2007

Four coacheswith ties to ECCC win - While the 2006-07 basketball ~eason dido "t contain a whole lot of

victim \Vas New Hope, 74-69 in Thmsday's Class 4A finals . The Bulldogs are 37-3 going into this week "s Grand Slam at Tupelo. Billups. a nati\ e of Louis\ ille, p layed football at EC under head coach Ken Pouncey. The win over Ne\\ Hope was his SOOth career victory and secured his eighth state championship. Lanier has \von three straight state lltles. \\"ert Spi"'a Jr. got the second title as he led Coldwater to a 62-61 win over Coahoma County iu the Class 2A girls' championship. The Lady Cougars improved to 30-5. A native ofNoxapater. Spiva

was a football manager at EC under A.J. Kilpatrick. Dan·in Gray was the third mem– ber of the club as he led Scott Central·s boys to a 60-59 overtime victory overS. V. Marshall of Tchula for the Class 2A crown Friday night. The Rebels improwd to 27-l l with the win. A native of Lake, Gray played basketball at EC. Another former Warrior basket– ball player- Luther Riley - ·

-highlights locally, four coaches with connections to East Central Community College brought home Mississippi f-jigh School Activities Association state championships this past weekend in Jackson.

Mart) Stamper

closed out the remarkable nm by leading Jackson Provine to a 59-5...1 win over Jackson Forest Hill in tht: Class 5A finals Saturday night. The state championships Rams upped their record to 24-9 with the win. It \\as the third state champi– onship in his seven years at Provine for Riley. who prepped at South Leake. In addition, another MHSAA high school coach with ties to EC has eamed a big honor. Union And fonner EC men's basketball coach Marty Cooper led the ltawamba Community College Indians to the Region 23 champi– onship last week at Clinton and a berth in the NJCAA Division I Men·s Championship at Hutchinson, Kan. , March 20-24. ltawamba, 26-4, will meet

Thomas Billups got the ball rol ling as he led Jackson Lanier to yet another state crown. This year's

Northeastern Junior College of Sterling, Colo., in the opening round. The Plainsmen are 3 I- 1 after bearing Casper 90-77 in the Region 9 fmals. The NJC roster has five players listed as 6-foot-7 or taller.

native and Scott Central girls' bas– ketball coach Chad Harrison has been selected to coach in the Mississippi High School All-Star Games.

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CARTHAGINIAN

Harrison earned his 200th care~

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