2010

ECCC earns split with LSU-Eunice East Central Commu–

11-3 overall under fourth– year head coach Neal Hol– liman. LSU-Eunice, which sits atop the NJCAA Divi– sion II poll, dropped to 12- 2. In the first game, EC had an early 2-0 lead but the Diamond Bengals ral– lied to grab a 4-2 advan– t age after three innings. The Diamond Warriors scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to tie the contest at 4-4, only

to have t h e home team score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Richie Long of Carthage homered for EC. Singles each were collect– ed Charles Hill and Quin Stokes, both of Carthage. Sout hpaw Will a rd Bacon of Choctaw Central took the loss, allowing one r u n on two hits in t h e final l 2/3 innings. In t he nigh tcap, Don– nie Tabb of Neshoba Cen-

tral slapped a double and two singles and had two RBis to lead the Diamond Warriors, wh o r allied from a 3-0 deficit to earn the split. Tabb was also the win– ning pitcher, as he hurled four scoreless innings. Starter Allen Johnson of Leake Academy went five innings, allowing three runs on four hits. He fanned four batters and walked four.

nity College's baseball squad proved it is worthy of nati onal recogni tion after managing a double– header spli t wi t h to p– r ated Louisi a na State University-Eunice Satur– day on the Bengal cam– pus. The Di amon d War– riors, after being edged 5- 4 in the first game, rallied for a 5-3 decision in the nightcap and improved to

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