2007

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LadyWarriors stiR rule Central Division softbaU By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Editor

Friday. Play continues thmu!•h Sunday. Also in the six-team fi eld 1rc Hinds (26-20), Northwest (35-9) und Gulf Coast (35-2), which is rankd No. 2 in the NJCAAnational poll. Nt,llhwest is ranked 12th. ~ex: I t3-7 Meridian 8-6 The key division duul.•lcheader started out on Wednesday .uul didn 't finish until Friday due to ;1 rain sus– pension in the second gunll In the opener, EC rallied l'rom a 3-0 deficit with I 0 runs in till' bottom of the. second inning. Key luts in the inning were a two-run tri[lk hy Jessica Shannon and a grand ,Jam by Shenique Brass. Whitnee White added a ~ olo homer in the fourth and Brass h.ul an RBI double in the liJlh. Kady Chandler got lhe "'111. striking oul 11. Brass. White, Shan11un. Loren Kennedy, Sondreia Jlilll't:, Laura Smith. and Ti!Tany Thoma-. each had two hits for EC. Continued on BS... See Rule...

Needing to win three out of their four softball games last week to secure their third straight MACJC Central Division · championship, the East Central Community College Lady Warriors did just that, sweeping Meridian and splitting with Hinds. In going 3-l, EC improved to 12-4 in .the division and 28-18 overall and clinched a berth in the MACK' state tournament at Senatobia this weekend. The Lady Warriors won seven of their last eight division .games. '·I am extremely proud of the job these young ladies have done. We started off with an extremely difficult schedule, which may have gotten us prepared for division play. We are playing our best softball at the right time and hopefully this will continue in the postseason.~' said EC coach Scott Hill. rn the state tournament, EC (28-18) will take on the Pearl River (19-27)– Northeast (24-25) winner at 2 p.m. on

ECCC's Shenique Brass rounds third after crush a grand slam in a 13-8 victory over MCC. Photl- Marty Stamper IU '-' l.L z U.- I oc <( u •<( 0 0

: ECCC's Whitnee White gets congratulated by ~ head coach Scott Hill after one of her two home • runs against MCC. Photo by Marty Stamper