September 18, 2018
For the first time since 2015, the East Central Community College football team is ranked in the National Junior College Athletic Association Top 20 Football Poll.
The Warriors came in at No. 20 in the latest poll released today.
It is the first time East Central has been ranked since the final poll of the 2015 season when the Warriors finished No. 10.
September 17, 2018
Sean Dixon (No. 4) and teammates celebrate his first goal on the way to a hat trick against Pearl River. (EC Photo)
September 15, 2018
September 14, 2018
ECCC running back James Smith III scored two touchdowns to power the Warrior offense in a win over Southwest. (EC Photo)
September 12, 2018
Former Mississippi College standout Kristen Sampson is the new volunteer assistant women’s basketball coach at East Central Community College after most recently serving as a graduate assistant at her alma mater.
ECCC Head Women’s Coach LaTaryl Williams announced Sampson’s hiring as he begins preparations for his first season leading the Lady Warriors.
September 10, 2018
The East Central Community College softball and baseball teams are hosting a 27-hole golf scramble tournament Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Decatur Country Club, with all proceeds going to support the two programs.
The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start. Each two-person team will play nine holes before taking a lunch break. The teams will then be flighted before the final 18 holes of the tournament are played in the afternoon.
September 8, 2018
The Holmes Community College Lady Bulldogs took a 5-1 win over the East Central Community College Lady Warriors, and the Bulldogs followed with a 4-0 shutout of the East Central Warriors in MACJC North Division soccer action Friday, Sept. 7, at Bailey Stadium on the ECCC campus in Decatur.
East Central’s only goal in the women’s match came in the first half off the foot of freshman forward Bethany Hand of Dublin Ireland. It was the first goal allowed this season by the Holmes Lady Bulldogs.
September 7, 2018
Freshman wide receiver Depodray Coburn II out of Noxapater bulls into the end zone for an East Central first half score in a 34-28 upset at No. 14 Itawamba. (EC Photo)
September 6, 2018
Powered by a pair of goals from sophomore midfielder Vitor Gomes, the East Central Community College Warriors won their first soccer match of the young season 3-2 over the home-standing Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers. The East Central women fell short in their bid for a win in a 4-2 loss to the Lady Rangers.
The MACJC North Division matches were played Wednesday, Sept. 5, on the Northwest campus in Senatobia.
August 31, 2018
The East Central Community College soccer teams opened their home seasons Friday, Aug. 31, dropping a pair of matches to visiting MACJC North Division foe Itawamba Community College at the Soccer Field in Decatur.
The Lady Warriors took a 1-0 lead into halftime but could not hold on as the Itawamba Lady Indians scored two second half goals for the 2-1 win.
Freshman forward Leah Anderson of Leyland, England, got East Central’s first half goal.
