1977-1982

buthwest Trips ECJC 1 ", ' A fourth quarter comeback Benny Earl Moore with 46 try by East Central Junior yards on three catches, Bob College fell short Saturday as Holland with 28 yards on two the Warriors fell to Southwest snags, Jerry Brantley with 12 JC 33-20. yards on one catch andDudley The Warriors totaled only Windstead with one reception seven points in the first three for five yards. quarters to fall behind the ECJC kicker Billy Smith South Division foes too far. continues to pace the state's Jerry Brantley led ECJC in junior college kickers in field rushing with 45 yards on eight goals with six. He is also 16th carries, followed by Willie in the state in scoring. Hannah with 43 yards on 11 The loss to Southwest drop- carries, Wesley Collins with 39 ped the Warriors to 3-5 overall on eight tries and Donald and 2-3 in South Division play. Ficklin with 24 yards on nine Southwest is now 43 overall totes. and 3-1 in league action. Ficklin completed 10 of 40 East Central will host 7-1 passes for 140 yards and suf- Northwest JC Saturday in a fered three interceptions. 7:30 p.m. contest. Northwest Russell Landry led the ECJC has been ranked as high as receivers with 49 yards on fourth nationally among ee receptions, followed by iunior colleges. L

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time. The sophornore have provided us wit sdme leadership. Th team is making progres e v e r y d a y , " s a i l Kilpatrick.

A. J . Kilpatrick, the ?w head football coach at East Central Junior Ilege, said of his team, & e have had a goed fall practice and a r e 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 year on Sat- urday, September 11. Kilpatrick and his assist- ants, David Bradberry and Freeman Horton, have been organizing the team to get the right people in the r i gh t places. "Our defense h a s looked good and is ahead of the offense a t this

Several players hav~ been impressive in t h ~ early workouts. Kilpa trick named sophomore defensive ends Calvil Harper of Forest an( Chris Perry of Decatul as two of these. Fresh men who have alsc l o o k e d impressive i n c l ud e l i n e b a c k e r s Keith Jordon of Louis. ville and Arthur McMil- Ian of Newton; defensive tackles Mike Gibbs of Newton and Thomas Russell of Oakdala, La.; I

ECJC Warriors LoseTo EM JC East Central Junior College 'arriors lost to archrival East ississippi Junior College 31-27 in e last two minutes of the game hen Scobba scored a TD to come from behind to win. East Central with a 4-2 South record finishes third in the South with Jones first and Pearl River second. Jones was placed on probation earlier in the season and will not be permitted to participate in the play-offs, therefore, Pearl River will take the number one spot and East Central the number two. East Central will play the number one team in the North, Holmes Junior College, on November 14 at Goodman while Pearl River takes on the number two team in the North, Delta Junior College. The winners of the two games will then meet for the State Championship at a date and time to be decided on early next week.

Pearl River, 28-14 POPLARVILLE, Miss. ( UPI) - Danny Lewis scored on twc short runs Saturday to leac Pearl River .Junior College to 2 28-14 win over East Central. Pearl River broke away fron a 7-7 halftime tie to improve it1 record to 3 2 whlle East Centra fell to 2-3 Lewis scored on two 1-yan runs, and Pearl River also go touchdowns from Dennis Nelsol on a 23-vard p from Mar Toler and Hollis Payton on lyard run East Central scored on a pai of touchdown passes from Jir K e n n a m e r t o R a n d Hornesburge~

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