1990

\\'EEK OF

To even record.... East Central blasts Coahoma 45-0

Scoring on their first four posses– sions, East Central Communit} Col– lege jumped out to a quick 24-0 lead and then coasted to a 45-19 non– division victory over \'ismng Coahoma Commuony College Saturday night. With the win, the Warr;ors Im– proved to 2-2 overall and remain 1-1 in South Division compeuuon. East Central will battle another non– division opponent this \\eek \\hen the Warriors tra\el to Holmes Com– munity College Thursday night. Kickoff is set for 7:00p.m. on the Goodman campus. Following their loss to East Cen– tral, the Tigers are now win-less in their last 52 games. Coahoma is 0-4 on the 1990 campaign. Fullback Anthony Walker put the Warriors ahead for good when he found paydlrt on a 15-yard run with 8:35 left in the first period. The scor– ing drive covered 73 yards. Pete Poner added the PAT, the first of six extra points made by the Mor– ton freshman. Walker later capped a 46-yard drive when he dashed 28 yards for the six-point tally three minutes later. Quar terback Lamont Byrd also got into the scoring act when he rac– ed past Coahoma defenders on a 65-yard keeper with 1 :42 remaining in the opening period. Porter extended the Warrior lead to 24-0 when he connected on a 27-yard field goal with 12:03 re– maining before halftime. Coahoma registered its first touchdown with just over a minute left until intermission when quarter– back Lateef .Tellis fired a 13-yard scoring strike to brother Jeff Tellis. David Henslee added the PAT. The Tiger tally was set up by quarter– back Tellis' completion to Willie Felton which covered 55 yards and gave Coahoma possession on the 11 -yard Line. East Central still had a comman– ding 24-7 lead at halftime. The \\ &I"";IOt5 et;~ oded for two the rrl p::riod oa M::Orua n.J. The first ~1cClelland stx-pomter came on a 57-yard punt return with 6:10 left and his other tally was the result of a 12-yard run with just seconds remaining in the quarter. McClelland's second score was set u"}) y Walker's S2-Yard run to thl! C-..:: -- • ""t -- !:i

ing trike from quarterback Wayne Kelly "-ith 9:42 remaining in the final stanza. Coahoma added two late scores; ·he first coming on a 50-yard pass play from Tellis to Troy White with 3:10 left and the other on Tellis' four-yard scamper with just over a minute remaining. The Tigers were unsuccessful on both two-point con– version auempts. STATISTICS East Central had 13 first downs to 9 for Coahoma. The Warriors hao 287 yards rushing and 42 yard£ passing for 329 total yards. Coahoma had 23 I yards passing and 164 yards rushing for a total of– fensive performance of 395 yards. Anthony Walker led EC rushers with 145 yards on 10 carries. Other top rushers were Lamont Byrd, 88 yards in 7 carries; Sammie Wolific!d, 62 yards on 10 attempts; and Willie

McClelland, 44 yards in 5 carries. Byrd completed 2 of 3 passe<; for 11 yards. Wayne Kelly also con– nected on 2 of 3 passes for 35 yards and one touchdown. Warrior receptions were made by Shannon Dobson, one for 30 yard~ and a touchdown: Willie McClelland, one for 6 yards; Tony Kidd, one for 5 yards; aJ;ld Kendrick Coleman, also one for 5 yards. Byrd averaged 34.4 yards on five punts. East Central was penalized 11 times for 130 yards. Coahoma was assessed 10 times for 75 yards. Defensively, Wyatt Williams Jed the charge with 8 solo tackles and I assist. Other top tackles were T im Jar k.son, 6 and J; Jimmy Brown, 5 and I <~nd two quarterback :.acks. Felton Burroughs , 5 and 0 , i)yoassus Buggs, 4 and 3; and Dee Dee Moore, 3 and 2 and one quarterback sack . Moore and Michael Hathorn also recovered Tiger fumbles .