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BASEBALL WRAPS UP SEASON
EAST CENTRAL WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE REGIONAL, BY LOSING TO HINDS C.C. AND LSU-EUNCE.  EAST CENTRAL POSTED A 39-20 OVERALL RECORD AND RECEIVED NATIONAL RANKINGS TWICE DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. 
 
SEVERAL SOPHOMORES ARE MOVING ON TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREERS AS LISTED:
ALLEN JOHNSON - BELHAVEN COLLEGE
QUIN STOKES - WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY
ERNIE TRIPLETT - DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
BARRY MEEKS - UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA
DREW WILSON - UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA
 
MANY WARRIORS SAW POST SEASON HONORS:
RICHIE LONG - CARTHAGE H.S. - ALL - REGION 23, FIRST TEAM ALL - STATE AND NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK DURING REGULAR SEASON
 
QUIN STOKES - CARTHAGE H.S. - ALL - REGION 23 AND FIRST TEAM ALL - STATE
 
BARRY MEEKS - PATRICIAN ACADEMY - 2ND TEAM ALL - STATE AND NATIONAL PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS DURING REGULAR SEASON
 
TYLER DALTON - WINSTON ACADEMY - 2ND TEAM ALL - STATE
 
DONNIE TABB - NESHOBA CENTRAL H.S. - 2ND TEAM ALL STATE
 
CAL COSSICH - OCEAN SPRINGS H.S. - 2ND TEAM ALL STATE
 
ALLEN JOHNSON - LEAKE ACADEMY - 2ND TEAM ALL - STATE
 
 
 
WARRIORS DEFEAT BENGALS IN OPENER OF REGIONAL
EAST CENTRAL MANAGED TO OVERCOME SOME ERRORS TO WIN THE FIRST GAME OF THE REGIONAL VS. LSU-EUNICE.  THE FINAL SCORE WAS 14-10.  EAST CENTRAL RECEIVED QUALITY OUTINGS FROM BARRY MEEKS AND COLTON  MITCHELL ON THE MOUND TO SEAL THE VICTORY.  THE WARRIORS MANAGED 15 HITS AS DONNIE TABB, ANDRE YATES, VINCE KORTBAWI, QUIN STOKES, AND CHARLES  HILL ALL HAD MULTIPLE HITS ON THE DAY. 
 
DUE TO RAIN THE WARRIORS ARE SET TO PLAY AGAIN ON SATURDAY AT 2:00 VS. THE WINNER OF HINDS AND PEARL RIVER.  THE SITE FOR REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT WILL EITHER BE AT SMITH WILLS STADIUM IN JACKSON OR  HINDS C.C. IN RAYMOND, MS.
EAST CENTRAL FALLS SHORT IN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
THE WARRIORS FINISHED CONFERENECE RUNNER-UPS AS THEY FELL 11-7 TO CONFERENCE CHAMPION HINDS C.C.  BOTH TEAMS AS WELL AS PEARL RIVER HAVE ADVANCED TO PLAY IN A REGIONAL AT HINDS C.C. MAY 20TH - 22ND.  EAST CENTRL WILL PLAY LSU-E IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT AT 3:00 P.M. ON MAY 20TH. 
EAST CENTRAL WINS VS. JONES J.C.
EAST CENTRAL AND JONES MET ONCE AGAIN DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AND THE FANS WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED.  JONES TOOK A 3-0 LEAD AS THEY PUT UP RUNS DURING 3 OF THE FIRST 4 INNINGS.  EAST CENTRAL WAS ABLE TO TIE THE GAME IN THE SIXTH INNING AT 3 -3.  THE GAME STAYED TIED UNTIL THE TOP OF THE NINTH WHEN EAST CENTRAL CAPITALIZED ON AN ERROR AND WAS ABLE TO PUT SIX RUNS ON THE BOARD TO SEAL THE VICTORY 9-3. 
 
EAST CENTRAL ADVANCE IN THE WINNERS BRACKET TO PLAY HINDS C.C. FRIDAY AT 4:00 P.M.  HINDS DEFEATED PEARL RIVER ON DAY ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT.  JONES AND PEARL RIVER WILL PLAY THE LOSER BRACKET GAME AT 1:00 P.M.
 
ALL GAMES WILL BE HELD AT SMITH WILLS STADIUM.  
WARRIORS ADVANCE TO CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
EAST CENTRAL TRAVELED TO HOLMES C.C. FOR A BEST OF THREE SERIES MATCHUP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  AFTER LOSING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING ON FRIDAY 14-13, THE WARRIROS RALLIED BACK ON SATURDAY TO PICK UP TWO VICTORIES.  EAST CENTRAL WON GAME ONE 9-1 AND COMPLETED THE SWEEP IN GAME TWO WITH A FINAL SCORE OF 8-4.  THE WARRIOS HAD TREMENDOUS PITCHING PERFORMANCES BY SOPHOMORE BARRY MEEKS OF SWEETWATER, AL. FRESHMAN PERVIS MANN OF CARTHAGE, MS.
 
EAST CENTRAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE WILL SERVE AS THE HOST FOR THE TOURNAMENT, BUT THE SITE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED DUE TO FIELD CONSTRUCTION AT JONES.
TIMES SET FOR PLAYOFF SERIES VS. HOLMES C.C.
EAST CENTRAL WILL TRAVEL TO HOLMES C.C. FOR A 3:00 START IN GAME ONE ON FRIDAY MAY 7TH.  GAMES 2 & 3 WILL BE PLAYED ON SATURDAY BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M.  ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT HOLMES C.C.  THE WINNER OF THE 3 GAMES SERIES ADVANCES TO THE MACJC TOURNAMENT MAY 13TH - 15TH.
WARRIORS FALL TO THIRD PLACE IN SOUTH DIVISION
EAST CENTRAL WOWS CONTINUED AS THEY LOST A PAIR TO JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE SEALED THE #1 SEED IN THE SOUTH DIVISION AND THE TWO LOSSES DROPPED EAST CENTRAL TO THIRD.  EAST CENTRAL LOST GAME ONE 6-4 AND GAME TWO 9-1. 
 
EAST CENTRAL WILL BEGIN THE PLAYOFFS FRIDAY MAY 7TH - 8TH WITH A BEST OF THREE SERIES AGAINST HOLMES C.C.  HOLMES WILL SERVE AS THE HOST TEAM FOR ALL GAMES PLAYED IN THE SERIES. GAME TIMES HAVE NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED, BUT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY.
EAST CENTRAL LOSES SLUG FEST TO MERIDIAN
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.
EAST CENTAL LOSES TWO VS. COPIAH LINCOLN C.C.
EAST CENTRAL STRUGGLED VS. COPIAH LINCOLN ON TUESDAY AS THEY LOST GAME ONE 8-3 AND WERE UNABLE TO PULL OUT A VICTORY IN EXTRA INNINGS IN GAME TWO.  THE FINAL OF GAME TWO WAS 10-7.  EAST CENTRAL WILL BE BACK IN ACTION WEDNESDAY APRIL 28TH FOR A SINGLE 9 INNING CONTEST VS. MERIDAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT 5:00 P.M.
WARRIORS SPLIT VS. SOUTHWEST C.C. BEARS
EAST CENTRAL TRAVELED TO SOUTHWEST C.C. AND FELL IN GAME ONE 12-2 AND BOUNCED BACK WITH A VICTORY 2-1 IN GAME TWO.  EAST CENTRAL HOSTS COPIAH LINCOLN FOR THE NEXT SOUTH DIVISION CONTEST.
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