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U STATE - Frances rnesbugerof Noxapater, a T m b e r of the East Ceotral Jynior College varsity a f t ba l l team, and daughter -4 Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Hor. **sbuger of Noxapater has @en named to the AllState .*ftball Team. The recipienl *as recognized at the recent Wnual athletic banquet at WJC by softball coach &avid Bradberry. - -

David Bradberry, ladies sippi, There; March 23, C softball coach a t Ea s t Cen- Lin, There; March 2 t r a l J r . College, h a s Hinds, Here; March 30, C released the 1981 softball Lin, Here; April 1, Hind schedule. This is the first There; April 3, Pe a r l Rive team to complete against Here; April 6, Pearl Rive other Junior Colleges in the There; April 8, Gulf Coas state. Here; April 9, Meridii All games will be double- Tournament, There; Apl headers and will s t a r t a t 15, Gulf Coast, There; a1 2: 30. April 16, East miss is sip^ March 19, Ea s t Missis- Herc Ladies' Softball Scheduled At ECJC year that Ea s t Central has had a varsity ladies softball

Mosf Valuable Player Jeborah Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlee Johnson of Walnut Grove, was presentedthe MostValu- able Player Award for her efforts as a member of the varsity softball team at the annual East Central Jr. Col- lege Athletic banquet. David Bradberry, softball coach, presentedthe award.

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Williams of Carthage, Janice Trippe of Lena and Debra Phillips of Hickory had m e hit each. East Central hosted the Hinds Eagles on April 2. Hinds won the first game 15-1 and the second game, 10-0. Deborah Johnson of Walnut Grove was the pitcher for East Central in both games. Susan Bane of Louisville scored the onlv run for East Central.

The East Central Jr. College ladies' softball team traveled to Wesson on March 31 where they were defeated by Copiah-LincolnJr. College 8-19 in the first game. The s e m d game was canceled due to rain. Barbara Green of Walnut Grove was the losing pitcher. Debbie McBeth of Union and Diane Jones of Carthage had two hits. Dawn Maberle of Philadelphia, Dinah

Membersof the East Central Jr. College VARSITY Debbie McBeath of Union, and Sylvia Lynch of OFTBALL TEAM are: (front row left to right) Philadelphia. (third row) Debora Phiips of Hickory, anice Trippe of Walnut Grove, Susan Bane of Deborah Johnson of Walnut Grove, Wanda Harris of louisville, Dawn Haberle of Union, Nury Schuerr of Carthage, Francis Hornesbuger of Noxapater, Tina ouisville, and Diane Jones of Carthage; (second Tumbling of Newton and Sylvia Griffin of DW) Cassandra Gi e t t of Louisville, Sandra Johnson Philadelphia. David Bradberry is softball coach. f Sebastopol, Barbara Green of Walnut Grove,

"Heartbreakers" Named Champs

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Brown o f Louisville, Bill COYof Lake and Luke Dotson o f Louisville; (third row) James Mingo o f Philadelphia, Al Harrison of Forest, Myrr Lyle5 of Forest, Oliver Larkin of Decatur, Michael Morgan o f Carthage and David Moore o f la. "Heartbreaker\" fini- the -0

The "HeartbreakersH Intramural softball team at East Central Jr. College are the 1980-81 softball champions. Members of the team include: (sitting, left t o right) Percy Harvey of Carthage. Kelvin Burley o f Decatur, Ricky Glenn o f Decatur and

College are (left to right) Mark Henderson of Forest. Carol Schuerr of Louisville. Doug Merchant of Morton, Rannona Addv nf neratur. Joe Douclas of Newnan. Ga.. Sonjia pullin of Philadelphia, and Michael Sanders of Uniorr,

2 nome games this weel 1 - for ECJC tennis a):: . team - , :; $5 ,.a*$ Tennis Coach Joe h a r k *&#$en~~will be playin has announced the 1980 singles and p air in^ UD fc ' I schedule of tennis matches to doiblbles. coach ~ G r k *con be played at East Central mented, "We have a vex i'niOr College. Fourteen good group of players t h ~ year and they are showing lot of potential. " The 1980 Schedule is a follows DATE, OPPONEN'I LOCATION: - April 3 Delta He1 April 8 Holmes He] April 10 Holmes The1 April 17 Delta The1 April 24&25 State Tourn, ment at Meridian Jr. Colleg There Members ot the l Y t

ECJC tennis team include Cheryl Comans, daughter I Mr. and Mrs. Raymon Comans of Decatur; Vidc Merritt, son of Rev. and Mr Gus Merritt of Decatu Deborah McBeath, daughtc of Mr. and Mrs. J.( McBeath of Union; Vanes! McKinney, daughter of M and Mrs. Bennie Rs McKinney of Carthagl Norman Moore, son of M and Mrs. Norman E. Moo] of Carthage; Stan Clark, sc of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clark I Decatur; Anita German: daughter of Mr. and Mr Ralph Germany of Decatu David McMullan, son of M and Mrs. Dan M. McMulls of Houston, Texas and is tl grandson of Mr. and Mr Maston McMullan, Decatu Tammy Taylor, daughter I Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor I Morton; Terry Thrash, son I Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Thrash I Decatur; Mona Tucke daughter of Mr. and Mr Major Tucker of Fores Kelly ,Walsh, daughter G. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Walsh of Forest; Clayton Whitehead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Whitehead of Newton; and Debbie Wroten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gaines Wroten of Decatur

I Last Lentral3e Tennis Team's Schedule.: .;pg: -+F > .$KT<->* . + Tcnni\ Coacb Joe Clark ha\ announce8 'tne 1980 s c h a u l e of, matthe\ to be l~la,vedat Ea\t Central .Tunlor Cpllege. Fourteen is111 be playing singles and pairing up for doubles. Coa iommented, "We have a very good group of players this \honing a lot of potential."

