porcelain col– lectors' doll, (2) glass candyjars and lids, glass chip and dip bowl set, $50 gift certificate to Whiddon Photography in Me– ridian, $10 gift certificate to Bo– Ro's Restaurant in Newton, desktop football collection in– cluding book by Don Shula and Ken Blanchard. ( 1) gift c_ertifi– <:ate for gas at Dixie Oil in De– c3tur. pepper spra) key ring, children's socks and matching bo" set. bath and shower gel, decorative candle in ceramic holder, leather and chain. silver :necklace. spray hair geL gift cer– tificate for sheet cake at Sun– flov•er in ~e\\ton. candy and gum. gree'l leaf apple scented candle in glass holder. hand painted cla~ jar, Liz Claiborne sun ~ isor. fruit basket clock, glass planer and hd anniversary clock. cordless mixer. kitchen "all clock and Rogers· cutlery . for more mfo (.ontact Mrs.

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Tue!Sday, Apnl 21, Gulf Coast on ThursJay, Apnl 23; Co-Lin on Satur– day, Apnl 25. The contests with Pearl R1ver and Gulf Coast will e in Decatur and begin at 4 PM. The ECCC-Gulf Coast double-header was ongmally scheduled to be pla)cd April IS but \,·as rescheduled due to inclement weather. lhc 1997 D~mond Warriors p laced .,ccond in the !>late tourna– ment and advanc~d to reg10n play befo re endmg th e season w1th a record 40 wins and 18 losses. East Central is led by coach Jamie Clark and a:;sbtant;. l\:eal Holliman and Lt:'C Eady

\\ ere Brodte Meadow of Brandon. home run Bo Grace of Mendtan, ~ o doub e$ G~ \\ ood of Decatur and Jay McLendon of Belzont. dou– bleseach In game h~o sophomore pitcher Dan GI'e'-.Sett of Lake earned the wm and ~mpro"ed tu~ record to 1. The Dtamond \\ arnors "ere led at the plate b) Bo Grace and Clark Ty

Thanks to a double-header sweep of Jones on April14, the East Central Commumty College Diamond War– riors have qualified for post season play for the thud stra1ght year. East Central, 25-17 overall and 1:!- 6 in division action, clinched a play– off spot in the Region 23 Tourna– ment following the 7-6 and 2-1 \'icto– ries in Ellisville. The key wins alc;o put the Diamond Warriors atop th~ South Division standmgs with one week remaining m regular season competillon. Sophomore hurler Bnan Hardy of Philadelphia got the win in game one. Key hitters for East Central

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