2007

'arriors Win MACJC State Tourney x ,cored later in the inning dam Griffin of Neshoba gled. Hendrix had singled. d and moved to third on a ) to right field by George ~· ... -~~ ...... ofDemopolis. Meridian stretched its lead to 5-l after three innings and added two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth to take a I0-3 advantage going into the mnth inning. REGION 23 TOURNAMEN1 The state champior:

from tournament competition. Hendrix began the sconng onslaught with a solo home run and later smgled in thewild inning and knocked in two runs. Brian Jones ofAdolphus, Ky., and Josh Lafferty ofQwtman had RBI singles each, and Jacob Casey of Union conne.cted on a single which also scored two runs. Several Warriors also reached base \ia the walk, including Ca-ey. Colby Hawthorne of Me e1l, Griffm. Thames and Washington In addit1on to Hendrix, otherWarriors who scored runs were Casey, Hawthorne, Grifiin, Thames, Jones and Laffeit)\. Warren Bowling ofFiorence gave FC a 1-0 lead with his RBI single in the first mnmg. Meridian respondedw1th three runs in the bottom of the first, thanks to MichaeJ Guerrero's two-run homer and a solo shot by Tyler Moore.

DiamondWamors have no\\- set their sights on the Region 23 Tournament scheduledMay 14· 17 at Meridian Communit) College. East Central, the top sec< from \fiss1ssippi, begins first-rounl action of the double-eliminatior tournament by tak.mg on sixth-seedc< Northwest Mbsissippi Communit) College Monday. The six-team field al s< includes LSU-Eunice, the top sec< from Louisiana, and Mississipp teams Mississippi Gulf Coas Community College (no. 2). Meridiar Community College (no. 3) an< Itawamba CommunityCollege (no. -1 l

East Central scored its other runs on Thames' RBI single in the sixth and Bowling's second RBI single of the game in the seventh inning. Washington got the win for EC on the mound, allowing five runs on three hits through two innings. JIe fanned one batter. Hendri x was credited with the save, as he hurled a scoreless final inning and allowed one hit. He fanned one batter. Denson pitched four-and-a third innings. allowing one run on four h1ts. He fanned four batters and walked one. He relieved starter Patterson, who allowed four runs on six hits through one and two-thirds innings. lie walked one batter.

Curela \\as credited with the ~ m!! two runs on two hits fi, e innings. He fanned two nd v;alked one. Patterson ed the final four inntngs. one run on three hits. He thre batters. C RALLIFSAGAIN ELIMI \TEMCC, 11-10 t v; hen it appeared that eighth– ed MCC had rebounded from its -3 Io to East Central Saturday - en the D1:1mondWarriors erupted r mne nm-; in the top of the eighth r the 9-3 \ ictory - the rally birds again as EC scored eight runs the top ofthe ninth and held on for 1-10 dectsion. eliminating MCC