East Central News

October 4, 2019

Newton County native and East Central Community College alumnus Randy Cleveland of Fort Worth, Texas, retired Vice President Americas of ExxonMobil Corporation, will be recognized as the college’s Alumnus of the Year during Homecoming activities scheduled Thursday, Oct. 17, on the Decatur campus.

October 4, 2019

East Central Community College alumna Linda Kelly Shepard of Carthage will be recognized as the college’s Alumna of the Year during Homecoming activities scheduled Thursday, Oct. 17, on the Decatur campus.

October 4, 2019

East Central Community College alumnus and former Lady Warrior basketball standout Pam Green Hampton of Quitman will join a distinguished group of former athletes when she is inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming activities scheduled Thursday, Oct. 17, on the Decatur campus.

Oct0ber 4, 2019

East Central Community College alumnus and former Warrior football standout Barry Irons of Philadelphia will join an esteemed group of former athletes when he is inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming activities scheduled Thursday, Oct. 17, on the Decatur campus.

October 4, 2019


Freshman running back JD Martin gains some of his 216 yards rushing against the Co-Lin defense. (EC Photo)

October 3, 2019

The East Central Community College women’s basketball program is hosting a Little Warrior Basketball Camp for ages 7-11 on Saturday, Oct. 19.

The camp will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Brackeen-Wood Gym on the Decatur campus.

October 2, 2019

The East Central Community College Warrior soccer team defeated the Andrew College Fighting Tigers 2-0 Tuesday, Oct. 1, and in doing so snapped a four-match losing streak and picked up their first shutout of the season.

The match was played on the Soccer Pitch on the ECCC campus in Decatur.

It completed a season sweep for the Warriors. East Central defeated Andrew in a road match 3-2 on Aug. 27 in Cuthbert, Ga.

With the win, the Warriors are now 4-8 on the season, while the Fighting Tigers fell to 1-10.

October 1, 2019

The East Central Lady Warriors defeated Southwest 4-0 Tuesday, Oct. 1, in a non-division soccer match in Summit to complete a season road sweep over the Lady Bears.

East Central also beat Southwest 5-0 in Summit back on Aug. 30.

With the win, the East Central Lady Warriors are now 6-4-1 on the season, while the Lady Bears fall to 0-9-1.

October 1, 2019

East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis players combined to win 22 matches over a three-day period while competing individually in the ITA Southern Regionals Sept. 26-28 at the Northeast Park Tennis Center in Meridian.

East Central sophomore Chris Lawrance (York, Western Australia) made it to the Singles Finals, while Lawrance and doubles partner sophomore Isaac Santitto (Innisfail, Queensland, Australia) advanced to the Doubles Finals.