1995

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The Heat Is On

minutes remaining, when runnini back Freddie May of Tuscaloosa burst through the Itawamba defe~ on a 24-yard scamper to paydirt. Quarterback Jake Kizziah con– n~ted with Ellison for the two· pomt conv~rsion, making the fin al score 34-17. East Central travels to Hinds this Thursday to challenge the nation's

Ea!>t Central quarterback Jake Kizziah felt the pressure from this ltawamba defender in the War– riors' 34-17 defeat last Saturday at Decatur. EC, winless on tbe season, faces top-ranked Hinds at Raymond Thursday in a 6:00 p.m. game. photo by Marty Stamper Itawamba p~ ECCC 34-17

number-one ranked team. The Godfrey early in the second stanza, ~gles, 6-0, will observe Homecom– climaxing a 57-yard drive. Collins' mg activities in the 6 p.m. contest PAT made the score 21-6. scheduled on the Raymond East Central got on the campus.

Itawamba freshman quarterback Robert Caldwell of Miami, Florida, passed for four touchdowns and ran for another as the visiting rn– dians overcame an early deficit to defeat Ea5t Central Community College 34-17 Saturday afternoon on the Decatur campus. The Warrior!~, winless in six startS. ga.,.e the Homecommg crowd plenty to cheer about in the early going when quarterback Steven Crotwell led hh team to paydirt on the game's first pos~ession. Crotwell, a sophomore from Mor– ton, capped the 60-yard drive by fir– ing an ll-yard strike to wide receiver Randy Ellison of Colum– bus, Georgia, with 12:40 still re– maining in the first period. Peyton Weems of Louisville missed on his PAT attempt but EC held a 6-0 lead.

The key play of the quick scor– ing march was a 50-yard completion from Crotwell to receiver Tim Liv– ingston of Carthage which gave EC possession on the Indian 12. Itawamba, which improved to a 4-2 following the nondivision mat– chup, answered the Warrior tally on its first play from scrimmage when Caldwell and Franklin Murphy connected on a 37-yard scoring pass play. Kicker Brent Collins missed the PAT and the score was deadlocked at 6-6. Itawamba took the lead for good later in the first period when Caldwell and receiver Ron Dixon combined talents on a 19-yard scor– ing pass play. Caldwell ran for the two-point conversion and extended the Indians' lead to 14-6. Caldwell completed another touchdown strike to receiver David

scoreboard midway in the second quarter when Weems booted a 46-yard field goal to close the scor- ing gap to 21-9, which remained the score at halftime. ltawamba put the matchup out of reach in the third period when Caldwell tallied on a one-yard plunge and later conneckd with La– mont Woodberry for a 19-yard touchdown pass. Following Collins' successful PAT on the latter score, the Indians were out front by a 34-9 margin going into fourth quarter action. East Central added the game's final points with just under five Continued on page 8

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