1977-1982

1 ECJC Trips I N'west JC DECATUR - Quarterbacl Jim Kennerman fired twc irstquarter TD passes to lea( East Central Junior College to z 1 23-14 victory over Northwes here Saturday night. With ECJC trailing 7-0 Kennerman went to work. i He fired a @yard scorirq rike to Terry Burns and a yard ariel TD to Ronnie rker. Todd Wall booted both the second period, the riors upped their lead to when they tackled the orthwest quarterback in the I-nd zone for a safety. Northwest fought back in the third stanza on Scott Sink's @yard pass to Jeff Arther. Bob Furgersen added the PAT. Dwight Jones rounded out the coring in the fourth quarter on 27-yard run. Wall kicked the I 'AT. Bob Yarbrough and Jessie Hudson led the Warrior defense with two interceptions each. Jones led the offense with 114 yards rushing. East Central, 2-1, hosts Gulf ~ o a s tn e x t week wh i l e Northwest, 2-1, entertains East Mississipi.

ECJC Defeats Delta

begins Sept. 4 The East Central Junior College Warrior football team will begin workouts August 13th to prepare for the 82-83 football season. Players will report between 9 and 10 a.m. with the first practice beginning at 3 p.m. according to head football coach, A.J. Kilpatrick. "I am 'anticipating 65-70 players and am looking forward to a good year," Kilpatrick sta- ted. Coach Kilpatrick has r leased the 1982 ECJC foc ball schedule as follows: Sept. 4 Coahoma There Sept. 11 Gulf Coast Hert Sept. 16 Northeast Therc (Thursday) Sept. 25 Copiah-Linco There Oct. 2 Holmes Here Oct. 9 Pearl River Herc (Homecoming) Oct. 16 Hinds There Oct. 23 Delta Here Oct. 30. Jones Here NOV. 6 Southwest The?.

East Central Junior College defeated Delta Junior College 22-20 at home on the Warrior field October 23. East Central's first score came in the first quarter with a connection between QB Jeff Breland and TE David Gallaspy. The first quarter score was 7-0. East Central and Delta both scored in the second quarter which ended with a score of 13-6 in East Central's favor. ECJC scored with a one-yard run by QB Jeff Breland. The fourth quarter really decided the game. ECJC scored on a 28-yard QB Stacy Powell pass to WR Percy Johnson for a touchdown and Luke Parks made the PAT for a 20-6 score in favor of ECJC. On the first play after the kickoff, Delta quarterback Lamar Kirkland fumb- led the snap. He recovered in the end zone, but ECJC's Thomas Russell fell on Kirkland for a safetv and a 22-6 ECJC lead. Delta then came back to score two touchdowns and made a two-point conversion to bring the score to its final tally of 22-20. East Central had a total of 128 yards passing and 105 yards on the ground. East Central had a total of thirteen first downs in the ga