2001

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Pitching To Play Major Role For ECCC Diamond Warriors

ters in just 29 113 innings of work. Ryan only made a brief appearance on the mound. Both players bad their seasons cut short due to arm injuries but ha\e since made a full recovery and will return to the pitching rotation. Freshman hurlers are southpaw Dust in McGee (6-1,190) of Hickory. Shawn Soulier (6-1 , '195) ofNew Roads, La.; Jason Wooten (5-10,160) of La~e, Corey Blackwell (5-10, 160) of ~anih Wa1ya. Chris Comans (6- 1.190) of ~ev.ton and Corey \mis (6-0. I85) ofDecatur. Top Ietummg hitters mclude utfielder Kent Chamblee (5-11, -s) ofCarthage. third baseman Justm Reed (59-185) ot Louis– ' lie. econd baseman Turk Sto\'all (5-11.163) of Philadel– phia and outtidder Hal Thomp– 'on (5-9.165) of \Vest Point. La:.t ~ear Chamblee appeared m 223 mnmgs and batted .336 with s1x doubles and e1ght RBis. He also scored 22 runs. Reed posted a .409 batting average through 57 1/ 3 innings and had five doubles. Stovall batted .255

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( 122 innings) and Thompson had a .250 average through 41 innings. Clark said he IS "espec1ally pleased" with his freshman play– ers who include, in additiOn to the previously mentioned pitch– ers, shortstop/outfielder Dee Hornsburger ( 5-8.155) of Noxapater , shortstop Josh Thoms (5-9,170) of Newton. outfielder Lewis Bradford (6-1 , 183) of Hillsboro, third baseman/catcher Josh Chane) (5-10. 165) of Little Rock. out– fielder Ryan Renfrow (5-9. I 75) ofSebastopol. outfielder Dwuilit Brannon (6-3. 210) of Decatur. catcher Kenny Stewart (6 3. 170) of Citronelle. Ala.: tirst baseman .\dam McCurdy (6-3, 205) of Morton and outfielder Robert OS\\ alt ( 6-1. 205) of Nanih Waiya. Forlner Diamond Warrior Jake Yarborough ofUnion begins h1s first year as assistant coach. Managers are Jason Mangrum ofKosciusko. M1cah Weems of Lake and Amanda Nazary of Edinburg.

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ho ung Be,11J S eCommumt~ College of fa) en e. Ala., tn double-header acaon beginmng at l p m on Chris Gay IV Me– mona! F1eld. Last year Monty (6-3, 195) posted a 5-5 mark and registered a team-best 2.74 earned run av– erage. He also had 60 strikeouts and allowed JUSt II walks. Al– though Mario (6-4,190) had a losing record on the mound, he had a respectable 3.86 ERA and fanned 50 batters. Both are right-banders. Other returning hurlers include

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APPE LAKE SCOl southpaw Brandon Fish (6-6, ------ UNIOI 195) of Demopolis. Ala., and WINS' right-hander David Ryan (6-5, ~L _____

S p 1Rl' 195) ofTusca loosa. Fish posted NEWl '!}.; ~:~~~~~~~nned 29 bat-