1999

8U. The Neshoba Democrat, Philadelphia. )lis .• September I. 1999

It's just something about It must be something with the Philadelphia Tornadoes and electrici– ty.

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Friday night's blackout isn't the first time the Tornadoes have entered the dark side. Remember 1997's football game at Ackerman when a county wide black– out postponed the kickoff by over an hour? And how about the 1994 game with Union at Harpole Stadium that was delayed when the lights wouldn't come on? Then there was the 1993 game with Neshoba Central when the lights went out just before the opening kick– off at Harpole Stadium. And for us old-timers out there, the 1972 game at Union had just reached halftime when a sudden th understorm knocked out electricity. That game was resumed the following Monday night since both teams were in the Choctaw Conference. • New juco playoff format: For the first time in several years , the

:\1i""l!"~lppi junior college football playoff wlll have four teams instead of two. MThe coaches have been pushing for it for the last three or four years," East Centra l Community College head football coach Terry Underwood said MI thmk after Jones went 12-0 and ''on a bowl game and didn't win the national championship , that awoke everybody in our league and said we're not really worded about a national championship. "If we've got a team that goes undefeated and goes to a bowl game and wm,. and doesn't end up No. 1, it's more healthy for u~ to open the

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