March 9, 2020
Warrior shortstop Roper Ball slides safely into home to give East Central a 2-1 lead over Jones in game one. (EC Photo)
The East Central Community College Warriors took a pair of non-conference baseball games from the visiting Jones College Bobcats Sunday, March 8, at the Clark-Gay Baseball Complex on the campus in Decatur.
March 9, 2020
East Central shortstop Kaylee Webb lays out on an infield pop up in game one against Lansing. (EC Photo)
March 7, 2020
The East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams picked up their second MACJC conference sweep in as many days with a pair of wins at Copiah-Lincoln in Wesson on Friday, March 6.
The No. 20 East Central Lady Warriors defeated the No. 25 ranked Co-Lin Lady Wolves 7-2, while the Warriors defeated the Wolves 8-1.
The ECCC Lady Warriors are now 8-3 on the season and the Warriors are 7-4.
March 7, 2020
East Central sophomore Braelyn Boykin pitched a one-hit shutout in the Lady Warriors’ game one win over Coahoma. (EC Photo)
March 6, 2020
The East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams picked up big conference match wins over visiting Meridian Community College Thursday, March 5, at the Tennis Complex on the campus in Decatur.
The No. 20 East Central Lady Warriors defeated the No. 23 Meridian Lady Eagles 5-4, while the Warriors defeated Meridian 7-2.
The matches originally began on Feb. 4, but were suspended at that time due to weather.
The ECCC Lady Warriors are now 7-3 on the season and the Warriors are 6-4.
March 5, 2020
March 4, 2020
The East Central Community College baseball Warriors made a quick trip to Louisiana Tuesday, March 3, dropping games to Kellogg Community College and Baton Rouge Community College in games played at Pete Goldsby Field on the BRCC campus.
Kellogg College out of Battle Creek, Mich., defeated the Warriors 10-6 in the opening seven-inning contest, while Baton Rouge won the seven-inning nightcap 4-3.
East Central is now 7-7 on the season. The Kellogg Bruins are 3-6, and the Baton Rouge Bears are 12-13.
March 1, 2020
A walk-off single by Roper Ball in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the East Central Community College Warriors a 6-5 game two win and a baseball sweep over the visiting Coastal Alabama-South Sun Chiefs Saturday, Feb. 29.
East Central won the opener 13-9.
East Central is now 7-5 on the season. The visitors from Bay Minette, Ala., are 1-13.
It was the second straight day that the Warriors played a doubleheader at the Clark-Gay Baseball Complex on campus, having split with No. 12 Northeast on Friday.
February 29, 2020
The No. 20 ranked East Central Community College men’s tennis team stepped out of conference to defeat Gadsden State (Ala.) 5-4 in a match played Saturday, Feb. 29, at the ECCC Tennis Complex on campus.
With the win, the Warriors improve to 4-4. The No. 25 ranked Gadsden State Cardinals are 0-4.
“We survived against a Gadsden State team that fought us tooth and nail,” said ECCC head tennis coach Jay Pacelli. “Our top two doubles teams bounced back today after tough loses at Jones yesterday.”
February 29, 2020
The No. 16 ranked East Central Community College Lady Warriors came out swinging at the Hinds Community College Softball Tournament Feb. 29, exploding for 38 runs on 36 hits to defeat Marion Military Institute and No. 6 LSU-Eunice in play at Quarry Park in Brandon.
