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Warriors stay home for opener By Marty Stamper Special to The Star DECATUR- East Central and Northeast are alike in many ways this football season. Both wear black and gold and both have been picked to finish next to last in their respective Mississippi Community College Association divisions in 1989. And both head coaches - ECCC's A.J. Kilpatrick and Nor– theast's Johnny Plummer - are putting a lot of significance in Thursday's 7 p.m. season opener for the two here. "It's very important for us to get the first start and get the freshmen lined up and get one under their belt," Kifpatrick said. "And a win is a big advan– tage as far as the season is concerned.'' Plummer, who formerly was the head coach at Delta State, agreed. "The first game is important,'' the Tigers coach said. "A win can do a lot of good things for teams not expected to do well. "We need to see where our weaknesses are and our strengths and if we can have a ~EE Warriors

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.. . . :I h' ~ ECCC had only 13 as a team. Another player sure to be wat· ched is freshman quarterbad Lamont Byrd (6-1, 190). He wa listed as a Georgia blue ch1ppe1 by Lindy's Southeasterr; Recruiting Guide. Freshman defensive bad Arlando Daniels (6-2, 180) plav in the Georgia Ali-star Game while Lake's Larry Ickom (6-1 220, defensive end> played in th "~iss.iJ?pi Challenge" along With Holifield and Morton's Jim my Brown (6-1, 260, center). . I . . I •'"'\ 'I . !

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team's No.1 cornerback, Russell Jones. The 6-foot-3, 184-pound sophomore suffered a broken foot in practice. "The defense has looked good, especially (6-1, 237, tackle) Kelvin Heard and (6-2, 205, linebacker) Anthony Mi~helJ, " Plummer said. "Our offense really concerns me. The three returning backs we were coun– ting on all flunked out, so we'll start all freshmen in the backfield." Kiloatrick's Warriors enter the

game in as good a condition as is possible. "Barring some accident in the dorm, they all will be ready to play," the ECCC coach joked. "We cut out all the rough stuff two or three days ago." Warrior fans are anxious to see how well freshman running back Sammie Holifield (5-10, 185) per– forms at the community college level He rushed for over 4,000 yards and scored 51 touchdowns at Lake High School. He scored 29 touchdowns in 1988, while •

at a decent season." Central finished 2-8 in while Northeast wound up e had a real good first Plummer added. "Then nd of taken a backslide , two weeks. I think that's of the heat. I'm sure y's been facing that. needing to line up and .ll2er who won't olav is thP.

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