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Warriors. Davis also had two RBI on two hits for East Cen tral. He singled in the seventh inning and then led off the crucial ninth inning with a double. In the game, Jones County jumped out to a 9-1 lead after five and one-half innings of play. But East Central re sponded with a big five-run bottom of the sixth to close the score to 9-6. RBI singles by Snypes and Kennedy were keys in the inning. The Diamond Warriors tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with three more runs, thanks to a one-run sin gle from Davis and a two-run single off the bat of Kennedy. Each team managed one run in the eighth inning to keep the score tied, at 10-10, before the dramatic ninth in ning win by East Central. Wall got the win in relief for East Central throwing three and two-third innings in re lief, allowing only one run on three hits and striking out three batters. East Central opened tour

East Central put up one run in the top of the first on a RBI single by Cole Preste gard, but the Bobcats quickly matched the Diamond War riors run with a run of their own in the bottom of the first. The ballgame remained tied 1-1 until Jones County scored eight runs in the bot tom of the fifth to run away with the game. The Bobcats scored their 12 runs on just nine hits. East Central had seven hits in the contest by seven different Warrior bat ters. ·,·- Freshman Braden Peter son was a bright spot on the mound for East Central. The right-bander held Jones· County hitless over two in· Dings of relief work. In Friday's tournament ac tion, the Diamond Warriors got their third straight walk off win over Jones County to advance to the first champi onship game. A single off the bat of Dylan Snypes in the bottom of the ninth brought in Davis from third to give the Diamond Warriors an 11-10win. Snypes racked up two RBI on three hits for Diamond

Region From 12A ofMichael Davis cut the score to 6-5. 11 East Central had the tying R run on base and the winning run at the plate withtwo outs ln. the bottom of the ninth,but Jones County ended the threat with a strike out. Sophomore right-hander Channing Wall held Jones County hitless over the final three innings to give the Dia mond Warriors a shot at the win. East Central's season ended with an overall record of 38-17, which included a Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Col leges State Championship. Jones County is 49-8 as they advance to World Series play. East Central and Jones County played in a champi onship game Saturday, May 21, with the Bobcats needing to defeat the Diamond War riors twice. Jones County won that game 12-2 to ensure that the two teams would play again on Sunday.

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High School pitched a com plete game for the Warriors, giving up just six hits over nine innings.

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