March 11, 2017
The East Central Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams opened the new Tennis Complex on the Decatur campus in style Friday, March 10, with both teams recording wins over visiting Itawamba Community College.
The ECCC women defeated Itawamba 7-2 to improve to 4-4 on the season. The East Central men won 6-3 to improve their record to 5-3.
March 10, 2017
March 9, 2017
A late inning run in game two allowed the East Central Community College to sweep NJCAA Division I Shelton State Community College in a baseball doubleheader Wednesday, March 8, at the Clark-Gay Baseball Complex in Decatur.
ECCC’s overall record improved to 12-2 on the season.
March 9, 2017
The No. 1 ranked Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats swept the No. 12 East Central Community College Lady Diamond Warriors in a softball doubleheader in Ellisville on Wednesday, March 8, by scores of 4-3 and 9-1.
The Lady Diamond Warriors overall record fell to 13-3 on the season and 0-2 in Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges play. Jones County improved to 13-0 overall and 2-0 in league play.
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 6th 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.
