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ECCC Signs NEL Pair Northeast Lauderdale H1gh School basketball standouts Jamaal Martin (seated at left) and Stephen Dyess are shown signing national letters of intent to continue their athletic-careers at East Central Community College in Decatur. Martin averaged 19.8 points. four assists and three stea:s th s past season He also led the team with 69 three-point field goals He was named to the A 1-D stnct team and was selected Northeast Lauderdale's Most Valuable Player. Martin will participate in the Mississippi All-Star Game this summer. Dyess scored 12 points per game and averaged seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. He was selected AII-Distnct. In addition, he was chosen team captain and received the TroJan Award for two consecutive years. He was also selected most athletic. Pictured with the new Warriors at a signing ceremony held at ECCC are standrng from left. ECCC men's head basket~all coach Billy Smith; Steve and Kathy Dyess, Stept\en and Kathy Dyess, Stephen's parents; Lewis Lightsey, Northeast's boy's basketball coach; and Shane Eck, ECCC men's assistant coach. CCC soccer teaDI nnounces 5 signees

DECATUR- East Cen– ~ tral Community College will ~ prl':wnt the Ac'cents Spring ~ Concert on April 30, begin- 1 uing at 7 p.m. in the Vicker~ ~ Hue Arts Auditorium. At'– $ cents is ECCC's show·choir. ~ There is no charge for ~ .1dmissiou l~ ~l~c concert.

DECAl UR- East Cen· b .U Community College will prec;ent the Collegians Si rin~ Campus Concert on 1undav in Huff Auditorium on I CCC's main campus. fltt' Golh."gian~. a pop/rock vocal and instrumental {!I oup, will perform at 8 p.m. ...

JUCO SoccER Lauderdale. He played five sea– sons for coach Jim Mathews. He is the son of Jeanette Neal of Meridian. Archuleta played forward at Richland. He is a three-time All– District player. During his senior season, Archuleta scored 40 goals to rank second in the state in all classifications. Walker played goal-keeper at Newton County. He played five seasons for the Cougars under Shannon Cooley. He is the son of john and Bonnie Walker of Decatur. Swayze played mid-fielder for Olive Branch. During his senior year, he scored 11 goals and had seven assists t J help his team win the Division l-5A title.

By Jeff Byrd staff wrn

'lbe East Central Commu- ity College men's soccer team announceComing .....·ason. 1\vo of 'he signees come om Northeast Lauderdale High School in Ja~ Jacobs and C\u i:s Stevens. They join cwton County's MarkWalker, Olivt> Branch's Jacob Swayze and Ritkie Archuleta from Richland. Jacobs (~ 10, 175) played a deft nder role for ~ortheast. He lws played soccer for 13 years on various Meridian Youth • occcr Organization. He also participated in the State Games, lie is the son of Jodie ancl Janice jacobs of Meridian. Stevens (5-5, 145) also pl·wed a defender at Northeast

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