2001

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EC leans on heaters '· to lead freshmen With mairily fre-hmen on ips 23-man roster. Ea:,-r Central ~~tnmunuy llege bead base–

southpaw Dustin Magee (6-1, 190), Shawn Soulier (6-1, 195); J ason Wooten (5-10, 160), Corey Blackwell (5-10, 160), Chris Comans (6-1, 190) and Corey Amis (6-0, 185). Top returning hitters include outfielder Kent Chamblee (5-11, 175) of Carthage, third baseman Justin Reed (59-185), second baseman Turk Stovall (5-11 , 163) and outfielder Hal Thompson (5-9, 165). Last year Chamblee appeared in 223 innings and batted .336 with six doubles and eight RBis. He also scored 22 runs. Reed posted a .409 batting average through 57 113 innings and had five doubles. Stovall batted .255 (122 innings) and Thompson had a .250 average through 41 innings. Clark said he is "especially pleased" with h is freshman players who include, in addi– tion to the Previously men– tioned pitch ers, shortstop/out– fielder Dee Hornsburger (5-8, 155), shortstop Josh Thoms (5- 9, 170), outfielder Lewis Bradford (6-1, 183), third base– man/catcher Josh Chaney (5- 10, 165), outfielder Ryan Renfrow (5-9, 175) of Sebastopol, outfielder Dwight Brannon (6-3, 210), catcher Kenny Stewart (6-3, 170); first baseman Adam McCurdy (6-3, 205) and outfielder Robert 7 Oswalt (6-1, 205). J ake Yarborough begins his first year as assistant coach . Managers are Jason Mangrum, Micah Weems and Amanda Nazary of Edinburg.

ball coach Jamie Clark expects his p1tching staff- led by oph– omore twins Mario and Monte Migliac1o - to be the dominat– '1ng force on this year's squad. Clark, now m h1s 14th sea– i'On at the Warrior helm, also anticipates a "turnaround" from last year's team, which ~!finished 20-27 yet still quali– fied - for the fifth straight year - to compete in the Region 23 Tournament. A glimpse of just how effec– th·e the Diamond Warrior hurlers will be during the 2001 campaign will be evident on Saturday. Feb. 10. when East Central begins sea:.on action by hosting Be\ill State. in dou– ble-header action beginning at 1 p.m. on Chris Gay IV Memorial Field. Last year Monty (6-3, 195) osted a 5-5 mark and regis– ~red a team-best 2.74 earned n average. He also had 60 rik.eouts and allowed just 11 alks. Although Mario 6-4, 90) had a losing record on the mound, he had a respectable .86 ERA and fanned 50 bat– rs. Both are right-banders. Other returning hurlers ipclude southpaw Brandon ~sh (6-6, 195), and right-han– der David Ryan (6-5, 195). Fish posted a 2-4 record ~ d fanned 29 batters in just 113 innings of work. Ryan nly made a brief appearance lr the mound. Both players ad their seasons cut short due arm injuries but have since made a full recovery and will &turn to the pitching rotation. Freshman hurlers are

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