East Central News

March 1, 2019

East Central Community College in Decatur will hold tryouts for the 2019-20 Cheerleading Squad from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 13, 2019, in the South Campus Gymnasium. There is a $25 fee for all participants.

Pre-tryout clinics will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. April 9-11 in the South Campus Gymnasium. During these sessions, participants will learn the cheer, fight song routine and stunts necessary for tryouts. Those wishing to tryout must attend at least one clinic.

March 1, 2019

The first ever EC Cares for our Community day, a time when East Central Community College faculty, staff, and students will give back to the communities in the college’s five-county district of Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston counties, will be held Friday, March 8, 2019.

March 1, 2019

The 18th annual Warrior Golf Classic sponsored by the East Central Community College Alumni Association will be held on Friday, May 10, on the Oaks Course at the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club in Choctaw.

March 2, 2019


Anna McNeer

Seeking a dry diamond to play ball on, the East Central Community College Lady Warriors traveled to Fultondale, Ala., Friday, March 1, and came home with a couple of softball wins in the Fultondale Friendly Tournament.

March 2, 2019


ECCC’s Isaac Keen serves in his doubles match against Southwest. (EC Photo)

For the second time in two weeks, the East Central Community College tennis teams swept Southwest Mississippi Community College in matches played Friday, March 1, at the ECCC Tennis Complex on the campus in Decatur.

March 1, 2019

The East Central Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams both earned invitations to the 2019 National Junior College Athletic Association Region 23 Tournament to be played March 5-9 at A.E. Wood Coliseum on the Mississippi College campus in Clinton.

March 1, 2019

The East Central Community College tennis teams hosted Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in matches Thursday, Feb. 28, with the Lady Warriors picking up a 6-3 win, and the Warriors dropping a 7-2 match to the visitors from Perkinston.

The ECCC Lady Warriors improved to 4-3 on the season, while the men fell to 4-3.

February 28, 2019

The East Central Community College Lady Warriors dropped a softball doubleheader to Hinds Community College in games played Wednesday, Feb, 27, at Rene Warren Field on the Hinds campus in Raymond.

The Hinds Lady Eagles won the opener 3-2 and then picked up a 10-3 win in the second game shortened due to lightning.

East Central falls to 3-4 on the season, while Hinds improves to 7-3. The games do not count in the MACJC league standings. The two teams will meet again April 24 in a doubleheader on the ECCC campus in Decatur.