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EC to host s'ball tourney Region and state titles and a will play

the Northwc!;t/Mendian winner at 5 p.m., and Northeast will bat– tle the ECCC/GulfCoast victor at 7 p.m Games Saturday begin at noon and end with the 6 p.m. contest. A 1:30 p.m. matcbup is scheduled Sunday followed by lhe championship game at 3:30 p m. If an additional game is needed to determine a champi– on, the contest will be held at 5:30p.m. The winner advances to the 2005 NJCAA Division II Fast– Pitch Softball Championship scheduled May 19-21 at Fort Dodge, Iowa.

rotated among division champi– ons. Joining ECCC in the doubl<·– elimination event are Meridian Community College (13-24), Central Division runners-up: North Division winner N orthcast Mississippi Community College (28-12) and runner-up ~orthwest Mississippi Community College (33-5), and South Division champion Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (31- 7) and runner-up Copiah– Lincoln Community College (27-4). FiTst-round action on Friday features Met·idian taking on Northwest at 1 p.m. followed by the I~ast Central/Co-Lin matchup at 3 p.m. Gulf Coast

trip to the national tournament will be on the line for six JUCO squads when the MACJC/Region 23 Softball Championship is held May 6-8 at East Central Community College in Decatur. East Central Community College's fast-pitch softball team ended regulation season competition with a doublehead– er sweep of East Mississippi Community College Friday afternoon in Scooba. · The Lady Warriors won the first game 12-6 and took the nightcap by an 8-0 decision. With the victories, EC improved to 31-3 overall and 16-0 in division action under ::-.econd-year head coach Scott Hill. • Sophomore hurler Marley Smith of Union picked up the win in the first game and improved her record to a per– fect 15-0. Freshman pitcher Lindsey Smith of Union won the second game and improved her record to 8-2. The Lady Warriors, who sport a 31-3 record under sec– ond-year head coach Scott Hill, are the designated hosts for the 2005 tournament after wining \1 ~CJC Central Division title with a perfect 16-0 mark. The annual tournament is

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