East Central News

March 26, 2021

East Central Community College is offering a four-week Basic Welding class at the Louisville/Winston County Career-Technical Center beginning Wednesday, March 31.

The class will meet from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on days to be determined for four weeks. The cost of the 32-hour class is $150.

Included in the course is GMAW, FCAW, MCAW, and SMAW processes. Each student needs a welding helmet. Boots, jeans, and long sleeves are required for this class; no shorts or jeans with holes or frays.

March 23, 2021

The East Central Community College baseball team has been on a tear through the MACCC with big sweeps over Mississippi Delta and Gulf Coast and a pair of splits with Itawamba and Co-Lin.

The impressive play has launched the Warriors to the No. 1 spot in the MACCC with a 13-3 conference record and caught national attention as the team has moved to No. 16 in the latest NJCAA poll. During the winning streak ECCC head coach Neal Holliman also picked up his 400th career win as the Warriors' skipper. 

March 19, 2021

Two former East Central Community College Warriors are in action in the NCAA March Madness Tournament. ECCC's Jariyah Covington (Starkville) played in Decatur for two seasons from 2018-2020 before inking with the Jackson State Tigers, while Kareem Thompson (Florance, Ala.) played his 2019-20 season with the Warriors before moving on to Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla. 

March 12, 2021

East Central Community College Choral Music Instructor Lucus Orndorff has announced audition dates for the college’s Concert Choir and Vocé vocal ensemble for the 2021-22 term.

Auditions for Concert Choir will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on consecutive Fridays, April 9, 16, 23, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 29.

March 12, 2021

The East Central Community College Art Department will host its annual Student Art Exhibition beginning Tuesday, April 6, in the lobby of the Vickers Fine Arts Center on the Decatur campus. The exhibition will feature drawings, paintings, sculptures, and designs produced by ECCC students during the 2020-2021 college year.

March 11, 2021


​Anna Caime hits a double in ECCC’s first game versus Jones College.

Early leads helped push the No. 6 Jones College Lady Bobcats to a pair of wins over East Central Community College on Wednesday, March 10. The losses drop the Lady Warriors to 4-11 on the season and to 3-4 in conference play. Jones College moved to 17-3, 6-2. 

March 11, 2021

The East Central Community College Warriors split games with the No. 12 Jones College Bobcats on Wednesday, March 10. After a dominating, 20-3, ECCC victory in game one, the Bobcats grabbed a win in the nightcap, 9-3. The games move the Warriors to 10-6 overall on the year and to the top spot in MACCC play with a 7-1 conference record. Jones moves to 13-9, 6-2.

Game One | W, 20-3

March 11, 2021

The ECCC Lady Warrior basketball team fell to the Southwest Lady Bears in Decatur Wednesday, March 10, 70-51. The loss moves ECCC to 1-7 on the year in both regular season and conference play. The Lady Warriors are on the road on Saturday, March 13, as they travel to Meridian to face the Lady Eagles at 12 p.m. before returning to Decatur to host Hinds at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 15.