1989

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Rain hits ecce, EMCC Game moved to Monday night By Marty Stamper Special to The Star SCOOBA - Monday Night Football, Mississippi community college style. Continued rain forced the postponement of the East Central-East Mississippi com– munity college football game from Saturday at 2 p.m. until .Monday night at 6:30. A heavy Friday night rain left Windham Field waterlogged and unplayable. "There was a lot of water stan– ding on the field,'' EMCC coach J C. Arban said Saturday morn– ing. "The drain can't carry the water off there's so much ." While most of the day's homecoming activities, in– cluding an Alumni Association banquet, went ahead as planned, Arban said he expects the homecoming court to be presented at Monday's game.

Continued from 10 both need to beat somebody," Ar– ban said, hoping the non-division rivalry wouldn't have to be canceled. He added that the game would have to be played this week and couJd not be made up at the end of the season because of the state playoffs. Both teams have 1·3 overall

marks and are 0-2 in their respec– tive divisions. East Central holds a 26-22-4 edge in the series. The postponement will make for a hectic week for both teams. Fortunately, both teams' next games were scheduled for Sa tur– day and not Thursday. East Cen– tr al will host llinds at 7:30p.m., while East Mississippi will host Coahoma at 7 p.m.

Arban added that Tuesday rught is a possibility if it's still raining Monday night. "We both need to play and we SEE Rain

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