1999

East Ce tral sweeps Pearl River

-due to the 10 run rule. adows had a career day at the te a' the hard hitting catcher ced .0 -econd homer and led th~ lhamond \<\ amors' offensive attack. r slu~gers mdudcd freshman d ~born of :--.:oxapater, two sin– ~ ' and ~ophomore Justin Chaney t \:e\' ton County and freshman Brent Page and Justin Webb, both of eshoba Central, singles each. \-.allh went the distance for the Daamond Warriors, as he fanned rune and walked none. \\ innmg game two was not as ea") a~ the first contest; in fact, it took a diving catch by second base– ran Chaney wtth two outs and the ao.es loaded in the seventh inning to end the Wildcat scoring threat and the game as well. EC hitters included Willis, home run: Sanborn, two doubles; Mead- 0\ ·c; double and single; and Chaney, Ft:rri:-,, Webb and freshman Josh ~rdy of Philadelphia, singles each. Sophomore Joey Allen (.J-6) of

Junchon Cit}, Ark., was the wtnning pitcher. Freshman Allen Buckley of Brandon was credited with the save.. In other games last week, East Central lost a doubleheader to divi– sion leading Gulf Coast in Perkin– ston on April 13. The Diamond Warriors fell 6-2 in the first game and 7-0 m the night– cap. Sophomore Chad Champion (3-2) of Holt, Ala., took the loss in game one. Leading h1tters were Champion and Meadows, singles l'ach. In game two, the Bulldog's Chuck Butler fired a no-htttcr to complete the sweep and move Gulf Coast past East Central for the diviston lead. Remaining regular season games for East Central include home dou– bleheaders with Copiah-Lincoln, beginn1ng at .J p.m Wednesday, April 21; and against Southwest, which gets undt!rwa} at 1 p.m. Sat– urday, April 24. Thert! is no charge for admission.

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