a little separation

Holmes Community College flexed its muscle on Wednesday to sweep a doubleheader from Northwest and move into first place in the MACJC North Division. The Bulldogs (21-12, 12-4 North) hit five home runs on the day, winning 7-1 and 4-3 at Senatobia. Reggie O’Briant went deep in both games. Holmes also got strong pitching efforts from Chris Hutchinson and Taylor Burrell. Northwest slipped into second place at 11-5, just ahead of Itawamba and East Mississippi, both 10-6. In the South, Jones County JC swept rival Pearl River 11-2 and 6-3 to maintain its grip on the top spot with a 12-4 mark. The Bobcats (25-11 overall) used four RBIs from former Taylorsville High star Darion Hamilton and a complete game performance from ace Andrew Pierce (6-1) to take the opener. Ladd Rhodes scored a run and drove in one in the Game 2 win. Gulf Coast is running second in the South at 9-5. The juco regular season runs through the end of the month, with the best-of-3 playoffs beginning the first weekend in May. The top four teams in each division make the postseason.
P.S. Belhaven got some revenge on Michael Langston, the soft-tossing little lefty from Tougaloo who beat them 2-1 with a two-hitter on March 3. On Wednesday, the Blazers got to Langston for four hits, three walks and five runs in 5 1/3 innings of a 6-3 win. BU had two hits and two runs in the first inning, and Jordan Brewer blasted a key, two-run homer off Langston in the sixth.