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The Union Appeal • Union , Mississippi • Wedr1o Bianco, Tha~es to highlight EC bJseball banquet, Feb. 3

Ole Miss captured the Southeast– em Conference Champ10nsh1p 111 2006 after wmning the Sf:C Western Division title the previous year. The Rebel!> have made five post– season appearances m s1x years and served as host for three stra1ght Regionals and consecutive Super Rcgionals in 2005 and 2006. Durmg Bianco's tenure as head coach, Ole Miss has produced 12 All– Americans and 28 players have been drafted by Major League Baseball. Prior to begmning his successful coaching career, Bianco played two seasons at perennial power LSU in 19X8 and 1989 and w':ls the startmg catcher and team captam for the I989 squad that finished third at the College World Series in Omaha, Ncb. He is also a fonner standout at Indtan River Community College m Florida, and was inducted mto the college's Hall in Fame in 2003 l le was a member of the LSU coaching staff from 1993-97 and

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Ole Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco will be the featured speaker at a pre-season baseball ban– quet scheduled Saturday, Feb. 3 at East Central Community from College in Decatur. school f- 1rst-ycar ECCC head reports baseball coach Neal Holliman said the public is invited to attend the event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. in Mabry Memorial Ca fetena. Tickets are $15 for adults and $1 0 for children under 12. 'This (program) w1ll be a great opportunity for all fans and parents to come meet the 2007 Warrior baseball team, alongwith the opportunity to hear remarks by coach Bianco, one of the most successful coache~ in the nation." Bianco has led the Ole Miss base– ball program since June 2000. The Rebels posted back-to-back 40-win seasons in 2005 and 2006 for the first time in school history and won at least 35 games each of the last SIX seasons.

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blasting a home run on his fi rst at-t as a Yankee and on the ftrst pit from the defending National Leag Cy Young Award winner Ran Johnson in a matchup w ith t Arizona Cardinals. ., Thames wa~ traded to the Te.x 'Rangets in 2003 a11d joined t DetrOit Tigers in 2004. The Diamond Warriors begin t 2007 season by traveling to Alaba1 Southern on Mondzy, Feb. 5 in de bleheader action beginning at no on the Monroeville, Ala., campus. The first home games are sch< uled with Jones County Jun College on February 13. The doub header gets under way at I p.m. Jamie Clark Memorial Stadium. Serving as Holliman's assistants Michael Avalon and Roberto Martin For more in formatio n, cont coach Neal Holliman, phone 6t 635-2111 or call to ll free, l-877-4t 3222, ext. 374. The email addres! nholliman@eccc.edu. z ~ _I - ~ <( 0 z 0 z ::> w ~ 0.. (..) (!) 0 0.. z: u. <( (..) <( 0 0 :X: f-- z f-- f-- ~ f-- f-- 0 (/) a::: Lll 0::: 0 z :c 5- ({) 0