2010

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ECCC Diamond Warriors sweep Southwest Success contmues for the

seven-inning matchup without allowing a hit or run in the final stanza.

Bacon allowed one hit and Bu~banan gave up one run on two hits. Tabb fmished the

Velez of Trujillo Alton, Puerto Rico, single. Freshman right-hander 'JYler Dalton got the win in relief, as he allowed one run on two hit-. through three innings. Dalton, a product of Wmston Academy, also fanned one batter and walked one. Starter Barry Meeks, a freshman right-hander from Patrician Academy in Sweetwater, Ala.. went four innings, allowing three runs on three hits. He also fanned two batters and walked a pair. In the second conte-.t, Dar– maal Moore of Stone County and Vmcent Kortbawi. a product of Hale County High School in Moundville, Ala.. each homered and collected three RBh apiece to lead the EC offen,:,e. Ernie Triplett of Louisville contnbuted two singles and one RBI. Other sluggers included Hill. double and one RBI; and Tabb. Long and Lawson, singles each. Starter Colton Mitchell was the winning pitcher. Mitchell, a freshman southpaw from Lake, allowed two earned runs on four hits through four innings. He also fanned four batters and walked two. Southpaws Willard Bacon of Choctaw Central and Austin Buchanan of Neshoba Central and Tabb, a right-ban– der, hurled an inning each.

East Central Community Col– lege baseball team. which improved to 22-6overall follow– ing a doubleheader sweep of Southwest Mississippi Commu– nity College Saturday at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex in Decatur. A six-run fiflh-inning pro– pelled EC to a 10-4 victory in the opener, and the Diamond Warriors jumped out to a quick 9-2, third-inning lead in the nightcap and coasted 9-3 to complete the sweep. Donnie Tabb of Neshoba Central homered and had two RBTs to lead the EC offense m the first game. Other sluggers were Charles Hill of Carthage, double. single and an RBI; Blake Lawson of Biloxi, double and three RBls; Quinn Stokes of Carthage, double; Blake Lawson of Biloxi, single and three RBls; Richie Long of Carthage, single and two RBls; and Ricardo

Lady DiamondWarriors, Co-Lin split pair of games

Central contributed a single and a RBl and Brittany Cochran of Newton County singled. Hurler Kasi Buckley of NewtonCounty notched the win to remain perfect on the season with a 13-0 record. Buckley allowed three earned runs on 13 hits during the seven-inning matchup. She also fanned two batters and walked one. In the opener, East Central let an early 3-0 lead slip away as the Lady Wolves rallied to force extra innings and pushed across the winning run in the eighth inning. The Lady Diamond Warriors managed just three hits in the loss, a three-run homer by Lee, a double by Nicholas and single from Holsen. Taylor Bailey took the loss on the mound, allowing three earned runs on 12 hits. Bailey also fanned four batters and walked two.

East Central Community College's softball team rallied from a 5-0 delkit to claim a 7-6 "'in in the second game of a doubleheader with Copiah-Lin– coln Community College Wednesday in Wesson, earning a :.plit of their MACJC South Divi ion doubleheader after falhng 4-3 in the opener. The Lady Diamond War– rior,, whose record stands at 22- 3-1 overall following the split, wac; It'd at the plate in the second conte..,t by Lauren Nicholas of Neshoha Central who slapped a double and two singles and col– lected two RBh. Abo producing multiple hits were Paige Holsen of Union, Leake Academy product Han– nah l cc ol Philadelphia and Hailey Chisolm of Neshoba Central. Holsen and Lee each had a double and a single with two RBls. Chisolm was credited with two singles. Morg••n Malone of Madison

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