1954-1972

, Warriors Down Eaoles I ~ By GLEN FORD with EC ripping the nets as all ! The East Central Junior Col- three of the Warriors leading I Jege Warriors stopped the Meri- s~orers. f'Ound the i:ange. WiLh dian Junior College win streak fwe mmutes gone m the half, I at two by handing coach Jim Fondren connected on a jumper Redgate's five a 69-57 setback. to put BC on top for good. Tuesday night at the MJC gym. Then the Warriors began to The loss left the Eagles' re- pull away as they allowed Meri– cord standing at 9-9 for the dian only one cold shot at their I season and dropped their con- bu.cket. Gardner hit the final l ference mark to 5-6. Meridian points and the game ended 69-57. has only four regular season Coach Redgate's cagers' next I games remaining. action is Thursday night against Leading scorers f 0 r the powerful Hinds at Hinds. The I Eagles were Sammie Cole wibh I Eagles ret:P:n to_ t 1 1eir home 23, Lemuel Kelly with 16 antl court Feb. 12 ag1mst Clarke to Tony Ethridge with 14. Ronnie routid out the seasnn. 1 Roberts, the only other Eagle BOX SCORE I I to score, pushed into two free throws to round out scoring for MERIDIAN cs1> I pom s. e was Roberts •••••.••••• . •• ••• . o 2 1 2 followed by R. L. Gilmer with TOTALS ••· •••••· •· •· · •· 2 2 13 12 s11 19 and Joe Fondren wit!h 10. EAST CENTRA~d"~T PF TP Meridian 1 e d early in the Gardner ••••. •. . ••••. •. • 12 1 2 25 game when Etheridge hit an ~~~~~~on .. :::::: : ::::::::: ~ 6 j ~ eight-footer to put the Eagles F~ndren . . .. . . . •. . . •. •. • 4 2 3 10 out in front, 9-7. Cole then hit ~~~~~ ::::::::·::.:·:.::: : ~ ~ 1 ~ his first bucket to make it 11-7, TOTALS ••···•·•••··••· 31 1 14 " Meridian. FG FT PF TP F h t res man cen er J ff G d e Cole •••• •••. ••••. . •••. . • 10 ar ner Kelly ...... .............. 1 3 2 1 23 3 161 was high man for ·the Warriors Etheridge ••••• . •• .. · · •. · · s 4 4 14 h ·tt' f 25 . t H Logan • ••••••••. . ••••. . o o 1 o I · mg or

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~Warriors Win Toss Of Coin

The East Central Junior College Warriors, tied.for the north division lead with the East Mississippi Lions, won the toss of a coin Monday for the right to represent the north in the junior college cham– pionship playoff. East Central will host the south champions, Pearl River Wildcats, at 8 p. m. Friday, December 4. Coach Ken Pouncey's Warriors, winless last season, finished the 1970 campaign with a 5-1 mark in division play and overall record of 7-3, scoring 187 points and 'holding opponents to 163. A large delegation of Scott county fans will see the playoff. During the regular season, Pearl River defeated East Central lH. ---~--.o..__- Bagley Leads East Central To 34-30 Win Former Forest highall-Con– r e r en c e quarterback Freddy Bagley guided the East Central Jtmior College Warriors to a 34-30 triumph over Jones Ju– nior College in their firstgame of the season Thursday. Bagley tossed touchdown passes of 25 yards and35yards to James Carter and scored once himself on a one-yard sneak. He picked up two points with a PAT pass to Keith Doo– ley. Another former Forest sUtf'. Rusey McMullan, ldekecl two PAT's oqt of folll" attem_pi3. The other ECJC scores were m?.de by Floyd Triplett, on a 45 yard ptmt return, and Willie Hardy, who scored from 25 yards out. Coach Keith Potmcey was lrlgh in his praise of all the Forest boys, including Jim Wright, James May, Ralph Brown, Mickey Sessions, Wade Ciark, Joe Tadlock and Jimmy Kil-

but Gardner came right back for East Central to cut it to two. Minutes later t h e Meridi;rn gunn0rs rifled 11 quick points and built up a slim lead and ·1 held on to take a 32-28 score into the dressing room at half– time. i The S€Cond half opened up

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ECJC Still 0 On Top In North Play East Central Junior College kept a tight rein on first place in the north standings by trouncing Holmes 34-14. The Warriors have lost only one game, a close thriller to Gulf Coast, the undeafted south division leader. Lanzy Russell and Guy Nowell each scored two touch– downs in the ECJC triumph. Thomas Billups caught a 39 yard pass from Freddy Bagley for another tally. Holmes scored on a two yard run by Joe Felton and a 3-yard carry by Charles Edwards. East Central now is 4-0 in the north and 5-1 overall. Coach Ken Pouncey's boys have scored 140 points while allowing 70 points for opposing teams. Saturday the Warriors go to Pearl River, in second place in the south with 3-1 and 6-1 overall.

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There are .mowe Forest · players on the 1970 ECJC team than any year in history. On October 1, ECJC will journey to Senatobia for a tilt with Northwest Jtmior Coll., whose head coach is Ken Bram–

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Bramlett, who coached the Forest boys he will be facing that evening, is 0-2 for the sea– son.