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Being sentenced by the schedule to play Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia is hard– ship enough for many of the state's teams. Lining up under center for visiting Holmes last Thursday became a cruel and unusual punishment. The Rangers registered the staggering total of 16 sacks against the Bulldogs' poor quarterbacks in a 34-6 victory. The Rangers, 2--0, climbed from lOth to No.3 in the NJCAA's first regular-season poll. Northwest coach Bobby Franklin said his team didn't blitz all that much. It was more a case of the Rangers' defensive front overwhelming theHolmes line. "We've got some tall guys up there who can run pretty well,'' Franklin said. "They just got after 'em." Right tackle Bryant Mix, a 6-foot-5, 255-pound fresh– man from Water \'ulley, led the Northwest sack pack with five. Left tackle Marvin Mays. a 6-4, 255 sopho– more, and weak-side end .Jody Lewis, 6-3. 220 sopho– more, were in on two sacks each. The Ranger.;' bigge"t lineman, sophomore no::;eguard Damon Primo:;, 6-4, 280. didn't play because of an un– ified 1 Jurv & Pruitt, 6-1, 260, a fre:.hman from New back on the block: Averitable stable ofqualit} running backs moved on from the ranks after last ::~ea· son, but Northeast's Ricky Andrews is doing his part to take up the slack. Andrews, a 5-9, 180 'freshman from Colquitt, Ga.. burst onto the scene with a 146-yard effort in the Tiger.;' opening game against Southwest and followed that up with 157 yards against Gulf Coast. Andrews, who is averaging 7. i yards a carry,leads his closest pursuer in the rushing stat ~ 125 yard'. Pearl River's 5-6 Doug,Johnson ha~ 178 ya~. andDdta full back Mark Mitchell, 6-2, 220, ha::; 151. Streaks and peeks: New Pearl Rher coach \\i Coats got. his first win last week when the \\ildcat- heal Jones County9-0. East.Mississippi's ne\\ roach. D Adams, will take his Lions to PoplarvillE Saturda) looking for his first.... A bright spot for Holmt:'::: in the loss at Northwest was the return of t..ailback Gl Starks, who suffered a concussion shortly befi re the season started and missed the opener. Stark" caugh• a· 36-yard touchdown pass from Willie Cross in the 5ee0Ild quarter for Holmes'lone score.... Former Ole Miss signee Shane Padgett. 6-5. 2. , and ex-Florida signee Craig Weaver, 6-3, 310. are the an– chors ofthe totall) rebuilt offensive line at Pearl Rher.

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TOOAY'S GAMES Coahoma at Northeast . ..................... 6:30p.m 7 p.m. Holmes at Southwest.................................. 7 p.m. Cop1ah·Lincoln at M1ss Delta ........... ......7:30p.m SATURDAY'S GAMES Northwest at Hinds .. ...................... .

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Franklin anticipates more ofa fight from Hinds when the t\\O teams meet tonight in Raymond in a key North Di\ision game. "Year in and year out, Hinds has good personnel," Franklin -.aid. "And they've got two little quarterbacks (Tro) e}.. on andJody Powell, both 5-8) who are quick a.... ca" Containingthosetwowill be ajob." Putting the 'D' In Delta: The run-and-shoot offense i .... the glitter at Mississippi Delta, but the 5-2 defense is the glue The 11th-ranked Trojans, who led the state in both -.coringand total defense last season, are offto a bashing start in 91. holding their flrst two opponents to a com– bined three points in a 2-0 start. ..Defense has been our strong point, no doubt," said Delta coach James "Wooky" Gray. "Coach (Jay) Miller and Coach (,Jim) Southward have done a good job on that si(IP '' APPEARJ Delw has allowed only 60.5 yards per game in wins over E,,,.t Central and Coahoma. Standouts include C;\ RT ftackle Bennie Lewis, 6·1, 250, and end Dexter Hicks, 6- M 0 R T (4, 210, hoth s~phomores from Phenix City, Ala., and free NE S II (safety An tomus Bonner, 6-2, 190, ofGreenwood. ~ The Trojans have an intriguing matchup with Co- EWTC.. .. ~ "" ,,._, CLARI O:\ - LI:.DGI:"""R___