Sports Briefs

By Staff
Feb. 27, 2002
East Central holding soccer tryouts
East Central Community College will hold soccer tryouts at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 on the Decatur campus. Those interested should meet at the Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium or contact coach Kenneth Thompson at 1-877-GO-2-ECCC (1-877-462-3222), EXT. 370.
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Alabama downs North Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Brent Boyd hit his 50th career double, drove in a run and scored to lead Alabama over North Alabama 2-1.
Alabama (9-0) has now won 13 straight games going back to last season the most since the Crimson Tide teams of 1907 and 1908. Boyd drove in Peter Stonard with his double in the third inning. Boyd scored the game-winning run on a costly error by second baseman Bryan Swift later in the inning.
Brent Carter, making his first career start, got the win. He pitched seven innings, allowed five hits, one run and struck out four.
North Alabama (6-5) scored its only run in the fourth inning off an error by shortstop Carlos Sosa. Nathan Bowden scored the run. Scott McClanahan's hitting streak was stopped at eight games. He went 0-for-4.
Decatur Country Club hosting tourney
The Decatur Country Club will hold a 2-person select tournament March 2. Tee time will be at 1 p.m. There will be a meal after the 18 holes of play.
To enter contact Jeremy Stevens at 635-3844, Jason Massey at 635-3623, Bobby Addy at 635-3889 or Rusty Barnett at 683-6660.
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UM's Carwell passes up senior year
OXFORD, With spring football drills set to open here
Friday at Ole Miss, head coach David Cutcliffe announced Monday that offensive lineman Gus Carwell has decided to pass up his senior season.
Carwell, a 6-3, 308 pound lineman from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., would have been a fifth year senior this fall, having been redshirted in 1998, which was his true freshman season.
Carwell, who lettered the last two seasons, has had an injury-plagued career at Ole Miss. He played four games in 2000 before suffering a season-ending knee injury against Arkansas State, which forced him to have ALC surgery.
After being held out of spring workouts in 2001, Carwell returned to play in nine games last season, missing the Arkansas and Mississippi State games.
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