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means. "They are a lot better tcum than their record shows," Underwood said. "They lost to Hinds and Pl•arl River, which are two of the better teams m our league. They had a lot of turnovers against Hinds and gave up a couple of cheap touchdowns. "The bottom line i:-: their record does– n 't indicate what kind of team they have. "It's a pivotal game. !<"'rom here on out, we're both in division play and you'd like to take a win into that. "We've got our hands full. If we're not ready to play, we could get embarrassed. We're coming off a big win at home and ~ou're always concerned about a let– down, but I thirik we"ll he ready to play." Patrick Pdnce, who prepped at Tuscaloosa

of Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County led the War– rior defense with seven solo tackles and th ree assists. He also caused two fumbles. Holmes freshman ..__..-,....u.._--.~ quarterback Shelton Richardson of Grena- Underwood da threw four touch- down passes in the win O\'er ltawamba. He completed 18-of-34 passe::. for 237 yards. At running back is fornwr Vt'lma Jackson standout Marvin Vaughan. "Their quarterback throw.s the ball well and runs the ball well."' Undo.n\ ood said. "It's sort of like playing a mirror i.mage of ourselves when you pla) a Hugh Shurden-coached team. I t!Xpcct a real tough, har d-nosed. competiti\'e game." Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ECCC's games may be heard on WSSI-FM 98.3 in Carthage. Marty Stamper Is a sports writer for The Mendl· an Star. E-mail him at mstamper@themeridi anstar com or phone him at 693-1551, ext 3234

tan Star Enst Central Community Col- arnors 1 re facing non-division foe ..,..,,... "~~Community College Thursday Decatur.

defea ted Miss is sippi Gulf · 7 I ,t week to improve to 2-1. ocked off Itawamba 28-17 to rd to 1-2 after losing to Hinds d Pea River (42-10) in the t'" weeks. u, e the Bulldogs aren't in South Division with ECCC, n t mean the Warrior s don't t tD prove. " d our worst game of the h re Ja,t year," ECCC head rn Underwood said. "We were f n double-overtime loss a t nd were fiat as a pancake phomores remember that.We n 18-0 at hal ft ime . It was ing to me, to our program, r phomores that came back." t Underwood expects the t be easy picki ngs by any

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