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..It's a lot better attitude "Ray said of the current team... Be ncr than lust year. The new (defensive) coach (Brad Bradshaw) came in (from Madison-R id!!eland Academy) and said we're going to do a whole lot better and we we– ren't in physical condition like we are now. He·s got us in better shape and we' ve really been working hard to improve our season. We were 2-8 and hopefully we'll be better." As for the points the Warnors surrendered in 1989, Ray said, "It was prcuy hard when the defense is on the field three-fourths of the time. This year we're hoping that our offense will be rolling and be better than iL was. Hopefully the defense won't be so tired and won't give up as many points as we did last year." The season opener against Delta saw the Warriors allow 23 points, but 11 cou ld have been a lot worse. Two turnovers gave the defending state runnerup Trojans the ball in– side the ECCt 30 but the Warriors

gave up only three points off those bad breaks. One of Delta's touch– downs came on a 67-yard punt re– turn, hardly the defense's fault. Ray has set his goals for 1990. "Last year I got hurt and was out two games. 1 was leading the state in tackles (at the time of the in– jury). I hope to lead the state in tackles this year and have at lec~c:• five imerceptions.·· Ray p1cked off a pass at South– west last year and returned it 39 yards for hi s first caree1 touchdown. "I don't believe I ' II ever hav another one like that though," Ra)' added. Other defensive starters for head coach A.J. Kilpatrick are sopho· more Dynassus Buggs (5-1 1. 220 and sophomore Tim Jackson (6-3. 238) at the ends; freshman Dec Dee Moore (6-0. 240) and sopho– more Jimmy Brown (6-2, 250) at the tackl es; fr es hmen Ru ssc' Meeks (6- I, 195), Markeyc Hol– mes (5-10. 170), Mark Patricl.: (6-1, 215), and David Coleman

DECATt..'R- The returning member~ of the 19 9 defensive squad at East Ccnunl Community College have a pomt to prove this fall "That 1PO ntbeing they weren't as bad a they looked at times a ycnrago. In gomg 2-8. the Warnors al– lov.cd an average of 28.6 pomts per game. third-worst in the 14-teamstate conference. The sec– ond half of the sca:;on was the mghtmare for the defensive War– riors. They allo\\Cd 49 pomls to Ea-;t Mississippi, 3 J 10 Hinds and Pearl River, 41 Lo Jones, and 29 to 11SSissippi Delta. Lmebackcrs Wvau Williams (6-'0. 205) of Demopolis, Ala., and Op1c Ray (5-ll, 215) rcLUrn as t11c lOp two leading tad:lers from the 19 9 ballclub. Williams had 96 tollll tackles, while Ray had 87. R! was named the Athlete of the car at Philadelphia High School senior year.

ECCC coach A.J. Kilpatrick hopes to call on defense (6-1 , 215) at the outside lineback– ers, sophomoreFelton Burroughs (6-0, 185). freshman Earl Camp– bell (6-0, 170), and freshman De– wey Lee (6-0, 175) at defensive back, and sophomore Hayes Pelly (6-1, 185) at free safety. sipp1. He also led the 1989 team in interceptions with three. Other defensive players mclude freshman defensive backs Jimmy Hoggan (5-11. 200) and Kendrick Coleman (5-ll, 175), freshman tackles David Brown (6-0, 230) and Ben Willi ams (6-3, 220), freshman linebacker Mictiael Hathorn (6-1, 235), and freshman end WilliamBoyd (6-0, 225). Burroughs returned seven kick– offs for 149 yards and three punts for 95 vards aS a freshman. One of his punt returns went for a 65-yard touchdown against East Missis-

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