1990

WEEK OF

arriors seek to break .500 ark at Holmes s.-a..,gln cmsundef' then belts, the 2-2 Warriors of EastCen– Qlur::::.:;:~!J Col ege h.a"e a chance to go over .500 when they visit :a~ contest at 7 p.m. Thursday in Goodman. Th!' 1\ a..-nnrs racked up their highest point total since 1970 with a -5-1~ -J.Shlng of Co.a.homa Saturday in Decatur. ECCC scored on its ~ f -possessions. a boost to the confidence level of the offensive :ai. i ~ n does." ECCC coach A.J. Kilpatrick said. "We've moved the - :ill preuy v.--ell agamst the last three teams (Co-Lin, Gulf Coast, and Cc::borru: ." Freshm.a.nWllhe McClellandhad 121 all-purpose yards and two touch– .. 'llS against Coahoma. ..\\ illie v•ams to score all the time," Kilpatrick said. "He doesn't want 10~... . .. Sophomore Sammie Holifield still plays tailback about 60 percent of the ume :.o ~lcClelland 's 40 percent, Kilpatrick said. Holifield has 438 ,·an1son 61 carries. ~ Sophomore quarterback Lamont Byrd came through with a 66-yard tout'bdov.11 run on a veer option keeper. He has 227 yards on 28 carries. ..Obviously ifwe're going to be successful, he's got to run," Kilpatrick said. ''I really wish he would run more." Sophomore fullback Anthony Walker also had a good game, rushing for 1.!5 yards and two touchdowns. He has 367 yards on 43 carries. ··walker ran well,"Kilpatrick said. "He looks like he's picking up a lot each game. He runs with a lot more authority. He's done real well this fall." WyauWilliams leads ECCC's defense witih 38 tackles, while Felton Burroughs has 21. Holmes (1-3) beat Southwest, 24-7, while losing to Hinds, 17-0, North– west, 21-10. and Northeast. 27-13. See ECCC 60 Holmes has no backs in the state's top eight, but qqarterbackWillie Cross bad completed 27 -of-59 passes for 324 yards prior to the Northeast game. He teamed with Glenn Stark for a73-yard touchdown in that loss. ..They've played some folks that won't let them go very far in Hinds and Northwest," Kilpatrick said. "They moved pretty good onSouthwest. 'They've got a pretty decent football team. They played Northwes~ preuy good. They did not play as well against Northeast. I hope they re– peal that this week." Leading the Holmes defense are linebackers Brian Edwards (39 tack– les) and JamieWalker (32). Richard Chisolm averages 41.6 yards on 24 punts. ECCC leads the series, 23-16-3, after taking a 31-28 win in 1989 on a If so, that would put freshman Pete Porter on the spot. Porter has made 3-of-4 field-goal attempts and 9-of-10 extra points to share the team scor– ing lead withMcClelland with 18 points. Holmes counters with Trent Woidtke (two field goals, 5-of-6 extra points). Woidtke, a walkon at Mississippi State last fall, was coached at Madison-Ridgeland Academy by ECCC assistant Brad Bradshaw. Ronnie Williamson field goal as game ended. "I'll take it again just like that," Kilpatrick said.

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