2007

EC sweeps NE; swept by River By Marty Stamper -r:lpeal Sports Editor h as either feast or famine r the East Central "We haven't done that all year and we needed that," saiu EC head coach Neal ing '' ith Hendrix and Jordan Robin~on both getting a two– run ~mgle. Jacob Casey, Warren BO\\ ling and Jacob Thames each had RBI singles. Chad Gosselin had a sacrifice tly. Jones finished with three

Holliman. "We're not a team that's going to put up several big mnings. but it's good to be able to let your hair down and breathe a little bit every now and then too. We've been in so many tight ballgames." In the opener, the Wamors got halfof their eight hits in the bottom of the sixth to take a 7- 3 lead over the Tigers. Terrell Hendrix tied the game at 3-3 with a two-run double to right field. Brian Jones singled up the middle to put EC up 4-3. George Washington's tl1rce-run hoJ\ler to right field enabled the Warriors to pull away. Josh Denson (3-0) got the win with 2 I/3 innings of relief. Washington also had a dou– ble and finishell with four RBls. Jones had a pair of sin– gles, while Hendrix had a ::.in– gle and a two-run double. In the second game. th~.: Warriors paraded 19 batters to the plate in the second inning debacle. EC got eight hih in the frame. along "ith fiH! walk~. three htt batsmen. .Jnd three passed balls. Jones had an RBI single and a three-run double in the upris-

Community College Warriors on the baseball diamond last \\eek as they swept Northeast 1r~,.. s:;ippi Community Co lege 7-3 and 19-4 before bet'lg shut out twice .at Pearl RJ\er Community College by 2-0 and 13-0 margins. The Warriers, 11-13, laun~,;hed Central Division pia:-. on Tuesday against East i\lis-.issippi Community College and will continue league play a t Meridian Community College on Saturday with a I p.m. start. ECCC 7-19 ~ortheast 3-4 The Warriors took the term ··big inning,. to the extreme in sweepmg Northeast on March 13 at Decatur. In the opener, the Wan·iors :.cored six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase a 3- 1 Northeast lead. That paled in comparison to the second inning of the mghtcap as the \Varriors racked up 14 of their 19 runs in the frame to even their record at ll-11.

hits and five RBls. llendri-.; had rhrcc singles and a pair of RBI:;. Bov.ling had a pair of RBI smglcs. Thames had two hits and rwo RBis. Gosselin had two RBJs. Jesus Aleman (2-l) w~nt four inning::. to get the win. Pearl River 2-13 ECCC 0-0 The Warrior~ never crossed the plate as they wcr~ swept Saturday at Poplarville. EC fell to ll-13 with the losses. EC had just three hib in the opener a single each by Terrell Hendrix. George Washin!,rton, and Josh Lafferty. Pearl River had only tivc hits off EC's Joe Patterson. The Wildcats scored both of their runs in the third inning. In tht second contest, EC hitters were Wa<;hington with two sing les and Jacob \asey. llcminx. and Jordan R bmson with one single each I lendnx tool-.. the loss. PRCC scored five runs m the tirst inning and pulled a\\ a}.

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Members of the 2007 East Central Community College baseball squad from Newton County schools are (kneeUng frorq left) manager Justin Joyner, pitcher Josh Shehan. and middle infielder Jacob Casey. Standing are catcher/third base– man/outfielder Lee Blackburn. infielder Jordan. Robinson. and pitcher/utilit) pia~­ er Robert Westbrook. (EC Photo)