2001

WEEK OF Jp 11 _.:U7d ECCC opens eague play with win By Marty Stamper The Meridian Star

cltallen-.:::e ,e,;en play, later when Ram n Williams took an option pitch from Bnan Zbydme\\ ,ki and raced 48 yard, end zone. Danny Haynes' extra pomt ~ '\e ECCC a 21-17 lead th 1 4- re ammg in the third period and e t he Warriors wouldn't take long for the Warriors to d a~ Patrick Prince got 6 - -- ard .-coring run with _ the game. An uninten- tv> pomt converqion run by Dee Horn blm!'er ga\·e ECCC a 29-17lead. Th~ Warnor, bad a chance to score ~after blocking a punt and recov– E at the GulfCoast 18. An unsports– =.o:leilll.A.'e conduct penalty on the Bull– th ball at the 9, but Prince

fumbled the ball back on the next play. Gulf Coast recovered an ECCC lat– eral at the Warrior 29 and drove to the 1 in the game's final five minutes. On thir d down, Kevin Johnson was stuffed for a two-yard loss and on fourth down Bulldog quarterback James Nettles fumbled into the end zone where ECCC's Melvin Cotton recovered for a touchback. The Warriors started hot, scoring two touchdowns in the first quarter in jumping out to a 14-0 lead. The first came on an 8-yard toss from Zbyd– niewski to Dontay Spillman with 7:13 remaining in the opening period. The scoring drive was set up by a fumble recovery at the ECCC 48. See ECCC, Page C3

DECATUR - The East Central Com– munity College Warriors began South Division play Thursday night Wlth a 29-17 win over Mississippi Gulf Co ECCC jumped out to a 14-0 le d n the first quarter only to hao,; e the B dogs run off 17 straight points to 17-14 advantage with 5:09 to third period. "I told our team we got up 14-0 quick and then I lhought vo e rest little bit," ECCC head coach ~ Underwood said. "I'm not ,a~ n didn't play hard or our kid c:l

hu,;tle. But we got incon!':tste shot our...elf in the foot \\"lth The Warriors aDS\\ ered ECCC

the goal line. It wo a OOd team win.~ ECCC had 283 total Y1 ru with 230 conung on ru h– e:-;. Prince gained 148 UJ d~ on 19 carries \\ tth Wtlliarns adding 62 yard s on four ru«he:::. Zbydnicw<~ki complct ed 7 -of-15 passes fot fi~ vardd up 116 'yards on 13 carries The Warrior" host lltJim~ ~ next Thur!;day. Marty Stampeds a sports wrtter for The Meric.uan Star. F.:-mat' htm at mstamper@themend anstar.com or call hrm at693-155l ext 3234.

Bulldogs their only lead ben he broke free from a kle at the line of scrim– and raced 60 yard,., for touchdown with 5:09 maming in the third peri- The \\ nrriors responded ith n 64-yard scodng drive pped by Williams' 48-yard ohdown run to improve to - m the division ~nd 2-1 erall Gulf Coast fell to 0-1 d 1-2 •It vtal!' a cballcngo and or k1ds came right back,"' d rwoOd stud. "I'm really proud of them. ~he offen!'Oe lh moved the ball tonight d I can't ,ay enough about r defense. w~ fought and pped nd neld them on

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