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the Whippets in baseball action Tuesday. However, Kosciusko proved to be rude hosts as they came away with the win over Newton County. ReaganWarren and Cale Hollingsworth each went 2-3 with two singles to lead the Cougars At IJ1e plate. Warren had the game's only RBI for Newton County. Will Brand took the loss for NCHS. He pitched 6 innings– giving up three earned runs on five hits. Brand walked two while striking out four. The Cougars drop to 2· 1 on the season. 'lbey will be back in action Saturday when they take on Meridian and Clarkdale. - David landrum MCC/ ECCC baseball rescheduled for today TI1e Meridian Community baseball team has announced that its scheduled 2 p.m. dou– bleheader today against East Central Community College bas been postponed due to weather conditions. The games have been rescheduled for this afternoon at 2 p.m. in Decatur. The Eagles are currently 9-7 overall for the season and will look to extend its current fivt"'" game winning streak again~t the Warriors. East Central is currently4·fl and have lost five of its last six games when it is scheduled to play the Eagles onWednesday afternoon. The Eagles are still sched· uled to play a three-game series this weekend at Scaggs Field against Northwest Florida The openinggame of the series is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. and the final two games are slated for a 12 p.m. start on Saturday afternoon. -from School Reports East Central softball splits decisions at Holmes After falling 2-0 in the opener, East Central Commu– nity College's fast-pitch softball team responded with a 16-0 blowout in the nightcap to split • a doubleheaderwith Holmes Community CollegeTuesday in Goodman. Junior College Baseball Junior College Softball

The Lady Diamond\\" riors, now 12-5 under head coach Scott Hill and assista= Kristin Chaney, out·hit the home standing Lady Bulld by a 6-5 margin in the first coo– test but could not muster a Holmes scored its runs in the second and third innings claim the non·division victory. Hitters in t11e openerwere KelsiWatson ofSmithville, Haylee Roberts of Enterprise, Brittany Pounders ofSoutheast Lauderdale, Lajoya Griffin of Philadelphia and Neshoba Cen– tral products Marice Massey and A]. Peeler, singles each. TennaPatterson took the loss on the mound Patterson allowed just one earned run on five hits tlrrough six innings. She also fanned nine batters. EC's offense cante alive in the second contt'sl, as the Lady Diamond Warriors collected 11 hits in cruising to the easy vic– tory, which was called after five innings. A two-run homer by Roberts in the first inning began the scoring onslaught for EC, which add I'd a run in the second inning ami put the con– test out of reach with six runs in tl1e third inning and seven in the fifth. Roberts, who also singled, led EC with four RBis. Griffin led the team in hits with two double;; and a single. She also knocked in three runs. Peeler contributed a double and a single and recorded two RBis. Other hitters were Pounders. Dakota Vowell of Neshoba Central and Haelie Allen of Leake Academy, dou– bles each; and Watson, single. Allen also had lhrPe RBis. Pounders, Vowell and Watson each knocked in a run Kaetlen Brown ofDeatsville, Ala, burled a three-hitter in registering tlte shutout victory. Brown fanned two batters and walked one. She is a product of Edgewood (Ala.) Academy. The Lady Diamond Warriors travel to Baton Rouge Commu– nity CollegeWednesday. The doubleheader action begins at 3 p.m. East Central »ill be guests of Hinds Communit) College Sat· urday. March 3. Game times arc 1and 3 p.m. on tl1e Raymond campus.

East Central Community College's women's basketball season came to an endTuesday at the hands of the ltawamba Community College Indian!l. The top-seeded and host Indians beat the Warriors 73-55 in the opening round of the MACJC StateTournament Ja'Monica Orton and Kurlysha Bell each S<'Ored 11 points to lead the Warriors while Xzandra Dowd added 10. ECCC ends the yearwith a record of8-15. Bus lined up for McDonald's All-American game Achartered bus, with room for 56 passengers, has been lined up for a trip to Chicago for nextmonth's McDonald's High SchoolAll-American game fea– turing Kemper County star for– ward Devonta Pollard. The bus leaves Kemper County at 6 p.m. Tuesday. March 27, and returns Thursday, March 29, at mid– night 1here is a $185 per person fee that covers the bus, hotel room (four per room) and ticket to the game Wedne~day, March 28. The money is due Thursday, March1. For more information, please contact SandraJones at 601-57~5419 after 3 p.m. - J•mie W•chter Leake girls win seventh straight state title Behind 18 points and eight rebounds from Hannah Peo– ples, the Rebelettes captured their seventh consecutive MAIS Class M state championship Saturday night, when they edged BowlingGreen 52-44 Peoples also had eight rebounds and four steals, while Mary Grace Key added 12 points and seven rebounds. Leake pushed a 19--l4lead after the first quarter to 29-17 at halftime, and the Rebelettes · (38-2) held offBowling Green from there. Regan Moody Jed Bowling Green with 12 points. That championship game PREP BASKETBALL LATE PREP BASKETBALL

win followed a 62-46 win against SimpsonAcademy in the semi– final round Friday. Leading just 20-19 at halftime, the Rebelettes outscored the Cougars 21-13 in the third quarter to gain breathing room. Chloe Thaggard led Leake with 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Key added 16 points, Peo- · ples had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Anna Nowell chipped in with 11 points. Auguste Knight paced Simpson with 11. The Rebelettes now head to the MAIS OverallTournament at Mississippi College's AE. Wood Coliseum thisweek. Leake downed Hebron Christian onTuesday in the first round, sending the Rebelettes into Friday's semi– final round. Prep Baseball Meridian Home School1.4 lmanuel Christian 8 Jacob Hertel went 2-3 with two singles and three RBis as the Flyers beat!manuel Chris– tian in ColumbusTuesday. Tucker Perrywent 2-4 with a double and a single and col– lected two RBis. Jacob Lee also went 2-3 in the contest He had two singles and also drove in two RBls. TI1c Flyers (3-1) got bal– anced scoring early in the game. Meridian Home School pushed across two runs in the first inning, one run in the second inning and. then, exploded for five runs in the third inning. The Flyers scored three runs in the fifth and seventh innings to secure the win. Ben Powell got the win. lie improves to 2-0 on the young season. Powell pitched six innings giving up seven runs, four of them earned. He gave up five hits and walked seven batters, however, he struck oul seven in the contest Meridian Home School rt-turns to action Fridaywhen they take on Grace Christian School at Q. V. Sykes Park. - O•vld undrum

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