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i East Central football players ~ ~ honored at annual banquet A successful 2000 season for

backer Curt Blackburn, academ– ic a\\ ard, :\e,., ton County Academ\; Quentin Bowens, most valuabte defensive line– man (63 tackles, 16 assists), Brooks High School, Killen, Ala.; linebacker Levi Duncan, Warrior Award, Eustis, Fla.; run– ning back Terrance Wansley, most valuable offensive back (775 yards on 118 carries; seven touchdov.-ns); Randy Brunson, most valuable offensive line– man, Seba~topol; D'Angelo Lewis, Kemba Bryant Most Valuable Detensive Back (nine interception5 six blocked kicks), Douglas By rd High School, Fayettenlle, C.; quarterback Mitchell • IcKinnon, permanent team co-captain, most valuable player (681 rushing yards, seven touchdowns; 1,142 passing yards, rune touchdown passes), Palatka, Fla.; and linebacker LaKend rick Houston, perma– nent team co-captain, Louisville. Also recognized were recipi– ents of post- eason MACJC hon– ors. McKinnon, Brunson and Bowens were named first team All-State and Wansley, Lewis, Houston and wide receiver I return specia list Dontay Spillman (711 yards on 41 recep– tions and 10 touchdowns; also

scored on 94-yard punt return) of Louisville, Kent., were named to the second team. Receiving honorable men– tion, All-State honors were offensive lineman Raphael Goodwin of Meridian, defen– sive lineman Jermaine Crosby of South Leake, offensive lineman Reggie Cistrunk of Louisville, offensive lineman Randy Brown of Tuscaloosa County, line– backer Levi Duncan of Eustis, Fla.; tight end Clint Burkes of Scott Central, linebacker Curt Blackburn of Newton County Academy, defensive back Tommy Ford of Hillcrest High School, Tuscaloosa; defensive back Dexter Cole of Neshoba Central, defensive back Keaton Donald of Noxapater, defensive back Rashad Blaylock of Union, linebacker Anthony Thompson of Early County High School, Blakely, Ga.; wide receiver Darrius Thames of Philadelphia, linebacker John Bibb of Tuscaloosa Central, running back Chad Warren of Quitman and offensive lineman Jerry Spencer of North Moore High School, Eagle Springs, N.C. Brunson, Brown, McKinnon, Wansley, Bowens, Houston and Lewis will represent East Central in the AU-Star game.

the East Central Community College football squad was 1: capped by the presentation of ~ various team and state honors at the annual awards banquet held Nov. 15 in Mabry Memorial Cafeteria on the Decatur cam– pus. The Warriors fi nished the season with a 6-4 overall record and were 3-3 in South Division competition. EC Jed the state in rushing offense with 247 yards per game and placed second in total offense with a 361.2-yard aver– age. In addition, the Warriors were ranked fifth in passing defense (131.5 yards per contest) and finished tenth in passing offense (114.2 yards per game~ Presenting awards were Dr. Phil Sutphin, ECCC president; Terry Underwood, head football coach; and assistants Tim Coats, Fredrick Lyons, Todd Mangum, Steve Kelly and Tommy Clopton. The Warrior staff was select– ed to coach the South squad in the annual juco All-Star football game scheduled at 1 p.m. Saturday at Northeast Mississ– ippi Community College in Booneville. Award recipients were line-

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