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10:35 am Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Diamond Girls headed to Lexington

By By Austin Bishop / EMG Sports Director
July 17, 2002
The Diamond Girls, a slow-pitch softball team based out of Newton County, will be headed to Lexington, S.C. this weekend to take part in the USSSA 8-Under Coach Pitch Worlds.
Coach Randy Bishop's squad will be one of 28 teams taking part in the double-elimination tournament, which will open on Thursday with two-pool play games.
His squad had to fight for a third-place finish in last weekend's state tournament in Hattiesburg to earn a spot in the Worlds.
Bishop said that while the team is based out of Newton County that players from all over the East Mississippi area are on the team.

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