1994

HEEK OF

~ast Central succumlis to Copiah-Lincoln 29- 14 Copiah-Lincoln jumped out

back Bobby Breen, who shared signal calling duties with Stc\ien Crotwell. The short march was set up by Michael Holbert's 41-yard interception and return which gave EC possession on the Co– Lin 30. The key offensive play was a 29-yard pass completiOn from halfback Omcri Green to wide receiver Ju1;1n Draine to the Co-Lin one-yard line. The Warriors tallied again with just five minutes left on running back Dcrrcll Reed's two-yard l>v1·~t;- c..apping a 44- yard march. Weems PAT closed the scoring gap to 22-14. EC had a n opportunity t o possibly drive for a tying score after defensive back Jamie Day's recovery of a Co- IJin fumble gave the Warriors excellent field position at their own 42. However, East Central could not muster much offense and the ball went over on downs. Co-Lin was actually trying to run out the clock when Madison scored his second touchdown, a 20-yard blast with just 13 seconds remain– ing. Robertson added the PAT. East Central will host non– division opponent Northwest {1-1) Thursday, Sept. 15. Kick– off is set for 6:30 p.m. in War– rior Stadium.

to a 22-0 lead and held on to defeat East Central 29-14 Sat– urday night on the Wesson campus. With the win, Co-Lin im– proved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in South Division competition, while East Central fell to 0-2 and 0-1. The Wolves got on the scoreboard during first period action on Owen Saffle's 44- yard field goal '' ith 4:50 remaining. Their first quarter lead was later extended when win~back" Greg Madison capped a 57- yard drive on his one-yard plunge with just 25 seconds left . Saffle's PAt made the score 10-0. Wingback Ronardo Smith closed out first half scoring on a 14-yard dash at the 9:32 mark. Saffle's PAT was no good. The scoring march cov– ered 55 yards. Co-Lin added to 1ts lead in the third period when wmg– back James Singleton found paydirt on a four-yard scamper with 9:30 remaining. The Wolves tried to run for the two-point conversion off a fake kick but the attempt failed. The 19-yard drive was set up by a Warrior fumble. East Central scored its first tally late in the third quarter on a one-yard drive by quarter-

----. -. -D IN .-~ .:' !:..:-. !'\...=.. :

SCOTT COUNTY TIMES UNION APPEAL WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL MERIDIAN STAR

- AR:-;-:_~G :.: ::IAN ~;::.:~03 .... JEr:OCRAT ~-:· ::o:~ RECORD .._:_;._?._=:::· - :.~DGER