2013

East Central takes two in opening doubleheader

MCC splits with Faulkner State

In the opening game of batters.

Central Tournament.

the 2013 season East Cen- tral Community College

After the sweep, the Warriors move to 2-0 on

NCAgirls 4 7 Rebul Aca. 34

The Meridian Commu- nity College Eagles returned to the baseball afternoon at Scaggs Field and came away with a Faulkner State Commu- nity College. MCC moved its 2013 record to 4-2 after while the Sun Chiefs are now 2-1 for the season. Uons split doublehead er at Wallace CC Selma The visiting Uons of East Mississippi Commu- nity College split a pair th :.pllt, 2) against

took down Southwest Ten- the season and will play nessee 3-0 at home on Sat- Tuesday at noon against

Katie Bounds and the

urday.

Alabama Southern and

Newton County girls bas- diamond Saturday

Leadoff batter, Tim

then later at 6 p.m. against ketball team beat Rebul

Academy 47-34 Saturday

Anderson led the Warriors Northwest. In event of in Game 1going 3/4 with a rain, both games will be

in the consolation game of doubleheader split (3-7, 3J

single, double and triple. Ruebert Alcantara also had a productive day at the plate, batting 2/ 4 for the Starting pitcher Caleb McKee (1-Q) earned the win for East Central Warriors.

the MAIS District 5-1A

moved to WednesdiY·

tournament.

Mt Salus 71 NCA boys 67

Bounds scored 24 points, while! Faith HollJng:.worth :.cored NCA will be the No. 3 seed in the South Central

l'iewton County

Academy could not over- points in the win.

come the loss of both Nate Johnson and

pitching 4 2/3 innngs while Chance Collins Saturday Tournament. striking out five batters and night, as the Generals fell

Porter's CbapeJ 55 Russell boys 40

only allowing one hit

to Mt. Salus 71-67 in the consolation game of the

Mason Woodrow was

strong in relief for the War- MAIS District 5-lA lour-

The Russell Christian

rion:;, going 2 1/3 innings without giving up a hit and striking out four batters. Conner West earned the

Academy boys basketball oflow-scoring baseball con-

nament.

tests Saturday afternoon

Johnson left the game team fell in the champi-

onship game ot the MAIS against Wallace Community

and was escorted to an

District 5-1A tournament

College Selma, claiming a 2-1 win in the opener before falling 3-1 in the nightcap at

ambulance after

save. pitching 1 2/3 innings knocking his head on the on Saturday, losing to

to complete the shutout.

court while diving for a loose ball. Directly after head when anonther player landed on him. causing him to hit his The junior was taken to a hospital in Jackson were he was listed in

Porter's Chapel 55-40. Ashton Temple Jed te

Bloch Park.

East Central 8 SWTennessee 3

impact, Johnson lifted his Warriors with 13 points,

Southeast Power Ufting

nine rebounds and three

In game two the War- riors were once again led 4 with three home runs and a triple to help East Central to a 8-3 win over Southwest Tennessee On the day, Anden>on

blocks.

The SE Lauderdale boys

RCA drops to 22-6 and

will play Ben's Ford as the Powerlifting team won the

by Anderson, who went 4- head again.

No. 2 seed in the South Central Tournament.

3ARegion 3 championship Friday (Feb. 8). Tean1 metal winners were a" fol- Jakobe Wibon 1st place Trent Hudson 3rd place Amari Horton 2nd place Javaris Deloach 1st place Johnny Robinson 3rd Dawyll Hopson l<~l place Dylan Willis 3rd place 198 Hezekiab \1oss 2nd place Mignon Madison 1st place Habib Ruffin 2nd place Dewayne Smith 1!\t place lows:

Friday: West boys 57

stable condition.

Louisville 55

Collins left the game

batted an outstanding 7/8 after taking an elbow to with three home runs, two the head in the third

West Lauderdale took

down Louisville 57-55

Friday night.

triples, a double and single to go along with

quarter

Tre Collins led the Generals with 30 points and 19 rebounds. while points) and Tanner Smith (10 points, 10 rebounds) also had big nights. Mt. Salus was led by a game-high 42 points. NCA will now be the

].D. Williams led the Knights with 22 points. while KD. Edmonds scored 20 in the ~;n. West Lauderdale fin- ished the regular season with a 16-8 record and will

four RBis.

Kalik May also had a

big game for ECCC going Nick Pennington (19

3/4 with three singles in

game.

Blake Dubuissom earned the win for the Warriors, pitching five innings while allowing seven hits, two unearned

play Newton County in the Ian Gibson 1st place

Robert Davis who scored first round of the district

All lifters qualified to

tournament onTuesday at compete in the South State

5:30 p.m. in Laurel.

Championship to be held

runs and striking out four No. 4 seed in the South

in March.