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Holmes starts fas and then hangs on to beat East Central By Lee Baker o.non.Ledger SlaHWriter

t he same 2-3 in losing. Warrior coach A.J. Kilpatrick, who led Holmes to the state cham– pionsh ip in 1981, was disappointed with the homecoming of sorts, say– ing, "We just didn't play the first half, just not there. 1'hen in the sec– ond h'alf we had t he chance to win, but di<.L-1'tmake it." Holmes coach Robert Pool, still fuming ove r la s t week's 27-13 pounding at Northeast Mississippi, said, "I'm damn glad to win one. The defense played well and we got enough offense to win. •· Holmes wound up with a 262-203 yardage edge, thanks to outgaining the Warriors 173-70 on the ground to offset superior EC passing. Byrd wound up wit h 133 yards on 9 of27 with two intercepted. Holmes' Wil– lie Cross was 10 of 21 for 89 yards with one interception.

JUNIORCOLLEGES drive as the second period waned,– reeling off five first downs before Stark charged 7 yards offright tack– le for his second touchdown. T hereafter the Warriors domi– nated, closing within 6 with 5 min– utes, 16 seconds left in the t hird quarter on Lamont, Byrd's 5-yard keeper, shaking two tacklers on his way to the end zone. East Central kept the pressure on, twice missing apparent scores, fll'St when McClelland came down on the line at the back of the end zone with a pas:s from Byrd, then with time running out McClelland dropped another pass from Byrd in the end zone. The Bulldogs moved to 2-3 with the win, while East Central reached

GOOD~L~\J -HolmesCommu– nit) College struck early, then the Bull dogs h ung on desperat.ely Thu~da\' to the fin ish of a 20-14 "in oYer East Central's Warriors. Holmes scored three second– quarter touchdowns before East C.:ntral fi nally got on the score– board off WiiJie McClelland's 90- ) ard punt return as the first half fmdt:!d. Ea!'t Central errors opened the nay to the frrst two 'Dog scores. A mble recovered by Holmes' Jay E' ans a t the EC 24 setting up a Wil– lie Cross to Stephen Presley 8-yard touchdown pass, and then a fumble re<:o\.'ery by Kern Collins at theWar– rior 10 lead promptly to Glenn Stark -acing ~vide right to score. Holmes put together an 86-yard

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