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Continued from ID Itawamba, 14th in the Dec. 12 poll at 10-1, has since gone 4-4. ECCC has dominated Co-Lin the past two years. Co-Lin, which finished 26-7 and fourth in last year's national tournament, has a combined 41-8 showing the past two seasons. ECCC has given • them three of the losses, with two coming in Wesson . P ace' s secret1 "I couldn't really tell you that/' he said slyly. nwe just play hard. We've got some things that we do especially for them, but we'.re just fortunate . I couldn't attribute it to anything but hard play. · "What we're able to do is move people in and out and if we get in foul trouble, when we sub, we really don't lose a lot,'' said Pace, who plays eight to 11 players. "I've got a lot of con– fidence in a lot of them. "We won't dwell on Co-Lin because that's just one game and we've got all these other folks to play. That's what I asked my team today, could they stand prosperity?" And the role of the hunted.

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Kilgore, Texas (6) 2 Connors, Okla. ll C.Lin 4 Central Arizona Moberly, Mo. tie Sullivan, Ky. Emmanuel, Ga. 8 MoUow, Tenn. - Barton Co., Kan. 1 Looi.sburg, N.C. !% Hubert, N.Y. lS.. Pensacola, Fla. 4 DevilsLake,NO. lS Ho\liard, Texas Grayson Co., Texas

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and Sadie Triplett played on last year's team which at the Christmas break was ranked third nationally 1 but was eliminated in the Region 23 Tour– nament semifinals. ''I've been there and I can tell you...I'd just as soon we didn't have the polls," Pace added. The polls do come in handy for recruiting, Pace agreed. But while the season is still Widerway, that 1 s another story. Op_ponents take to teams with na– tional rankings like a bull to a red cape. Co-Lin's stay in the Top 20 has been the most successful one by a Mississippi team the last two ~ears. Meridian, ranked 18th Jast week, saw its ranking among the nation's elite last seven days. The Lady Eagles felJ into the •·Others Receiving Votes" category this week. SEE Poll 60~

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