2008

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8 SPORTS ECCC softball sweeps pair; Prep hands Lamar first .loss from staff reports Sondreia H1llie h"t gra d l m

one RBI; Len ra Smith had two hit~ and two IIDI ...; Cbipley had two hits and one RBI: ~h.'\'Cns had two singles and mo RBI-.: and Pillsburv had one hit and one RBI. · -Rocky Higginbotham PREP GOLF Lamar School second in MRA Invitational Lamar ~hool turned a solid per– formancC' with a team score of 307, but it wasn't enough to win the Madi on-Ridl!dand Academy lnvita– ti nal Wednesday. Th eight--.chool event was held at Deerfield in :\ladison. Pre-..byterian C hri~tian \\a... 'ir~t with a team score of 30_, while L:unar was five shots back in ...econd. Chad Bounds and Elliott Tramon– tana each -.hot 76s to lt·ad Lamar, while Allen 1assingill fired a 77 and Ea,ton Kev a 7~. l..amar i:.. back in action \londa\, as the Raider-. go to the PCS Invitational to be held at Canebrake in Hatties– burg -Rocky Higginbotham PREP BASEBALL

AREA ROUNDUP Brvcc Branning had a double for Lamar, which was out-hit 11-5 and scored its only run in tlw first inning. Tlw Raidt•rs also <.'ommitted four errors Drake ~osco. who "inglccl. scored Lamar'..; run >n an RBI groundout by Andn·w Watkins. Will Haggard (3-1) started and took the lo'is for Lamar. surrcndl•ring seven earned runs Branning and Nosro finished; while Kurt Snieder was the \\inner for Prep. Lamar is back in action tonight. hosting Jackson Prep in a varsity dou– bleheader beginning at 4::10. -Rocky Higginbotham LATE PREP BASEBALL Hattiesburg 8 Meridian 5 !'he Wildcats dropped a division contPst at Hattie~burg latt• Tuesday night, falling to 9-8 on thc> season. Meridian managed just as many hits (seven) as the host I igus. gelling a singl<.· and triple from Cody Pearson and two s ingles and two RB!s 1rom Jacobv Robinson. Dalla..; Hannah also had a "triple. Hannah was the losing pitcher. The Wildcats will bC' back in action friday, hosting Haltit'sburg in a rematch at Q.V. Sykes Park at 7 p.m. - RockyJiiggi11botlzam

hom<. run in the ,ec n nnmg to spark Ea~t Central C mm m . Col– lege to a h-1 win O\er H n "in the second game oi an IACJC C ntral Division doublehead r \\ d -..da~ afternoon in Decatur. Hillie'-. -.lam abo h I Warriors :-weep Holmt:"' t r E \\ n the opcm·r. 12-4. East Central, nov; 13-11 \t: • and :$-1 in division play. will r turn to leagm• act ion Saturda~ at Ea-.t Mj,._·,. sippi. Fir~t pitch is .;;Jated f r 11 m. m Scooba. In thl' 6-1 win \\edne,..da\ Hill finished :l-for-3 \\ ith the grand am and a double while Haley Ch1ple}. Lindsey Skvens and Kristen P1lbbur~ each had two hils. Amber Smith (5-2) to-.-.ed a corn– J?lete game to get the win on O.te mound. ~cattering five hit-. and walking none. In tlw first game. Ea-.t Central ~cored four times in thl' bottom of the fifth to snap a 4-4 tie- tht'n t!H• Lady Warriors ..;cored (our mort• times in the sixth to bust the gaml' widt· open. Codt•t• I~ussell (6-..t) got the win on the hill. walking none, striking out l\\o and \H>rkin.l! her way around 11 Holme-. hits , ECCC backed her '"ith 15 ba~c hits. including a homer. triple, single and two RBis from Sheniquc Brass. Whitm•t• White had two doubles and two RBls: Hillie had two hits and

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·nte Raider:> "ttffered tlll'ir first loss of the year. falling to 8-1 after Prep jumped out to a 6-1 h~ad in the first inoing.

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