Sports

January 23, 2019

East Central sophomore forward Diamond Wraggs pushes the ball up court in an 84-64 MACJC South Division win over the Meridian Lady Eagles. (EC Photo)

January 21, 2019

Jay Pacelli enters his fourth spring as East Central Community College’s tennis coach with high expectations for both his men’s and women’s teams as the 2019 season gets underway Feb. 1 in Marion, Ala., against Marion Military Institute.

Pacelli’s men’s team will be 10-deep this spring with a lot to prove after a disappointing 2018 season.

January 18, 2019

A last-second jumper by Jones College’s Winceton Edwards sent the game to overtime and the Bobcats would eventually pull out a 71-69 win over the East Central Community College Warriors in basketball action Thursday, Jan. 17, in A.B. Howard Gymnasium in Ellisville. The No. 8 ranked Jones Lady Bobcats scored an 84-56 win over the ECCC Lady Warriors in the first game of the evening.

With the loss, the ECCC Warriors fell to 7-6 overall on the season in 0-4 in MACJC South Division play. Jones improved to 7-4 and 3-1.

January 16, 2019

All students at high schools in Winston County are invited to a special “Be Our Guest” night when the East Central Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams face Jones College on Monday, Feb. 11, in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

The East Central Lady Warriors will battle the Jones Lady Bobcats at 5:30 p.m., followed by the ECCC Warriors and the Jones Bobcats at 7:30 p.m.

January 15, 2019

ECCC freshman forward JaQuarius Smith of Noxubee County assists Brandon Williams (Leake County) during first half action against Co-Lin. (EC Photo)

January 11, 2019

Sharan Turner, a sophomore forward from Gonzales, La., powers up a jump shot in the East Central overtime win over Pearl River. (EC Photo)

January 10, 2019

An open tryout for the 2019 East Central Community College men’s soccer team will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, at Bailey Stadium on the Decatur campus, announced head men’s soccer coach Kenneth Thompson.

Players will need to bring their own equipment to workout in for the afternoon. All players will have to sign a waiver of liability in order to participate in the tryouts and provide a copy of a current physical.

January 9, 2019

ECCC Invites Students at Neshoba County High Schools to Jan. 31 Basketball Games

All students at high schools in Neshoba County are invited to a special “Be Our Guest” night when the East Central Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams face Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on Thursday, Jan. 31, in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

January 9, 2019

All students at high schools in Newton County are invited to a special “Be Our Guest” night when the East Central Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams face Southwest Mississippi Community College on Monday, Jan. 28, in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

The East Central Lady Warriors will battle the Southwest Lady Bears at 5:30 p.m., followed by the ECCC Warriors and the Southwest Bears at 7:30 p.m.

January 3, 2019

All students at Scott County high schools are invited to a special “Be Our Guest” night when the East Central Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams face Copiah-Lincoln Community College on Monday, Jan. 14, in Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

The East Central Lady Warriors will battle the Co-Lin Lady Wolves at 5:30 p.m., followed by the ECCC Warriors and the Co-Lin Wolves at 7:30 p.m.