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GAME-WINNING HIT En~t Centrall ommunil) College's Whitnee White- a tormer 1'\eshoba Central standout- delivers a game-winning base hit for the Lady War– rieors in n·cenl action against .Northea. t Mbsis'!oippi. C falls, preps for Region 23 from combined reports

erased a 3-1 deficit b} scoring five runs in the top of the seventh for the 6-3 victory. EC hitters were. Brass. triple; and Hilhc. Chipley, Phillips, Lindsey Stevens of Newton County, Amy Sharp of Neshoba Central and Emily Thrash, singles each. Brass and Thrash led in RBis with two each. Hillie also knocked in a run. Amber Smith of Union went the distance in earning the win for EC on the mound, allowing three runs See ECCC

host Hinds Community Colle~e 6- 3 I· riday afternoon prior to tailing to 1\ortheast in an elimination game. East Central. which sports a 26- 16 overall mark under hfth-vear head coach Scotl Hill, is aniong six teams to qualify for the l~egion 23 Tournament scheduled for Friday through Sunday at Traceway Park in Clinton. The Lady Warriors begin tht• double– elimination <.'vent by taking on 1\Jortheast at 2 p.m. Friday. EC managed just four hits in tlw loss to Northeast. singles each

1 " n ~reia Hillie of \cshoba lentral. Shenique Brass of Philadelphia, Haley Chipley and Allr~on Phillips of Leake Academy. :=ast Central scored single runs in the third and sixth innings and two in the seventh. t\ortheast tal– li«:>d three runs in the first, one in the third an

I ast Central Community Col– lt•ge'._ hope~ lor cl state softball title cr nixed by tlw Lady Ti 'E'I o North~-ast ti-vent bv ddratin~ Jtav.·arnba Com– munil) ·eouci{e 9 111wrsday after– noon thf'n fell 6-0 to Copi,th-Lin– coln. Ea:ol C~; ntral rallied to defeat

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