2010

WEEK OF

Small College/Juco Notebook Parity the rule as 8 ByMlb Chrlatensen mdwtatenaen@ctarlonledger.com

MACJC Playoffs First-round matchups, best-of-3 format, Friday-Saturday Northw!3st vs. Jones 1n Hattresburg Northeast at Hinds

The regular season was, to quote Hinds Community College coach SamTemple, "a buzz saw.• Now, for the eight teams (out of 14) still standing, con-.es another grinder: the junior college postsea– son, starting with thi:, weekend's best-of-three playoff series, then the MACJC Tournament next week fol– lowed by the NJCAA Division II Region 23 Tournament the week after that. "'love this timt• ot year," said ltawamba coachRick Collier. Is there a favorite to make it through to the nationals in Enid, Okla.? "You could throw all of u:. intoa hat," Temple said. "Oneofthe neat things about this league is the parity. There are a lot of really good teams. We've been beating up on eachother allyear." Jones County and ltawamba won the division titles and earned top seeds. Both have been nationally

Pearl River at ltawamba East Central at Holmes

ranked atone time or another. Jones, whichdoesn't have ahome field because of renovations at its ballpark, went 11-1 in the second half of the regular season round robin. The Bobcats will host North– west at William Carey's Wheeler Field onFridayandSaturday. ICC, the defending state champi– on, won seven of its last eight and got some good news on Monday concerning ace Joseph Koon (12-1, 2.10 ERA). He was struck in the throat by a batted ball last weekend against Holmes but reportedly told Collier he i ready to go Friday

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