2001

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lE C· 6-5 n·in over El\IC n1ark 350th victory for Diamond'' arrior coach

one for Diamond Warrior head Jairte Clark, '"ho notched his \l.lD ". fa t Central Clark has led prog ·am smce 1987. In addition to hts clutch hit– MJ~hn..to, a sophomore right– from Plaquemme. La., pitched en ~trong mmngs to earn his first m of me season for the 2-6 Diamond 10• s sl\lh-ummg homer scored lial Thompson of West T rl: Sto\ all of :--:eshoba :Inch :a' e EC a 4- ~ lead The Ltons ned the comest m the top of the ::.e\enth. but he Dt3lllonJ Wamors re– sponded "'Hh £\\ o runs tn the bottom of the inmng thanks to an RBI smgle h] Thompson and Sto,all's RBI double. Thompson led East Central at the plate'" tth three singles. Stovall and Jo~h Chane), a r\ewton County High School product, had two hits each. In other tournament acun, East Central fell 14-8 to Jones County Jumor College onSaturday and lost 12- 5 to host MCC on Friday night. The Dtamond Warno~s collected 15 hits aga nst :\..fendtan. with Thompson's fo r smgles leadmg the attack. Chaney and Dee IIomsburgerofLouisville had three hits each. East Central rerums to action thts Thursday \\hen the Dtamond War– nor!> host Lmcoln Trail at I0 a.m. and entertain Delgado at 4 p.m EC travels to :\1tsstsstppt Delta Commumty Col– lege on ~onday, ~arch 5 for a 5 p.m srngle contest on the ~oorhead cam– pus.

I homer b) pH~her ~i hfted East Central Ccm:==:::–

lege to a 6-5 \\ m o . stppi Commurllt) C a ftemoon 111 the fmal ch

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