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Playoff bound EC Diamond Warriors sweep S<:luthwest The playoff-bound East Cen–

play. Jones County (31-13, 17-5) 1\vo runs also scored via walks won the division and Gulf Coast from Southwest pitchers. (18-20, 11-9) finished second. Darmaal Moore Jed the The top four teams in the South offense with three singles. He also and North divisions will partici- scored three runs. pate in first-round playoffs sched- Other hitters included Kort- uled May 6-7. bawi, double and single;May and 1n the first win over Southwest Martin, two singles each; Hill, (23-20, 7-15), ECjumped out to a double; and Leal, single. Martin 3..0 lead in the first inning, high- Jed in RBis with three, and Hill lighted by Charles Hill's two-run and Leal knocked in two runs double which scored Jeremy May each. Kortbawi, Fred Hampton of of Newton Councy and Vmcent Nanih Waiya and 'JYler Brant of Kortbawi, a product of Hale Southaven were credited with a County High School in RBI each. Moundville, AJa. Hill is a product Starter Bobby Bryan of Cros- of Carthage High School. B.J. sett (Ark.) High School was the Martin, a product of Franklinton winning pitcher. The southpaw High School in Mt. Hermon, La., allowed three hits and no earned gave EC a 1..0 lead with his RBI runs through five innings. He single, scoring Darmaal Moore of fanned six. batters and walked Stone County. two. Right-hander Joel McKee of EC put the game out of reach Neshoba Central hurled two with a five-run second inning. innings in relief and allowed two which extended the lead to 8..0. hits and no earned runs. He also Kortbawi belted a run-scoring fanned a batter. double and Carlos Leal ofGuayn- 1n the second contest, scoring abo, Puerto Rico, knocked in a began with Hampton's three-run run with a single.to lead the effort. ., See ECCC, page 4 AA

Ecce · Continued from page 3AA homer if) the fourth inning. EC added six. runs in the fifth for the easy victory. In addition to Hampton, other EC sluggers were Kortbawi, two singles; and Martin, Brant, Jerrod Myers of Jackson St. Andrews, singles each Neal, Br.mt, Myers andTanner Noakley of Ocean Sprmgs were also credited with an RBI each.

tral Community College baseball team completed regular season competition on a successful note by grabbing a pair of victories from Southwest Mississippi Community College Thursday, April 28 at the Oark-Gay Base– ball Complex. in Decatur. The Diamond Warriors cruised 10-3 in the opener and posted a 9-3 victory in the night– cap of the MACJC South DiVI– sion doubleheader, which was originally set for Wednesday. April 27 but was rescheduled due to the weather. The regular sea– son finale was also "Sophomore Day," as sophomore players and family members were recognized during pre-game activities. Following the sweep, East Central improved to 26-18 overall and 13-11 in league play.The Dia– mondWarriors are tied for third in theSouthwith Pearl River (27-18. 13-11), which swept Copiab-Lin– coln Community College Satur– ·day 1to qualify. for post-season

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