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WEEK.OF frg-/(a MACJC State Baseball Tournament begins Thursday From school reports Saturday. If neces- the top four seeds fol sary, a second champi- lowing regular season The No. 15 East onship game is sched- MACJC play. Central Community uled for 2 p.m. on "Our team is very College baseball team, Sunday, May 15. excited about the which is returning to The top three teams opportunity to play in the Mississippi from the MACJC State the conference tourna Association of Tournament will ment," said ECCC Community and advance to the head coach Neal Junior Colleges State National Junior Holliman. "We know Tournament after a College Athletic Jones County will put one-year absence, will Association Region 23 on a first-class event. face No. 16 Meridian Tournament May 19- This is always the Community College in 22 at a location to be most exciting time of the first round at 2 determined. the year for the play p.m. on Thursday. Jones County is 43-5 ers and coaches. This The double elimina- overall and the No. 1 is what you work for tion tournament is seed for the tourna- all year, to put your being played on the ment. Meridian is the self in position to com campus of Jones No. 2 seed and 39-10 pete for a champi County Junior College overall. East Central onship in one of the in Ellisville. is the No. 3 seed and best junior college con No. 2 Jones County 33-15 on the season. ferences in the coun the second game at 6 I p.m. on Thursday. ~sippi Gulf Coast ballgames featured 68 The lo~ers from I Community College in runs and 74 hits. T~ursday s games a best-of-three playoff East Central and ~play at 2 p.m. on series at the Meridian met back on Frida~, May ~3, and Clark/Gay Baseball April 12, splitting a the wmners will .Play Complex in Decatur d o u b 1 e h e a d e r . at 6 p.m. o.n ~rid~y. last week to advance Meridian won the first Another. ehmmat1on to the four-team game 11-4 and East game will be played MACJC State Central came back to on Saturday at 2 P·~· Tournament. The two win the nightcap 8-4. will meet No. 20 Northwest is 28-17 try." Northwest Mississippi and the No. 4 seed. The Community College in The teams also were Warriors Diamond swept

-.---~ East Central won e 2013 MACJC State Tournament and fin ished third in 2014. The Diamond Warriors advanced to the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament both years.

and the first champi onship game will APPEARED II begin at 6 p.m. on CARTHAGINIAN -------- NEWTON COUNTY APPEAL ---- SPIRIT OF MORTON

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