March 25, 2019
Family and friends of former East Central Community College student Jesse Ladd of Union have established a scholarship at the college in Ladd’s memory.
The scholarship was approved by the college’s Board of Trustees at its March meeting.
Ladd was killed in an automobile accident in January 2019. At the time, he was a student in ECCC’s Surgical Technology program.
March 25, 2019
East Central Community College will host a Youth Summer Soccer Camp to be held June 17-20 on the ECCC campus in Decatur.
The Junior Warrior Soccer Camp is for players ages 5-13 and the cost is $80 per player.
March 25, 2019
The East Central Community College men’s basketball team will hold a tryout beginning at Noon on Saturday, April 6, in Brackeen-Wood Gym on the campus in Decatur.
The tryout is open to players who will graduate from high school in 2019, or have already graduated but have not already played two years of college sports.
The cost is $20 per person, and players should bring their own basketball shoes.
March 24, 2019
East Central freshman Al Dumas (Eupora) slides head first into third base with first inning triple in game one against Mississippi Delta. (EC Photo)
March 24, 2019
The East Central Community College softball team rebounded from a couple of midweek losses to No. 1 raned Jones College by scoring 31 runs on 36 hits in a doubleheader sweep against the East Mississippi Lady Lions in action Saturday, March 23, at the softball field on the EMCC campus in Scooba.
The Lady Warriors won the opener 21-3 and followed that with a come-from-behind 10-7 win in game two.
March 21, 2019
East Central freshman left fielder Kaylee Webb slides under the tag of the Jones College catcher to tie the score 1-1 in first inning action of game one. (EC Photo)
March 21, 2019
East Central Community College President Dr. Billy Stewart will receive the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction during the society’s annual convention Friday, April 5, in Orlando, Fla.
March 20, 2019
East Central’s Dakota Kennedy is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run homer in the second inning of game one against Gulf Coast. (EC Photo)
March 18, 2019
The East Central Community College tennis teams opened Spring Break week with a trip to Alabama for two matches each.
On Saturday, March 16, the No. 25 ECCC Lady Warriors defeated Snead State 8-1, while the Warriors topped No. 23 ranked Gadsden State 9-0. The matches were played in Gadsden, Ala.
March 17, 2019
Runs were at a minimum as the East Central Community College Warriors opened 2019 MACJC league play with a doubleheader split against the Holmes Bulldogs in games played Saturday, March 16, at Charlie Donald Field in Goodman.
The Warriors left the bases loaded in the top of the ninth in a 5-4 loss in the nine-inning first game. Five East Central pitchers limited the Bulldogs to a single run in a 3-1 win in the nightcap to gain the doubleheader split.
