2001

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ECCC loses opener A late touchdown by

concentrate on beating Coahoma this Saturda),'' Underwood said. The Warriors travel to Clarksdale for a 1 p.m con– test with Coahomc.. who took a -18-0 beating at Pearl River last week, allowing six touchdown passes in the first haJf. The new head coach at Coahoma is former Warrior assistant and USM defensive standout Freeman Horton. Womack provided the Trojans with the winning margin when he tallied from three yards out with 1:38 remaining, capping a nine– play, 71-yard drive that erased a 7-6 EC lead. EC scored first when Brian Zbydniewski found the end zone on a 2-yard scam– per with 14:51 left before halftime. Danny Haynes booted the extra point. The key play during the seven-play, 78-yard drive was a 57-yard run by run– ning back Patrick Prince to the Delta 13. The Trojans quickly answered as Womack slipped through the Warrior defense on a 79-yard scoring run on their first play follow– ing the EC touchdown. EC had 144 yards rushing and 98 yards passing for a 242 total. Zbydniewski com– pleted 12-of-28 passes for 98 yards. Prince led the Warriors with 20 rushes for 124 yards. He also had three receptions for 17 yards. Spillman had four catches for 38 yards. Linebacker John Bibb led the EC defense with 10 tack– les and two assists. He alc;o registered h\.·o quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery.

,::iOphomore quarterback Kiki Womack gave Mississippi Delta a 14-7 \\ m over East Central Thur~da\ night at Moorhead in the season opener for both teams. Although obviously dis– appointed with the loss, Warrior head football coach Terrv Underwood said he wac;-pleased with the team's effort. "Our guy::. played a hard– fought tootball game; we just made too many mbtakes and did not capitalize on scoring opportunitic-. and Delta did. I told our player~ that one game does not make a season and that our focu.. now is to

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