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East Central's Cedric Cotton (14) rejects a field goal attempt by Hinds during a Tecent game in Decatur. The Warriors host SouUtwest ursda) at 6:30 p.m. Cotton is a Newton County High graduate. spots Jones 21 before rallying for 38-28 win If there's one 5tandout character–

Spillman for ' ' yard:-.. Spillman caught eigl1t pas..-;es for 127 yards on the afternoon. Jones rebounded and moved 70 yards in eightplays to score on Ryan Earnest's 1-yard leap to go up 28-21. Thoms nailed a 34-yard field goal vvith 1:51 to play in the third period to pull the Warriors to within 28-24. Jones tumbled again ";th ECs Ra:had the EC

IS . about this year's football team at li1 t Central Community College, tt"' that the Warriors just won't quit no matter how bad things look. EC found itself trailing Jones 21- 0 at Ellisville Saturday afternoon before rallying to claima 38-28 victo– ry over the Bobcats. EC improves to 2-2 in the South 0: i.;ion and 5-3 o,·erall Jones fell to -l nd~::; :=n arcs.., p a ... 1 Oo'm!:Xe \\ an:>.e:· scored the toud1down on a 22-yard run with 12:08toplayintheopening half.Josh A94-yarddriveinjustfourplays pulled the Warriors to within 21-14 at halftime. Brian Zbyenieski hit Dontay Spillman on a 45-yard scor- ingpasswith3:301eftinthehal£. play vvith the Warriors' Josh Chaney rerovering at the Bobcats' 33. The Warriors drove 33yards in five plays to score when ChadWarren scooted Thoms kicked the extra point.

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a 5-yard mn with 3:23 remaining. 1he Warriors USL>d 15 plays to cover ~yards. EC had 4.56 yards total offense with Wansley gaining 90 on 13 car- ries. EC hosts Southwest Thurs-day at Decahrr with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. The Bears are 3- l in cl1e division and 7-1 overa11 after beating

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