2005

WEEK OF D-1/,(~ q

East Central qualifies late, rolLc; to Region title ~

· • Warriors advance to Super Regional in Fort Smith, Ark., on May 20-22.

"I'm very proud about the way om 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 way 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 flrst 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 Sec ECCC, Page 38

"''m very proud about the way

our gtrys responded. Toward the end of the year, we talked about the only way to get into the play– offis to play ·well. As soon as we got tn the playoffs, they took off''

By Tony Krausz lin ,\Jmdrwl Stw

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 oYer Missis– sippi Delta Community College in the Region XXIII Baseball Tourna– ment championship game on Sun– day. Miller threw a complete game in the Warriors' tow·nament 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. "It was a pretty day; and the odds were in om favor. We let the defense play; and we let

Jake Yarborough East Central Commu,lit) CJIItg.. baseball coach out bats do the talking." ECCe, which hasn't lost since the qpening game of a doublehead– er against Meridian Community College on April 19, didn't lose a game at Ken Cmly 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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