East Central News

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 25, 2019


East Central’s Kaylee Webb scores the Lady Warriors first run of the day in a 5-4 win in game one against Hinds. (EC Photo)

April 24, 2019

East Central Community College in Decatur has received a $74,646 grant from the National Security Agency and National Science Foundation to offer free GenCyber Camps for girls this summer in four locations throughout the college’s district.

The grant is part of the National Security Agency’s GenCyber Program 2019. The free camps for girls entering grades three through five in fall 2019 are designed to get more females interested in careers in the computer science industry.

April 22, 2019


East Central’s Anna McNeer is greeted at home plate after her two-run homer in the sixth inning of game one ended the contest by run-rule. (EC Photo)

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 18, 2019

East Central Community College sophomore guard Roti Ware has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his basketball career at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

The SFA Lumberjacks are members of the NCAA Division I Southland Conference.

April 18, 2019

For the second time in three days, East Central Community College swept a nationally ranked opponent in MACJC softball doubleheader action. The Lady Warriors took down the No. 16 ranked Northeast Lady Tigers 13-0 and 7-4 in 10 innings in action Wednesday, April 17, in Booneville.

April 17, 2019


Sophomore second baseman Anderson Shelley goes high to snag a line drive in East Central’s sweep of Hinds. (EC Photo)