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East Central Commumty College's Diamond Wamors fell 6-3 to Shelton State Community College held Feb 20 10 the Decatur campus. Hitters included Zach Ma> of Newton County, single and RBI, and Maxwell Harmon of Enterprise and Caleb McKee of Neshoba Central, singles each EC battles Pensacola Community College Tuesda>, Feb. 26 in doubleheader action beginning at 2 p.m. on the Pensacola campus. Basketball A berth in the MACJC State Basketball Tournament will have to wait another year for East Central Commuruty College's Lady Warriors who were outscored 81-62 Thursday mght · by the Jones County Jumor College women for fonrtlt-place honors in the MACJC South Division. The Lady Bobcats held a 42 See ECCC, page SA

the sixth inning and the Lad) Diamond Warriors held on for a 9-4 win in the opener. EC jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and cruised 10-2 in the 'second con: test, 'which was called after the innings due to the eight-run rule. Also having productive out– ings at the plate were Morgan Porter of Enterprise, four singles and one RBI; Hayley Stephens of Union, double, two singles and three RBis; Lindsey Beard of Clarkdale, two singles and one RBI; Laloya Griffin of Philadelphia andCasey Cherry of Union, two singles each; Ty Buckley ofNeshoba Cenrral, -.in– gle and RBI; and A. J. Peeler of

Runs were scored by Griffin (2), Porter (2), Buckley, Beard and Dakota Vowell of ~eshoba Centro!. In the mghtc:tp, Buckley blast– ed two double~ and Peeler and Porter each had a double and sin– gil! to le

Collqe's fast-pitch softball J1111neS scbeduJed Fridayat MS Delta have been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 6. Game times are I p.m. and 3 p.m. on the Morcbcld campus. ECCC wiU host Meridian Community College Wednesday, Mlldl 20 beginning at 3 p.m. 8oCb James were late additions to the 2013 schedule. ECCC improved to 6-4 on the youR~ season following a double- • header sweep of Marion Military Institute Wednesday, Feb. 20 in Marion,Ala. Amber McBroom of Brandon lmocked in the go-ahead run in

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32 advantage at the break and outscored EC by a 39-30 margin in second half action of the regu– lar season finale held on the Ellisville campus. The playoff-deciding loss was especially tough for the Lady Warriors, who expected to win the season's rematch after posting an easy 97-67 win over Jones County in games played Jan. 28 on the Decatur campus. Sophomore guards Xzandra Dowd and Jaianah Matthew each had 19 points to lead the Lady Warriors, ·.vho finished 8-15 over– all a...J :,.7 w Lagne competition under .Grst-year head coach

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