March 8, 2017
The No. 8 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ baseball team moved to 10-2 on the season with a doubleheader sweep over Bishop State Community College Saturday, March 4, in Mobile.
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ won the opener 5-3 and the finished the sweep with a 9-1 nightcap victory.
In game one, East Central jumped out to an early lead scoring three runs in the fourth inning and adding another in the top of the fifth.
March 3, 2017
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ's Nathan Roseberry was 4 for 5 at the plate with an RBI in game one. (EC Photo)
The No. 8 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ baseball team scored 24 runs in picking up a doubleheader sweep over Northeast Mississippi Community College Tigers Thursday, March 2, in Booneville.
February 27, 2017
Wyatt Ball
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Diamond Warriors split a pair of games over the weekend in the Rush Invitational held at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex in Decatur.
The Warriors beat Tyler Junior College (Texas) 14-8 on Saturday, Feb. 25, before falling to Baton Rouge Community College 6-3 that evening.
February 23, 2017
Cole Gray (ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Photo)
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ freshman Cole Gray has been named the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
A right-handed pitcher who prepped at Lamar School in Meridian, Gray was also named the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 13-19.
February 23, 2017
The No. 8 ranked ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Diamond Warriors moved to 5-1 on the season overall after beating Bossier Parish Community College of Louisiana 6-2 and falling to No. 17 Hinds Community College 6-5 on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Raymond.
In game one against Hinds, the contest was tied 5-5 with Hinds batting in the bottom of the seventh when freshman right-handed pitcher Kolby Crowley of Winston Academy walked a Hinds batter to score the winning run.
February 20, 2017
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Billy Cameron had four hits in seven trips to the plate in two ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Invitational games, including a home run, double, and four RBI. (EC Photo)
February 13, 2017
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ's Cole Prestegard drove in five runs as the Diamond Warriors swept Jackson State Community College Feb. 11. (EC Photo)
January 23, 2017
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ baseball program is again offering indoor hitting and pitching clinics on the Decatur campus for youth ages 6-12.
The Hitting Clinic will be from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. on Thursday evenings for four consecutive weeks beginning January 26.
The Pitching Clinic will be from 6 to 7:15 p.m. on Monday evenings for four consecutive weeks beginning Jan. 30.
The cost is $100 for the Hitting Clinic and $75 for the Pitching Clinic. Participants can attend both clinics for $150.
January 20, 2017
Christian Ostrander, associate head baseball coach at Louisiana Tech University, will be the featured speaker at the annual ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Baseball First Pitch Dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. The event will be held in the Mabry Memorial Cafeteria on the Decatur campus.
