2007

Warriors clinch sp • state tou name East Central Community College's baseball team qualified for the MACJC StateTournament following a doubleheader split with Holmes Community Col– lege Saturday afternoon on the Goodman campus. Jones took the loss for EG on the mound. In the second game, Josh Lafferty of Qmtman led EC's 14-hit attack by blast– ing a home run. double and single.

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ington of Demopolis. in– gles each. Washington was also credited with two RBis and Jacob Thames of Magee knocl{ed in a run. , RwlS were scored by Hen– drix (2), Ca..;;ey (2). Washing– ton and Warren Bowling of rlorence. Southpaw Gregory Sto– vall of Neshoba Central was the winning pitcher. He allmved no earne<.l runs on four hits through fom· and a third innings. He walked three batters. Right-hander Josh Denson of Carthage pitched the final two and two-thirds innings, allowing no runs on one hit. He fanned two batters and walked one. In the second game. EC was again facing a tlu-ce– run deficit in the flrst inning. but rallied for five nms in the bottom of the frame and added two nms m the third, one in the fifth. and two in the sixth. Co-Lin added two nms in the fourth and tallied twice in the seventh. • Washington. Griffin. Chad Gosselin of Flowood and Chris Parkman of Pulaski had two hits each to lead theWarnor ffens All

Other hitters were Hen– drix, triple and two singles; Griffin, double and single; Cqse\ two singles; 1.nd Jones and George Washing– ton of Demopolis. doubles each. EC scored five runs in the second inning. five runs in the third, two in the fourth and h\·o in the fifth. Joe Patterson of Morton picked up the win for EC, allowing five earned runs on six hits through five innings. ECCCCo-Un The Dtamond Warnors S\vept visiting Copiah-Lin– coln Community Colleg~;.. in the home finale April 24 at the Clark-Gay Baseball Complex. In the non-divisional match-ups. EastCentral ral– lied for a 6-4 decision in the first contest and came from behind in the nightcap to post a 10..7 victor): The Diamond \\arriors fourth and one in the fifth in clain1ing the win. Co-Lin scored its other run in the fifth. •( Terrell Hendrix, a prod– uct of East Oktibbeha H~ School in Starkville, led the EC offense with three sin– gles. Adam Griffm of Neshoba Central also had a productive QUting with a home run and three RBis. Other hitters were Brian Jones of Adolphus, Ky., two singles: and Jacob Casey of Union and George Wash·

The Diamond Warriors. who improved to 26-21 over– all and fmished second in the MACJC Central Divi– sion with a 9-7 mark w1der first-year head coach Neal Holliman. begin frrst-round actiOn of the double-elirni– nanon tournament by tak–

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the match-ups with Holmes, East Central fell8-7 m the first contest but ral– lied for 14·9 decision in the nightcap. The Diamond Warriors clinched a playoff spot when Hinds also split its doubleheader with East \1ississippi Saturday after- EC game. He abo collected three RBis and scored two runs. Other hitters were Adam Griffm of Neshoba Central, double; and Terrell Hendrix of Starkville, Jacob Casey of Union, Brian Jones of Adolphus, Ky., Chad Gos– selin of Flowood and Jacob Thames of Mendenhall, singles each EC scored two runs in the flrst inning, two in the fourth, one in the fifth and two in the sixth.

Thames, triple; and Hen– drix and Colbv Hawthorn of McNeil, sit1iles each. Collecting RBis were Gos-

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innings of work. Denson and Josh Sheenan of New- ton County pitched an inning each in relief.