1990

cClelland keys EC victory

1op rushers for EC were Willie McClelland, who bad 98 yards on 10 carries; Sammie Holifield, 81 yards on 14 carries a nd Anthony Walker, 55 yards on 14 a ttemp ts. Lamont Byrd completed si.x o f 15 passes for 127 yards. Tony Kidd led aU receivers with three catches for 79 ya rds. Byrd punted once for 53 yards. East Central was penalized 12 times for 115 yards while Gulf Coast was assessed six times fo r 30 yards. Defensively, Wyatt Williams led the EC attack with nine solo tackles and fo u r assists. Other top defenders were Tim Jackson, 6 & 0; Dynassus Buggs, 4 & 2; Felton Bur– roughs and Dewey Lee, each with 3 tackles and 3 assists; and Michael Hatho rn, 3 tackles. E?.st Centra l wiiJ host non– division opponent Coahoma Com– munity College this Saturday with k.kkoff set (or 7:30 p.m.

late an the tbtrd penod . The Bulldogs would later deny po ints for the Warrio rs when quarterback Wayne Kelly was in– tercep ted by Gulf Coast's Troy Smith on the 1.isitors' five-yard-line. Gulf Coast finally got on the scoreboard midway in the final sta n– za when quanerback Jamie Oatis found the end zone on a seven-yard run. Beaugez kicked the PAT. Porter added some insurance points for the Warriors when he booted a 29-yard field goal with about six minutes remaining. STATISTICS East Central had 20 fin.t downs to 9 for Gulf Coast. The Warriors haJ 328 yards rushing and 127 passing for a to tal offensive performance of 455 yards. Gulf Coast had 125 yards rushing and JUSt 14 passing for 139 total yards.

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