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By Evan Smith The Meridian Star

Warriors ilill hnve a lot on the line. ~For o.ne thing, Wllllling this game

us amon~ that elite group. An that'::: :oomething we want our pro gram to !ret t!<>tabli!::ihed as - bein! in that eli e group.~ After the pride factor, the sopho– more cl " ~:o eying another goal that would come with a win. "If we can \Vin, our sophomores will be the second winningest group in the histor) of this school,'' Under– wood :;aid. "'"They will have won 14 game-. in the last two years, which would be a great honor ., Winnmg may not be an easy task for the Warriors though. While Pearl Ri,·cr (14, 4-5) i:sn't exactly a South Dtvi:;ion powerhou e, the Wildcats got ofT to ,a luggish s tart this year

""ill en.-. re , o winnmg ,ea, oo. Undel>\ood , aad ~And that ·wa one of the goalE "e set earh m the year. ''You''\e got North,.,e:-t who's undefeated, then you''\ e ~ot Hind and Southwest at

The E ast Central Community College Warriors will not be playing for a trip to t he MACJC playoffs tonight when they t r a vel to Poplarville to face the Wildcats of Pearl River. Last week's 24-12 loss to South– west killed the Warriors' playoff hopes. But just because the Warriors, who are 5-4 overall and 2-3 in South Division play, are out of the playoff picture doesn't mean tonight's 7 p.m. contest isn't important. According to head coach Terry Underwo Jd, t he

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i eason at Pearl i but have shown signs of improve– ment recently.

Keyshawn Fudge, a former 1\Iis:sis· sippi State signee with big-play capabil ity who prepp d at HattiCl> burg Stopping the run and cootruning Fudge will be the \ 'aniors' prir~ objectives on defe n e. Offerunvely, East Centl al will con tinue to use its dominating rushmg attack..The Warriors, v.ho hav lou tht• st.'1t e in ru'hing all r n I a talented ba ·1 in mer Newton ( ranee Wansley, who state's leading ru. ...he.rs Evan Sm•th IS a sports wrt:ar for The Meridian Star. E-mad h mat sports@rnen

.\ccording to Underwood. :,trength • size are Pearl River·~ bigge-.t ... ts. And he expects the Wildcats that size to estabfu.h the run– .. game early. 7hey're big and strong up-front >th defense and offense. Thev're ,., to work on controlling the line -unmage." .nning behind that big offensive ,·m be tailback Perry Tisdale. -ushed for more than 200 yards ,t week's 54-21 win over North- ning Tisdale on the Wildcats' , tve attack will be wide recetver

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