1996

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East Central ets revenge on HCC From staff reports ------- GOODMAN - Thi" time la~t season, the East Central Warriors were lamenting a 43- 0 loss to Holmes. Today, coach Willie Coat::; tn the ~econd quarter. T b ck Mack Pittman had a I n run to put the ball on the Ho e i-yard line. On the down. Because of Walker's injury, ECCC tried a two– point conversion and failed. The Warriors led 13-0 at the half.

n xt play, fullback Steve Bradford bolted into the end zon for the touchdown. Sh ' n \\ alker kicked the extra pomt. \\ lker was injured on the en g kickoff. however, and h d t leave the game. t: d d ~aid that had an ffi n :the rest of the game. A tcr ~hawn got hurt, we couldn t ktck extra points or field gc lc:, Underwood said. W sh uld have had a 17-0 le d ng mto the half. It's a }rnl"(> n ury but we think he'll be re d for next week." En t Central's defense struck for the Warrior's other o:.core Sophomore Joey Pinkston tepped in front of a Gab Alaniz pass and str k d 5 J arci'- for a touch-

From that point, the Warriors' defense took over. The only big play the Warriors allowed, Underwood said. was a 35-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Alaniz to Adrian Stafford to pull Holmes within 13-6. "The defense was the key to the whole game," Underwood said. "Coach Coats told the guys that was one of the biggest gut checks he had ever seen. W~ have nine sopho– mores on defense and they would not be denied. They bowed up and made things happen." The Warriors are back in action Thursday at home against Northeast Community College.

and the Warriors are celebrat– ing a 13-6 win over the same Bulldogs to open their 1996 season, in junior college foot– ball action at Goodman Thursday night. "I attribute this win to two things," said East Central defensive coordinator Terry Underwood. "Number one - we had 22 sophomores who worked hard to get better thi::. offseason. Number two - we brought in an excellent class of freshmen. Obviously, we made up a lot of ground from last season." The two teams battled to a scoreless tie after one quarter, before East Central broke out

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