The 1980 sclicdulc ir as fol!ov s: DATE

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lr; Deborah McBeath. J , C w i ~ e a t h ( Jnion; Vanessa McKit~ncy. Be n n q Ray Mc n~n n e yof Carthage; Norman , andk*@f8. N D & ~ E. Moore of Carttiage; Stat1 Clark. - , i **$&=k sf ~ e c a t & $ ~ n i t a Gernlany, daughtrr of e f i m y , bf pecatur; David McMullan, son ot Mr. : ~ c ~ u ! f a * on, .Texas and the grandion of ten ~cI@;lla; df Decatur; Tamn~yTaylor, daughter of LT--rEar of Mor@n; Teirj Thrash, son of Mr. and H4rs. -'-..* of Mr. and Mrs. i?/l;rjor Mr. and MRS. Ron:!lt! ('. n of Mr. and Mrs. "' daughter of Mr. 31

Tennis Begins March 20 At ECJC Tennis Coach Joe Clark has tnnounced the 1980 schedule ,f tennis matches to be played it East Central Junior Col- ege. Fourteen studentswill be ,laying singles and pairing up or doubles. Coach Clark said, "We havr; I very good group of players his year and they are showing I lot of potential.'' The 1980 schedule is ollows:

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De Aprll 24 8 25 State Tournamc at Merrdlan Jr Colle home games Member's of the 1980 EC, ?nnisteam include: Cheryl Comans, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cor ans of Decatur; Victor Me ritt, son of the Rev. and Mr Gus Merritt of Decatui Deborah McBeath, daught~ of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McBea of Union; Vanessa McKinne daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Be nie Ray McKinney of Ca thage; Norman Moore, son Mr. and Mrs. Norman I Moore of Carthage; St2 "lark, son of Mr. and Mrs. J( lark of Decatur; Anita Germany, daughter i [r. and Mrs. Ralph Germar f Decatur; David McMulla, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan n McMullan of Houston, Texi and is the grandson of Mr. ar Mrs. Maston McMullan I Decatur; Tammy Taylo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jac Taylor of Morton; Terr Thrash, son aE Mr. and Mrs., W. Thrash of ' ~ e c a t u r ; Mona Tucker, daughter ( Mr. and Mrs. Major Tucker ( Forest; KellyWalsh, daughtt of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald ( Walsh of Forest; Clayto Whitehead, son of Mr. an Mrs. Charles R. Whitehead ( Newton: and Debbie Wrote1 daughter of Mr. and Mr: -S Wrote- -t --catur. -

MJC NetteM Will 1 deridian . Junior College defeated East ntral here 5 3 in local tennis action over the ekend. dJC's next meet will be Tuesday at Pearl ver. Moore 646-3 A BOYS DOU&EP ick Mller-John White (MJC) dft. h v i d McMull*l-Stm CI.rLe I B BOYS SINGLE3 xtt Bancmft (MJC) dft Terry Thrash 64.4-6,M B BOW DO- ~ c t o r j Memtt-Steve Roberts dft Bmdr Wa r dM W& JC) 4 4 , 7 4 5 7 AGIRLSSlNGLE3 LJCwon by forteit AGIRLS DOUBLES .ebj WalshTarnmy Taylor dft Carla Gabriel-Kay Cartmar JC) 7 5 , 4 4 7 4 B gkb s b g h Cheryl Conres dft Sandra Jannan (MX) 4 6 , 7 4 6 4 BGIRLSDWBLES Betty Morgan-Karen Enstmm (MJC) dft Debbie WroterrMtC German M , 6 2 A BOYS SINGWeP [ark Naylor dft No-

TENNISWINNER KerryWinstead, son of . and Mrs. Jerry Win- of Union, was the tennis tournament in intramural. s at East Central ior College this sea- Kerry, a graduate of n High School, is a ral arts major at Fast ntral. He is a member the ECJC Players, the llegians, and the ECJC d and participates in tramural sports.

East Central Tenni s Team Members of the 1981 Tennis team at East Central Jr. College are (left to

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Cheryl Comans received the Most Valuable Ladies Tennis 1 Player Award for the second l year. The award was presented 1 by Joe Clark, East Central Jr. College tennis coach, at the an- nual Athletic Banquet. Cheryl is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I

Holmes Defeats EC JC In Tennis The East Central Junio College tennis team lost t~ Holmes Junior College oi April 6, 3-5. In men's A singles, Scot Quisenberry of Enterprise AL was defeated 6-0, 6-0. In the B men's singles Bob Posey of Union wa; defeated 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. C h e r y l C oma n s oi D e c a t u r won t h e P women's singles 7-6,6-1,6-3 Vanessa McKinney o C a r t h a g e won t h e E women's singles 6-4, 6-3. Joe Douglas of Newnan, GA and George Adams of Newton won the B men'$ doubles 7-6, 6-3. East Central won the B men's doubles by forfeit and lost the B women's doubles by forfeit. Sonjia Herrington of D e c a t u r a n d Ma r g o Marveggio of Forest lost the B women's doubles 6-0,

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Comans of Decatur defeated Do- Martin, 6-4, 7-5. In the Women's. A doubles Delta had to forfeit to East Central. In the men's B singles, Bob Posey of Union was defeated 6-0, 6-2. Dell a had to forfeit to East Central in the men's B doubles. In the women's B singles and doubles East Central had tn forfeit to Delta.

The East Central Jr. College tennis team played Delta Jr. College t Moorhead on April 2. The over-all c&e was 4-4. In men's A singles East Central ad to forfeit to Delta. In the Men's doubles, Victor Merritt of Decatur and Mark Henderson of Forest wqlh 6-3, 6-0. the womer 1 single- rk--71 Lc---m

I; ECJC Tennis Team Members of the 1981 Tennis team at Eas$Central Jr. College are right) Scott Quisenberry of Enterprise, Ala.; Bob Posey of 1 PM'bdelnhia; Mark Henderson of Forest? Victor Merritt of I D.em$ur; George Ad a w*&w t ~ g # Joe bouelas of Nernan. Joe Clark i~ the coa. 3- :G$ - -

Academy; (back)Dwah McBeath, Leake Academy; Sidney Massey, Noxapater; Bob Holland, Neshoba Central; Jim Thomas, Union; and Billy Smith,Neshoba Central. TheWar- riors open at home Saturday night in a 7:30 e m. eontes'

ON JUST C m A L JC SQUAD-Among the players on the East Central Junior College squad are these area athletes.Theyare (front)MarkKilpatrick, LeakeAcademy; DudleyWinstead, Edlnburg; Benny Earl Moore, Noxapater; Todd Henry, Neshoba Central; Chuck Kilpatrick, Lclte

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East Central Will Host EMJC Lions Sat East Central Junior College for me," Massey and Benny Earl . will host East Mississippi 0f Both Bradberrys were Moore of Noxapater; Jim ScoobaSaturday in a key non- standout quarterbacks at Thomas from Union and division junior collegecontest. Gametime is 7:30 p.m. I The ECJC Warriors will be seeking revenge in the annual rivalry. East Mississippi won last year's contest 17-0. 1lWewere in poor ~11- when we came," saidWador ,Le-

ead coach Ken Pounce: But we've gotten better." EMJC head coach Ran& radbeny said of his Lions, We are consideredsmall.We mk fairly quick, but its hard ta tell now in comparison with other people. We'll have to de- pend on desire to win." -There is a natural rivalry +tween the two schools since qey are in adjoiningdistricts, but fuel is added to the fire since EMJC head coach gradberry's brother,David, is assistant coach at East Rn t r a l .

