1993

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Three third quarter touchdowns by Pearl River Community College quickly turned a close contest into a blowout as the Wildcats easily defeated East Central35-7 Saturday afternoon on the Decatur campus . Following the homecoming loss, the \Y arriors fell to 1-6 overall and 1-3 ih South Division competition. Pearl ~iver, which amassed a record 457 rushing yards in recording the division victory, improved to 5-2 and 3-1. It took less than five minutes for PRC to light up the scoreboard when wingback Shedrick Rodgers tallied on a 32-yard run, capping an Sj-yard drive. Murray kicked the PAT. l:ast Central later tied the game on a one-yard sneak by quarterback Todd Vowell. Antony Phipps add– ed the PAT. The 40-yard scoring march was set up by Dale Rushing's recovery of a Wildcat fumble. The Wildcats regained the lead for good early in the second period when fullback Chris Ryan fou nd paydirt on a 17-yard scamper. The PAT was not success ful due to a mishandled snap from center. The Wildcats took a 13-7 lead in– to the dressing room, and later put

the game o ut of reach for East Cen– tral in the third stanza. Wingback Vald ez Gaddis began the sco ri ng onslaught with his 33-yard tally, followed by Rodgers' 10-yard blast and Ryans' 62-yard dash to the endzone. Ryan rushed for a total 170 yards before being taken out later in the fourth quarter. Pearl River was also successful on a ll three PATs, with q uarterback Bobby Thaxto n rushing fo r one two-point play a nd Murray adding successfu l kicks. East Central will try to snap its three-game lo!>ing streak by hosting winless Southwest Thursday, Oc– tober 21. Kickoff is set for 6:30p.m. in Warrio r Stadium. The divisio n battle is also " Be Our Guest Night" fo r area high school students who will be admitted free o f charge. TEAM STAT ISTICS FIRST DOW'<$: EC , 13; PRC, 19; RUSH ING- EC, 153 yards on 36 ca rries; PRC , 457 yar ds on 55 carries. PASSING - EC, 44 yards on 17 a ttempts; P RC, no yardage o n 6 attempts . PENALTIES - EC, 5 for 40 yards; PRC 6 for 70 yards. J:O..I)IVlDL. !:- SIAfiS'llCS ,. Et;:; JennaJrN Bvl~r ruJi~c,l for 62 ~.» I "rll 1 9:ll1Bd..,

yards on ~ carnes and Sam Bro "" n had 53 yards o n 1 5 attempts to lead the Warriors. Quanerback Todd Vowell completed 2 o f 14 pas)es for 35 yards and had 3 interception~. Teammate Jason Castle cornpl·r~ l of 3 attempts for 9 yard~ receiver David Martin cauM/J three receptiom for 44 yard~. JSRil Cain punted six time~ for a ~o:.; yard average. (Prior to Satu rNa/ ii game, Cain led the stc:~(e in punt n~ with a 43.4 yard average.) M'a tin returned four k1ckoffs for ~- yard average. (Martin also 1 ..... "'fl~ state prior to Saturda} " 111 , average o f 23 .6 yards per re!ur Martin also had 1\\ 0 punt for a 10-yard average. Defensively, the: \\ arrio d J on es, 7 and 3 and I quarterbac'k sack; Sba""n ~1itchell. 6 and 5; llrad Moody, 4 and 2; Dale Rushing, 3 and 3; William Hubbard. 2 and 4; Michael Holbert, I and 5; and StevJe Stephenson, 3 and 2. Tackle~ b) Latwaun Cook and Llo)d Jones caused Wildcat fumbles, one of which was recovered by Dale Rushing. Donald Hardin blocked a PRC field goal auempt. led by Dcrricl- Cook " it h 8 11 5 assists a nd a quarterba~.: Other top defenders Y.ere , ·~t~

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