2015

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East Central falls short in NJCAA rmal A 5-run inning helps give Kankakee title

nament's best hitter. First baseman Mahalia Gibson of Oak Grove, pitcher Lacey Hill of Kilbourne (Louisiana) and second baseman Mallory Turner of West Lauderdale were named to the All-Tour– nament Team. Kankakee pitcher Charlie Nolan (23-3) gave up only three hits and one walk while strking out four.

The Clarion-ledger

East Central Com– munity advanced to the championship game of the 2015 National Ju– nior College Athletic Association Division II Softball National Championship Satur– day before falling to Kankakee (Illinois), 5-1, at 'fraceway Park m Clinton. The second-place finish in the national championship is the highest ever for theDe– catur college's softball program. The Lady Warriors (48-14) had to win five straight games to ad– vance to the finals after losing,\ 16-2, to Des Moines Area (Iowa) in the tournament opener. ECCC fought its way to the championship game by defeating Des Moines, 12-7, in a re– match Saturday morn– ing before beating Johnson County (Kan– sas), 6-2, in a semifinal game. Lady Warrior out– fielder Katlyn Duke of Neshoba Central won the Marruci Elite Hit– ter Award as the tour-

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