2008

ECCC Warrior Tennis Team Defeats Jones

ory and Kylie Rigdon of Union were also not suc– cessful, as they fell 8-0 to Butler and Kelsey Roberts. In singles competition, Anderson fell to Wallace (6- 4,7-6,10-8}, Gaines lost to Walker (6-1 , 6-2), Dowell was edged byWhaley (6-3, 6-1), Henley was beaten by Benson (6-1, 6-0) and Rig– don was clipped by Roberts (6-1 , 6-2). The Lady Warriors fin– ished seventh in the state tournament held April 17- 19 in Meridian. ECCC tennis coaches are Dianne and Pat O'Neil and Kyle Watson.

A 5-4 wm ove~ Jo~"es County Junior Co ege April 15 concluded regu ar sea– son competition for the East Central Commumty College men's team v.nich evened its record to 8-8 :Or the 2008 campaign. The Warriors have now set their sights on the MACJC State Tournament scheduled April 24-26 .n Hattiesburg. In the victory over Jones, EC players winn ng in doubles were MattWade of Forest and "Scooter~ Walker of Hickory, who posted an 8-5 decision over Miles Nerren and Brian

Lady Warriors fell7-2 to the Lady Bobcats and finished season competition with a 5-11 record. EC winners against JCJC include Dru Ander– son of Decatur and Nichole Ball of Louisville, who de– feated Lauren Wallace and Erica Walker 8-3 in dou– bles. Ball also won her sin– gles match against Bess Butler by a 6-1, 4-6, 10-7 score. Julie Gaines of Philadel– phia and Cheryl Dowell of Lena fell 8-3 in their dou– bles match with Rachel Whaley and J.J. Benson, and Ashley Henley of Hick-

.4arf"" and Chris King of Lou sv lie and Lorenzo ....ones of Newton, who c pped Chris Guizeiz and Aaron Str'ckhn by a 9-7 margrn. Keith Brown of For– est and Josh Moore of Neilton fell 9-7 in their dou– bles match with 'Casey DyKes and Cole Pastorek. In singles competition, Wa ker defeated Dykes 6- 0, 7-5; Wade beat Guizerix 6-1 . 6-3; and Phillip Savell of Philadelphia cruised past Jonathan Myrick 6-2, 6-1 Brown, Moore and Jones were defeated in the r respectrve matches. .n · omen s action, the

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