"There's always been a ivalry," said Randall, "but iince I've got a brother down here something is added to it -- - &l____ i

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Members of the East Central J unior College fotoball team from Newton County include: From left (Front)- (35) J im Thomas of Union, (11) Terry Thrash of Decatur (43) Eric Edison of Hickory; and ( 22 ) Mi ke Lee of Decatur

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Jim Kennamer of New Hope AL, Ronnie Parker of Decatur, Randall Lee of Beulah Hubbard, Joey Sharp of Union, Sammy Breland of Philadelphia, and Raymond Alley of Forest Park, GA. (Third tow) Coach Horton, Scott Quisenberry of Enter- prise AL, Joe Douglas of Newnan GA, Tony Baker of Louisville, Jesse Hudson of Noxapater, Eddie Goss of Louisville, Early Clemons of Philadelphia, Jerry Galaspy of Union, Fredrick Lyons of Philadelphia, and Dave Doby of Hickory. Game time is 7:30.

East Central Junior College Warriors under the coaching staff of Ken Pouncey, David Bradberry and Freeman Horton will host the Lions of East Mississippi Junior College November 7 at 7:30 in Warrior Field. Sophomores playing in this last game of the season are: Dale Reese of Hickory, David Reynolds of Louisville, Tod Wall of Decatur, Jay Jones of Forest, Bruce McGee of Newton, Marcus Evans of Newton, and Anthony Cunningham of ~Louisville. (second row) Bob Yarbrough of Rex, GA, Bob Posey of Philnd~lnhia Mirah Ha7lewnnd nf Mnrrnw G A

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East Central Junior College Warriors defeated the Eagles of Hinds Junior College on October 15 in Raymond, 24-21. East Central nny. holding a 3-1 Division Record, nt into the Minds game tied with Gulf Coast Junior College for first place in South Division standings. Early in the first quarter, Micah Hazlewood of Morrow. Ga. threw a 30 yard pass to Tony Baker of Louisvilie for a TD. Tod Wall of Decatur then kicked the PAT to give East Central a'7-0 lead. What started as East Central's game soon changed in the second quarter when Hinds scored two TDs to leave the score at half-time Hinds came back in the third quarter to scored another TD and Field Goal to boost their lead 21-7. Then half-way through the third ~rter,Ronnie Parker of Decatur, scored a T r '-- '"- xxrarriors -- a 7.2" - -- 12-7, Hinds.

pass from Jim Kennamer of New Hope. AL. The extra point attempt failed. The score at the end of i Then early in the fourth quarter Kennamer hit Bruce McGee Newton for a TD. Kennamer then kept the ball for a two-point conversion to tie the score at 21. In the last minutes of the game Lamar Cheatham of Philadelphia fell on a Hinds fumble on the one yard line. Tad Wall's filed goal gave East' Central the tie breaking points. The Warriors will be on the road October 24 when they travel to Ellisville to play rival Jones Junior College. It will be Homecoming at Jones. The Warrior band will perform pre-game at 7:lS. This will be the last road trip for the Warriors. The last two games, October 31 and November 7, will be played in Decatur. Game time third quarter was 21-13.

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N-OBA COUNTY STANIW)IJTS AT JunforCdege with Lick4f set for ?:a p. m. in the Warrior Stadium. lhey are: [22] County East Central Juniar Cdege f@W Butch fEOa@s, /211 Steve Burnett, 1881 players will play their first Lome #am@ on Mark KOpaVleL, I511 Andy B r e w , 1801 Saturday, September 9th a g d g t Gulf Seny Ticbell, _ _ - _ and 1551 Bob Wdlland. - EAST CENTRAGTbese rig Neshoba

Robert Hardy, son of Mr . and Mrs.' Cwuy 6. Hardy of rlewtsn, has been selected to play in the Junior College 411-Star football game, a game that will be closely watched by the major college scouts. Hardy who played halfback is a two ' man at East Ceniral lunior Colleg

Flag Football Winners I b e " B l l l i m D d l P ~ " n o m m ' s ~ f o o t b . n t c l m . t ~ ~ n W J d o 1 ~ e w a , t b e ~ o f t h mntflagfrmhoplyabh. WItb1O~p.rtia~,tLgfm(hnrr,a~intnmunlllport.tECIC tM. tmamn. Members of the team are front row, left to right, Patti Stam, PhiladelpbL; Patti Warren, pbiLdslpi6.; G h CdUan, Phhdelphia,TereaaParker,Fore& and Janet Sbnr. Unbm; back row, lefi toright, 8b.aom Cleveland, U w Denise Rector, Morton; J a d a Bupde, PhiLdalPld.; Karen Hicks, Hickory; Lucy w, PbiLdSlpM.; amti Teni Vance, Mobile, Ah. [ECJC Pho(o]

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AREA PLAYERS TO GET JACKETS

These sophomore football players at East Central Junior College were recently presented with their football jackets by their coach, Ken Pouncey

and ECJCPresident, Dr. Charles V. Wright. [left to light]: Tom Hamil of Union, Gu). Hartha& of Neaton, and Ricky Harrison of DecuL-

Offer.;e Key A t ECJC

DECATUR - The East Central Junior College Warriors should have a solid defense again this year with nine lettermen back from the defensive unit. "13ut. coach Ken Pouncey will have to do some scrounging with only six lettermen back on offense. Last year the Warriors were fourth of 13 teams in the state with a 6-4-1 record and 20 were lost to graduation. The top offensive returnees are: halfback Robert Hardy. 5-8, 170; quarterback Ricky

Heading the of defensive returnees are: tackle Roy Brown. 6-2, 220; safety Lou Eichelberger, 5-9. 170; and 6-1, 190. Resident: Dr. C. V. Wright Head coach: Ken Pmmcey A*. coaches: James Masonand Chris Harris Team NC-: Warriors Schml mlors: Black and gold Murning Lettermen: 15 Lettermen lost: 20 list CEhTRAL JUNIOR COLLEGE

Ism mrd: 64-1 Cad. Finish: 4lh

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guard Steve Breland, 6-1, 225.

