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Juco Baseball Busy weekend lies ahead for Meridian and East Central Central Mississippi will be a hotbed of junior college baseball activity this weekend, with a pair of area events kicking off this afternoon. With the juco baseball season just a few weeks old, the Meridian Community CoJiege Eagles and East Central Warriors will each play host to early-season events this weekend. In Meridian, the 1-3 Eagles will welcome in five teams to Scaggs Field as part of the 2008 Rush Tournament. A trio of games twill take place both today and Sat– urday before a tournament-ending doubleheader Sunday afternoon. The event will open today at noon. when the homestanding Eagles will play a pair of games back-to-hack to kick off the fes– tivities. MCC will take the field agaihst Southeastern (Iowa) at noon before squaring off with Wabash (TIL) Valley at 3 p.m. In the nightcap, Wabash will remain on the field to take on Wal– lace-HanceviiJe (Ala.) in a nine– inning matchup. MCC will take the day off Sat– urday as Wallace-Hanceville starts the day's activity with an 11 a.m. tilt against Southeastern. Pearl River will close Saturday with a 3 p.m. meeting with Wabash before a 6 p.m. clash with Southeastern. On Sunday, MCC will close the event with a double dip against Southeastern and Wabash, with first pitch scheduled for noon. In Decatur, East Central's defending slate champion War– riors will be just as busy, wel– coming in a field of seven teams for the ECCC Invitational. The Warriors will lead off the three-day event this morning, taking on Kaskaskia CoJiege of Centralia, Ill., at 11. Kaskaskia will meet Baton Rouge, La. at 2 p.m., with East Central and Baton Rouge closing the day at 5 p.m. Saturday, Baton Rouge will See Jucoe Page 03 By Brandon Walker assistant sports editor

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begin thl day against MACJC South Division power Gulf Coast at 11 a.m. before taking on Northwest at 2 p.m. Northwest and Gulf Coast meet Saturday after– noon at 5. On Sunday, Northeast will open the day with Wal– lace-Hanceville at 11 a.m. East Central will then host a doubleheader to close the event, meeting Wallace-Hanceville at 2 p.m. and Northeast at 5. All games in Decatur are scheduled for seven innings with the exception of the weekend finale between ECCC and Northeast, which is scheduled for nine innings.

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