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Warriors lose to Holmes, 20-14 E~t Central Community College 'ilinost overcame a three touchdown .ieficn but the Warriors' bid for a uurd matght season victory fell just llll.. Both scores carne after short drives and were set up by East Cen– tral fumbles.

dnck Coleman, one for 3 yards. Sammie Holi fie ld led Warrior rushes with 67 yards on 12 carries . Byrd averaged 42.8 yards on S punts. The Warriors lost 5 of 6 fumbles while Holmes fumbled three times and lost one, whtch was recovered by EC's RtmelMeeks. Hayes Petty was credited with intercepting a Bulldog pass. East Central was penalized 6 times for 50 yards. Holmes was assessed 9 times for 115 yards. Defensively, Dynassus Buggs led the charge with 14 solo tacldes, 9 as~ists and a quarterback sack. Other top defenders were Wyau Williams, 11 and 2; Dee Dee Moore, 10 tackles and a quarterback sack; Hay~ Petty, 2 and 4. Ben Williams, J and 3 and a quanerback sack; Junm} Brown, 5tackles: and Dewey L~. 4 and I.

Holmes' thtrd score v.as the result of Stark's seven-yard run wh1ch cap– ped an 86-yard dri,e. Woidtke again added t.he PAT. STATISTICS East Central had 11 fir>t downs: Holmes had 14. The Warriors rushed for 13 yard~ and passed for 152 for 225 total yards. Holmes bad 82 yards pa\ing and 214 passing for a total orfemhe per– formance of 296 yards. For East Cenrral, Lamont Byrd completed 10 of 29 pa'>s~ for t:2 yards. He had two truerception'>. Receptions were made by Tony Kidd, six for 117 yard3, Shannon Dodson, 3 for 32 yards. and Ken-

!les shon as Holmes Communi– !~ College held on for a 20-14 non– dl\ 1sion victory Thursday night on rbe Goodman campus. Following the loss, East Centra l dropped a 2-3 overall and remained 1-1 m South Division action. Holmes. 0-2 in North competi– tion, tmproved to 2-3 overall a fter lhe SJ \-point win. The Warriors will re-enter divi– :.ion competition this Saturday by rra•ehng to Hinds Community Col– ege for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff on the Raymond campus. Following the loss, East Central dropped to 2-3 overall and remain– ed 1-1 in South Division action. Holmes, 0-2 in North competi– uon, improved to 2-3 overall after the six-point win. The Warriors will re-enter divi– sion competition this Saturday by traveJing to Hinds Community Col– lege for a 6:00p.m. kickoff on the Ra ymond campus. It was not until they trailed 20-0 did the Warriors get untracked and when EC finally scored they d id so in an exciting fashion. On the last play of the first half, Warrior return specialist Willie McClelland fielded a Bulldog punt on his 13 yard line and then outran would-be Holmes tacklers on an 87-yard scoring jaunt which ob– viously gave the Eas t Central squad a momentum boost going into the dressing room. Late in the third period East Cen– tral narrowed the scoring ga p to 20- 14 when quarterback Lamont Byrd capped an 80-yard drive by scampering four yards to paydirt. Pete Porter connected on his second PAT and the Warriors appeared to be in complete control of second half action. Byrd 's tally was set up by key passes he made to Tony Kidd who had completions of 22 and 45 yards; the Iauer which gave the Warriors' possession on the Ho lmes' 17-yard line. A few minutes later when the ru~ ... ~.. '":! ··~do ~ . EC ·"as .o positton to ta~~.e tile iead v. hen defensl\ e back Hayes Petty in– terupted Bulldog quarte rbac k Willie Cross' pass and returned the pigskin 57 ya rds to the Holmes' four-}ard hne.

But East Central v. as unable to cash in the scoring opportunity when Byrd 's completion to McClellan was ruled out of the end– zone on a fourth and goal situation. The Warriors lost another scoring opportunity on a march that began on the EC 2 1 with six minutes left in the game. T he Warrior d rive featured a key third down pass from Byrd to wide receiver Shannon Dodson , which gave EC possession on Lhe Holmes' 32, and a pass interference caU which also involved Dodson and gave the Warriors a first down on the Bulldog 17 with 2:49 remaining. But EC was denied the victory as McClelland could not hang on to Byrd's pass in the endzone and Byrd himself was sacked for a 13-yard loss on fourth down wirh JUSt O\er two minut~ left in the cont~t. The Holmes' offense, complete– !) shut do\1, n •n the ~~nd half, scored all ::o potats tn the second QUartt"r. The BuUdogs" fLr'l s..;orc came on an eight-).nd 'tr e from Cross to Slep"len Pr~c~- Trent Wordtke kid,ed the PAT. On the!; econd tally, which was reg!Stered !0 ~nd later, tailback. Glen Star ·ound the endzone on an ll -)-~rd run. Woidtke's PAT was not u~-ful.

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