August 17, 2018
East Central Community College’s “Meet the Warriors” will have a new location and format when the family friendly pep rally is held on Monday, Aug. 27.
The annual pep rally and student-athlete introduction event will begin at 7 p.m. this year using the front lawn of campus and the Cross Hall parking lot near Huff Auditorium. The public is invited to attend.
Also new this year, Valley Services, Inc., the college’s food services vendor, will be serving dinner on the mall area just outside Mabry Cafeteria from 4:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. prior to the start of Meet the Warriors. The meal, which includes hamburger or hot dog, baked beans, potato salad, cookies, and a drink, will cost $7 per person.
Once the pep rally gets underway, members of ECCC’s football and men’s and women’s soccer teams will be introduced by their coaches.
The Wall O’ Sound Marching Band and color guard, Centralettes dance line, and Warrior cheerleading squad will all perform.
Following the pep rally, the student-athletes will autograph posters for the fans.
In the event of rain, dinner will be available inside Mabry Cafeteria and the Meet the Warriors pep rally will be held in Huff Auditorium.
The Warrior football team will open its 2018 season at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia. The home opener is at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, against Southwest Mississippi Community College in Bailey Stadium in Decatur.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams will open their seasons Friday, Aug. 24, at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville. The women will play at 5 p.m. and the men at 7 p.m. The teams will open their home seasons on Friday, Aug. 31, when Itawamba Community College visits Decatur for matches at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
For more information about Meet the Warriors, contact Paul Nixon, director of athletics, at 601-635-6402 or email pnixon@eccc.edu.
