1999

Warriors pelt Wolves, 26-7 The East Central Community

good defense. Then it looked like we were fixing to put it in again and we had a turnover and the guy nearly goes all the way. That was a great individual effort by Ti to stop him and by our defense to foliO\'- it up and hold them and then block the field goal. "That turn of play '>et the tone of the game for us. Had they went on and scored and gone up 7-6, who knows if we even win the ballgame. That turn of events was real big." The Warriors scored their third touchdown of the night in the first two minutes of the sec– ond half. After a 4-!--yard scram– ble by Garner and a 30-yard toss from Garner to Chris Ray put the ball at the Wolves 2, Murray got his second touchdown from a yard out. Garner passed to Henley for two points and a 20-0 lead with 13:02 remaining in the third period. Over the next five minutes, Jimison and D'Angelo Lewis both picked off a Co-Lin pass. The Wolves got their only points of the night with 10:56 left in the contest as Denard Parks teamed with Edward Moses on a 14-yard touchdown toss. Po"'(ers added the PAT. The Warriors drove to the Co– Lin 5 only to have Henley lose a fumble at the 1 with 6:47 to go. EC then used a freak play to get the game's final points. Hardy's 27-yard field goal was blocked, but Samuel Agee recov– ered in the end zone for a touch– down after Co-Lin had touched the ball after it had crossed the

line of scrimmage. A two-point run failed. EC finished with 362 total yards, 285 of which came on the ground. The Wolves netted just 106 total yards, 31 of which came on the ground. Henley led EC with 108 yards on 17 carries and 33 yards on two receptions. Murray had 8-l yards on 21 carries. EC travels to Summit this Thursday night to take on Southwest, 3-1. The Bears whipped East Mbsi!>sippi 32-0 last week. All of EC's games can be heard on WSSI-FM (98.3).

College Warriors improved to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the South Division with a 26-7 win over Copiah-Lincoln Thursday night in Decatur. Neither team scored in the first quarter. EC had a chance late in the period but Josh Hardy's 42-yard field goal bid came up just short. The Warriors quickly got their first break of the night as James Keys recovered a fumble by Ernest Pitts and returned it 9 yardc; to the Co-Lin 11. On fourth-and-1 at the 2, Jamarcus Murray found the end zone to give the Warriors a 6-0 lead with 14A7 to go in the second quarter. Hard) 'sPAT was wide left. The Warriors were on the move again as they traveled from the1r 14 to the Co-Lin 22 where Bobby Hunt picked up a fumble and returned it 67 yards to the EC 11 where quarterback Ti Gamer made a touchdown~av­ ing tackle. The EC defense held and Freeman Jimison blocked Matt Powers' 24-yard field goal try and returned it 53 yards to the Co-Lin 32. On the next play, Garner found running back Steve Henley wide open on the left sideline for a 32-yard catch and run that put the Warriors up 12-0 with 1:38 to go before halftime. A two-point run failed. "It was a different type game," EC head coach Terry Underwood said. "In the first half, we were able to put the ball in the end zone and play really

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