ICC baseball host playoffs
FULTON – Having clinched a top-five seed in the upcoming Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges State Baseball Tournament, the Itawamba Community College baseball team will host the opening round best-of-three series against the Pearl River Community College Wildcats.
Games will be played Thursday and Friday. Thursday's single game is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the first game of Friday potential doubleheader set for 2 p.m. The “if necessary” game would be played 30 minutes after the conclusion of game two of the series. The series will be available on LetsGoICCTV.com/BLUE.
The No. 5 seed Indians (30-14) swept the No. 6 seed Wildcats (25-17) 5-4 and 7-6 in Fulton on April 1. Admission to the best-of-three series be $5 per day with only MACJC passes being accepted. ICC students, faculty, and staff will be admitted free with a valid college ID.
This year's MACJC State Baseball Tournament format features the top nine teams in the conference advancing to postseason play with the overall No. 1 seed, Jones County Junior College (44-2), earning the state championship and a bye into next week's National Junior College Athletic Association Region 23 Tournament. The No. 2,3, 4, and 5 seeds will host the No. 6, 7, 8, and 9 seeds in a bestof-three series with the winners joining Jones County and LSU-Eunice (42-9) in the Region Tournament.
Teams joining the Indians and Wildcats in the postseason: No. 2 Northwest Mississippi Community College (29-17); No. 3 Hinds Community College (28-16); No. 4 East Central Community College (31-15); No. 7 Mississippi Delta Community College (29-17); No. 8 East Mississippi Community College (25-17); and No. 9 Copiah Lincoln Community College (20-25).
A major shakeup reshaped the final week of the standings after Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (21-23) had to forfeit six games due to playing ineligible players. The Indians finished in a four-way tie for second place with Northwest, Hinds, and East Central at 17-11 in league play. Pearl River earned the No. 6 seed after holding the tiebreaker over Delta.