ECJC Passers The qua rbacks for East Central Junior College this year will be sopnomore Ricky Harrison (left) and freshmanMark Killen. Harrison played his high school ball at Beulah Iubbard. while Killen labored for the Union Yellow Jackets.

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East Central Puss Catchers I The East Central Warriors will have the Herron, Cliff Eichelberger. Glen Nickolsa followingon the receiving end of passes: (left to Back Row-Sonny Bennett, Wilson Cullic r right) Front Row-Kermit Carter, Ronnie Harold Hughes and Mark Bishor I

Leake Warriors I These four Leake County East Central Junior College tootball players will play their first home game on Satur- day, September 9th against Gulf Coast Junior College with kick-off set for 7:30 p. m. in the Warrior stadium. They are: (24) Todd mb e r t Hull, and

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aast Cen ral could rum jones' title Hopes

The week's key North Division contest takes place tonight in Moorhead where di- vision-leading Mississippi Delta hosts high-powered East Mississippi . Mississippi Delta is 4-0 in the division and 5-2 overall while East Mississippi is 2-1-1 in the division and 4-2-1 overall. 'A win by Delta would wrap up the division title while a loss could keep the hopes of Xtawamba, Northwest and East Mississip pi alive. Saturday, Northwest and Itawamba collide a t Fulton. Itawamba is 3-1 in the division and 3-4 overall while Northwest is 2-1-1 in the North and 3-3-1 overall. Coahoma and Holmes match 1-3 division records in a 1:30 p.m. match a t Goodman. Coahoma is 2-5 overall and Holmes is 1-6 after having scored just four touchdowns all season. Other games in the South Division find Gulf Coast (3-1, 6-1) a t Hinds (2-2, 3-4) for the Eagles' homecoming a t 2 p.m., and Pearl River (1-3, 4-3) a t Copiah-Lincoln (1-3, 3-4).

pushed him ahead of Robert Farmer of Gulf Coast and Winfred Lyons of East Mississippi. Pouncey also has a t his disposal fresh- man Greg Hawkins, who with 23 points is the state's second most prolific kicker be- hind Mark Davis of Gulf Coast. The lone division blemish on East Cen- tral's slate was a 26-16 second-week loss to Gulf Coast. That and a season-opening 17-0 loss to East Mississippi could play havoc with any division hopes, even with a win over Jones. "The way it is set up is division record first and then overall record," said Poun- cey. "We've still got a long way to go and we've got to get by Southwest first." -- Jones, the state's only unbeaten a t 7-0, takes ,on the state's lone winless club, Northeast, in the week's only non-division contest. Although 0-7, last week's 26-0 loss to Itawamba was the first time all season that Northeast had lost by more than seven points.

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By GARY YUNT Cladon-Ledger Sports Writer

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Hey, don't look now, but Jones has not got the South Division sewed up in the state junior college ranks. / Granted that 7-6 win last Saturday a t Gulf Coast did a lot to make the Bobcats' chance of repeating better. -Beb, there is one last challenger on the horizon. East Central. That's right, East Central. The Decatur school has won its last five games and stands 3-1 in the division with a Saturday date coming up in Summit against South- west. East Central's final divisional game is Nov. 4 a t home against Jones. "But first there is Southwest," warns East Central Coach Ken Pouncey. "They've got a good ball club there, bet- ter than their record (2-5 overall and 0-4 in the division) indicates. We've still got a long way to go and we are far from any- thing spectacular." llpectacular or not, East Central is now and riding i t s loncesl: winning streak

in three seasons. The club has scored 131 points which is tops in the state and fea- tures the state's top scorer in sophomore split end Alexander Ealy. "We've been pretty fortunate in our last five games, in fact we've had a 10th luck," said Pouncey, whose club was 4-6 last year but only 1-5 in the South. "We've got nine kids back who played last year and we've got some freshmen who are playing real well. Our kids have a real good attitude right now." Quarterbacking the potent East Central attack is Mark Killens. At his disposal in Pouncey's arsenal a r e Theodore Ealy and Willie Hannah a t halfback, Wesley Collins a t fullback and, of course, Alex Ealy, who was a tight end last year. Alex Ealy caught a pivotal two-point conversion in East Central's 16-13 win last Saturday a t Pearl River and that gave him 38 points for the year and

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, Scott Gridmen At ECJC These eleven Soott County Fhst Central Jdo r Colleipe football playem will play their first home game on 8atnrdag, September &h against ~ u l f Coast ~unior Colleee with kick-off set for 7:M p.m. in the Warrior Stsdium. Taeg are [53] Mark Biehop, [a] Greg Hawkins, [MI Babby Davie, (641 Douglae Battle, [85] Ridgr Moore, (231 Ralph Edwards, [2O].Riclor Smith. 1341 Theodore Ealy, [a] Donald Finklin, [MI Alexander M y , and [41] Jer k

TO EAST CENTRAL-These Neshoba entral football players have signed to play with East Central Junior College's War- b riors. The former Rocket standouts are

Kreg Henry, Craig Chisolm d Early Clemons. These seniors led the Rocket8 to a Kosciusko Lions Bowl win over Water

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ECJC Lost Close 17-lq Game To Gulf Coast Junior College By Lois Cooper

Division loss left the Warriors 1 for the season. With a 7-0 first half in favor Gulf Coast, the Warriors came ba to tie the score. Qaurterback Stact Powell pitched out to Dav Gallaspy of Decatur. He stoppc &_fired downfield to Per Johnson who hit paydirt in the el zone. Luke Park's PAT was goc and the score was tied at 7-7 wi 6:16 left in the third period. The tie was short-lived as Gi Coast came back and marched 79 yards for a TD. Craig Havard was carrying five times including 15-yard run up the middle. Bob1 Murray added the extra point. ECJC tied the game again in tl fourth quarter. With a fourth and six from the nine, Stacey Powell I the workhouse of the drive, , threw a scoring pass to Anthony Brown for a crucial TD. Luke Park kick was good and the game w; tied at 14-14. Bobby Murrah booted a 28-yal field goal for Gulf Coast with 6:26 left in the game to give Gulf Coa-+ the 17-14win over the Warriors. The Warriors went 1-1 overa and 0-1 in South Division play. TI Warriors travel to Northeast c Thursday. Gulf Coast is 1-1 overa and 1-1 in Division pla!

