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Four-year coaches - By Marty Stamper ALL-STAR NOTEBOOK

OU's out. 'T' ain't staying \ ter m wn... on. gin~· l>a~ketball c a Choctaw Central, a· one of th ,and, v;bo attended t~ ~ ~CAA Pi al f'i ur semifinal... aturda\ night in Atlanta. When \\'jJ,on'-. belovl'd Oklahoma Sooner-. bit the dust. 1t was time to sell the tickeb to Monday's championship game and head on back to Philadelphia. Wilson. a native of Oklahoma, also attended the Orange Bowl two years ago when the Sooners won the national championship. Knocking them down East Central's Nikki LaCour and Lori Cumberland showed off their free-throw .;hooting skills in the Sou th's 97-70 blowout in the women's game as they combined to make 14-of-15 attempts. LaCour, who was named MVP and is expected to sign with Louisiana– Monroe on Wednesday, was 8-of-8, while Cumberland was 6-of-7. Cooper liked what he saw Itawamba men's coach Marty Cooper ?.t.\s fresh off an appearance in the '\]CAA men's national championship at • 7 utchinson, Kan. The Indians beat Coastal Georgia in tht:ir first game before losing to top– ranked Schoolcraft (Mich.). I C fin– bhed 1-2 in the event. Cooper previ– ously coached at East Central. •It was very exciting to go out there. e... pecially after 11 years personally in the league and missing out a couple of time::. there at East Central," Cooper said "It's just a great feeling to get to go t there It's a first-class tournament d you get to play against some of the t team· in the country. There's about t am-. out of that 16 that we wouldn't able to touch. There were orne tty good ballteams. ··w~o:: plaYed some pretty good teams I wa' proud of our guys."

April 6, 2001

DECATUR.- Awater– sagged field at East Central Community College hardly seemed hke the proper back– drop for a good aefens1ve baseball game Thursday night, but that was exactly the case as the homestand1ng Warriors took a 7-6 wm over East Mis– sissippi Commumty College in the second-annual Judges Cup game. Each team comm1tted only one error 10 the nine– Inning contest East Central turned mat !east live sparkling defens1ve plays wh1le East MiSSISSIPPI had two ncludmg a rare tnple pay n the bottom of he f1rst mn ng

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