1999

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ECCC stays in playoff hunt

The Ea-;t l.entral Commumh Colll!ge Warnor..... tayed in the playoff hunt \\ith a ::!1-n home– corning win 0\'er defendm~ ... tate champion )one!> Saturda\ aft.:-r- non in Decatur. • EC improved to 5-2 0\ erall a nd 3- J in the South Divi..,ion. Jo nec; fell to 3-4 and 0-4. After spotting JonL"' a 7-0 lead in the fir'lt qua rter, tlw \\'arno~ .,cored two to uchdO\vnc; in the <.,econd qua rte r and another m the third to go up 21-7. Tralltn~ 21-B, Jo nec; n:>ached the \\amor 21 111 the final min u te, but a +– \'ard .,ack bv David Dame! and t hree i n~:ompletion., sealed the win. jones .,truck fir... t on a 17-\ ard q uarterback dra\' bv Keon Ca rter w ith 10:3-l to go i~ th._. fir..,t quarter to cap an 80-: a rd dri\'C. N ick lv1cinhardt a ddt!d the extra point. EC drove 63 ya rds to the Bobca t ':! only to have quarter– back Ti Carner lose a fumble The Wctrrior<. ended a )one-; threa t whe n Keaton Dona ld picked off a Carter pas<; in the end ~one. The Warrior-; got on the score– bo.ud -w ith 7:15 1cft in the second period w hen Ca rner hit Chris Rav on a '>hort pass thc1t Rav turned into a 46-yard play. Stev~ Henley added a two-point run to

East Central's Ste\'e Henley (3) fi nds himself in a one-on-one match up \\ ith a Jones defender in Saturday's 21-13 win. EC host ,:\lississip pi Delta Thursday a t 6:30p.m. : .. ""' !::L a,, -7' ead. TI1e \\arrior... u... ed a big ..,pe– Freeman jJmi'>on snuffed that threat when he picked oft a Carter pa.,s at the 28. James Da\'i"i recovered a Jnnes

dal team... pia) to extend the1r lead to U-7 bdore halitime ~feinhardt -.et up for a 2-l·ycJrd tield ~oal onh to ha\'e it rejected b\ D An~elo U~wh. The b,11J flew to Shond ren Le\\ 1s \\ hn r.Kcd H4 yard.., untouched. A h' o-point try failed, but EC led I.J.-7 with ':1:54 to go before halftime. \\'ith 2:2.J. to go in thl' third 1 peri0d, Henle~ ... rnred on a 7- ~ ard run. Jo...h H.ud) ' ..,PAT ~ilVL' EC a 21-7 advanta ge. On the fir..,t pia) ot the fourth quarter, EC tumbled the b.1ll away at tlu. \-\arrior .J.2, but

fumble at the Bobcat 3n with 7:29 left in the game onh· to h.Wl.' C..arncr lo-;e the ball at ihe 12 on a fir'>t down play with 4:41 ..,how– ing. Carter hooked up with Javon Wa lker o f Lafavcttc, La., for ,1 77- yard '>Coring play just 33 seconds later. With just under two minutes remaming, C.hris Wcemo., punkd to tlw JCJC l onh to have the 13obca to., rt.?ach tlw· EC 21 before the tinaI defen~i\ t.? stand

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