2001

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Delta Rallies Past ECCC Warriors, 14-7

of Tuscaloosa. wl11cl gave tht Warrio rs possessiOn on the Delta 13-yard-line. The Trojans quickly ans\\ ered the Warriortally when \\ omack slipped through the Warrior de– fense on a 79-yard sconng ruli on their first play from scnm mage following the EC touch down. Jay Jones ofGrecnwoo' was wide left on his PAT at tempt. East Central had an opportunit) to pad its lead with 6:15 remain· ing in the contest when Warri01 linebacker Stacey Lewis of Philadelphia recovered a Delta fumble on the Trojan 24-yard– line . However, the Warriors were pushed back by pena lties and were unsuccessful on a 41- yard field goal attempt with just under three minutes remaining. Delta then took possession and drove for the winning score. TheWarriors had missed on t\vo earlier scoring opportunities - one early in the first quarter when wide receiver Dontay Soillman of LoUJsvllle, Ken- cered two quancroack sacks and a fumble reco\er~ . Defenstve lineman Courtney Steele of Tuscaloosa had t],·e solo stops and two asst:)IS. Delta bad 139 total yards, \\ ith 144 coming on the ground and 121 through tlie a ir. East Central'' ill agam be on the road this week '' hen the War– nors take on C "ahoma Commu– nity College Saturda). Septem– ber 15. Kicko+'f .s set for 1 p.m. on the Clark dale campus.

ECCCSports MOORHEAD--A late touch– down by Miss1ssipp i Delta Community College gave the homestanding Trojans a 14-7 win over East Central Commu– nity College Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. Although obvious ly d isap– pointed with the loss, Warrior head football coach Terry Underwood said he was pleased with the team's effort. "Our guys played a hard-fought football game; we just made too many mistakes and did not capi– talize on scoring opportunities and Delta did. I told our players that one game does not make a season, and that our focus now is to concentrate on beating Coahoma this Saturday," Underwood said. QuarterbackBerkediusWomack of Ruleville provided the Tro– jans with the winning margin when he tallied from three yards out with 1 :38 remaining, cap– ping a nine-play, 8 1-yard drive. Womack fired a strike to wide receiver Tavares Gideon for the o-point n,· rston. The Warriors took the ensuing kickoff and drove into Trojan territo ry, but lost possession when qua rterbac k B rian Zbydniewskl of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.. was intercepted by TroJan Ceandris Brown of

East Central had scored first in the nondivision matchup when Zbydniewski found the end zone .

tucky, dropped a possible touch– down pass, and another to be– gin fourth quarter action when Zbydniewski 's 35-yard touch– down pass to wide receiver Marcus Lee ofForest was nulli– fi ed due to a penal ty . East Central had 144 yards rush– ing and 98 yards passing for a 242 total. Zbydniewski completed 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 yard s and Lee grabbed two passes for 13 yard s. Punter Kevin Stephens of Troy, Ala., average_d 35 yards on seven attempts. Linebacker John B ibb of Tuscaloosa, Ala., led the EC defense with I 0 tackles and two assists. He also regis·

Brian Zbydniewski, Sophomore Ft. Walton Beach, Florida on a two-yard scamper with 14:51 left before halftime. Danny Haynes of Killen, Ala., booted the PAT. Key play during the seven-play, 78-yard drive was a 57-yard run by running bac,k Patrick Prince l l •-

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