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JUNIOR COLLEGE ECCC baseball wins series vs. Northwest From school reports

rain. After resuming play March 14, each team immediately struck for three runs apiece in the fifth inning. East Central put the game out of reach with three more runs in the bottom of the sixth in the seven-inning affair. Dylan Snypes out of Wayne County High School had key hits in both the fifth and sixth innings for East Central. The sophomore sin gled home a run in the fifth and doubled home a run in the sixth. Warren had an RBI single in the fifth, and freshman Nathan Rose berry out of Purvts High School had an RBI double in the sixth. Left-handed pitcher Luke Yancey out of East Rankin High School picked up the win for the Diamond Warriors, throwing four shutout innings and giving up four hits while striking out five. East Central's baseball team will travel to Jones County Junior Col lege for conference action Wednesday in Ellisville for a dou bleheader beginning at 3 p.m.

MORE INFORMATION LHP Yancey tossed four scoreless innings for ECCC, fanning five. added three runs in the seventh to takl' Game 1. Reagan Warren out of Newton County High School and Zach Parker out of Quitman High School led East Central's offense with two RBI each. Sophomore right-handers Josh Carpenter of Winona High School and Peyton Cain of Newton County High School both had strong per formances on the mound for the Diamond Warriors. Cain got the win for ECCC allowing two runs over on four hits over the first five innings. Carpenter gave up two hits, allowed no earned runs, and walked no batters over the final four innings. Game 2 was tied at zero in the bottom of the fourth when the game was postponed because of

DECKl'UR - The East Central Community College Diamond War riors won their Mississippi Associa tion of Community and Junior Col leges conference-opening doubleheader against Northwest Mississippi Community College after Game 2 was postponed until Monday due to inclement weather. ECCC won the first game 7-3 on March 10. Game two was called in the fourth inning with the score tied 0-0. The game was completed March 14 with East Central win ning ~4. ECCC's overall record improved to 14-6 and the Diamond Warriors begin conference play 2-0. The 7-3 game one victory fea tured ECCC taking the early lead in the first inning with four runs. NWMCC responded with three runs of their own in U1e sixth to cut the deficit down to one. The Rangers' comeback was not enough to gain control of the ball game, as the Diamond Warriors

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