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East Central Community College's Dylan Snypes makes a throw over to first in an attempt to get the Jones County Junior College runner out. Inset below, Jones County's Mason Irby hustles down to first on a a base hit Friday against East Central. By Elton Hayes • .,ye t "'Me , • Jm was on to deliver. He did.

Davis belted a leadoff double to put East Central's tying run in scoring position. Right fielder Blake Morton hit a sacrifice fly to send Davis to third, before Snypes' walk-off hit. "(The pitcher) got me on the first-pitch fastball, and then he threw the breaking ball, and I just picked it up," Davis said. "I tried to hit it hard, and it ended up paying off for me. For a second there, I thought it was gone. Then it hit the wall and I knew I had to get on second to help my team out. Words can't even describe it." East Central pitcher Chan ning Wall said earlier in the week that the Warriors were playing hot baseball as of late, which was reassuring for him to see. Wall, the team's closer, entered the game in reliefand earned the win. Wall didn't yield any earned runs, recorded three strikeouts and allowed three hits. "We're just a bunch of guys who don't care what the score is," Wall said, "We don't care if it's 10-0, 20-0, we're not going to quit until the final out in the last inning. That's just how we are. We're a gritty team."

DECATUR - For the past week, East Central Community College's (38-15) successful postseason formula included inundating its opponents with runs, forcing them into games of attrition. And while the Warriors' method for victory wasn't always ideal, it worked. Meanwhile, East Central's opponent, Jones County Junior College, entered Friday's winner's bracket game having beaten top ranked LSU-Eunice 8-2 Thursday. The win was Jones County's 47th of the season. Something was bound to give. That something was War riors' shortstop Dylan Snypes' bat, which came up with an RBI single to score Michael Davis in the bottom of the ninth innmg, breaking a 10- J 0 stalemate, giving East Central its third walk-off win over Jones in the last two weeks. "Coach (Neal Holliman) gave me the sign at first, and I missed it," Snypes said of his game-win ning hit. "I saw it again, and knew I had to come through. I got it down. I just love this team - we

fight."

11 hits. After trailing 9-1 at one point, the Warriors entered the bottom ofthe ninth tied at 10. Catcher Michael Davis led off for East Central, and after striking out two times already, knew the pressure

East Central once again out lasted another opponent behind its talented, always-up-to-task offense, which overcame an eight-run deficit to steal the win. The Warriors netted 11 runs on

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