Coach A. J . Kilpatrick saw his ECJC Warriors lose a close game on Warrior Field Saturday night when a fourth quarter 28-yard field goal went through the uprights to give visiting Gulf Coast Jlnio~ rolle~e a 17-14 win. The louth

ECJC Warriors From Newton County I Warriors Look Forward To Season I After the season opener against Coahoma, the !ast Central Junior College football team wi!l ost Gulf Coast on Saturday, Sept. 1 1 at 7:30. Cast Central team members from Newton County re: (sitting-left t o right) Loyce Hardy, Brian :oach, Chip Foreman, and Bo Evans; (kneeling - left to right) Arthur McMillan, Mark Haw~ r i v - Mike Spence, Jeff Breland, Mike Chaney and Isaac Blaylock; and (standing - left t o right) Chris Perry, Scott Griffin, Mike Hawthorne, Mike Gib- bs and David Gallaspy.

Kilpatrick named sophomore defen- sive ends Calvin Harper of Forest and Chris Perry of Decatur as two of these. FresHmen who have also looked impressive include Iineback- ers Keith Jordon of Louisville and Arthur McMillan of Newton; defensive tackles Mike Gibbs of Newton and 7homas Pussell of Oakdala, La.; defensive back Wayne Suttle of Centerville, Ala.; splitend Percy Johnson of Harvey, La.; tackle Paul Scelfo of New Iberia, ~ a . fullba~kLeroy Bowden 9 of Centervllle, Ala.; and tailback Loyce Hardy of Newton. Quarterbacks will be either sophomore Jeff Breland of Union or freshman Stacy Powell of Gretna, La. East Central has 14 members returning from last year's squad.

Seven of these are on offense. Tackles Mike Mason of Birming- ham, Ala., Jay Brown of Oxford, Ala., and Travis Cheatham of Philadelphia; and backs Scott Griffin of Union, William Leach of Philadelphia, Charlie Triplett of Louisville and Jeff Breland of Union. Three returning members on defense in the secondary are strong safeties Eddie Dean of Carthage and Bernard Lee of Louisville and back Jay Jones of Forest. The other returnees are linebackers Ken Wallace of Phila- delphia and Steve Gates of

A. J. Kilpatrick, the new head Football coach at East Central Junior College, said of his team, "We have had a good fall practice and are looking forward to the season." After the opening game against Coahoma, the team will take on Gulf Coast in the first home game of the ye%r on Saturday, Sept. 11. Kilpatrick and his assistants, David Bradberry and Freeman Horton. have been organizing the team to get the right people in the right places. "Our defense has looked good and is ahead of the offense at this time. The sophomores have provid- ed us with some leadership. The team is making progress every day, " said Kilpatrick. Several players have bee- impressive in the early workout:

ROGERS SIGNS-Philadelphia kicker and interior leman Dewayne Rogers signs a footballscholarship to East !ntral Junior College as Philly coach Joe Wood looks on. gers helped the Tornadoes -. complete a 9-3 season in 1979.

LOCUZ EC JG Hayers I East Centralteammembers from Scott County are: (kneelin$leH right) Barney Comans and Billy §teadimart, and -(standing-leftto rht) Jay Jones, Calvin Harpr, and Ben Lasse~er

Itbird nakt A * l w M a m d N m , J q Jeae& 0 Focest, Mark Hsrw&onte of Union, Lexsr Sowden a mntefu;ue, Ah., Stew Gateg at Cwthge, MEk( YLawthame of Udm , Ken Wdlam d PMladeIpb Tim ~ ~ p e o s d FBiladelpMa, SWL Bhyloclr Q Decafax, I'bmm Ruesell of BaMrtle, b., and All@ Cdow~ g ip d d e l p b h (fa- r w ) Luke Park a Neslb Wd a, CMm Pew of DtmIrus, 1B-tq b m s of Hehbopol, Jay Bmrn ot Wd, m. Baal Reed af Nenih Waiya, Paul k l f o of 3Ver h d a , La., Mike Gibbsof NePmton, Lamar Gheathaa of PMadelpWa, rrad Keith Henry 05 Mebile, Ah. and (fifth mw) Mike Mama d Bhahghm, Ma. Lamy Joba~0.n at Wanib Waiga, Jdus Few11 a Chicago, ID., Keith Jordan of Taoieville, Dad Gallaspy of kaatw, Calvin M er of Forest, We Knight LI-l- of PLiltdelpMa, and?illY Steadmu a

Mike Chaney of Hicltaq; ( m o d mw 'Leach of Philadelphia, Eddie Bean d ChrlieTriplet4 of Louievjlle, Ben Caeeetter MacArthur McCully of h a i d J e , W a e SuW oi ~ s n t e r v ~ e , Ma., wolie ~ . t e ~ of E"Lmge, BO Evans of Hickory, AsAhomy Brown at Eauieville, BernardLee of In+de. md SaAt CMfh of Union:

1982-83 ECJC Warrior Team

Union; Leroy Bowden, Centerville, Ala.; Stevc Gates, Carthage, Mike Hawthorne, Union; Ker Wallace, Philadelphia, Tim Thompson Philadelphia; Isaac Blaylock, Decatur; Thoma Russell, Oakdala, ~ a . ' ; and Allen Calloway Philadelphia. Fourth row (Left to right): Luke Parks, Nanil Waiya, Chris Perry, Decatur; Barney Comans Sebastopol; Jay Brown, Oxford, Ala.; Paul Reed Nanih Waiya; Paul Scelfo, New Iberia, La.; Mik~ Gibbs, Newton; Lamar Cheatham, Philadelphia and Keith Henry, Mobile, Ala.; and Fifth row (Left to right): Mike Mason, Bir mingham, Ala.; Larry Johnson, Nanih Waiya Julius Ferrell, Chicago, Ill.; Keith Jordan Louisville; David Gallaspy, Decatur; Calvin Har per, Forest; Wes Knight, Philadelphia; and Bill3 Steadman of Morton.

