March 9, 2017

The new Tennis Complex at East Central Community College in Decatur will temporarily close beginning Friday evening, March 10, while new logos are applied to the playing surfaces.

The courts, located on the north end of campus between the softball and baseball complexes, will reopen on Monday, March 20.

Local tennis players are invited to use the old ECCC tennis courts during that time. Those courts are located on North 6^th Avenue adjacent to the Vickers Fine Arts Center.

March 9, 2017

The East Central Community College men’s basketball team could not hold on to an early lead against Northeast Mississippi Community College and was eliminated from the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament 70-64 March 8 at Mississippi College in Clinton.

Northeast, the defending NJCAA Region 23 champions, also defeated the Warriors in last week’s MACJC State Tournament.

The Warriors never trailed in the first half, leading by as many as 13 points. East Central took a 38-31 lead into the locker room.

March 8, 2017

East Central Community College students will have a new career option beginning with the fall 2017 semester as the college implements a program in Automation and Control Technology, pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

March 8, 2017

Bailey Threlkeld finishes a shot at MACJC Event No. 5 held in Meridian. (EC Photo)

March 8, 2017

The East Central Community College women’s basketball team held the MACJC state champions, No. 14 nationally ranked Jones County Junior College, close for most of the game before falling 96-70 in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament Tuesday, March 7, on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton.

ECCC only trailed Jones 20-15 after the first quarter and were able to take the lead when Shantavis Hughes of Hattiesburg High School sank a long three-pointer to go up 22-21 with 6:29 left in the first half.

March 6, 2017

East Central Community College in Decatur will be closed for its annual Spring Break Holidays Monday through Friday, March 13-17.

The college will reopen on Monday morning, March 20.

March 3, 2017

ECCC's Nathan Roseberry was 4 for 5 at the plate with an RBI in game one. (EC Photo)

The No. 8 East Central Community College baseball team scored 24 runs in picking up a doubleheader sweep over Northeast Mississippi Community College Tigers Thursday, March 2, in Booneville.

March 3, 2017

ECCC's Kayla Beckham had a two-run home run in the first game of the doubleheader. (EC Photo)

The No. 12 East Central Community College softball team dropped its first game of the season in a 3-1 loss in the nightcap of a doubleheader Thursday, March 2, at Baton Rouge Community College in Baton Rouge, La.

March 2, 2017

For the second time this month, East Central Community College freshman pitcher Kaitlyn Oswalt is the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Softball Pitcher of the Week and the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Pitcher of the Week. She was honored for her work in the softball circle for Feb. 20-27.

March 1, 2017

This weekend, people can see a bright star suddenly disappear from the sky before their very eyes, and East Central Community College’s Engineering Club’s Astronomy Group will hold a star viewing for those interested.