1999

ECCChammers Holme

The Diamond Warrior' ot East Central Commumty College took wm~ over Holme' and ea't ;\1tssis– sippl m action thi' past..., eek. but fell short in the moth mning to Vl!>tting Faulkner State Commuruty College. The Warriors record ,tand:. at 4-5 on the young s.eason East Central captured a 12-4 vic– tory over Holme' 10 Goodman. Allen Buckley(Hl) of Brandon lasted five mmngc on the mound to recel\·e the wm for the Wamors. Catcher Brodte \1eadows of Bran– don had a two-run base hJt m the first mmng tor the Warriors. East Central added four runs m the sec– ond inning and outfielder Lee Mar– tin of lake lifted the Warriors in the fourth mrung wtth a two-out double which -.cored three runs. In actlon agamst East ~itsstssippi Community College, the Warnors won 15-5 by the ten run grace rule. The Warriors totaled 1 hits for the day, with four\\ amors hithng home runs for the first ttme th1s season. They included p1tcher Jason Willis and first baseman/outfielder Justin Webb of Clinton and mfle,Jerl catcher 1\.lichael Shumaker of Fore~!.

Willis(l-1) was the starting pitch– er and received the win for the War– nors. He was followed on the mound by Danny Rushing of Edin· burg, Dennis McDill of Leake Acade– my, Joey Allen of junctwn City , Ark., and Chad Champ10n of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Warriors lost a 9-8 dl•c•swn Sunday afternoon in Decatur when Faulkner State recorded stx runs in the ninth inning Buckley was the starting pitcher He was followed by Rushing(0-1), who took the loss for the Warriors. ' Leading hitters included Mead– ows, who had a double and two !>lO– gics, and Wilhs with two smgle.s. Other sluggers included mfielder Justm Chaney of Newton Count_}, Lee Martin of Lake, Bo Burkes of Neshoba Central, Ferris, and short stop Brent Page of Neshoba Central. In action this week, the Warrior face single games Wednesd.1y, March 3, agamst Lincoln Tratl Com– muntty College at 11:30 .t.m. and Delgado Community College at 4:30 p.m., at Chris Guy Field m Decatur. EECC hosts Hmds in double-header actiOn Saturday, March 6, at I p.m

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