2011

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McLeod; and Josh Blackburn of Morton, who beat C. Haley, 7-5, 6-2. In men's doubles, Griffin and Danny Smith ofCarthage defeat– ed Hart/J. Shelton, 8-5 and Sti.tlson and Blackburn toppled Haley/McLeod, also by an 8-5 score. Zac White of Union and Jason Loris were blanked 8-0 by The Lady Waniors were not as fortunate and fell 9-0 to the Lady Wolves. In women's doubles, Cassie Munn and Lauren Lurk, both M. Huljev/M. Knezevic.

products of Newton County High School, fell to A. Lea/K. Case, 8- 4, and Madison Nowell of Winston Academy and Carrie Rushing of Newton County lost toM. Case/A. Schimmel, 8-1. In women's singles, Munn lost to Lea, 7-5,3-6, 1-0 (10-8); Nowell fell to Case, 6-1, 6-0; Lurk lost to Schinimel, 6-1, 6-1; Rushing fell to C. Whitaker, 6-1, 6- l; and Anna Alexander ofLittle Roc.k lost to N. Magee, 6-0, 6-0.

College men's tennis team regis– tered a 5-4 victory over the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolves March 3 in Wesson. Waniors winning their CC6pec– tive singles matches included Matt Griffin of Union, who defeated M. Hart, 6-4, 7-5, (8-6); Walt Stinson of Neshoba Central, a 6-3, 6-1 winner over J.

Dianne and Pat O'Neill and Kyle Watson serve as ECCC ten– nis coaches. ECCC softball team splits pair with Jones County A six-run, first uming pro– one.

Joiner, who also belted a triple and added two singles, fin– ished 4-for-4 with two RBis and scored two runs. The freshman outfielder/infielder is a product ofNeshoba Central High School. Alexander added a single to her perfonnance. She finished with the one RBI and scored once. Alexander 1s a sophomore outfielder/catcher from Newton County High School. Other EC hitters included Lauren Nicholas of Neshoba Central, Taylor Bailey, a product of Bowie High School in Austin, TX, Haylee Roberts of Enterpnse and Kelsi Watson of Smithville, singles each. Bailey picked up the win, allowing no earned runs on two hits through seven innings. She fanned seven batters and walked

In the second contest, Jones County jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings and held on for the victory. Kasie Buckley, a sophomore infielder/pitcher from Newton County, led the EC offense with three singles. Nicholas was cred– ited with two singles and scored EC's two runs. Bailey and Watson had singles each. Buckley took the loss, as she allowed four earned runs on eight hits through five innings. She fanned three batters and walked one. Jones County improved to 15- 5 overall and 1-3 in league action following the split. EC's softball program is led by head coach Scott Hill and assistant Kristin Chaney.

pelled East Central Community College\ softball team to a 9-2 victory over Jones County Junior College in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader, but the visiting Lady Bobcats rallied for a 5-2 decis1on in the second con– test to earn a split of the MACJC South Division battle. Brittany Pounders led the first inning, scoring onslaught when her three-run homer gave EC a 5- 0 advantage. Summer Alexander and Abb1e Joiner alw produced run-scoring singles in the inning. Pounders, a freshman infield– er from Southeast Lauderdale High School, added two single~ in the opener for a perfect 3-for-3 performance at the plate She was also credited with four RBis and scored twice.

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