1954-1972

' i EAST CENTRAL TAKES ~· NORTH LEAD Warriors Survive EMJC's Breaks By BO KING Mik e Reeves and Morgan again ch:.inge hands three times with Wa l'riors. No~cgu a L·d l'I e n r y Holmes ond Scooba takes on DECATUR. _ East. Mississippi made good the PAT. the fi rst comin g when Decatur Thomps;1n was vut with a bum undefeated Gulf Coast in a Junior College got all the A few plays !Liter Decatur took lhe opening kicko.ff and knee and linebacker Don Cul- home batllc. breaks a team could ask for round :t.selif back 011 its own 12 drove 68 yal'ds in eight. plays pepper was lrnbbling on a But there is one thing that here 'foursday night and took and then came the second safe- with Bagley• .hilli ng Ca rter ~praincd ankle . pleases both coaches ... those advantage of almost all of ty of the contest as J ames May again for a 15-yard scoring Next week its homecoming for games are HJ days away, giving them, but each time E ast Cen- d 1 h , strike to cap the m arch. E ast Central they host the boys ample time to hea l. snappe the bal over C erry s lral, under the direction of head on an attempted punt

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Coac:h .Ke~ Pouncey, roa red again the ball bounded out the 21 -18, bm Scooba came back to back and fmally eked ou,t a. 28- end zone 's back door. Scooba ~ab ~ 25-21 adva ntage wh~n 25 win over the arc:h-nval led 18-7. defensive halfback Jerry Davis Lions. . . . picked off a Bagley aerial and . I t f b th By t:his time Scooba had pick- the Lions took possession on ili.e t wdas a mhus game ?rd of ed up two safeties, one fumble Warriors' 20 Four plays later squa s as t ey were tie or D t • 34 . d · k d f'f · · · · th 1 d · !h N rth D' · · on eca·ur s an pic e o Bradberry sneaked 1t 111 from e ea m · e 0 · ivisrnn a pass on the Decatur 32 f t t of the Junior College Conference . · a oo ou · . . . . A Warrior Break w~tJh 2-0 d1.vlSlon marks an~ the Finally it was t.ime for tJhe Game's Fin·al Tally wm for East Central left it ~s Warriors to g·et a break and low T'ne game's final tally came the sole. ~e~m undefeated m and behold defensive end Mack in the last period as 1lhe North D1vis10n play. - ·~' ".6..llmand pounced on a Lion Warriors drove from their 25 The first score of the game bobble on the Scooba 6-yard to paydiDt: i.n nine play? with was one of t,w 0 safeties - that's line and on the ensuing play Bagley h1ttmg Nowell m the right, two safeties _ when a * * * left flats with a scr~en pass that whole host of Scooba Lions went 29 yards for the TD. rushed in to block a Benny ST}, TIS T f CS The big differen ce in the Oherry punt that bounded out EMJC ECJC game came when Da gley con- of the back of the end zone. First Downs .. .. .:.... .. .. .. 11 11 nccted on 15 of 29 pas scs for 252 Scooba went a head 2-0 and two Yards Rushing ..... .. ..... 4 2 ~~ ya rds and Bradberry \ hit 15 or minutes later made it 9-0 when ~~~~:s P~ss'.~ 9 .. :::~:::: : .. 1·5.3~~~ 1s-29.3 :l2 only 14fj ya rd s. Scooba pick- fullback Tommy Smith crash- Punts ····...... .......... 12 · 4 1.l 6 · 34 · 5 3 ed off three of Ba!!ley's passes, . Fumbles Josi .. ... .. .. .... .. . 2 ~ ed up the middle for an 11-yard Penalties .................. 5·55 4-40 w1hi.le Decatur stole two fro m touchdown and Charlie Morgan scoRJNG SUMMARY: Bradberry. converted. EMJC ..................... 9 9 7 0-2.1 But the win, no m atter how injured including their outsland- of the first quarter when Guy ~~-=:_NR~~~~s r~s: 1 3 ~h~rr':m ki~k/adberry ing cornerback Floyd Triplett, Nowell - East Central's main (Morgan kick> who broke his collaribone with most running back - took the EM-Safety by bod snap from center 9:46 remaining in Vhe third · EC-Corter pass 1;, from Bagley (Cher· ball in from five yards out and ry kick) quarter. Cherry kicked the point after. EC-Carter poss 15 from Bagley (Cher- Swelled Finger The touchdown was set up by ry kick> Bagley's three inter cepted d · kl w· EM-Bradberry run 1 (Margan kick) efens1ve tac e Tommy 11- EC-Nowell pass '1'I from Bagley ccher- passes might be attributed to liamson's recovery of a fumble ry kick) an index finger on his thrawing by Scooba's Dennis Morgan on * * * hand that swelled twicz its the Scooba 23. normal s·ize following a first , . . . quarterback Fredd~ B~gley period inju.ry, while defensive iLess tha1'. a mmute lDt. 0 the tossed a 6-yard scormg flip to halfback Karvelle Howard is second ~r10d, Scooba h 1 t for James Carter. Cherry converted hampered with a knee injury. another 1D, commg when quar- and Scooba led at t.lhe half 18-14. . , terback David Bradberry tossed Two boys d1dn t even get to a 39-yard strike to split end The second half saw tJhe lead see any action for the ailing Finally On Boards E~J~_·;~;;;t; .. ~~ .. ~- 1 ~~·k·;~ :u~t ~/-;~! important, was a costly one as many of the Decatur boys were Decatur finally got on tJhe zone. S{.'Oreboard just before the end EM-Smith run 11 (Morgon kick)

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DRIVING POWER is displayed by East Mississippi's fullbar.k Tommy Smith (44) as he picks up 13 yards on a jaunt down to the East Central 11-yard line. Smith scored

from 11 v.ards out on the next play to give EMJC a 9-0 lead. ECJC went on to win

the game, 28-25.