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The Lions of East Mississippi Community College collected their fourth conference doubleheader split of the softball season by earning a 6-5 nightcap victory over visiting Itawamba during Wednesday’s MACCC action played at the EMCC Softball Field. The Lions dropped a close 6-4 decision to the Indians in the opening game.
In a pair of extra-inning contests, the visiting Lions of East Mississippi Community College earned their fourth conference doubleheader split of the baseball season with a 12-9 come-from-behind win in 11 innings over Itawamba during Wednesday’s MACCC action played at ICC’s Roy Cresap Field. The Indians turned the tables on EMCC in the nightcap by claiming a 4-3 comeback victory in walk-off fashion. The Lions battled from behind during the entire scheduled nine-inning opening game after trailing 6-1 at the end of the second inning. Itawamba followed a two-run first frame with four more scores an inning later off EMCC starting pitcher Caidan Bullard.
California native and former two-way football player at the University of Colorado, George Frazier V has been named as an assistant football coach on head coach Buddy Stephens’ East Mississippi Community College staff. Stephens made the announcement this week.
East Mississippi Community College bounced back from an opening-game setback to earn the team’s third MACCC doubleheader split of the baseball season by claiming a 12-6 home nightcap win over Copiah-Lincoln during Saturday’s conference action played at Gerald Poole Field. EMCC fell 12-4 to the visiting Wolves in the first game.
Despite quality pitching performances from their starters, the visiting Lions of East Mississippi Community College dropped a pair of competitive road decisions (5-1 & 5-0) to nationally fourth-ranked Copiah-Lincoln during Friday’s MACCC softball action.
East Mississippi Community College freshman golfer Lucy Lunceford posted her fourth top-10 individual finish of the 2024-25 women’s golf season by tying for 10th-place honors during Tuesday’s weather-shortened Calhoun Women’s Spring Classic played at Burningtree Country Club.
Five-time national champion East Mississippi Community College will conduct two summer football camps during the month of June on the Scooba campus.
Complete-game pitching performances by Trace Tingle and Chipper Moore lifted the East Mississippi Community College Lions to their first conference doubleheader sweep of the baseball season with 9-1 and 11-1 home wins over Coahoma during Wednesday’s MACCC action played at Gerald Poole Field.
The visiting Lions of East Mississippi Community College collected their first conference softball doubleheader sweep of the season by knocking off Coahoma, 21-3 and 16-0, in run-rule fashion during Tuesday’s MACCC softball action played in Clarksdale.
With three top-20 individual finishers, the East Mississippi Community College men’s golf team placed seventh at this week’s Lou Hart Invitational played at Northwood Country Club. The two-day event hosted by Meridian Community College concluded Tuesday afternoon.
The Lions of East Mississippi Community College collected a season-high 19 hits and scored multiple runs in all but one inning of the opening game to cruise to a 14-2 run-rule win and earn a home baseball doubleheader split with Hinds during Saturday’s MACCC action played at Gerald Poole Field. The visiting Eagles came back to pull out an 8-7 extra-inning victory over EMCC in the nightcap.
The visiting East Mississippi Community College Lions hung on for a 7-6 opening-game win over Hinds during Saturday’s MACCC softball doubleheader action played at Rene T. Warren Field. The home-standing Lady Eagles salvaged the split by claiming a 3-0 shutout win over EMCC in the nightcap.
A complete-game pitching effort from Gail Wisher and clutch two-out hitting by the Lions propelled East Mississippi Community College’s softball team to a 4-2 home nightcap win over 11th-ranked Northeast Mississippi during Wednesday’s MACCC doubleheader split played at the EMCC Softball Field. The visiting Tigers prevailed 17-8 in run-rule fashion during the opening game.
East Mississippi Community College freshman guard Dukiaha Jones has been named to this year’s All-MACCC Women’s Basketball Second Team, while fellow EMCC frosh Jermaurhiyun Anderson and DeAndre Lewis have earned All-MACCC honorable mention recognition for the Lions on the men’s side. As voted on by the conference’s head coaches, the 2024-25 All-MACCC men’s and women’s basketball teams were announced Tuesday by the Jackson-based Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
East Mississippi Community College freshmen basketball standouts Jermaurhiyun Anderson and DeAndre Lewis have earned All-MACCC honorable mention recognition, while fellow EMCC frosh Dukiaha Jones has been named to this year’s All-MACCC Women’s Basketball Second Team. As voted on by the conference’s head coaches, the 2024-25 All-MACCC men’s and women’s basketball teams were announced Tuesday by the Jackson-based Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
East Mississippi Community College freshman left-hander Trace Tingle has been named the MACCC Baseball Pitcher of the Week for his two-hit complete game in the Lions’ 4-1 nightcap win over then-No. 1 East Central a week ago in Scooba.
