1993

-Unbeaten Trojans 'climb to top spot

• Mississippi Delta, 7-0, is No. 1 in this week's poll; ~ Jones is No. 12. 1 By LeeBaker ) Clerlon·ledger Staff Writer 1 Mississippi Delta has moved atop ·he national junior coUege pOll, a great hQnor qays coach James Gray. The 7-0 Trojans, No. 2last week, 1•ushed by Ricks (Idaho), now fifth alter a loss at Dixie (Utah). Jones County, Mississippi's oth– (·r Top 15 juco poll entry, inched up another spot to No. 12. TheBobcats have won six straight since a 35-33 loss to Holmes in the opener. "We've still got to win the North Division (to reach the state champi– onship playoff), and we've got a big game at East Mississippi," Gray -.aid of Saturday's opponent. "Tom Goode has a good team impaired some lately by injuries, but it's homecomingfor them and they'll be ready for us." Jones, 6-1, "isits Northeast Mis– ~o~issippi tonight. Pearl River: The Wildcats, lead– mg state rushing with 302 yards a game, boosted that figure last week with a school-record 457 yards in smashingEast Central 35-7. Fullback Chris Ryan gained 170 yards to push his state-leading total to 960 on 154 carries (6.2 average). Pearl River's previous high was 438 vards in 1987 against Co-Lin. East Mlssiaaippi: EMCC will honor Bill Buckner as alumnus of the year during homecoming Satur– day. Buckner, now residing in Mad– ison, serves as state director of the Fellowship ofChristian Athletes. After gainingAll-America honors at EM, Buckner quarterbacked at both Mississippi State and Delta State. He coached at high schools in Huntsville (Ala.), Kosciusko and Starkville, returning to EMCC as head coach from 1973-75, then a:;- sistant at DSU and MSU before serving as head coach at Hinds CC

NORTH DIVISION

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Jones County

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Last Week's Results East Mississippi 21. Coahoma 8 Jn 9 ' M1ss. Delta 35, Holmes 0 ltawamba 29, Northeast Miss. 6 Jones County 32, Gulf Coast 7 Pearl River 35, East Central 7 Copiah·Lincoln 31, SWMiss 7 Northwest M1ss. 7, Hinds 6 Today's Games SWMiss. at E. Central, 6:30p.m Jones at NE Miss., 6:30p.m. ltawamba at NW Miss., 7 p.m Saturday's Games Holmes at Coahoma, 1 p.m. Miss. Delta at East Miss. 2 p.m. Co·Lin at Peart River, 2 p.m. Hinds at Miss Gulf Coast. 3 p m. "\1 • 2 "1.. ..

tempts and yardage with 1,223 Sec– ond is Coahoma's Jamafl B .. n with 98 of207 for 1,184. Bums is far ahead on interceptions with 17. Itawamba's Darrell Nicklow leads receivers with 45 catches for 504 yards followed by teammate Duece Stanley with 33 for 427 yards and Coahoma's Ralander Harbin with 33 for 378yards. East Central's Jason Cain aver– ages 43.4 yards on 44 punts, Hinds' Willie Stamps 26.2 on nine punt re– turns and Holmes' Shaston Cole– man 33.8 on 10 kickoffretums. Defensive leaders include North– west's Phillip Benton 72 tackles and 37 as~;ists plus eight fumbles caused. IE S Hinds' Keith Washington, Itawam- ba's Frederick Burke and East's OUR~AL Twan Temple have 13 sacks each.

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NESHOBA DEMOCR from 1978-87. NEWTON RECORD Statistics: Itawamba's Shawn C LAR I 0 I\ - LEDGER Young still leads state passing, both IMPACT OF NEWT completions with 101 on 213 at- vn vVU L~.l .l

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