2013

,ECCC falls :S-3 to PRC to conClude region 23 competition

ECSophomore Diamond Warriors Honored Sophomoreson the 2013 East Central CommunityCollegebaseball team received special recognition prior to the doubleheader SWilOP of Hinds CommunityCollege in the regular season finale held Friday,April26 at theClar1

ShottsHas Banner Day for EC Ryan Shotts belted adouble and two si~es and was the top run producer with four RBis In East Central CommunityCollege's 1().6 victory over Northwest Mississippi Community College late Friday afternoon in quarter-final action ci the NJCAA Region 23 Tourna– ment. Shotts' two-run single In the eighth inning cut the Northwest advantage to 6-5. Shotts 1s a prodll(:t of Loolsville High School. ~c baWes host Pearl River at 3:30p.m. Saturday on the Poplarville campus in another elimination contest (EC Photo)

LSU-Eunice (47-8) scored Ryan Shotts of advances to the 2013 Louisville, who earlier NJCAA Division II singled. Kalik May of World Series scheduled Tuscaloosa County and May 25-June 1 in Enid, Deion Ulmer of Laurel OK. later scored following In EC's finale with infield miscues. May Pearl River, the Wild- got on base after being cats grabbed a 2-0 lead hit by a pitch and in the t op of the fourth Ulmer reached base on following a RBI s ingle a fielder's choice. by Nathan Pugh and a The Wildcats took the fielding error by the lead for good on Paul Warrior defense. Pickerrell's two-run The Wildcats added a double in the ninth. run m the seventh in- EC mnnagcd JUSt four ning following another luts of Wildcat right– infield miscue. hander Jake Brumfit'ld EC got on t he score- - singles by Shot I'"' board in the eighth in- Ulmer, Chase Domano ning following of Fairhope (Ain ) High Dominican Republic School and Ternnu:t~ native Rubert Alcan- Steele of NeHhol>a c.;,~ n ­ tara's sacrif1ce fly that tral.

Slugger Tim Ander– son left the game in t he third inning after being hit by a pitch and did not return to the lineup. He was taken to a local hospital for ob– servation and was cleared to play had East Central advanced to the championship round. The major league pr·ospect is a product of Hillcrest High School in rl'uHcnloosa, Ala. M1tchell Wooten took tiH' los::; in relief Tlw t'l~ hI hander from get . 111 hurg went 2/'l 11\1\1111 ·. ;l nd allowed onL em·nc~d ruu on onr hit . Ht:• olf-!C' hnnPd a hullt'l' ~tnrlc1·

Signa went 6 1/3 in– nings and allowed one earned run on four hits. The right-hander fanned three batters and walked five . He is a product of Deer Creek High School. Southpaw Brady McBride and right-han– der Jordan Mixon also appeared on the mound. McBride a J. lowed two luts .llld walkNl on<~ chu·ing olltJ Wllllllg of worlc He ifJ 11 prod uc:l. of NtH'i,h Ollf\1 ,Jom''' ll 1gh StJitvvl l\t11,o11pil e llt•cl t:l1•) fn•rd 11111tr1·· .tutl rdlowPd two hlle 'l'lt (' l•:ftiH: '\V<•llRW! !I it~" He htJ<• I nrudm:t r(lllflt'll ll l)nl 1{•1' OlHI wnllwcl nn

Mter rallying for three runs in the bot– tom of the eighth in– ning for a 3-3 tie, the state champion East Central Community College Dia mond War– riors were unable to re– peat the performance in the final frame and Pearl River Community College escaped with a 5-3 victory Saturday af– ternoon in the NJCAA Region 23 ToUl'nament held on the Poplarville campus. East Central fin1shed 32-21 following the dou– ble-elimination event.

The Diamond Warriors fell 12-1 to PRC in the opening round Thul'S– day and rallied for a 7- 6 win over Northwest Mississippi Community College Friday. Pearl River advanced to the championship round with LSU-Eunice Saturday night but t he Wildcats wet·e blanked 5-0 by the Tigers who won the title without a loss in t he three-day toUl'nament. The Wild– cats (41-14) would have needed two wins over LSU-Eunice to claim the championship.