1994

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Co-Lin elevates Broome; EC still beating bushes By Lee Baker Clarion-Ledger StaNWriter

JUNIOR COLLEGES al Water Bowl. Itawamba and Jones County were among the four in "others receiving votes." Mississippi players receiving first-team NJCAA All– America honors include offensive back Lee Ragsdale and linebackerMark Smith ofHinds, offensive lineman Walter Jones ofHolmes and defensive back Juran Bol– den of Mississippi Delta; second team, offensive end Andre Rone of Northwest Mississippi, defensive back Kevin Jackson ofJones County and defensive lineman Keith Drayton of Northwest. Honorable mention went to ofiensive back Antowain Smith of East Misst~sippi and defensive lineman Jason Ferguson ofltawamba. The number• v•me: State teams and players did well in the final national statistics. lta\l·amba had the No. 1 team defense with 110.1 yards a game allowed as well as passing defense allow– ing 47.5 yards and fifth in team rushing defense at 62.4. Hinds was second in rushing defense allowing 49.3 and third in team defense with 185.5. Others high in team statistics were Jones County fifth in passingdefense at 99.2 as well as lOth in both tptal de– fense at 241.6 and total offense at 388.6; East Central c:ev– enth in passing defense at 101.1; Northwest eighth rn passing offense at 252.3 and 11th in team offense at 385.5; and Holmes 11th in passing defense at 113.0. l!tc.: ltawarnba'!'l Homer Torrance finished second nationally in in:erceptions with nine; Jones County's Jade Stillings fo,trth in kick scoring with 65 points mak– ing 38 of40 point after tries and 9 field goals. Northwest's Bryan Sparacino was fourth in passing with 2,398 yards and 19 TDs (162 of279) as well as sixth in total offense wi h 2,310 yards on 312 plays.

East Central continues to search for a new head foot– ball coach. But Copiah-Lincoln wasted no t ime coming up with a replacement. Phil Broome has taken over for Randall Bradberry, who stepped down after five seasons with the Wolves. Reese Bridgman came back to Mississippi two years ago after eight as a college assistant hoping t.o breathe life into East Central's Warriors. It proved t.o be a vain effort. While Bridgman seeks a job elsewhere, preferably in the small college ranks, a selection committeewill check out candidate:; next month with hopes of getting the next Warrior chiefbefore February. C'o- Lin had an easierjob. Broome was elevated from his position as defensive coordinator, which he held the past five years after two seasons as a volunteer assistant. His additional role as track coach goes to Calvin Green, who will continue as secondary coach on the football staB: Still to be filled is the defensive coordinatorjob. Bradberry was reassigned to teaching and adminis– trative duty, particularly dealingwith golfcourse expan– sion from nine holes to 18. Broome will continue teaching biology, anatomy and physiology. The Sumrall native has bachelor and mas– ter ofscience degrees from Southern Mississippi. Previ– ous coaching/teaching duty came at Columbia, East Central and Brookhaven high schools. Bridgman, a Tylertown native, spent three years at East Texas State, one at Georgia Southwestern and four at Southeastern Oklahoma State after starting his coaching career at Hattiesburg Prep in 1983. Final poll: Hinds was the only Mississippi team in the final national football Top 15, moving to fourth from seventh after toppingBlinn (Texas) 19-17 in the Miner-

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