2010

Warriors fall in state finals

The East Central Com– munity College Warriors reached the finals of the MACJC state baseball tour- nament at from 1 a ~ ks 0 ~ ' s combined reports weekend before falling 11-7 to Hinds in the first champi– onship game. The Warriors had to beat 'Hinds twice Saturday to cap– ture the state championship, but the Eagles were not to be denied their first state title since 1989. "It's (runner-up title) not what we wanted or what the players wanted...but we are still appreciative of the suc– cess we had in the tourna– ment," said ECCC bead coach Neal Holliman. "We missed too many scoring opportunities against Hinds," said Holliman, refer– ring to the 18 runners left on base and 12 walks allowed by Eagle hurlers. "But I'm really proud of the effort put forth by our guys ...we are playing like a championship team." Holliman, who led the 2006 squad to a State title in his first year at the helm. is Sm1th-Wtlls Stadium last

MACJC Playoffs (Best-of-three series) May 7-8 First Round East Central 13-9-8, Holmes 14-1-4 Jones 12-8, Northwest 1-0 Pearl River 10-13, ltawamba 7- 6 Hinds 12-7, Northeast 2-2 State Tournament at Smith-Wills Stadium In Jackson May 13

Hinds 4, Pearl River 0 East Central 9, Jones 3

May 14 Pearl River 5, Jones 4 Hinds 12, East Central 9 East Central 8, Pearl River 7

May 15 Hinds 11, East Central 7

now focused on getting his team ready for the Region 23 Division ll Tournament sched– uled Thursday-Saturday and hosted by top-seeded Hinds, 30-19, at Joe G. Moss Field on the Raymond campus. "Our ultimate goal contin– ues to be to win the Region tournament and a~vance to the Junior College World Continued on 7B... See Warriors...

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