2010

ECCC DiamondWarriors ad,yance to state tournament l · on lO lhe "'Final Foor.. ot the 1ACJC State Baseball Sweetwater, Ala

belled two home runs and Blake Lawson of Biloxi hom~ed and doubled to pace the EC offense. Ernie Triplett was credited with a double. Southpaw Bobby Bryan of Crossett, Ark., took the loss for EC on the mound. In the first win (9-1) over Holmes Saturday, Long and Quin Stokes of Carthage led the offense with two hits each. Right-hander Barry Meeks picked up the win in impressive style, as be fanned 14 batters through seven innings. He allowed fiv.e bits. Meeks is a product of Patrician Academy in

Leading the EC offensive attack in the second victory (8-4) were Vwcent Kortbawi, of Hale County High School in Moundville, Ala., and Darmaal Moore of Stone County. Kort– bawi belted a double and single and Moore had two hits. Lefty Pervis Mann of Carthage got the victory, allow– ing four hits in six innings. He also fanned seven batters. The Diamond Warriors arc led by bead coach Neal Holli– man and assistants Michael Avalon and Hunter Vick.

TOI.Iro.1me'Dt foc me East Central C mmumt) Colleee ba-.eball team. v.:bicb rallied to take a be H>f-three ne from Ho~ Commuru~ College in firsl-round acuon ot the 2010 pla)ofi".. held on the Goodman campu,. The Diamond Warriors, who imp 'ed 3 1 following a S\\eep of Holme~ (9-1, 8-4) Sat– Urday afterui'K)n. will battle host Jones Count) (38-10) at 6 p.m. ThurSda) to begm the three-day, double~Jumnanon event being held ~ Snuth-Wills Stadium in Jac~n The early game fea– ture:> Pearl RJVer (25-25) and Hinds (27-19) in a 3 p.m. con– te't Competition continues Fri– da) and concludes with the championship game set for I p.m. at Smith-Wills. East Central and Holmes began their series Friday with the host Bulldogs claiming a 14- 13 victory after rallying for four runs in the bottom of the ninth. Richie Long of Carthage

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