1990

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beaten Hinds. then ranked fifth na– tionally. Delta still faces an uphill struggle. Down South, where Hinds and Copiah-Lincoln lead with 2-0 re– cords. the major test could be Mis– sissippi Gulf Coast at P earl River. Always a bloodlet ting of neighbor– ing rivals, it's given add~d impor– tance by their current t ie for second along with East Cen tral a t 1-1 apiece. Other South games pit East Cen– tral at Hinds and Sout hwest Mis– sissippi at Co-Lin, while Jones County goes to Coahoma in the lone interdivision test. Hinds coach Gene Murphy sees a testing of his team's maturity, say– ing, "Dowehaveenough to rise?" The Eagles do so without No. 1 quarterback Vincent Lee, sidelined since the third quarter last week· with a stretched neck muscle. Troy Nelson will start, backed by Jody Powell, switched from the second– ary. ' 'Qua1terback was a bright spot for us, coming into the season, with three good ones," said Mu rphy. "Now we'll find out just bow deep we really are." Pearl River, 4-1 overall, will not take1-3-1 GulfCoast lightly, insists PR coach Mike Nelson. He recallec that PR needed a 36-yard field goa with 15 seconds left needed a yeaJ ago to win 22-19. Nelson served as a Gulf Coast assistant from 1977-84,

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PeariRiver East Central Gulf Coast Jones County

Southwest 28-103 •-includes forfeit of 21-0 win over Coahorr..:: Sat urday's Games N-Northwest Miss. at Miss. Delta, 1 p.m. N-Northeast Miss. at East Miss., 3. N-Holmes at ltawamba, 6. S-East Central at Hinds, 6. S-Miss. Gulf Coast at Pearl River, 7. S-Southwest Miss. at Copiah-Lincoln, 2:30, X-Jones County at Coahoma, 7:30. Last Week's Results N-East Miss. 40, Coahoma 10. S-Jones County 42, Southwest Miss. 14. X-Miss. Delta 26, Hinds 18. X-Holmes 20, East Central 14. X-Copiah-Lincoln 24, Northeast Miss. 0. X-Pearl River 24,1tawamba 17. X-Northwest Miss. 38, Miss. Gulf Coast 13. N-North Division; S-South Division; X-interdivis

RO he knows the Bulldogs well, p ar– ticularly with coach George Sektil needing.one win to reach 200 in the juco ranks. Sekul, meanwhile, li kened last week's 38-13 battering by North-

west. as compa:uble to an NCAAD vision Ill tean· .aying a Divi,..ion team. "We dor't st and a char: (this week) ei her, unle::>s we p1 better than w~ did against No h west,'' he said

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