2005

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East Central qualifies late, rolLs to Region title ~

· • Warriors advance to Super Regional in Fort Smith, Ark., on May 20-22. By Tony Krausz lla .\lwdw11 Srm Josh Miller of Elysian Fields, Texas. got even better after two days of rest. The East Central Community College pitcher went eight strong innings in an 11·1 win over Missis– sippi Delta Community College in the Region XXIII Baseball Tourna– ment championship game on Sun– da}: Miller threw a complete game in the Warriors' tournament opening victory against host-team Missis– sippi Gulf Coast Community Col– lege on Thursday. "It doesn't get any better than this," said Miller, who gave up one run on three hits with six strike– outs on Sunday. "Jt was a pretty day, and the odds were in our favor. We let the defense play, and we let

"I'm very proud about the way our guys responded," said ECCC head coach Jake Yarborough, whose team improved to 29-21. "Toward the end of the year, we talked about the only WC;PY to get into the playoff is to play well. As soon as we got in the playoffs, they took off." ECCC took advantage of a tired MDCC squad early in Sunday's title game. The Warriors scored two runs in the frrst inning, two in the second and one in the third to take a 5·0 lead. . The Trojans (27-24) advanced to the title game by winning an 11- inning contest against Meridian Community College that ended at 12:13 a.m. Sunday. "Delta has a great program, and they have a good coach (Tony Han– cock) running their program," Yarborough said. "They had to be a little tired. They beat Meridian (Community College) twice, and See ECCC. Page 3B

"I'm very proud about the wcry our gtrys responded. Toward the end of the year, we tall~ed about the only way to get into the play– off is to play well. As soon as we got trJ the playoffs, they tool~ off" Jake Yarborough East Ccnual Cormmmi(\· Colll~c baseball coach out bats do the talking." ECCC, which hasn't lost since the opening game of a doublehead– er against Meridian Community College on April 19, didn't lose a game at Ken Curly Farris Field in capturing its first region title. MDCC needed to win two games on Sunday to win the regional tour– ney.

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