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unab e to recruit outside their a strict, other than out-of-state, me Narriors have gone 48-87 the last three seasons, including a a smal9-31 showing in 2002. The three seasons prior to the sanctions, the Warriors were 100-67. It doesn 't take a rocket scientist to figure the program needs out-of– d.strict support to be competitive on an annual basis.

Of this year's 30-man roster, 18 players are from the district to go with three out-of-staters and nine out-of-district athletes.

Of the Mississippians not from the five-county district, perhaps the mosr known is freshman pitcher Jim Tally who was 19-0 at for Class 2A state champion Mooreville and was the Northeast Mississippi Journal's Player of the Year. kl 'ee much better about the season ," said second-year head coach Jake Yarborough prior to Wednesday's 15-1 season-opening b.ot.out o' Coahoma at Decatur. "I feel like our hitting is a lot better than : was last year. That's one thing that we didn't have - run sJppon. R1ght now we're hitting the ball pretty good. t kne p tchers are getting much sharper every time they go out and thro.v bu pen 'De'ense 1s pretty sound. We've got a lot of competition at each position They're having to work to earn their spot. Right now, there's a bunch o' positions that are still open . They're battling for them."

- wenty-two of this year's players are freshmen.

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