2000

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East Central jams jonesJC 38 -28 After :.potting )one~ jtulh.>t Col– lege c'l 21 0 lt>rld, l:ia~t Centrdl Com– munity Colh.'ge raUted to post 4 3o- 28 win over the host Bobcats on a warm Saturday ,tllo.!rtll>On m Ellis\'ille. llw South Di\ tsitm 'tdor n I onl v kept the W,urwr :-. pia If c.ount\ later , -onn~ on a 2:!-yard Jaunt JO:ili Thorn., o: '\ewton booted th APT cuttm,g the j nes lead to 21- time from 2~ yards out Thoms' PAT gave EC a 31-28 ad\ antagc. East Central clinched the victory with 3:23 remaining on quarterback Mitchell McKinnon's five-yard run and Thorn,' PAT.

E,a,t Central ,cored agam late in the fir-t hali on a 45-vara pass play tr m quarterback Bnan Zt>·. ente:.k.J l \ de recen er Donta> Spillman of lom~•ille, Kentucky Thorn::.' PAT put EC \\ithin a touchdown, 21-J.l, at the break. lllt~ Warriors took advantage of a Bobcat miscue early in the second haJt action and tied the contest when lreshman running back Chad War– ren of Quitman rambled 18 yards to pay dirt. Thoms again added the PAT, which he booted from 36 yards out, as the Warriors were penalized for excess1ve celebration. The EC scoring drive covered ju.St 33 yards, ad was set up when fresh– man defensive back josh Chaney of Newton County recovered a Jones fumble. Jone5 regained the lead on their next possession, with running back ·Ryan earnest finding the end zone on a one-yard plunge. Parker's PAT mdde it 28-21. EC closed the scoring gap to 28- 24 on Thoms' 34-yard field goal with 1:'11 remaining in the third period. The Warriors had driven from their own 26-yard-line to the Jones eight, but had to settle for a field goal attempt on fourth and 17. The Warriors began fourth quar– ter action by capitalizing on another Bobcat miscue. After defensive back Rashad Blalock of Union recovered a lanes fumble on the EC 44-yard-line, it took the Warriors just four plays to light up the scoreboard as Wansley posted his second touchdown, this

The EC <,t:orin):; drivl began on the Warnor'::. 25-yard-lme with 9:45 left in the game Key pl.1ys during the 14-pla), 7'\-y,ml march included a 12-) ard pa~s ~.omplC'hon from McKinnon, to runmng back Patnck Prince on third and 10, followed by a 21-yard pass fr,lm ?>.kKtnnon to Spillman on a thmi and erght sittla– tion, which gan.> EC a tusl down on the Jones 26-yard-line. 1\-t..Kinnon's 12-yard scamper from the Bobcat 15 also helped setup hts touchdown run. Statistically. Ea:.t Ccnt~t11 piled up 456 yards of total uffense, with 264 yards coming on the ground. Wans– ley was the leadmg rusher with 90 yards on 13 carrie,;. l k also !>cored two touchdowns. McKmnon rushed 14 times for 6-! ) .uds .md scored once. McKinnon completed 10 of 20 pa sses for 137 yards. Zbyenieski completed thret• of :;i\ passes for 55 yards and one touLhdown. Unoffinally, Jone::. had 178 yards rushing and passed for llH for a 3·12 total. East Central will host n<~ lionally ranked Southwest Miss1sstppi Com– munity College this Thursday in another key division m,1tchup. Kick– off is set for 6:30p.m. at Warrior Sta– dium. The Bears, rankl'd fourteenth in the latest juco poll, are 7-1 overall and 3-1 in league wmpetition. They defeated Coahom,l 2~ 0 last week.

hope~ a lin~ '' ith a 2 2 mc~rk 1t als gt Centr.1I dainwd a :'\1-21 homecommg \\in las t ~eason m IJt.'catur The ~.elebration tor ~atutd,tv's victon ''as ::.hort h\ ed for tht' ~-3 WMriors howe,er, a, 1\langum col– lrs He wa!> taken b) ,1mbulanuc> toil Laurel hos– pital 11 here he ''as letter treat~d and released. Jones, '' hH:!t tell to 3-5 overall ilnd 1-3m dt\~'>Jnn play, ~rabbcd an t:>arly 7-0 lt'ad ''hen quMterback Fabic1n \V,1lh•r Ioftetl a 12-yard touchdown strih• Lo Ahmad llarri~ with 11 :·H) ldt in tlw fir~t period. Will P.nkt.'t kicked th~ PAl. Bobcat runmng hack Ralph [)avis later ::.cored on il seven·ynrd ~cam­ per. and followin~ Parker'~> I' A r )one::. held a 14 0 c1dvc1nlage alter the first quarter Jones took wllclt c1ppccltcd to be a commandmg 21-tl lead t>arl) in the second stan/a \\hen Del\ IS again crossed the goal from se\ en yc1rds out. Parker added tlu:- PA I. But, the Warnor~ had othl'r idl•as and beg,m their rally on the t>n~uing ktcko ff, 1\'tth -.ophomore running back Terrance v\ ansle) of Newton

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