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ECCC adds 10 cagers Ea-.t Central Community College basket– ball coache-. announced 10 signecs for the ~004-05 !'t:w,on Thursday night "' ith se\en being future Lady Warriors. by Coming in to help defend Marty the Region 23 champion!:ihip Stamper the 2003-0.t Lady Warriors won White, a 5-foot-9 guard/ forward, aver– aged 13.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.6 a~sists forth 9-21 Lady Jackets of Union Hardin and Steele are both 5-foot-7 guards~ and Viverette is a b-foot-1 center. Flint, a .5-foot- 9 guard, averaged 15.8 pointe;,, 5.2 rebounds, 2.4 ac;sists, and had 24 blocked shots.

ECmen's head coach Bill Smith added three ne\' players - Ricardo Alcantar of Newton County, ]ucquas Jonl'S of Forest, and Pierre Barlow ot Scott Centt.ll. Alcantar and Barlo·w \ are both guards, w!Ulc Jones is a forward. "Hopefully, these three young men Lan come in and help contribute for us next year," Smith said. "We're counting on them because we've 01lly got four freshmen com– ing back that will be sophomores. "We're going to be a very, \ery young team next year and hopefully these three can come in and help us right away." • Alcantar averaged 18.3 points, 6 assists, 3 :-~bound~, and 2 steals for the 18-11 Cougars of Newton County. He was an 88.6 percent tree throw shooter. Jones helped Fol\..>st reach the Class 3A South State Final Four. Barlow led Scolt Central to a 27-8 -.cason and a trip to the second round of the Class 1A South State Tournament. 0-eithL·r Hodge nor Smith ~igned any out– of-staters Thursday. "We've got some kids narrowed down," Smith said. "It's just a question of them deciding whether they're going to sign or not. Everybody's recruiting -.;ome of them, but we'\e got a couple that we think we're going to sign.''

arc Kristin Caldwell of Leake Academ)~ Enca Ha ·din of Louisville, Dominctrix Hunter of Philadelphia, Heather Steele of anih Waiya, April Viverette of Lake, and Lauren White of Union. A-.hley Hint of Class 3A state champion dloctaw Central is expected to sign this week. "I'm very excited about having this group," EC head coach Brad Hodge said. '1t's another group that's similar to what \\ e've had in the fact that they come from good coachmg and have had opportuntties to plav for a championship or have been in a championship setting. That's a positive. It a different kind of group than what \\C \C had Actually, we're probably a lot -.trongcr otfeno;ive-skill wise 1 but there arc q)me differences there athleticallv. "It'~ a group we're excited to have as part of our family here and !look forward to get– ting after it with them." Caldwell, a 5-foot-11 forward, averaged 17 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and had 92 blocked shots for the 38-3 Academy Overall runner-up Rebclettes of Leake. Hunter, a 5-foot-10 forward, averaged H.~ poinb and 6.6 rebounds for the 28-6 Lady rornadc l:!:i of Philadelphia as they advanLcd to the Class 2A State Tournament.

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