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has 247 yards on 49 carnes . Darnell Brown has 245 yar ds on 37 carries, while quarterback Lamont Byrd has 175 on 41 tries. Both have two touchdowns. Byrd has comrleted 10 of 33 passes for 205 yards, includin~ an 8 o 16 showing at EMCC. "I beheve that he's getting more confidence," Kilpatrick added. "I feel like he's going to be a good quarterback." Greg Fulton has completed 10 of 26 for 166 yards. Tony Kidd is the leadmg receiver with 12 catches for 264 yards and two touchdowns. Wyatt Williams leads ECCC in tackles with 58. Dynassus Buggs has 40, Arlando Daniels 38, and David Nichols 30. Charlie McGinn booted three field goals to lead Hinds to a 16-10 win over previously unbeaten Delta as the Ea$itles improved to 4-0-1. "They're good,-, the ECCC coach said of Hinds. "Their defense is as good or better than ever. " The Eagles are led defensively by cornerback Ar– thur Brandon (5-10, 178), and defensive ends John Copeland (6-3, 247) and James Robinson (6-5, 283) . Copeland signed with Alabama, but failed to meet NCAA academic standards. Robinson leads in tackles with 37. The Eagles have a strong running game behind sophomore fullback Tracy Minniefield (5-10, 225 ), and halfbacks Issac Stamps, Marshall Pack, and Issac Ceaser. Minniefield was considered the top fullback in Alabama in 1987. Dan Gaddis has quarterbacked Hinds to a 12-2-3 mark over the past two seasons. He threw for 1,103 yards in 1988.

~ .. DECATUR- East Central might have one of its better football teams in the last 10 years. Unfor– tunately for the Warriors, so does everybody else. The result has been a 1-4 record at the mid-point of the 1989 season. ECCC catches no breather this week when it hosts defending state champion and currently 14th-ranked Hinds at 7:30 Saturday night. ECCC enters the game on the heels of a 49-35 loss to East Mississippi Monday night. ''We see some spots where we're doing well,'' ECCC coach A.J. Kilpatrick said. "I don't think we've played poor. We haven't gotten blown out." One of the bright spots last week was David Savell. He returned kickoffs 43 and 44 yards to set up scores. For the season, the 5-foot-9, 160-pound Decatur native has returned six kickoffs for an average of 31.1 yards. He also has six receptions for 95 yards, including a 41-yarder at EMCC. "I think he'll continue to improve," Kilpatrick said. "He's a gutsy kid. I think maybe he's surpris– ed us a little bit." Injuries to Shawn White (ankle) and Opie Ray (shoulder) have enabled ECCC's last two opponents to n h for over 400 yards each. "I hope we can ~et our defense in order," Kilpatrick said. "We re not planning on trying to outscore them. Of course, we didn't plan on that the other night." ECCC's leading rusher, Sammie Holifield, is questionable for Hinds after suffering a deep _leg bruise in the first half of the EMCC game. Holifield

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