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number two on the road to Itawamba, 45-9. Elsewhere in JUCO ball last week, Gulf Coast shutout Southwest, 34-0, Pearl River b ombed Holmes 36-13, and the biggest upset of the week– en d occurred in Jones County. There, the Jones Junior College Bobcats upset the defending national champion No rthwest Mississippi Rangers, 17-7. In Ellisville, the Bobcats dominated. Jones outgained Northwest 254 to 171 yards. The Rangers, who rushed for over 200 yards against East Mississi ppi the week before, gained only 30 yards rushing $g "n8t the Bobcats.

This week something is ~ und to give. In bot h the North and uth DivisiOns of Mississippi U"unior College football, there lare t wo winless teams after ~hree weeks of play. And , in both divisions, hof:le win less tearps play one nother th is Thursda) night. tl;Jnless, there are a couple f tJP9, a couple of teams will aste their first victory this ·e~n. At Booneville, Northeat5t is&issippi will attempt to brea k in to the win column against perennially-haplc~s Coah om a. The Coahoma Tigers have not won since the 1985 season and Mis~. Delta beat t hem 45-6 a week ago. No. theast, mcanwhlle,

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went to the capit&l-a r ea and fell victim to Hinds, 27-0. Over on the South side of the coin, Copiah-Lincoln will try to better its 0-3 mark with a road tilt against E a st Central at Decatur. Last week, Co-Lin was held lo -51 yards on the groun d and fell to East Mississippi at Scooba 33-23. 91'0 bo1:taA A ttm>fi i1!1#r::BIJH~Ul.ll the Gulf. "~1ti~ntg§'lll.fl~ !JI njral Wa1 iPi'dslffiM R~flnGMl~ st

I Edward Freeman returned • locked kick 83 yards for to c laim first win

Northwest's only points. The squads were tied at 7-all at the quarter, then the Bobcats took control with a fi eld goal midway of the second period. In Scooba, EMCC raced to a 26-6 lead in thi s affair and held on for dear life a s the Wolves closed with in three and suffered a game-ty ing field goal attempt block with just under six minute:. to play. At Poplarville, Ch ris Ryan rushed for over 100 vards for the third straight week a t the nation's ninth-ranked team - Pearl River - improved to 3- 0. Under se cond -venr coach Willie Coats, the River is now 13-1. Darrell Nicklow. who paces the state junior college r anks in pas s r eceptions, caught a

touchdown pass and returned a punt for another score as Itawamba rolled a t home. Veteran Hinds coach Gene Murphy earned h1s 50 t h cat·eer coaching victory with his squad's triumph at home against Northeast. At Coahoma, the Delta passed for over 300 yards and rushed for an additional 200 more. The Trojans racked up a 31-0 lead at the intermission. Gulf Coast pounced on Southwest for 21 first quarter points and then raced to the shutout. This week, Holmes (1-0, 2- 1) \Vill be at Northwest (1-0, 2- 1, Thursday), East Mississippi {0-1, 2-ll will visit ltnwamba <0-1. 2-1 , Saturday), and Coahoma (0-1. 0-3) will go to

Northeast W-1, 0-3 Thursday). In the South Division, Pearl River (1-0, 3-0) will host Jones County 0 -0 , 2-1 , Saturday), Southwest (0-1, 1-2) will tra·· el to Hinds <0-1. 2-1, Thursday), and Copiah– Lincoln (0-1, 0-3) will be at East .Central CO-l. 0-3, Thursday>. Co-Lin coach Randall Bradburry is expected back on the sidelines Thursday night. He left last week's conte~t against EMCC due to elevated blood pressure but wa~ treat– ed and released from a local hospital. In non-divi:-ional activity, Gulf Coa:;t (2-0, 2-l) \\ill visit the Delta (2-0, 3-0, Thursday). coa \\nit< n; 11 sports '"T~tcr "1th The Mend nn "tar

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