2011

WEEK OF : ~l- ( ,, I ECCC baseball knocks ·off Co-Lin from school reports through two innings. He also fanned a batter. A three-run homer by In the second contest, Vincent Kortbawi and a EC exploded for six runs single blast from Richie in the third inning and Long powered East Central cruised to the easy victory. Community College's base- Hill helped ignite the ball team to an 8-4 decision scoring onslaught-when over Copiah-Uncoln Com- his double to right field munity College in the first scored Myers and Kort- game ofTuesday's double- bawi and gave EC a 3-1 header in Decatur, and the advantage. Brant and Dar- DiamondWarriors con- inaal Moore of Stone tinued their strong often- County followed with run- sive performance with a scoring doubles in the 10-1 victory in the nightcap inning and the route was to complete the sweep. on. East Central improved Kortbawi had another to 15-9 overall and 4-2 in strong performance at the the MACJC South Division plate by blasting his following the impressive second homer of the day. victories, which came on He also singled and scored the heels on of double- twice. header sweep (8-3, 10-0) of Hill, Brant and Moore visiting Hinds Community finished with doubles. Hill College Saturday. The Dia- was the top run producer mond Warriors are now with three RBis and scored alone in second place twice. Brant and Moore behind Gulf Coast's 4-0 also knocked in a run each mark. The Bulldogs are 11- and scored once. 11 overall. Next up for the Dia- Kortbawi, a sophomore mondWarriors is a clivi- infielder from Hale County sion doubleheader with High School in Pearl River Community Moundville, Ala, finished College scheduled Sat- with four RBis in the urday, March 26. The first opener. Long, a sophomore of two seven-inning battles first baseman and former gets under way at 1 p.m. on standout at Carthage High the Poplarville campus. School, also collected a ECCC hosts Jones double and scored twice. County Junior College Charles Hill also had a Wednesday, March 30. productive outing at the Doubleheader action plate, as the sophomore begins at 3 p.m. at the outfielder belted three sin- Clark/Gay Baseball Com- gles, knocked in a run and plex. scored twice. ECCC, Pearl River Split SouthpawWillard Softball Twinbill Tuesday on the Decatur campus. · Chelsea Jones belted two solo home runs and Abbie Joiner blasted a double and two ·singles to lead the LadyDiamond · Warriors in the first con– test Jones is a sophomore infielder from Enterprise High School and Joiner is a freshman outfielder I catcher from Neshoba Central. Joiner was also credited with an RBI and scored once. SummerAlexander also excelled at the plate by pounding a double and single. The Newton County High School product also knocked in a run. Taylor Bailey (7-2) tossed a three-hitter in the seven-inning contest to notch the victory. She fanned seven batters. In the second contest, EC rallied from a 4-1 deficit to tie the contest at 4-4 in the fifth inning but the LadyWildcats responded with two runs in the sixth and held on for the one-run victory. Buckley slapped two runs and collected four RBis to leadEC in the second matchup. begins at 1 p.m. on the Summit campus. The Lady Diamond Warriors battle Hinds Community College Wednesday, March 30. The twinbill gets under way at 3 p.m. on the Decatur campus. EMCC places fourth in MACJC golf event OLIVE BRANCH - The East Mississippi Commu– nity College men's golf teamElaced fourth at this week s MACJC golf event hosted by NorthwestMis– sissippi CC. The state's third junior college golf event of the spring cam– paign was completed Tuesday atWedgewood Golf Club in Olive Branch following Monday's opening-round action held at Southaven's North Creek Golf Course. After holding third– place honors with a 307 team score on Monday, head coach Dale Peay's EMCC lions shot a second-day 321 to finish 12 strokes behind third-place Copiah-Lincoln. Host NorthwestMississippi maintained its first-round lead to outdistance three– time defending NJCAA Region 23 champion Mis– sissippi Gulf Coast by 11 strokes (602-613). EMCC freshman Weston Wallace earned all-tournament honors for the second time in three spring events, finishing in

AJso credited with mul– tiple hits were Watson, double and two singles; Joiner, three singles; and Nicholas, two singles. All three scored a run each and Nicholas knocked in a run. Brittany Pounders of Southeast Lauderdale con– tributed a single. ECCC (16-8, 3-4) travels to division foe Southwest Mississippi Community College Saturday, March 26. Doubleheader action

a fourth-place tie with a two-day score of 148 (75- 73). The former North– west Rankin High School product also claimed all– tournament honors in his collegiate debut last month at the MGCCC– hosted event in Pass Christian.

Bacon picked up the win, as be hurled three score- less innings and allowed three hits. Bacon is a tral High School. Right- bander Tyler Dalton was APPEJ product of ChoctawCen-

After posting a 5-1 vic- tory in the opener. East Central Community Col- lege's softball team dropped a 6-5 decision in

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