1977-1982

EYJC Invaaes Deca ur For Finale By KAY NARRO ' Star Sports Writer Pearl River got past Northeast, 21-14.

n a n~e rwill likely he at the throt- tle for the \Varriors Saturday ~iight wliile former Meridian High star Ed Smith will be a t arterback for the Lions. qulOf course, it's disheartening to lose two garnes in a row by three points," said Bradberry this week, "Iiowever, our boys have played real hard and those things iusl hap~)en." Bradberry &-id it was doubtful that kick return specialist Stacy or fullback Larry Jones play, but most every odier meniber of his squad was healthy arid ready to go. At Decatur, Pounce said, H "Althougl~ we would li e very much to get a shot a t Holmes again in the playoff, we a r e only tlsnking of Scooba. We know this is o~ l e of the oldest rivalries in the junior college league and we're not taking it lightly. "In fact, East hlississippi is a well-coacllcd team. They have a fine deferisive team; I think they've allowed only about 90 poinp all year and that's great in this league." Pouncev said his sauad was in Ea s t Mississippi, besides Smith a t quarterback, will likely go with' Richard Jones a t tight end; Charlie Bonner and James Carter a t tackles; Anthony Ward and Charlie Johnson a t guards; Michael Lan ford a t f center and Eric Wi lis and William Bell a t wide receivers. On defense, Bradberry will start Jose Casanova a t nose guard; Homer Pasteur and James Randle a t tackles; John Horn and Joe Elfe a t ends; Jim- my Bonner and Tommy Sherrod a t linebackers; Jesse Hill, Ken Alexander and David Miller in the secondary and Kirk Perry or Jerry Hallmark a t free safety. "pretty God ~ h o ~ e ' " ~ h ~ s i c a l 1 ~ Kickoff is set for 7:3U and and ready for a11 all-out effort. Tfle wal., likely open Me r i d i a n Ra d i o S t a t i o n with either lIa,:elwood or Ken- W"OX, 1010 am, will carry the . I , . A . pame live h~ ~ i nn i n c r n t 7.15p.m Baker a t s lit end; Mike Mason a t split tac I: le; Dean LeBlanc a t split guard; Anthony Cunn- ingham a t center; Early Clem- mons a t strong guard; J a y Brown a t strong tackle; Joe Douglass a t tight end; Mike Ballew a t fullback; Ronnie Parker a t tailback and Dale Reese a t flanker.

Pearl River -and Holmes will represent their respective divi- sions in the state playoff game. PRJC wound up tied with Jones for the South title with 4-1-1 records (thetwo teams tied each o t h e r d u r i n g t h e r e g u l a r season), but Jones is on proba- tion and not eli ible to take part f in postseason p ay. Meanwhile, the big game a t Decatur means a lot in the way of "pride" for the Warriors and Lions. "I guess we'd rather beat East Mississippi than anybody else in - neck of the woods," said one h a s t Cent ra l f an . "We've always had a good rivalry with Scooba and it will be a fine foot- ball game regardless of the outcome." 3ast Central warmed up for ., battle against EMJC by whip- ping Southwest, 29-19, last week a s a r e c o v e r e d M i c a h H a z e l w o o d t h r e w t w o touchdown passes for Pouncey's crew. East Mississippi dropped its second straight 3-point ( 13-10) verdict to a fired-up Mississippi Delta eleven and finished a t 2-4 in North illvision results. '-Iazelwood and J im "

The East Central Junior War- ~ i o r sand the East Mississippi Lions have one more shot a t vic- tory this season and it comes Saturday night a t Decatur. 1 Coach Randall Bradberry's Lions of Scooba have already 1 lost their chance a t posting a winning season, but badly want I a win over the Warriors to heln their 3-6 mark. East Central; "ah the other hand, needs a win to post a break-even season. Coach Ken Pouncey's team stands a t 4-5 for all games, but is a t 4-2 and in third place in the South Division standin c; and could still land a playoff %&th if Gulf Coast loses to Co-Lin Saturday night. Saturday night's game a t Warrior Stadium is one of only two Mississippi Junior College games on the agenda in this final weekend of the regular season. Gulf Coast goes to Copiah- Lincoln in the other Saturday game to end the season. On Thur sday night, f ive games brought down the cur- tain. Northwest whipped Hinds, 27-14; Ilolmes blitzed winless Coahorna, 55-0; Jones beat Itawamba. 21-14; Southwest