2011

Warriors drop series WEEK OF---.::._~__;,;,;,_­ with Northwest By Marty Stamper

from a 7-0 deficit and pulied even at 8-8 with four runs in the fourth and fifth frames. Northwest tallied tWice in the bottom of the seventh for the win. B.J. Martin bad two singles and a homer to drive in three runs for EC. Tanner Noakley had three singles, Vincent Kortbawi had a pair of singles, and Jeremy May had a double. Josh Johnson had a triple and two singies for Northwest. Dylan Casto– ria, Drew Griffin, and Jet·cmy Carlisle each had two hits. Bradley Noland homered for the Rangers. Tyler Dalton took the loss in relief of Colton Mitchell, who gave up eight runs on 11 hits and one walk in five innings. In the rubber game, EC grabbed an early 3-0 lead, but the Rangers r·al– lied to tie the contest in the third and took a 5-3 lead after five innings. The Warriors tied the game with two runs in the sixth, but Northwest, 29-17, responded with a five-run eighth to take the series and c;ecure a berth in the MACJC State Baseball Tournament this week at Ellisville. Also in the tourna– ment are Jones, Gulf Coast, and Holmes. Charles Hill and Fred

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Appeal Sports Editor Northwest Mississippi bounced back from a one– game deficit to sweep East Central Community Col– lege Saturday in their MACJC baseball playoff series at Senatobia. Tbe losses ended EC's year with a 28-20 record. EC took the opener 8-5 in 11 innings on Friday, but lost 10-8 and 10-5 on Satw·day. The Warriors defeated Pearl River (10-2) earlier in the week in a tiebreak– er for third place in the South Division. EC 10 Pearl River 2 The Warriors built an early 8-0 lead in beating Pearl River in a playoff at Poplarville for third place in the South Division on May3. EC, 27-18, got all the runs it needed in the first inning as the Warriors scored four runs. B.J. Martin and Tyler Brant had RBl-singles in the inning. EC added four more runs in the third as Fred Hampton, Darmaal Moore, and JeremyMay had REI– singles. Tanner Noakley added a two-run double in the fourth. Pearl River got both of its runs in the third. Martin and Brant both had a double and a singie and Vincent Kortbawi had a pair of singles to lead EC. EC starter Pervis Mann (6-1) got the win with two innings ofwork. Pearl RiYer dropped to 27-19. EC 8 Northwest 5

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Gulf Coast 14-9 23-20 East Central 13-11 28-20 Pearl River 13-11 28-21 Hinds 9-14 23-18 Co-Lin 8-16 20-25 Southwest 7-17 23-2.2 First Round Series Northwest 5-10-1 0, East Central 8-8-5 Jones 13-2-10, East Miss– issippi 0-3-4 Gulf Coast 1D-9, ltawam– ba 2-7 Holmes 3-10-7, Pearl River 5-0-5 • Winners qualified for state tournament TheWarriors took a 3-1 lead in the second inning only to have Northwest, 27-17, pull even in the bot– tom of the frame. In the third, Vincent Kortbawi hit a solo homer for EC, while Dex Herrington did the same in the inning for the Rangers. A two-out RBI single from Austin Overall in the bottom of the sixth put Northwest up 5-4. But the Warriors capi– talized in the 11th off the filth Ranger error of the game, putting Kyle Moore on base to lead off the frame. After Kortbawi·s sacri– fic(' bunt moved Moore to econd. Martin sent a shallow fly ball into left field that scored Moore on a play at the plate for the game-winning run. A pair of bases-loaded walks extended EC's lead to 8-5. Brock Ward got the win in relief. He hurled a scoreless 10th inning and allowed no hits. EC, 28-18. turned three double plays in the win.

Hampton homered and Martin, Noakley, and Vincent Kortba\\'i had two singles each to lead .ESHOBA DEMOCRAT the EC offense. Hill also

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