1989

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Warrio a le unbeaten Wolves ECCC comes off last-second win By Mar ty Stamper Special to The Star good things happen.'· J One of those was the r unning of fullback Mitchell Winton, who rushed for over 40 yards in the final period.

After evening their record at 1-1 last week, East Central's Warriors host the unbeaten Copiah-Lincoln Wolves Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in South Division community college football action. ECCC got its win on a Ronnie Williamson field goal on the final play of the game against Holmes. The Warriors offensive line. which struggled in a season– opening loss to Northeast, pro– vided enough blocking for ECCC to rush for 285 yar ds on 55 carries against Holmes. "They did a lot better," ECCC coach A.J Kilpatrick said. "That's usually more than we gain period." Comprising the offensive line are left tackle Kevin Lowery, left guards Cullen Scarbrough layed with more effort," Kilpatrick added. "We had some

Co-Lin's Wolves improved to 2-0 in a 39-34 shootout over Jones Saturday. Co-Lin beat Coahoma 16-6 in its season opener . Kilpatrick saw the Jones game. "They looked pretty good," he said of the Wolves. "Offensively. they're tough and I think their defense is tough." Key players for Co-Lin ou defense are nose guard Bo Davis (6-foot-1 , 275 pounds); linebacker Russell Callendar < 6-2. 225): defensive back Victor Green (6-0, 190); tackles Clarence Wheeler <6-3. 245) and Cedric Tobias (6-3. 265): and ends l\lichael Williams (6-3, 235) and Ken Verucchi (6;,3, 235). Green had nine intercep tions a year ago. Their offensive leaders are quarterback Marc Jacobs (6-2, 195); running back/quarterback Dexter Rouhlac (6-2, 210); and tight end Andre Newson (G-2, 260). Alvin Fortenberry (5·10. 180) and Dejuan Singleton (G-0. 190) are the wideouts. The Wolves have been known to go with four wide men, leaving only one man in the backfield. Co-Lin coach Ray Ishee isn't con– ceding to a total air attack. however. "We rushed for 210 and passed for 208 against Jones," he said. "We're using a lot of formations and it probably seems like we're passing more. "It's a big one for us. We've got to win this one in order to stay in the hunt and East Central has got a pretty good football team."

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