1995

WEEK OF 9- ;l_ 5 .o:

ECWarriors Remain inless Seve:al turnovers during sec– ond hlf action proved fatal for :.~e East Central Community College Warriors who saw a 12-10 halftime lead turn into a 43-18 deficit to host Gulf Coa.;' Thursday night. The South Divi– sion matchup was played ar Gulfport High School's Milner Stadium. Weems' 27-yard £eld goal gave EC a 12-10 leadat the 2:58 mark. EC defender Yarbrough inter– cepted a deflected Bulldog pass, EC had great field positon on the Gulf Coast 30 with just 38 second left before the break. The War– riros drove to inside the five– yard line, and Crotwell appeared to have spiked the ball for a timeout with one second remain– ing. The half ended with the Warriors clinging to a two-point

With the loss, the Warriors remained winless in four games. Competition continues to get toughter for EC as the Warriors host Pearl River at 6'30 p.m Thursday in Warrior Stadium. The Wildcats, formerly coached by ECCC head mentor Willie Coats, are 2-2. EC jumped to an early 7-0 lead against Gulf Coast when quar– terback Steven Crotwell of Mor– ton lotted a perfect strike to wide receiver Randy Ellison of Col– umbus, GA on a 32-yard scoring play. Peyton Weems of Louis– ville kicked the PAT. The scoring drive began on the Bulldog 32 and was set up by Warrior de– fendes Harold Robert and Robert Yarbrough, both Neshoba Cen– tral products, who sacked punter Greg Rudolph for a 12-yard loss. The first period ended wtih Warrior defense keep ing the Bulldogs out of the end zone with a goal line stand. On EC's next possession, Bull– dog defender Jerry Thomas re– covered a Warrior fumble on the EC 26, which led to a 13-yard TD pass from QB Mike Pizinski to WR Jason McGill with 10:43 left before haltime. Thompson added the PAT and Gulf Coast

After EC received th{ kickoff,

Now 28-18 with 12:31 remain

lead. Crotwell proceeded to ntarch the ing EC held GC on its ncx The third period began with Warriros from their 31 to deep possession and took over th 1 EC moving the ball from its 30 to into Bulldog territory. A key Bulldog punt on its 10-yard line deep into Warrior territory, until completion from Crotwell to for- EC gambled on fourth and on 1 EC defensive back Jamie Day of mer Morton teammate Neal Kee- from its 19 with 6:46left, but Da; Neshoba Central nixed the scor- ·on and hard-nosed running was stopped short of the firs ing threat by intercepting a pass tram Marty Stoj~ovic and run- down and GC was primed fo on theWarrior10-yard line. --mg back Frcdd1e May, both_of another scoringopportunity. EC was unable to move the Tuscaloosa, gave EC possess1o~ An EC fumble on the ensuin: ball and Louisville product Lee on the Bulldog 18. ~e Warriors kickoff gave GC another scorin1 Wylie's punt gave GC posses- were unable to _cash m the scor: opportunity on the Warrior 3t sion on its 20. The Bulldogs ing opportumty as Weems The finalscore43-18. began theirsconngor.slaught. 34-yard field goal attempt was • Bulldog substitute QB Patirck wide right. , Bartley connected with TE Wen- EC socrcd on the Bulldo?s

dall Davis on a 41 yard pa::.s play, next po session,_ as the Wamor which was fumbled and pkked rush, coupled Wlth a low snap to up by teammate Zealy Zones, punter Greg Ra_ndol~h, resulted who rambled 25 yard to paydirt m a safety which himm_ed the The two-point conversion failed, Gulf Coast lead t~ 10-9 ~~h 3:48 but GC regained the lead, 16:12. rema~g bcohe mtermtss1on. The Warrior chance to rally XaVler Thomas of Tuscaloosa, faded as GC converted several EC return specailist, received the EC turnovers into scores. kickoff deep in Warriro territory EC, behind QB JAke Kizziah of and raced u~field to the Bulldog Northport, AL, regrouped for an ~42. The Wamors were successful impressive two-play, 81-yard getting on the scoreboard, as

scoring drive climaxed by Stojk- ovich's 19-yard burst to the en- dzone. The two-point conversion failed. The scoring man:h was set up bv n's 50-vard run on

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