2008

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ECCC Lady Warriors 0 Lady Warriors suffer narrow tourney defeats Another succe-.:-ful cam– held 1\lay 2-4 at Traceway Park in Clinton. In the matchup with ~orth­ east in first-round action. the Lady Tigers jumped out to a 5- 2 lead after three innings and held on for a 6-3 decision. despite being out-hit 11-9 by the ECCC squad. \ The EC offense was led by White and Laura Smith, both of Neshoba Central, and Haley Chipley of Carthage had one single apiece. White and Smith also knocked in a run a piece. Codee Russell of Leake Stevens of Newton County.

paign was recentlj completed by the East Centrnl U>mmuni– ty College fa:;t-pitch softball team, which finished 200S with a 26-18 record under fifth-year head coach Scott Hill. The Lady Diamond War– riors' sea:son came to an end following narrov; lo;;,e, to Northeast 1\lis~is,;ippi Commu– nity College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the Region 23 Tournament

Leah Dennis. a product of Neshoba Central High School, who went four-for-four at the plate with four singles. Sondre!a Hillie. also a Neshoba Central product. dou– bled and singled and collected an RBI. Recording doubles each were Allison Phillips of Leake Academy and Lindsey ed from the double-elimination tournament after falling 2-1 to the Lady Bulldogs during sec– ond-day competition. After taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning, the Lady fall • Region 23 Academy took the loss for EC on the mound. She allowed five earned runs on nine hits through six innings . S he fanned two batters. East Central was eliminat–

thirds innings. She fanned two batters and walked one. Smith was relieved by Brass who got the fmal out. East Central advanced to post-season play after fmishing second in the MACJC Central Division with a 12-4 record. The Lady Diamond War– tiors posted a 2-2 mark in state tournament action held April 25-27 at Clinton High School.

Diamond Warriors allowed sin– gle runs in the third and fifth innings and Gulf Coast held on for the victory. White homered to lead the EC offense, which managed just four hits. Singles were recorded by Billie, Phillips and Shenique Brass of Philadel– phia. Amber Smith of Union took the loss for EC on the mound, allowing two earned runs on six hits through five-and two-

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