1995

East·Central wins thriller ' over East Mississippi, 29-28· s Rl k s 111 · It really was a great contest from start tP tin- y c Y u van ish as both teams battled until the very end The Mefld 1 an Star with neither team showing any signs of quitting. DECATUR - The scene turned ugly at But the Warriors managed to score a pair oflate Warrior Field Thursday night, about as ugly as touchdowns on scoring strikes of 8 and 7 yards it could get after an exciting, organized footb1dl from backup quarterback Steven Crotwell to game. ,. tight end Ray Ivy to capture the win. East Central Community College came from The game really wasn't decided,. however, behind to upset visiting East Mississippi 29-28 until EMCC. quarterback Donald Green · in a close, down-to-the-wire victory before both attempted to stop the clock with seven seconds benches cleared in a free for all brawl. Apd left by throwing the.football into the ground. when the two teams were finally separated, a But the referees ruled the pass a lateral ·and pair of Warrior players lay injured on -the field ,-i William Mayes claimed the loose pigskin for the and had to be loaded on stretchers and taken by' Warriors. . ' · ambulances to a hospital with concussions. . , , "I'm really proud of our players for the way "We are happy and proud as we can be about they never quit," Coats said. "They just refused the win, but at the same time we are saddened ' to lose." · · . ~ by what occurred after the game," .Warrior coach ,The fourth quarter turned out to be a wild ' Willie "Tenny" Coats said, "We're really sad tliat one as the Lions started the action by taking a . :'a great football game was brought~dow~ by .\ 22-9 lead on the first play of the final stanza something similar to a back alley brawl." · )Vhen Green connected with Quincy Jackson t. ECCC finished with a pair of victories to end from 20 yards out with EMCC facing a 4th-and .. the 1995 campaign on a positive note·with a 2-8 , ., . · pverall record. EMCC slipped to 5-5. See ECCC, Page 4C Ecce held a 29-28 advantage. .. Ivy also mad.e a great catc~ "'J Continued from page 1 c for ~ 20-~ard gat.n o!l a 4th-~- . -------~-.:.- .::!· __ t 1~ §l~atio~ earlier m the gar:pe}/.:n 18. Adam Smith missed th(drick ngtpve. d' d 't .J I ti~,.V: with 14:53 left. .., h El 1ons 1 n g1vel up;

The Warriors answered owever , as they quickly gC11Jft1 rather quickly as Coby Miller, a bled up real esta~. i.r;t fivf> pla1c;{.:l Louisville product took the · down to the ECCC ~-yardie ~ ensuing kickoff and,'scampered before the controversial fu91 "-'.tl '78 yar.ds for . a touchdown. en~ed the threat. ' • ·I ''" r!fii., Peyton". Weems, · another '. ·,: :Our quarterback was ·Ju~t Louisville' product booted the I trying to stpp .the clock al\d. tb:e.tj% point after and ECCC trailed by r~fere~ called 1t a fumble is a.U~I· • ~ 22-16 count. · · .,.,_ [ kn?w•u'E!dCC coB;ch To~ GQ®.e . EMCC responded with a bried satd. ,,I JUSt don t understandl.. ,. 4-play 66-yard scoring drive. the call.~ . • r.,, J ' , • :lj~ ShamJrk Spann collected the l The W arr1~rs capt uri'~· arf 1 A~ honors with a 13-yard rl.in with ! early 3-0 lead m the first quar~n " 12:46 left in .the game. The two- ter on a Weems' 31-yard field-;.':: 1 ~ point try failed, leaving the • goal. . . ' .• . I A .• Lions wj.th a 28-16 lead. • . 1 The L10ns answered sevelf ~~ The two teams swapped pos- f pl~ys.later when Green conn~;­ session at that point until the ed Wlth Jackson on a .4P-yarc!w Crotwell a~d Ivy connection ' .touchdown pass. Spann ran. (or h~: went to \f~rk. The Warriors two and E¥CC held a!l 8-~ ~ trimmed the Lion lead to 28-22 I advantage w1th 6:19 left 1n th~~:; with 3:57 remaining in the con- ' first. ' . .·.• • test on an 8-yard scoring strike. . ECCC hel.d a 9-8 halft1m~ .Weems' kick was blocked. · lead as Freddie May scored fro~ ~,,.. · Jamie Day, a PhiladelpJlia 25,-yards ou.t and th~ try for t_wd~ ' 1 graduate, set up what turned · fruled. A big pl~y m the dnver · out to oe the Warriors' 'Y{ixlni.ng ! came w~en.startt?g quarterb!lc~cJ'"" scoring drive by recoverln the Jake. Ktz~t~h htt a streakm ,-;

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