Lions ready for redemption after sobering end to 2023 seasonEMCC begins season No. 2 in NJCAA rankings
SCOOBA — An hour south down Highway 45, one of the best junior college football programs in the country is gearing up for another season.
Reigning MACCC champion EMCC Lions announce 2024 football schedule
SCOOBA – The two-time reigning MACCC football champion East Mississippi Community College Lions have announced their 2024 gridiron slate.
Trio of Lions earn All-MACCC honorable mention recognition
JACKSON – East Mississippi Community College’s top three batting average leaders from this past season – sophomores Jon Paul Yates, Evan Radford and Ayden Alsobrooks – have all earned honorable mention recognition on the 2024 All-MACCC Baseball Team, as announced this week by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference office.
EMCC’s Nick Clark joins Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame
PEARL – Former East Mississippi two-sport standout and retired EMCC administrative staff member Nick Clark was inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame during Tuesday night’s 18th annual induction banquet held at the Clyde Muse Center on Hinds Community College’s Rankin Campus.
Lions baseball splits midweek series with ICC
Head coach Brett Kimbrel’s East Mississippi Community College baseball team are back on track in conference play after splitting a series with Itawamba Community College this week.
Lions secure doubleheader road split with Northeast Mississippi
BOONEVILLE – The Lions of East Mississippi Community College earned a road conference baseball doubleheader split with Northeast Mississippi during Wednesday’s MACCC action played at The Plex. After dropping a 12-9 decision in the opening game, EMCC secured the split with an 8-5 nightcap win over the Tigers.
Courtland Hays returns to Buddy Stephens’ EMCC staff
SCOOBA — East Mississippi Community College head coach Buddy Stephens announced the return of assistant football coach Courtland Hays on Thursday.
EMCC baseball, softball pick up conference sweeps over Holmes
East Mississippi Community College picked up its first road sweep of the conference baseball season by knocking off Holmes, 11-5 and 7-6, during Tuesday’s MACCC action played at Charlie Donald Field.
Four East Mississippi hoopsters named to 2023-24 All-MACCC basketball teams
Four East Mississippi Community College student-athletes have been selected to the 2023-24 All-MACCC basketball teams, as voted on by the league’s head basketball coaches. The men’s and women’s all-conference basketball teams were announced Tuesday by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
EMCC records road sweep at Mississippi Delta
East Mississippi Community College’s softball team totaled 29 runs and 26 hits to cruise to a decisive road doubleheader sweep (15-3, 14-3) over Mississippi Delta during Wednesday’s MACCC action.
EMCC Lions notch home MACCC baseball sweep over Mississippi Delta
SCOOBA – The Lions of East Mississippi Community College claimed their first conference baseball doubleheader sweep of the year by following a 9-8 walk-off win with a commanding 17-1 nightcap victory over visiting Mississippi Delta during Wednesday’s MACCC twin-bill played at Gerald Poole Field.
EMCC drops baseball decisions to Meridian and East Central
Participating in their second three-team, round-robin baseball event against MACCC competition this season, East Mississippi Community College fell to preseason 13th-ranked Meridian, 10-7, and to 10th-ranked East Central, 10-8, Tuesday at the Clark/Gay Baseball Complex on the ECCC campus.
EMCC men beat Itawamba CC in OT; women fall to Indians
Blake Butler hit a 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left to send the Lions men and the Indians to an extra period, while ICC pulled away in the second half of the women’s game.
Cynthia Buob named EMCC’s Humanities Teacher of the Year
East Mississippi Community College Humanities Teacher of the Year Award recipient Cynthia Buob will present a lecture titled “Drawn to Life” Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in room 607 in the student union on the college’s Golden Triangle campus.
EMCC men, women earn wins over Mississippi Delta CC
The Lions men fought back for a road win in Moorhead, while the women’s team blew out the Trojans in Scooba.
EMCC basketball picks up a pair of wins over Coahoma Community College
The Lions men picked up a 75-72 decision in Clarksdale, while the women won 65-45 in Scooba.
Starkville grad Zeke Cook hits game-winner as Northeast Mississippi CC men’s basketball squeaks by EMCC
Cook seized a loose ball and got a friendly roll off the rim to send the Lions to their first loss of the season.
EMCC men’s basketball holds off Itawamba Community College comeback
Jakorie Smith scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Lions (2-0).
EMCC men, women win season openers against Northwest
Jakorie Smith had a double-double for the Lions’ men’s team, and Jenessa Souza had 14 points for the women.
Caledonia senior Jada Glasgow signs to play softball at East Mississippi Community College
Glasgow, a shortstop for the Cavaliers, will take her top-of-the-order bat and smooth fielding to Scooba.