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~ r;cc:if~p,.Ji~h~ r'1..:.1"l - 11 .bl-. l-. u e e at s ·:: : : Southwest In :;Final Contest .East Central Junior College bcl:iind the running of halfback Johnny Eiland, thrashed Sfuthwest, Thursday night in the .close of the 1971 football season for both teams. ':Eiland ·scored on touchdown rtp'ls of 28 and five yards to lead tJte Warriors' ground attack. T~e 28-yarder was the game's fil;st touchdown, while Cherry kicked his first of three extra p~nts. :Defensive tackle Tommy ~lliamson scored the next TD ~en he blocked a Southwest p~nt)n the endzone and fell on t~ 'ball for the score. :zEast Central then went to the a~ and quarterback Robert \!arner hit split end James C:irter on a 55-yard scoring ~mb. .;Eiland's final touchdown ~me on a five-yard burst off tatkie and Larry Adkinson allded the finishing touch with ci'2-yard scoring run. ~:,East Central closed out its ~ason with a 7-3 record overall a'b a 5-1 North Division mark. :· "' -0- SENATOBIA - East Central rallied from a 13-0 halftime deficit to score two second half touchdowns and claim its third straight Mississippi Junior Col– lege conference game here last night, 14-13. The Warriors' scores came on ~n eight yard pass from quar– terback Freddie Bagley to James Wright and a one-yard plunge by Bagley with six min– utes remaining in the game. Rusty McMullan added both extra points to insure the win. Northwest got the ball twice more after East Central's final score, but secondary man Bill Barham twice picked off North– west passes to kill the rallies. Barham's second interception came at midfield with 51 sec- Warriors Win Third Straight

Wright Lost For Season

East Central Junior College tripped up Jones 14-3 last week and this week will host Itawamba Thursday night at Decatur. Kickoff is 7:30 p. m. It was quarterback Fredd Bagley of Forest who set up the first ECJC score with a long pass play to Davis Kelly. The ball was downed on the 7 and Floyd Triplett went across with the first of his two scores. Lost for the season, however, was Jimmy Wright of Forest, who was hit hard after cat– ching a pass ;,ind suffered a shoulder separation. --0-

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In Easy Victory East Central rolled to its fifth victory Thursday night, romping over Northeast Junior College, 41-7. Robert Warner, subbing fer injured quarterback Freddy Bagley, sparked the offensive attack with touchdown passes of 73 and 31 yards. Willie Hardy also had an outstanding evening with touchdown runs of 45 and -95 yards. East Central jumped out to:a quick lead when Guy Nowell carried the ball in for the games's first score on a 31 yard off-tackle play and Benny Cherry kicked the extra point Johnny Eiland added the next Warrior tally with a six yard burst and Cherry con– verted to give East Central a ·14-0 lead · at the end of the quarter. Cherry made good on a 28- yard field · goal for the next Warrior points then Warner ended the first half scoring with a 73-yard bomb to James Carter, leaving the Warriors out front 23-0 at the halfway mark. · Hardy opened the second half with a 95-yard blast ·off tackle, followed by a Warner:to Jerome Rash scoring strike covering 31 yards. The final score of the evening came when Hardy broke ·off tackle again, scoring from .ff.. yards away. · Division

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Forest Boys Score Points In ECJC Win

Two Forest boys made all the points in East Central Ju– nior College's 10-9 victory over Itawamba Saturday night and the victory gave ECJC a tie for first place in the north division. ECJC and Holmes have two victories without a loss. Rusty McMullan's 28 ya>.~ field goal in the third quarter proved the margin of triumph to overcome a 9-7 Itawamba lead. The Warriors had scored in the f i rs t quarter when Joe Tadlock covered an ltawambe punt that was blocked by How– ard Triplett, Outstanding on defense for ECJC were Keith Dooley, How– ard Triplett, David Culpepper, Wade Clark, and Steve Moor– head. Coach Ken Po1.U1cey takes his Warriors Thursday to North– west Junior College atSena– tobia, noti coached by Ken Bramlett; 1 former coachatFor– mer High,'

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onds remaining in the game. He returned it to the Northwest 30. East Cenaral is now 3-0 in tl;le conference and tied for the league lead going into next Thursday's game with Perkin– ston in Decatur.