1977-1982

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: