1982-1983

ECJC Warriors In Home Opener Sat. Against GCJC

Louisv ille and Arthur McMillan of Newton; defen– sive tackles Mike Gibbs of Newton and Thomas Pussell of Oakdala, La.; defensive back Wayne Suttle of Center· ville, Ala.; split end Percy J ohnson of Harvey, La.: tackle Paul Scelfo of New Iberia, La.; fullback Leroy Bowden of Centerville, 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 Birmingham, Ala., Jay Brown of Oxford, Ala., and Travis Chea th a m of Philadelphia; a nd backs Scott Griffin of Union, William Leach of Philadelphia, Charlie Triplett of Louisville, and Jeff Breland of Union. Three retur– ning members on defense in the secondary are strong safeties Eddie Dea n of car– thage and Bernard Lee of Louisville, and back Jay Jones of Forest. The other returnees are linebackers Ken Wallace of Philadelphia and Steve Gates of Carthage.

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 rest of the season. " The team will take on Gulf Coast in the first home game of the year on Saturday, September 11. Kilpatrick and his assistants , David Bradberry and Freeman Hor· ton, have been organizing the team to get the right people in the right places.

"Our defense has looked good and is ahead of the of· fe nse at this time. The sophomores have provided us with some leadership. The team is making progress every day," said Kilpatrick. Several players have been impressive in the early workouts. Kilpatrick named sophomore defensive ends Calvin Harper of Forest and Chris Perry of Decatur as two of these. Fr eshmen who have also looked impressive include linebackers Keith Jordon of

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