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third-and-one run early in the second half. "Our defense made several big plays," said Kilpatrick. "I was real pleased with their effort." ECJC took a 3-0 lead on its second series of the game. The Warriors went 40 yards in 11 plays before the drive stalled. Freshman kicker Luke Vaughn then connected on a 40-yard field goal with 8:20 left in the first quarter. A good individual effort led to the Indians first score. Eubank flipped a pass out in the flat to 5-foot-8wide receiver A.Q. Brownlee. The speedy sophomore broke one tackle, cut to the middle of .thefield, and outran everyone to complete a 68-yard touchdown pass. Shannon Bell added the extra point, fJI: threatened to run away with the gamewhen it scored again on the next drive. Bobby Geiger had returned a punt 38 yards to the ECJC 25-yard line. Five plays later, Eubank hit highly-regarded tight end Calvin Thompson for a 5-yard score. Th\ 6-foot-3, 230-pound Thompson is considered among, the best a t his ~osition in the state iu&r c n l l ~ ~ a i - - ranks. He caught thret s fol 'ds, but wa ejected in the third quarter ror flgn~lng. Eubanks had completed seven straight passe with that touchdown to Thompson, and his eight attempt was also good. But it went to ECJC corner back Greg Sanders, and the sophomore used a outstanding effort after the interception to race 4 yards for the score. Vaughn made it 14-10. ECJC recaptured the lead very early in the se cond quarter. A short punt set the Warriors up 01 the Indians 36. Two pass completions put the ball 01 the 3-yard line and Woodrow Longmire scored 01 the next play. The extra point was wide to the right and whet IJC's Bell hit a 33-yard field goal with just over twc minutes left in the half, the scoring was over for tht night. - Our freshman quarterbacks made some mistakes and we've got some kinks in our offensewe'll havr to work out," said Kilpatrick. We'll start working on that for next week." ECJC will host Co-Lin Thursdav night a t 7.sn

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KilpatrickdBad said earlier in the week his team was going to fight to stay off the bottom this season. Despite the loss, he saw a good beginning Thursday night. "For an opening game I was pleased with our lay," Kilpat~ick said. "The kids played well. W didn't know how good they (IJC)were, but we k n e ~ they had a lot of good players. "We made some freshman mistakes, but we' rk through that." Xilpatrick was pleased with his defense, whic except for a couple of big plays, played pretty we1 Itawamba quarterback Mitch Eubank moved hi team well at times with the passing game, but whe the big play was needectdefensively, ECJC got it. One example came early in the fourth quarte with the Indians leading 17-16. IJC recovered a f un ble a t the Warrior 33, but on a third-and-one, COI nerbaek Andreal Tabb broke through the line t drop tailback Marvin Marsh for a 10-yard Isss. In the first half, Rusty Bagley stopped an India rive a t the ECJC 19 with a third down tack! ehind the line of scrimmage. That resulted h*di iissed field goal attempt. The Warriors had four quarterback sacks, all i le first half, and defensive tackle Wayne Kenned topped another drive with a jolting tackle on