1990

With 2-4 record ... . East Central falls 28-12 to Hinds East Central JUmped out to 6-0 11r <;t:aner le:1d but could not

Albert Sweet which gave the Eagles possession on the East Central 20-yard line. H inds maintained its one-point lead at halftime. Eagle running back Efferin Macon extended his team's lead ear– ly in the third period when he raced 55 yards lO paydirt. McGinn again added the PAT. The 55-yard scoring drive was set by Eagle J ames Gayden who in– tercepted Byrd's aerial at the Hinds' 10-yard line and returned the pigskin to the Eagle 45. Hinds led J 6-6 after three periods. On the firs t play of the fourth quarter, Hinds added a third touchdown when quarterback Vin– cent Lee tailed on a three-yard blast foUowed by McGinn's PAT. The Hinds' drive covered just three yards a nd was set up by a War– rior fumble late in the third period. The Warrior defense had previous– ly held the Eagles from scoring on a tremendous goal line stand . East Central later narrowed the scoring gap to 21-12 when Byrd and Coleman combined on an 8-yard pass play with 3:20 left in the game. The two-point conversion was not successful. The Warrior scoring drive covered 63 yards. Following the EC touchdown, the Warriors tried an onsides kick which the Eagles recovered on the EC 46. On the first play from scrimmage, Hinds fullback Shun White found an opening in the Warrior from scrimmage, Hinds fullback Shun White found an opemng m the War– rior defense and raced 46 yards to paydirt. After McGinn":. PAT, Hinds held a commanding Ifl-fl('tnt

lead with ju 1 O\.er three minutes re– maining. EC was unable to ~core any additional points as Hinds held on and claimed the dtviston \ ictory. TATI TICS East Central had 14 first do" ns: Hinds collected 10. The Warriors bad 166 }ard) rushing and I 57 passing for 323 total yards. Hinds rushed for 220 yards and had 1I7 passing for a total offensive performance of 337 yards. Sammie Holifield led EC rusher~ with 75 yards on 12 carries . An· thony Walker rushed 13 times for 67 yards. lamont Byrd completed 14 of 29 passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns. Byrd also suffered three interceptions. Kendrick Coleman led Warrior receivers with three catches for 6-t yards and two touchdowns. Tony Kidd grabbed three aenals for 28 yards. EC lost two of four fumbles while Htnds lost all three of its miScue:.. Byrd punted times for a 38.5 yard average. The Warriors were penalized 8 time~ for 80 yards with Hinds being assessed 11 times for 110 yards. Defensively, Tim Jackson led the Warriors attack with 7 tackles and I assist. He is also credited with 2 quarterback sacks. Other top EC defenders w-ere Wyatt Williams, 7 & 1 and a quarterback sacks, Dee Dee ~oore, 5 & ~ and two quarterback sa cks; Ben Wilhams, three quarterback sacks; Dew~) Lee ar n yna'>'>US Bugg~. quart~rbad. s h. • und Jimmy Bro\' n. \t.1• ~ e Hl)lmes and Ru,,el \leek.s, each wtth a fum · ble recovery.

mamuun us cor ng edge as Hinds Communny College rallied for a : -12 H econ:ung ~tctory Satur– da) n;g;a on the Raymond campus. The \\ arnor~, now 2-4 overall and 1-! ~ South Dtvision action, lQ ·:>snap a two-game losing rea s Saturday when the Pearl RrHr Communny College Wildcats (5-t.!-H come to the Decatur cam– pus for a 2·30 p.m. Homecoming baule. A :6- ard coring strike from "uarteroacl. Lamont Byrd to recet\e~ Kendrick Coleman with - .:; !e:~ ..n the mitiaJ penod gave the \\ arnor) an early advantage. Pete Porter's PAT attempt was wide left. T.1e 5S-,>ard scoring drive was set up b) a Hmds' fumble which was reco\ered b} Warrior RusseU Meeks on the Eagle 42. East Central had earlier missed an ex~elient scoring opportunity when H inds fumbled the opening kickoff wb1~h was pounced on by Warrior M.ari.:e)e Holmes on the Eagle 26. Ho"'e\er EC was unable to score an) points as a high snap foiled Porter's 42-yard field goal attempt and r~ulted tn holder Kendrick Col– eman throwing an incomplete pass on founh down. Hmds, now 5-1 overall and 3-0 in diviSion play, took the lead for good when quarterback Troy Nelson found paydm on a three-yard run with 10:18 left before halftime. Charley McGinn booted the PAT whtch gaH~ the Eagles a 7--6 margin . The key play of the 63-yard scor– mg march, "'htch was set up by a Wamor fumble, was a 40-yard com– pleuon from Nelson to wide receiver

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