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East Central sports teams receive NJCAA team academic honors

Seven ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ varsity sports teams earned National Junior College Athletic Association Academic Team of the Year honorable mention awards for having met the grade-point average requirement of 3.00 or better for the 2015-16 season.
 
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Diamond Warrior baseball team finished with a 3.43 GPA and ranked sixth overall.
 
The women’s basketball team also earned an honorable mention award, finishing with a 3.0 GPA.
 

East Central’s Lady Diamond Warriors split at Pearl River

Big hits in game two helped the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ softball team split a doubleheader against Pearl River Community College in Poplarville Tuesday, March 8.
 
In game one, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ was unable to get on the scoreboard, losing 1-0. PRCC’s lone run came on a walk and an East Central error in the bottom of the third inning.
 
Sophomore Lacey Hill out of Kilbourne (La.) High School had a strong outing in the circle for the Lady Diamond Warriors, surrendering no earned runs and four hits, while striking out 10 batters in six innings of work.
 

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s Lady Diamond Warriors sweep Coahoma on the road

The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Lady Diamond Warriors swept a softball doubleheader from MACJC conference foe Coahoma Community College on Saturday, March 5, in Clarksdale.
 
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ improved its overall record to 18-3 and 2-2 in MACJC play.
 
In a high-scoring game one, the Lady Diamond Warriors won 13-0, with 10 of those runs coming in their first three at-bats.
 
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ put up three runs in the first and five in the second inning en route to the five inning, run-rule game.