The 1982 East Central Junior College Warrior football team has been working to prepare for the upcoming season. Members of the team are: First row (Left to Right): Loyce Hardy, Newton; Percy Johnson, Harvey, La.; Harry Hall, Noxapater; Jeff Breland, Union; Stacy Powell, Gretna, La.; Mike ? --nce, Newton; Ber- nard Jordan, Louisville; Chi,. -'oreman, Hickory; Brian Roach, Newton; and Mike Chaney, Hickory. Second row (Left to right): William Leach, Philadelphia; Eddie Dean, Carthage; Charlie Triplett, Louisville; Ben Lassetter, Forest; MacArthur McCully, Louisville; Wayne Suttle, Centerville, Ala.; rWillie Cates, Carthage; Bo Evans, Hickory; Anthony Brown, Louisville; Bernard Lee, Louisville; and Scott Griffin, Union. Third row (Left t o right): Arthur McMillan, Newton; Jay Jones, Forest;, Mark Hawthorne#

B l o c k e d Punt

Foils ECJC, 10-7 By ANDY CLAY Star Sports Writer DECATUR - After Saturday night, East Central Junior Col- lege coach A.J. Kilpatrick may not call for a punt the rest of the season. Kilpatrick's Warriors had a punt blocked and an attempted punt that never materialized under a heavy downpour in a 10-7 homecoming loss to South Division foe Pearl River here Saturday night. The blocked punt set up Loyd Henry's one-yard plunge late in the second period for the winning points. "We work on the kicking game more than anything else, and I don't have any reason to believe it shouldn't be up to par," said Kilpatrick. "1 thought our kids played real hard. We could've won it though. It was won on some of our mistakes and some good foot- ball by them. We were unable to move the ball and it's been a pro- blem we've had all year. I don't want to take anything away from Pearl River, though. They're a fine team." East Central opened the scoring early in the game. Facing third-and-seven from his own nine, quarterback Stacey Powell Fired over the middle and hit tight end David Gallaspy all alone at the PRJC 45, where he hauled the ball in and outran two defenders for the touchdown with 10: 10 left in the opening period. Luke Parks booted the extra point. The visiting Wildcats finally got on the scoreboard early in the second period. PRJC began a t its own 16 after a 50-yard punt by Jeff Breland. The Wildcats marched 69 yards before stalling. Tony Smith booted a 32-yard field goal with 11:09 showing on the clock. The big plays of the drive were a 22-yard scamper by Henry snd a 20-yard run by quarterback Bobby Devaughn that had a facemask penalty against the Warriors tacked on. With the rain continuing to fall, Powell fired three incomple- tions and Breland came on for the ill-fated punt attempt. Breland kept his head down and never saw Pearl River's Kevin Russell block the kick. Teammate Mike Gallo fell on the ball for the Wildcats a t the ECJC 33. Henry proved to be the workhorse of the drive, carrying for 13 yards on first down and getting nine more on fourth-and-three. His TD plunge came on fourth-and-goal with seven minutes left in the second period. But East Central didn't give up. The Warriors began a drive of their own. Tailback William Leach carried three straight times for five, three and four yards and a first down a t the ECJC 39. Fullback Bo Evans saved the drive three plays later when he fell on a Charlie Triplett fumble a t the Wildcat 45. The teams then traded turnovers. Wayne Suttle fell on a bad pitch fumble for the Warriors, but Kelvin Alford intercepted a Powell pass on the next play. * Twice in the third period, the Warriors dodged the Wildcats' bullets. The visitors drove down to the ECJC 16 yard line before tailback Scott Senner fumbled. Bernard Jordan recovered for the Warriors. Later in the period, PRJC tpok over a t the East Central 17when Breland fumbled the low snap and didn't get a punt off. Facing fourth-and-eight, Chuck Bounds dropped back and fired into the end zone for Henery Martin. The ball hit Martin in the hands, but he dropped it. With time running down, the Warriors began a drive from their own 10. Powell connected with wide receiver Percy Johnson for gains of 12and nine yards to move the ball out to the ECJC 35. However, a holding penalty pushed the Warriors back and the drive stalled. Finally, with 1:39 left in the game, ECJC had one last chance. On fourth-and-eight from his own 39, Powell hit Gallaspy for 14 yards and a first down a t the Pearl River 47. However, his fourth down desperation heave was pickpd off by cornerback Ben Robertson with 20 seconds on the clock. East Central, 2-4 overall and 0-3 in South Division ~ l a v , travel to Hinds Saturdav for another division name

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November 17.1982, The Newton Record-7-A

Ladies Flag Football Team At ECJC he "Snakes," ladies flag football team at East Central Junior College, won the recent flag football playoffs. The Snakes finished the intramural season with 5-1 record. Members of the team include: (front left to right) Denice Cumberland of Newton, Tammy Williamson of Philadelphia, Coach Michael Sanders of Union, Sue Shimfessel of Newton and Sissy King of Carthage; (standing) Melissa Bates of Philadelnhia, Nina Glaze of ~ e b t o n ,Wendy Schuerr of Louisville, Coach Kreg Henry of Philadelphia, Kathie burn of Decatur, Tonia Yates of Carthage and Harriet Vickers of Decati -- - - -

"Braves" Win At ECJC

he "Br s" flag football team at East Central Junior Colle, lefeated the "Low Pros" in the recent intramural -playoffs. The Braves finised the season with an 8-0 record. Members of the team include: $front) Dometrius Griffin of Philadelphia; (kneeling left to right) Ronald Gibson of Conehatta, Gregory Jordan of Meridian, Rickie Glenn of Decatur and Antiony Moore of Noxapater; (standing) Charles Mays of Noxapater, Paul Eichelberger of Louisville, James Lewis of Union, Terrence Roberson of LouisviHe and David Moore oENox Not pictured is Wilbert Carter of Philadelphia. The Braves were coached by Donald Gammage - '' - m

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The "Braves" flag taotbPll team at ECJC defeatsd the Maae d No~rpatSr; (standing)CharlesMays of Nqapater, -.Low Pros" in the recent intramaral playoffs. The gnw P a d Ekhelberger of Louisville, James Lewis of Union, finished the season with an 8-0 record. Members of the team Terrence Roberson of Louisville, and David Moore d include: (front) Dometrim Griffin of Philadelphia; Noxapater. Not pictured is WUbeFt Carter of Philadelphia (kneeling L-R) Ronald Gibson of Conehottra, Gregory The Bravts were coached by Dondd Grrmmage of Forest I *xdan of Meridian. RLckie Glenn of Wa r n , &l&NIw

ones Downs East Central, 33-Id By JASON BIRD star Correspondent ELLISVILLE - The Jones Junior College Bobcats lived up to ,eir No. 13 ranking in the nation here Saturday night with an ~sier-than-expected33-10 win over South Division leader East 2ntral. I TheWarriors, whowent into the game leading the divisionwil a 3-1 record, thus fell to 3-2 in loop results and 3-5 overall. Jones took over the top spot with a 3-1-1record in the South. With 4:14 left in the opening quarter, the Bobcats scored on David Martin's 6-yard run and Chip Gieger booted the extra point. Jones came back with 12seconds remaining in the period when uarterback Simmy Coole shot a 50-yard scoring pass to Eligah 2' iell and Jeff Jones tacke on the PAT. East Central's Todd Wall reduced the margin by three with an - I 18-yard field goal a t the 11:15 juncture before intermission, but Jones' Leo Shelby raced 13 yards to cap another Bobcat driv The PAT failed, but Jones was up by 20-3 just before halftime East Central roared back as if to make a game of it momen later. Warrior quarterback Jim Kennamer passed five yards Tony Baker for an ECJC touchdown and Wall reduced it to 20- with his PAT boot. However, Jones stood the crowd on its collective feet by ma thing 80 yards with the next kickoff to score. T t pame arh~n Geiger caught a 41-yard pass from Cooley and it -

