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ake anotner run ing to accept and adopt everything we \Vere trying to do, that team 'exploded' and became very hard to beat. due in large part to their gt·eat character.'' you never know what the year will hold."

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hole and \\'in a · championship was f ' accomplishment ... Holliman stated. ''I don't knmY if I have ever been more proud of a group of men. not because - they won the con- -' a tremendous

Neal Holliman admits to being • &omewhat surprised by the success of I~ is 2007 East Central Community College baseball squad. \\'hich cap- tured the 1\IACJC State Baseball Championship en route to a 31-23 . Holliman, who also garnered· Coach of the Year honors following I)is initial season ns the Diamond Warrior skipper. said there's - no mark.

"1\nd if we maximize our potential and fa i I to reach the conference tour– nament, we will still have something ro b£' very proud of," he corMinued. "But if we fail to reach our maxi– mum potential_ ;llld win the confet< encfl 'tournament, we have under ach iew'd.•· SevC'ral players return from last year's chnmpio11shlp squad that Hol– liman hopes will help the Diamond Warr.iors "maximize" their potential in 2008. ·••' •, .Stc RUN. Page 25

Holliman is obviously anticip,ahng another successful Sf~ason,- but hjs main objective in 2008 i~ tor hjs Di~­ mond Warriors to perforhl to the be~t of their abjlity. "-The goal for this ye~_r·~ tea"ij1 is me same as il will always pe. that is ~> maximize our potential.'' he stat– ed.-~"Sui.=e, we want to win a couret-– ence and regional championship and a'dvance to the (NJCAA) World Seriels t9 compete for a ·national title. but

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. onship. but just doubt last year's team '·'earned every- because they bought into what we thing they got.·· , _ \ve_retrying to do and _all got on the "To be 13-18 at onP point in the ·same_page.'' season aildfor that ~roup.of,voUrig ::-.He further.state'dr. ~"Oncs we got men 1 to -I)ti'll·~th~iriselves ;'citlf()f~·th"a·t--~'down-to' th~~c:0fe.gto\1p':fhat".wa-; will-

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