1999

CCC shocks ltawamba, 22-0 By MARTY STAMPER Democraf Spflrtl £diwr Will the real East Central Communit~· 5:45 remained in the contest. The War– riors allowed only 82 total yards for the night. In rhe first half alone, EC had 12 first dov.-ns tO just two for the lndJans. Jamarcus Murray scored on a 3-yard run with Hardy's PAT putting the Wamors up 22-0.

"I give the credit to the kids and our coaching staff," Underwood satd. "The coaching staff would not accept them not playing well. It's really big to shut out a quality team like that, especially at their place." It was EC's first shutout since a 44-0 blanking of Southwest in 1987, some 114 games ago. "Obviously, it's a big step in the right direction," Underwood said. "The kids just showed up and played well. Hopefully, we can take it and build on it." EC, 1-1, travels to Scooba Thursday night for a 7 p.m. matchup with East Mis– sissippi. The Lions evened their record at 1-1 with a 35-3 whipping ofPea1·l River.

College football team plea-.e stand up? Is it the group that got mugged 53-o b; Northwest in the season open- ~ er or the group that went to ~ -~ Itawamba and laid a 22-0 ~ ' spanking on the Indian la:.t l-< j1' Thursday in Fulton? ''What a difference a week make:-..~ EC h('ad coach Terry Underwood -.atd . MI thought our kid· ;esponded well. We had talked all week about what kmd of charac– ter we had. We challenged them about what kind of team wa-. going to -.how up. We \\ere having to prove something to our:-oelf. They stuck together." The Warriors abo abandoned their one-hack offense that was so ineffective againl't Northwest in favor of a two-back set. It \\a!> a stroke of genius as the War– rior:> finished with 398 total yardn. 340 of whwh came on the ground. Rteve Henley led EC's offense with a caree1·-higb 199 yards on 26 carries. "La::.t week, they made no attempt to run the ball." Itawamba head coach Jay Mi11Pr said ''This week, they came out in a two-back set and ran dives. powers, and swpeps. I haven't seen anything like that since last year when we played them." "Our offensive line played trf'men– dou!';." Underwood said. "And the running b hall on offense and that in turn let our defense rest." The well-rested Warrior defense was event more dominant than th(' offense as n~,··amba didn't cross midfield until just

After a scoreless first quarter. the War– nors broke the ice with a 3-yard run by Terrance Wansley with 14:30 to go in the second quarter. Josh Hardy added the extra point. With just under seven minutes to go before halftime, EC extended its lead to 15-0 as Wansley scored from a yard out. Tommy Ford added a two-point conversion when the Indians, much like Northwest, failed to cover EC's swinging-gate forma– tion. After neither team managed any points in the third quarter , Lacey McBeath put the Warriors back in business when he recovered an Indian fumble at the ICC 12.

East Central quarter– back Ti Garner (2) got plenty of protection from his offensive line in Thursday's 22-0 win at ltawamba. The Warriors evened their record at 1-1 going into this Thursday's contest with East Mis– sissippi at Scooba. Blocking for Garner are Randy Brunson, le ft, and Samuel Agee. EC holds a 29- 26-4 series lead over East Mississippi.

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