October 10, 2019
The East Central Community College baseball team is hosting an 18-hole, two-person scramble golf tournament Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Decatur Country Club, with all proceeds going to support the program.
Pictured: ECCC retires Tim Anderson’s No. 7 jersey during ceremonies on campus Oct. 19, 2017. He is shown with Warrior Head Baseball Coach Neal Holliman (left). (EC Photo)
Former East Central Community College Diamond Warrior Tim Anderson won the American League Batting Average Title following the recently completed 2019 Major League Baseball season.
May 10, 2019
The 2019 East Central Community College baseball season came to an end in an NJCAA Region 23 best two-of-three playoff series as the No. 6 ranked Pearl River Wildcats won the third and deciding game 12-4 in seven innings Friday, May 10, in Poplarville.
Pearl River won the opening game of the series 4-3 on May 8. East Central came back to win a 1-0 pitcher’s duel the next morning. The Wildcats then won the clinching game three on May 10 as the two-day series was extended a day due to rain.
May 1, 2019
East Central Community College faced its second straight nationally ranked opponent on the road when the Warriors dropped a baseball doubleheader at No. 17 Meridian Tuesday, April 30.
The Meridian Eagles won the opener 11-1 and then game two 4-1 for the MACJC sweep.
The Warriors are now 20-21 overall on the season and 13-13 in the league. East Central is in a three-way tie for seventh place with the top nine teams earning postseason berths. Meridian improves to 27-13 overall and 16-10 in the conference.
April 28, 2019
The No. 11 ranked Northwest Rangers defeated the East Central Community College Warriors 16-2 and 3-2 in extra innings in MACJC baseball action Saturday, April 27, at Jim Miles Field on the Northwest campus in Senatobia.
The Warriors are now 20-19 overall on the season and 13-11 in the league. No. 11 Northwest improves to 31-9 overall and 20-6 in the conference.
April 25, 2019
East Central second baseman Anderson Shelley is congratulated by assisistant baseball coach Chance Whitten after hitting a home run in game one. (Photo Courtesy Co-Lin Sports Information)
April 22, 2019
The East Central Community College Warriors picked up an unscheduled game against the Shelton State Community College Bucs on Monday, April 22, and dropped a 7-2 decision in a single nine-inning contest in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
East Central falls to 19-16 overall on the season. NJCAA Division I Shelton State improves to 27-18.
The Warriors last played on Tuesday, April 16, because of rain and picked up the game with Shelton State to avoid going eight days without a contest.
April 17, 2019
Sophomore second baseman Anderson Shelley goes high to snag a line drive in East Central’s sweep of Hinds. (EC Photo)
