1993

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Coahoma endS 82 game streak with 22-18 win over Warriors The ··~rn.:ak" has ended.

lor the l.<:Ore. Vowell's pass attempt for the t\\ o-pomt conversion fell in– complete but the Warriors led 13-8. It took less than a minute for Coahoma to recapture the lead, as the successful combination of Burns to Hardin resulted in a 51-yard-scor– ing pass play. The Warriors stopped Coahoma on the two-point conver– sion attempt, but the Tigers led 14-13 and maintained that margin going into halftime. East Central regained the lead late in the third period when placekicker Anthony Phipps was successful from 22 yards out. Phipps, who earlier missed attempts from 40 and 41 yards, gave the Warriors a 15-14 advantage with four minutes re– maining. The Warrior score was again set up by a mistake in the Tiger kicking game, as the Coahoma punter mhhandled the snap from cemer and \\. arrior Donald Hardin pounced on the loose ball at the Coahoma 27. The Tigers would later get the lead for good in the final stanza followi ng a questionable call after a Warrior punt. Following Jason Cain's kick, a Coahoma defender appeared to have touched the pigskin on the Tiger 24 whlch was then quickly recovered by the War– riors. However, officials ruled possession belonged to Coahoma, and on their first play from scrim– mage, Burns fired a perfect strike to split end Fred Lavender who raced 76 yards before being hauled down by the Warriors on the EC three– yard-line. Halfback Rod ney Graham scored from that point and

following a two-poim pas) play Burns to Daniel Ross. ihe Tigers led 22- 16. East Central has an excellem op– portunity to re-take the lead v.hen, following a short Coahoma punt, the Warriors had possessio n on the Tiger 35-yard-line with 3: 15 left in the game. A 13-yard run by J ermaine Uolor a nd a 14-yard pas~ completion f·m., Vowell to Washington gave b< possession on the Tiger eight. Um the Warnors were unable to ca~h 111 c: the opportunity and \\ere forced lo turn the ball over to Coahoma. llu.: J Tigers later took a safety to avoid the possibility of another bloek:ci.l punt and held on for the four-pomt decision. I The Warrion will again be on thu road thi~ week as an opponenr's guest for homecoming. East Cemral will challenge Hinds at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 7 at Raymond. The Eagles are 4-1 overall and 2-1 in di\ision action. Last week Hinds defeated Co-Lin 30-7 at Wesson The Warriors' only victor> this year also came against Co-Lin, a 26-16 decision September 23 at Decatur. STATISTICS: Rushing EC- 54 yards on 23 carries; Coahoma - 88 yards on 40 carries. Passing - EC's Todd Vowell completed JO of 25 passes for 151 yards and one m– teiception; Coahoma's Jamahl Burns completed 18 of 29 passes for 242 yards and one touchdown. He also had one interception. EC had nine first downs. Coahoma had 15. Defensively, Dale Rushing Jed EC with nine tackles and one assist. He also had an interception .

\\ irh jmr under l\\ o mmutc-. re– maming, a bliltlng Coahoma defense sacked East Central Com– munity College quarterba\:k Todd Vowell o n fourth and goal from rhe eight-yard line, preservmg a 22- 18 Iiger v.in Saturday night at Clarksdale. More importantly, of ~.:ourse, Coahoma's homecoming victory over the \\ arrior~ ~napped au 82-game wmlc~:> streak. £est Central, \\hich fell tO 1-4, had o ne las! chance to wm the non ~onfetc:nce battle, but VO\\ell's de p~rarion pa"~ from about mid– field was intercepted b) the Tigers' Sara' Barnell on the Coahoma 10-)arJ-linc a., time expired. ~In.: Warriors, unable to gene1 ate a ;>M~raining offcmivc atta~k. ~cored boih Louchdowm on blo~:ked pum ft.~turns by Parrick wa,hingLOn in the first half. t~t Central's first tall) came in the opening period ''hen Eddie H'Unl blocked Timothy Clark's punt and Washington scooped up the lo !>\.. pigskin and raced 12 yards to paydirt. Anthony Phipps kicked the PAT. Coahoma answered the Warriors' score when quarterback Jamahl Burns capped an 80 \ard drive on his 10-yard scamper ''ith 6:55 re– maining 111 the 111\1 per 1od. Burns connected with Rolander Hardin o n the I\\O-point comer)ion and the T igers Jed 8-7. The Warrior:. regamr:d the lead in the second pe1 iod v. hen tlus time Washington blocked Clark's pu and returned the pigskm 30 yard

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