2003

WEEK OF .Ma£rh ~ East Central squads playing in Region 23 tournament this week

Don7cll Cren!>haw (11 points) and for– mer '\eshoba Central standout Desmond Jonel. (10 pomts) were all in double figures for EC, as well, while Brandon ~ason chipped in eight point~. Marcus Hines Jed Holmes with 17 point),. Agamst Northwest, the Warriors IJU<;~eU an opportunity at the buzzer \\ h1ch would have sent the contest to douhle-overtimc, falling 99-97. H mby had a game-high 32 pomt.. to lead EC. while Crenshaw scored 21. Qualls and Dcwayne Hugh– es lalhed 14 points apiece and Mason scored 12. Antol~' Shaw and Reggie Gaddis had 21 .:t'' apiece for Northwest. The Rangers led 44-37 at halftime, and the team' vcre tied at 85 at the end of regulauon. ECCe~ wumen got 21 points from Tamekia Fole) in thetr contest. but 'till fell 61-51 to Delta Adnan \\ :bhington added nine pomts for the Ltdy Warriors, while former 'e:-hoba Central standout ll.liranda Ro'ar ~.:hipped in six points. K1ona Will ams scored 13 points to lead the Lad) Trojans, who were up 32-22 al halftime.

Gulf Coast hands ECCC fi rst two losses of season fa,t Ct•ntnJl CtlmmunJI\ Collc)!c.

Saturday. tlH:n won't ~ce actton ag,un Wllll Mar.;h 14 \\ hen it goc~ to C(l;J· homa. Last week against the Bulldogs. EC managed just ~IX hits nnd one run in the losses. The Waniors had started the wed Wtth a 12-4 victory over East Mis~ts­ sippi in the rain-delayed Ru"h Classi<.' toumamenl last Monday in Meridian. In that victory. Van Willlon home– red and doubled for ECCC. which tr:~iled 2-0 before scoring ctght unan swercd n.ms in the third. fourth ami fifth inning~.

after !>ta.rung the \C:.hon with MX con– secutive victories, finally suffered its first - and !>Ceond - losses of the year last Thursday at Perkinston. The Warriors were swept in a South Dtvision doubleheader by homcstanding Gulf Coast, lo!.ing I0-1 and 8-0. EC, which feU to 6-2 with the lo-;s,

was to go to Jones County Junior Col– lege Monday. and today. the Warriors will host Gulf Coa~t in a rematch of last week's doubleheader. APPEARED IN East Central is also at Pearl River LAKE MESSENGER -------------------- SCOTT COUNTY TIMES ------------------- UNION APPEAL--------

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