1993

\\'EEK OF

JCJC, EMCC wins The season is still relatively young, but both the Jones County Jumor College Bobcats and the East So, did the Lions' offense. John Rice rushed 15 t imes for 212 yards in the contest. Rice scored on

M'ssissippi Cu munity College Li ~s recorded big 1 divis.ional victories in dlV'l:<'ltend junior col- 9 lej:!'e play.

a 63-yard r un in t he second period. His 53-yard scam– per also set up a fourth-quarter insurance score. R an dal l McKi n s try scored from two yards out a ft er a fu mbled

SCOTT WALT ERS Sports Writer

This season, only nnu-te top team in both ":f~i~sions will qualify , ___ • _____ _ 0 fotthe playoffs. Thus, •

, ear}y-season divisional matchups 8 0 nh~e taken on more significance this .year than in years past. East Mississippi traveled to and thrashed Itawamba. 21·3. After allowing a first quarter fie!d goal, the Lions defense threw a shutout for the remaining three quarters. "We had a good defensive game– plan," said EMCC c~ach Tom Goode. "I thought our defensive pressure really worked' well in this conte,t."

punt return set the Lions up at the ICC 17 in the second quarter. EMCC led 14-3 at halftime. Calvin Young's two-yard touch– down run put the contest away in the fourth. The Lions are now 3-1 overall, and 1-1 in the North Division. After an early-season loss to Northwest, the Lions can not afford to lose another divisional battle. EMCC' ';thur sday night oppo- 1113: l

loom big under playoff format nent this week - J ones - took the upper hand in the South Division race with a 28-7 whipping of Pearl River at Bush-Young Stadium. ~ v. The Bobcats claimed the No. 5 . :he nation Wildcats, a week after setting the nation's previous No. l -quad - Northwest. -\11 told, the Bobcats picked u p - vards of offense. El sewhere in state JUCO play l a st wee k , Northeas t bombed Coahoma 30-8, Northwest downed Holmes 28- 13, Hind s routed Sout hwest 52-3 and Miss . Delta beat Gulf Coast 49-7 .

The Wildcat s entered the contest a combined 13-0 in regular season game s unde r second-year coach Willie Coats. It was a fantastic fin– ish t hat lifted the Bobcats. "We gave them some different r eads for t h e quarterback that I think t hey hadn't been used to see– ing ," said Bobcats coach Parker Dykes. "We were running three dif– ferent schemes as fa r as the option goes. The kids did an excellent job in practice trying to learn what to do this week." Eric Hines paced the Bobcats' rushing attack. Hines scored thr ee touchdowns , including two rushes for scores in the final period. A 22- p. yard pass from Chris Windsor to Maurice Mevane early in the final quarter put the Bobcats on top to

Speaking of offense, the East ::tral Warriors also found some - week in a 26-16 win at home r Copiah-Lincoln. AJ am real proud of the kids," said CC coach Reese Bridgman. Bridgman told his squad after the , -we have been through some !:!h times, but there is no group of ple I had rather be with." Ea5t Central built a 12-7 halftime d and did not put the contest -Y until Sam Brown scored on a ard touchdown run with 3:20 to play. ar the contest, the Warriors out– '"'ed Co-Lin 302-208 Brown led rushing attack with 78 yards on n carrie-

This week, three non-divisional contests are scheduled for Thursday night, with four more games set for Saturday. Northeast {1-1, 1-3) will visit Gulf Coast (2-0, 2-2), Southwest (0-2, 1-3) will be at Holmes (1-1, 2-2), and J ones County (2-0, 3-1) will tangle with East Mississippi (1-1, 3-1) at Scooba in Thursday night contests. Saturday, East Central (1-1, 1-3) visits Coahoma (0-2 , 0-4) a nd Itawamba goes to Pearl River (1-1, 3-1) in non-divisional play. Inside North play, Hinds (1-1, 3- 1) travels to Copiah-Lincoln (0-2, 0- 4) and the keynote game ofthe week has Northwest (2-0, 3-1) traveling to Miss. Delta (2-0, 4-0).