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~,... , ' Rangers gallop past EC, 48- 7; Warriors travel to Gulfport

Keeton recovered a fumble by Ranger quarterback Bryan Sparacino at the Northwest I 0 On third down, Steven Crotwell teamed with Xavier Thomas for a 6-yard scoring Ws'i. Peyton Weems booted the ex– tra point to give the Warriors a one– point lead with 7:41 to go before halftime. That lead lasted just over six minutes until Sparacino connected Wtth Terence Samuel on a 24-yard touchdown pass with 1:27 left in the first half. EC threatened when Coby Miller returned the ensuing kickoff 57 y

Sparacino teamed with Samuel on a 16-yard touchdown pass arrl with Kevin Cooper on a 13-yard sconng rose; as the Rangers lead grew to 34-7 with I :24 showing in the third period. With 12:07 remaining in the contest, Sparacino and Samuel hooked up on a 67-yard bomb. The Warriors had the ball at the Nonhwest 2 with j ust under I 0 minutes remaining when Griffin picked off a Jake Kizziah pass in the end zone and was credited for a 100-yard touchdown return to con elude the scoring. EC fell to 0-3 with the loss. The Warriors travel to Gulfport to t:.tkl. o n 0 -3 Gulf Coast Thursd~ty night in a South Division contest The Bulldogs were 39- 14 loser" to Ea.. t Mississippi la..~;t week. Gulf Coast holds a commanding 33-9-2 advan– tage in the series. 'They're not quue as good as the other teams we've played, but hav– ing to go down to Gulfport doesn't help us any," Coats said. "Plus, they're gotng to look at it as their

By MARTY STAMPER Democrat spons editor

·chance to win a game too because we're-0-3. Both of us are in the same boat there. ''They're not as good as the other three teams we've played. lf we play our best, we ' ll have a chance to win. We've got a lot of kids banged up. That's the thing that concerns us as much as anything now. Both of our tailbacks are hurt. Our nose guard as hun and a line· h;ackcr's hun We'vegot u bunch of

kids that's questionable now. They may be ready Thursday or they may not." The depth situation at tailback will most likely mean that Jamie Day will play on offense this week. Day, who played sparingly on of– fense against Copiah-Lincoln in 00- dition to his defensive back chores, missed the Nonhwest game as the result of a one-game suspension, Coats said.

Nationally-r.mked Nonhwcst Mississippi scored 42 urtan\weta.l pomt<; to defeat East Ccntrul Com– munity College, 4&-7, in last Thursday's contest at Sen:llnhia'\ Ranger Field. The Rangers were ranked No, 5 in last week'\ NJCAA poll. "1l1cy're real good," EC hc<~d coach ~ Will ie Coats ~g said. ''They J think they .trc Thl~y'll he right up there at the end nf the year. TIK~y' II be one of the top teams in the..\Wtc and in the nation . I don't think there's any douht ahout that." Nonhwe~t slrud.: early nn u 6 yard run by John Avery. The cxtr..t point was no good EC took advantage of cst teams in the t·ountry.

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