ECJC's "Bandits" End SeasonWith A 4-1Record

right) Karen Tingle of Decatur; Donna Bounds of Newton; Melody Smith of Philadelphia; Ramona Pullen of Philadelphia; (standing) Coach Jeff Lee of Forest; Rhonda Kelly of Union; Donna Whitehead of Union; and Coach Ray Burrage of

The Bandits, ladies flag football team at East lentral Junior College, won the recent flag foot- all playoffs. The Bandits finished the season with 4-1 record. Members of the team include (front, :ft to right): Summer Posey of Philadelphia; Kim :hamblee of Newton; Melody Freeman of Jackson; -- Lisa Kelly of Union; (second row, left to

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- ECJC Stuns No. 13 Pearl R~L- . By JASON BIRD Sports Correspondent ball away on their own 19-y--- line.

D E C A T U R - M i c a h Hazelwood threw 42 yards to Bruce McGee with 1: 37 remain- ing in the game to lift East Cen- tral Junior College to a 21-18 come-from-behind victory over nationally-ranked Pearl River here Saturday night. The Warrior defense held on fourth-and-one at their own 40 with just over two minutes re- maining to give ECJC the start of its winning drive. Todd Wall's extra point at- tempt failed. The Wildcats g 7n the board first, mic thl .gh the open- ing period, on a 52-yard in- terception return by Kenneth Caines. Jim Kennemar's pass was deflected by the intended receiver and another Pearl River defender before Caines The Warriors struck back in the second quarter on a 40-yard pass from Hazelwood to Ronnie Parker. The pass capped a 57-yard drive by the hosts. Wall's PAT put ECJC up 7-6. The Warriors hurt themselves Mer .. ,inin.tb , periq&f umbling %f C made his catch and run. The PAT was no good.

Two plays later, Lance Lar son, following a sack, firec' yards to Steve Dees for score. Larson's pass for twc points was incomplete. Pearl River, not content to sil on its 12-7halftime lead, took thf second half opening kickoff anc drove 77 yards for anothe~ score. Donnie Lewis capped thc march on a two-yard run. Lar son's pass for two points a{ fell incomplete. On the Warriors enst ossession, ECJC ma r c ack, going 80 yards for the Hazelwood hit tight end Douglas for 10 yards on thc score. Halfback Dale Reesc threw to Tony Baker for the two, point conversion. Things stayed that way unti the Warriors ame-winning drive late in the f ourth period. Ea s t Central, 2-3, host! Itawamba for Homcoeming nex week, while the 3-1-1 Wildcats r a n k e d 13 t h n a t i o n a l l y celebrate Homecoming agains Mississippi Gulf Coast, rankec fifth naitonally in the junior col lege poll.

ECJC Sophomores

East Central Junior College Warriors under the coaching staff of Ken Pouncey, David Bradberry and Freeman Horton will host the Lions of East Mississippi Junior College November 7 at 7:30 in Warrior Field, Sophomores playing in this last game of the season are: Dale Reese of Hickory, David Reynolds of Louisville, Tod Wall of Decatur, Jay Jones of Forest, Bruce McGee of Newton, Marcus Evans of Newton, and Anthony Cunningham of Louisville. (second row) Bob Yarbrough of Rex, GA., Bob Posey of Philadelphia, Micak Hazlewood of Morrow, GA., Jim

Kennamer of New Hope, AL., Ronnie Parker of Decatqr, Randall Lee of Beulah Hubbard, Joey Sharp of Union, Sammy Breland of Philadelphia, and Ray- mond Alley of Forest Park, GA. (Third row) Coach Horton, Scott Quisenberry of Enterprise, AL., Joe Douglas of Newnan, GA., Tony Baker of Louisville, Jesse Hudson of Noxapater, Eddie Goss of Louisville, Early Clemons of Philadelphia, Jerry Galaspy of Union, Fredrick Lyons of Philadelphia, and Dave Doby of Hickory. Game time is 7:30

Area Roundup JEMJC Whips EC - I By JASON BIRD Star Correspondent

DECATUR - Apair of Meridian High products ?amed up in the closing minutes here Saturday ight to spark East Mississippi Junior College to a 1-27 come-from-behind victory over archrival last Central. With 1:55 left on the scoreboard clock, quarter-. I back Ed Smith rifled a 34-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Eric Willis to provide the game- inning heroics in the regular-season finale for I o~!%l%~~pleted15of 27 passes for 230 yards to 2ark the Lions. Although the loss was heartbreaking for coach en Pouncey's East Central team, they received >megood news following the offensive shootout. , Copiah-Lincoln had just defeated Gulf Coast ' 1-14,which landed the Warriors a South Division layoff berth against Holmes. 1 Both teams battled on equal terms in the open- 1 ~gquarter, scoring a touchdown apiece. EMJC drew first blood midway in the quarter ,hen running back Danny James bolted up the iiddle for 88 yards and a touchdown. Jerry Hallmark added the extra point. East Central tied the game late in the stanza when runnin back Ronnie Parker scored on a 5-yard touch cf own run to conclude a 70-yard drive. I East Central took the lead midway in the second quarter when quarterback Jeff Kennamer fired a 12-yardscoring aerial to Parker. ToddWall's PAT gave the Warriors a 14-7 lead. The Lions pulled within four points (14-10)late :1 the auarter when Hallmark booted a 30-yard eld g&l. EMJ o~ e n e d the second half with a bang as mithtos'sed a 39-yard touchdown pass to ~ i l f i a m ,ell. Hallmark's extra point id the Lions on top, 7-14. East Central countered with 13 points to take a 7-17 lead into the final quarter on the strength of ~uchdownpasses of 30 and 25 yards from Ken- amer to Bruce IvIcGee and Tony Baker espectivdy . The Warriors failed on a two-point conversion n the first TD and elected to boot an extra point ~llowing the second score. In a wild fourth quarter, the Lions cjawed the larriors on the strength of a 1-yard lunge by nK Irmer Lamar School standout Bobby yers with : 10 remaining to ull within three points (27-24). The stage was t \ en set for East Mississippi's ramatic last-chance drive to win the game. "The season was disappointing, but when you in a game like this, it d6es your team some ood," said East Mississippi coach Randall bradberry.' ' The Lions concluded the season with a 4-6mark. last Central ends the regular season with an iden- lcal mark. -

