1999

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Warriors trounce Pearl River 46-1; hst Gulf Coast Thursday for playoff spot

East Central Commumty College compiled over 600 yards in total offense and handed Pearl RJVer Community College 46-7 wh1pping Saturday afternoon, sp01lmg the Wildcats' homecom– tnl! festivJtJes. ~ For East Central, wh1ch 1mproved to 7-2 overall and 4-1 in South Division action under sec– ond-year head coach Terry Underwood, the wm represented one of the College's biggest mar– gins ofvictory and best offensive performances. The lopsided vic– tory also kept the Warriors in con– tention for a spot in the state play– offs East Central, which has now defeated Pearl River four straight years, received most of its points on long scoring plays. Quar– terback Ti Gamer found the end zone on a 45-yard run in the first period and followed that perfor– mance with a 79-yard scam~er in

the th1rd stanza. Freeman JJmt,on tallied on a ""0-yard return of a W1ldcat field goal he blocked m me opening stanza. Jamarcus Mu~· crossed the goal line on a a 23-}-rutl dash in the sewnd quarter Henley outran the Wildcat de{! on a 93 -yard scamper m the c:ec– ond period and b.ulled h1s way mto the end zone from 8-yards out m . the fourth stanza. Quarterback Mitchell McK10nnon completed the scoring onslaught with his 81-yard scramble in the final penod. Josh hardy locked five PATs and had one attempt blocked. The Wamors twice went for the two-pomt con– versiOn but were unsuccessful on both attempts. The Warriors will end regular action by bostmg Gulf Coast at6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4. All Warrior football games can be heard on WSSI-FM (98.3) in Carthage, featunng veteran broad– caster M1ke Goodwin.

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