1998

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Unden\ood told his East Ceo- The \\-t~mg_ margm came m Netther tern put points on the traJ Conununi~ College football Dra~atlc fashton. ~s sophomo~e scoreboard in the third quarter, team at halfttme the m runmng back Kevm McKenzte although Hardy missed a 33- . essage fPI . ob\ it usl) ''"as effective as the 0 an.tanon. FL. burst through yard field goal attempt late in the Warr1ors rail ted ~or tw fi rth the lndtan defense on an 80-yard stanza after the Warriors faced 0 ou - hd 0 0 quarter touchdowns and to~c own ru? wtthJust over I0 first and goal from the nine. held Ita\\ amba scoreless mmutes remam '"~·followed by The Warriors were not to be de- in the second half to quarterbackReggte Flugence's niedinthefmalstanza,however, claim a thrilling 2 1 _ 20 scamp~r around l~ft end for the as Flugence tallied on a one-yard win Thursday night in ~o-pomt conversiOn. Flugence plunge, capping a 64-yard, 13- Decatur. ts_a freshma_n from Comeaux playdrive. ThePATfailed . Key With the nond ivis ion Htgh School m Lafayette, Loui- plays duringthe scoring march victory, East Central im- siana. were Flugence's 16-yard gain on proved to 1-1 while the Itawambahadachancetoregain thirdandfivetothelndians'29. visiting Indians fell to the lead with 5:30 left, but Ja- na d his 11-yard pass to Henley the same record And for son West's 21-26 carries. Fel- on third and 11 which gave East Underwood. the one- lov. running backs Jarvis Smith Central possession at the 19- point de iston ga\oe the ofSoddy-Daisy, Tennessee, and yard-line. Ste\e Henley of Louisville ltawambatooktheensuingkick- fonner 14-yearassistant his first added 43 and 38 yards, respec- off and quickly marched win as a head coach. U\ely. in pushing the Warriors from hs 35 to the EC 27- " I'm very pleased with the,., in O\ er the 300-yard mark in rush- yard-line, but the would- obviously, but I'm most happ; ing East Central also racked up be scoring drive stalled forthe players, because they're 16 first downs when EC defender Boyd the ones who put in the most The \\amors JUmped out to an intercepted Aaron's pass time and effort. They played early 7-0 lead when stanngquar- in the endzone. ~~d and never gave up. But yes, terback Josh Hatcher ofWinston On the Warriors ' first tt ts great to get that first vic- Academy fired a eight-yard play from scrim"mage tory," he said. strke to tight end Corey Pugh of folowing Boyd 's pick, Sod~y-Daisy on the game 's tackled Indian running back McKenzie motored 80 opent?g possession. Josh Hardy Chris_Ray of Seminloe County, yards to paydirt, pulling of Philadelphia added the PAT Geogta, and Robert Johnson of EC within one point. The key play ofthe 55-yard, six~ Neshoba Central- along with an play drive was McKenzie 's 32- intentional grounding penalty yard run to the Itawamba 22. against the ltawamba quarter- The Warriors ' excellent field back- resulted in the Indians giv- position was set by Morton 's ing up possession on Fourth and Wesley Boyd who returned the 30 from their own 30. After opening kickoff35 yards to the receiveing the Itawamba punt, East Central 45. EastCentral maintained posses- ltawamba tied the contest late in sion and preserved the win. the initial period when quarter- This ThursdayEast Central will Flugence 's two-point conver– sion gave EC the lead with over I0 minutes remaining. Following the ensuring kickoff, the Indians took possession on their 36 and nine plays later faced a third and three situation at the East Central six-yard-line. Warnor linebacker Trevares Osley of Hueytown, Alabama,

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