2008

East Central, EMCC both Pull f rom staff reports

Homestanding East Central Community Coll~ge took advantage of a little wildness by th(' visiting team to sweep a double– header from Mercyhurst Northeast Wednesdav afternoon in Decatur. The Warriors won 12-0 in the opener, th~n took a 5-0 win in the nightcap to improve to 9-6 on the season. In Game 1, East Central's Steven Barnes (2-0) struck out five and gave up just three hits in five innings of work. He walked no one. Offensively, the Warriors got a double and four RBfs from Deon Williams and a triple and two RBis from Josh Laffeny. In the second game, East Central ..,cored four times in the bottom of the first inning and coasted to another shutout win. Jared Clark (2-0) went five innings on the hill to get the win, striking out six and giving up two hits. Offensively, Carey Miller doubled and drove in two runs to lead EC. The Warriors go to ltawamba Saturday. -Rocky Higginbotham East Mississippi Southwest Tennessee 19-6 15-1 The Lions improved to 10-2 on the season with a doubleheader sweep Wednesday night in Scooba, winning a 19- 15 slugfest in the opener and then taking a 6-1 win in the nightcap. EMCC will be back in action Saturday at Crawley Ridge, Ark. Wednesday, the Lions scored 11 limes in the bottom of the first inning and three times in the second - but were still up just 14-10 before holding on. Jonathan Wray, the third of six EMCC pitchers, got the win in relief to move to 4-0 on the year. At the plate, Ben Fleming and Tyler Weston each hit two home run" to lead Scooba Tech. Flt:ming was 3-for-f w.th ['.1;" clingers, a double and five RBI:;, while Weston was 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBis. Brock Mosley went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, Wayne Presley had two hits and three RBis and Nathan Peden was 2-for-3 with one RBI. In Game 2, EMCC got a solid effort on the mound from Golden Grasse (1-1) to complete the sweep. Grasse tossed a com– plete-game win, striking out five, walking 'one and allowing just four hits. Fleming was 2-for-3 with a double and 1 two RBJs to lead EMCC, which scored three times each in the third and fourth innings. Weston added one hit and two RBis. -Rocky Higginbotham PREP BASEBALL Lake Philadelphia 11 4 Colton Mitchell struck out 17 hitters on the mound and provided the big blow for Lake at the plate to lead the Hornets in a

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: ALL-OUT EFFORT East Central Community College's Clint Coleman makes a diving attempt on a blooper 1n shallow right field Wednesday in a game aga1nst Mercyhurst Northeast in Decatur.

Division 5-2A matchup at Burnside Park. Mitchell (1-1) went all seven innings on the hill for the Hornets, striking out 17 and scatterinf,.! five hits At the pit:.·. he wa-. 2- for-- '-" t . , . hrei'-run homer. n double and four RBI-.. Marcus Ricks added a single, double and an RBI for Lake, while David Murray was 2-for-4 with a double: Cody Taylor was 2-for-5 with two RBis: and Blake Luke went 2-for-2. Georgio Grace was 2-for-3 with a double and Cooper Jordan took the loss for Philadelphia, which dropped to 0-2 in divi– sion play. Lake, 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the division, hosts Newton Saturday. -Rocky Htgginbotham LATE PREP BASEBALL. The homestanding Vikings pushed across the ...,inning run in the bo om of the eighth inning to take a victory in a marathon season-open~ for both squadl'O. Central scored tv; ice in the third and once in the fifth for a 3-0 lead, then Russell pushed across three runs in the sixth to tie the contest. After one run was walkt>d in. Central Academy Russell Christian 4 3

Austin Nolan drove in a pair of runs for RCA. Ho"s Moore was he hard-luck loser on tht h 11 1 'Pite hr wing all eight innings on -ib' nurhnmtl ... tnkin):! out 13 in the process. He allowed , 1r hits. The Warriors ...,,11 return to action Monday at Lamar Chr stian School, while Ct'ntral pays a visit t Calvary Christian School today at Q.V. ~ykes Park - Rocky Higginbotham JUCO SOFTBALL Copiah-Lincoln East Central 4-6 3-0 The Lady Warrior.., dropped a pair of contests at Wesson Wednesday afternoon. falling 4-3 in the opener and ()-0 in the nightcap. In the first game. the homestanding Lady Wolves scored twice each in the fourth and fifth innings and then held off East Central. Hebecca Bailey fanned 10 in a complete– game effort to get the win, while Codee Hus:-.ell took the complete-game loc;s for ECCC. Sondrcia Hillie and Shenique Brass both had two hit~ for Ea... t Central, and both