1994

WEEK OF

Indians present ECCC with big challenge

By A. Stacy Long The Mendian Star The Warriors overcame their obstacle. In East Central's game with Pearl River l ast Saturday, the Warriors played a good first quar– ter. From there on it was downhill . ECCC lost 42-0. "The first quarter went pretty well," East Central coach Reese Bridgman said. "We went down early and fumbled but the defense held. "Then it looked like we would take the lead," he said. "But we had some mistakes and tried a lit-

On Saturday night, Pearl River ranked up there as well, Bridgman said. "It was probably the best they've played all year," he said. "And we played our worst. They were surely not the best football team we've played." After scoring only 37 points all year, PRCC more than doubled it against the Warriors. "They ran the ball well and there were a lot of things we didn't do well," Briqgman said. "I would like to say they did a lot to us but. we just didn't play well. I don't what could have been if we'd a played a little better.

tle, ole' short field goal and missed it." After a scoreless first quarter, the Wildcats scored 14 points in the second period. 21 in the third and seven in the fourth. "In the first possession of the second half, they took it down and scored quickly." Bridgman said. "That was when it was pretty much over." The Warriors t0-5) travel to Itawamba this Saturday for a 6 p.m. kickoff. "They're probably the best defen– sive team m our league," Bridgman said. '"They're pretty good on offense too."

"Itawamba will try to do orne of the same things to us." The Warriors couldn't produce in the second half on offense . ECCC had 51 yards a·fter half– time and totaled only 183 in the game. "We had about seven or eight passes dropped," Bridgman said '~ost were first down passes __: gams that would have helped us." And then on defense , East Central surrendered almost six ya;,ds per ~ushing a~tempt. Defens~vely,. we JUSt didn't play very well, Bndgman said. "We're not as talented as we thought we would be up front . That's one of the

p)aces we're getting beat - on both s1des of the ball."

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