1998

WEEKOF

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EC women shock .Northeast in Region 23 opener Wendy Mapp made a pair of free throws wi th 0.8 seconds remaining to send the Lady Warriors of East Central Community College past top– seeded Northeast Mississ1ppi 88-86 in first-round action of the Region 23 Basketball Tourna– ment at Mississippi College Monday night. Mapp, a gradu<1te of Newton County High School, led 19-8 EC with 28 points. Nicole Barrett added 15, Denise Chapman had 11, Sonya Pinkston had eight, and Sharae Brown scored seven. Natalie Smith led state cham– pion Northeast, 23-3, with 17. EC will meet 19-8 Northwest Wednesday at 1 p.m. The fina ls ~ rP et for Wednesday at noon

La them Receives ECCC Scholarship.... Martha Jo Lathem of Sebastopol (left) recently receive a Nontraditional Student scholarship to ~ontinue her educa– tion at East Central Community College. Lathem is major– ing in eJem~ntary education at ECCC. Shown presenting the scholarship is Randall E. Lee, ECCC Dean of Students. Scholarships for nontraditional s tudents are available to qualified Mississippi residents 23 years of age or older, at the time of enrollment, who enroll full -time at ECCC.

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