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I East Central Jr. College 1980-81 MEN'S (Coach) of Forest; Mike Durham of Forest; Tony INTRAMURAL FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPS are: Dobbs of Forest; Truitt Neal of Forest; Ricky (fromleft kneeling) Steve Thomas of Union; Bobby Anderson of Philadelphia; Gary Barber of Chunky; Butler of Philadelphia. Brian Hatch of Morton, and Jay Jones of Forest. The Py Sigma Pv team Rusty Hanna of Union, Kreg Henry of Philadelphia; finished the season with a 15-0 record. I Carl Flake of hdsville: (Standing) Bobby Jones

East Central Jr. College 1980-81 LADIES Union, Robin Taylor of Louisville, Bobby Jones o INTRAMURAL FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPS are: Forest, Darlene Hancock of Forest, Greg Hillman (front)Julianne Kaskie of Forest, Christy McMullen Coach; and Susan Maddux of Forest. The ladie1 of Louisville; Ruth Wilkerson of Forest; Diane finished the season with a 6-2 record. Glen Hick1 Nicholson of Union; (standing)Tony Dobbs, Coach, serves as Director of Intramural Sp0.t~and M& Lisa Sanders of Union, Jan Nelle Richardson -C \nderspn :Q A a ~ i ~ t n m t nirtwtnr. - -

County ECJC Players The East Central Junior College football team have been practicing for the past three weeks preparing themselves for the 1980-81 football season. Those students on the Warrior team fromScott County are, first row, left to right, Joe Brown, Sebastopol; Terry Hawkins, Forest; Randy Ficklin, Morton; back daugh: row, left to right, Danny Johnson, Morton; and Greg Gray, Morton. (ECJC Donda Hill, daughter of . y Mr. and Mrs. Ancle Phntn-,

Singing Group Named At ECJC

and Mrs. John H. Dempsey Cleveland of Union, Key- lf McCool, Soprano; board; J oe Morgan, son of Ba rba r a Green, daugh- Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Mor- er of Mr. and Mrs. Chester gan of Decatur, Guitar; M. Green of Walnut Grove, Ilto; Mark Gunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kemp C. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Penson E. of Forest, Lights; Steve 3unn of Forest, Bass; and McKay, son of Mr. and I Shellye Will, daughter of Mrs. James E. McKay of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne T. Hill Louisville, Sound; a n d lf Louisville, Alto. Greg White, son of Mr. and Other include: J immy Mrs. John H. White of

LOCAL PLAYERS-East Central Junior College football team has been practicing for the past three weeks preparing themselves for the kick-off of the 1980-81 football season. The Warriors will host the Bulldogs of Holmes JuniorCollege onSept. 6 in Warrior Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Those s lavers fromNeshoba County include (front

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--- - THE EWC WARRIORS FOR 1980 - Members of the East Centrd Junior footbdl tecmn aw (m to light) Front Row - W y , M s . Paker, Pow, Gdarpy, Mikh, Brdmd, Winstead, lm Rusd, ylpp, Doby; b o n d Row - Evans, Ahford, Wdcer, Moore, khnm, h s , khnlon, G l m n , Douglas, Wdl; Third Row - Cunnind#n, Gou, Hudson, Richmond, Brorm, Hichds, Townrend, W n s , MtNeil, Jones; Fwrth Row - Clement, Glass, Gray, Fickh, Robinm, Rogers, Reynolds, Dummay, Quirenl#rry; Mth Row - Bums, h e r , McGee, Reese, er, JordanMiles; Sixth Row - Winstead, Alky, Yarbrough, Hauhnood, John, assistant coach bvidBmdbey; Bock Row - nssistmt Harton. head coach Ken Parncev. (Staff Photo)

ECJC Wins Opener DECATUR - Coach Ken Pouncey's East Central Junior College Waniors opened the football season on a winning note here Saturday night with a 14-9 win over Holmes. Holmes drew first blocd early in the half with a %yard field goal, but shortly before the half. the Warriors' Jim Kennamer hit Randy Hornsburger with a 45 - yd wring strike and Todd Wall booted the PAT to put East Centmi ahead to stay. East Central upped its lead to 143 after intermission when Kevin Jordan bolted in from 3 yards out and again Wall tacked on the conversion. Holmes went to the air in an effort to pull it out and Bulldog quarterback Tim Ludwig hit on an 8-yard 'I'D pass, but came up too little, too late. "We were real proud of our players, especially the freshmen," said Pouncey after the game "Our young players did a fine job on defense and showed they have what it takes. I hope they keep it up." East Central travels ta Wesson Saturday night to face the C!Lin Wolves in their next action.

'^JC, EMJC FA--- Spring Grid Game; Wildcats Working East Mississippi Junior College and East Central JC will meet il a spring football game Friday afternoon at 2 in Ray Stadium. The Meridian High Wildcats, currently undergoing spring dr~lls will scrimmage immediately following the EMJC-ECJCclash. Admission is free. EMJC and ECJC, longtime rivals, will engage in a full-scalc contact game. The only restrictions will be in the kicking game Instead of kickoffs, the ball will be placed on the 20-yard line, an( the ball will be moved 35 yards downfield in punting situations. Meanwhile, Meridian coach Mac Barnes was pleased followinl Tuesday's workout, the Wildcats' sixth of the spring. "I thought this was the first day that we showed a great deal o improvement," said Barnes. "It looked like the players finallj understood what we're asking of them. "We've had a lot of players playing at new positions, and it'! been a new situation for them. But I think they're getting the hani of things. "I'd say things look real good for next season." Barnes said the main job of he and his staff was findine replacements for 16 graduated starters from a year ago. "It's a tough job," said Barnes. "But it looks like we'll find thost replacements this spring. "We've had good attendance. They're paying good attention everybody is working hard ... we couldn't ask much more thar what they've given these first few days." Barnes said the 'Cats had suffered a few bumps and bruises sc far, but "we haven't lost anybody due to injuries "