Diamond Warrior Coach's Blog

EAST CENTRAL AND MERIDIAN PAIRED UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT TO BE FOUND.  MERIDIAN JUMPED OUT EARLY BY SCORING 14 RUNS IN THE FRIST TWO INNINGS AND EAST CENTRAL BOUNCED BACK TO SCORE 17 RUNS OVER THE NEXT SIX INNINGS.  BOTH TEAMS POSTED 23 HITS EACH AND THE FINAL SCORES WAS MERIDIAN 25 AND EAST CENTRAL 21.  THE LEADING HITTERS FOR EAST CENTRAL WERE RICHIE LONG (FRESHMAN - CARTHAGE H.S.) WITH SIX HITS AND ONE HOMERUN, VINCE KORTBAWI (FRESHMAN - HALE CO. H.S., AL.) WITH 4 HITS AND 2 RBI, AND QUIN STOKES (SOPHOMORE - CARTHAGE H.S.) WHO BELTED TWO HOMERUNS, ONE DOUBLE, AND 5  RBI ON THE DAY.  OTHER WARRIORS THAT HAD PRODUCTIVE DAYS AT THE PLATE WERE DONNIE TABB (FRESHMAN - NESHOBA CENTRAL H.S.), ANDRE YATES (SOPHOMORE - GRENADA H.S.), CHARLES HILL (FRESHMEN - CARTHAGE H.S.), RICKY VELEZ (PEURTO RICO), BLAKE LAWSON (FRESHMAN - BILOXI H.S.), DARMAAL MOORE (FRESHMAN - STONE CO. H.S.), AND ERNIE TRIPLETT (SOPHMORE AND DELTA ST. SIGNEE - LOUISVILLE H.S.).

 

THE WARRIROS WILL BE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY MAY 1ST FOR THE FINAL SOUTH DIVISION CONTEST VS. JONES J.C.  CURRENTLY EAST CENTRAL IS IN SECOND PLACE, ONE GAME BEHIND JONES J.C. FOR THE SOUTH DIVISION LEAD.

 

THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT SMITH WILLS STADIUM IN JACKSON AT 1:00 P.M.  EAST CENTRAL IS CURRENTLY 34-13 OVERALL AND 14-8 IN SOUTH DIVISION.