2001

:East Central Com~mun.ity An offense that sputtered for just seven points in the season opener finally got clicking Saturday after– poon as East Central Community College{s Warriors posted a 38-8 thumping of Coahoma Community College in a nondivision matchup p layed at John Miller Stadium in Clarksdale. rally was snuflcd out in the ~ccond half, as l .ao;t Central rolled tu a "·I ) lead before the Tigers got th~u only score early in the final stam.a. The Warri01s answered with two quick tal– lies to seal the win, wh1ch obviously pleased head coach Terry Underwood. ''Overall, it was a good team win:

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we did some positive things offensive– ly and defensively and 1n the kicking gan1e We should have. had a larger lead at halftime, but penalties nulli– fied a long touchdown pass, another long pass play. and a b1g gainer on a revcr'ie. However 1 wa'i pleased that we scored 38 points and that the defense played as well as it did. The first win i~ always the toughest, and lim very pleased that we came away from Coahoma with n victory. v.. ' still

East Central, which improved to 1- 1, crossed the goal line in all four quarters against the Tigers, now win– tess in two starts. The Tigers lost to Pearl River 48-0 to begin season acuon, while the Warriors dropped a 14-7 decision to host Mississippi Delta, which scored with less than two minutes remaining to claim the win after trailing 7-6 throughout most of the contest. Any hopes Coahoma had for a

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burst to the 17-yard-Line. Overall, East Central had 279 yards rushing and 82 yards passing for a 361 total. Zbydniewski completed six of 12 passes. Coahoma had 67 yards rushing and 163 yards passing for a 230 total. Sophomore linebacker Melvin Cotton of Holt (Ala.) High School led EC defenders with seven solo tackles and three assists. Sophomore defen- sive lineman Keith Curry of Newton County had three tackles and three

ing kickoff and marching 60 yards to pay dirt. Freshman running back Ananias McBride of Forest capped the 11-play march with his one-yard plunge. McBriM gained 34 of his 74 total yards during the scoring drive, which was also highlighted by a 21-yard pass play from Zbydniewski to Lee, giving EC possession on the Coahoma 19. Lee bad three grabs for 61 yards to lead Warrior receivers. East Centralis final score came from Williams. whose second tally of the afternoon was a 12-yard run with JUSt under a minute remaining. The 73-yard drive took just seven plays and was highlighted by McBrideis 36- yard gainer to tbe Tiger 31. Also pro– viding a key play was Tyrone Barrett. a 6-l, 288-pound offensive lineman from Glades (ria) Central who made lm dehut at runmng back by dragging several Tt~cr defenders on a 14-yard

from sophomore quarterback Brian Zbydniewski of Ft. Walton (Fla.) Beach to sophomore wide receiver Marcus Lee of Forest. which gave bC first and goal at the four-yard-line. Sophomore running back Patrick Prince of Tuscaloosa (Ala) County, who led the Warriors in rushing with l02 yards on II carries, got into the scoring act when he took a pitch from Zbydniewksi on a 37-)ard scoting play with 7:36 remaining. A 42-yard field goal by Haynes, a transfer from the L niversity of Alabama . late in the third period extended the Warrior advantage to 24-0. Coahoma got 1ts only points early in the fourth stanza on quarterback Anthon) Ftzcrfs 23-yard scamper. Fizer also :.cored the two-point con– version. East Central responded to the Tiger touchdown by taking the cnsu-

11ave to 1111provc and get better, espe– cially now thai we an: beginning divi– sion compc:litlon,i Underwood said. It was lhc Warrior defense that gave Fasl Central its first tally, as fr .hman hnehackcr Josh Viverette ol La" t' hlod.:ed Ua Rclaro Smithfs 'punt ami IILshman defensive back .lc111ath.111 I lope ol lu"caloosa (Ala.) ~·ounty '''"lfll.:d up the pigskin and t Prnlltunll l!~ht yt~nh out with 12:22 ,left in th• lu~t quarter Sophomore kickc1 nlu1ny llayneo; of Brooks '(Ala.) 1lir)1 Sehoul made the fir~t of 'his live 1'/\' l's • 11..1151 C{nt~al extended itS lead With JUSI untlcr ltvc mtnutes left before haHlin11.. \\h\:n freshman running back Ramon Withams of Brookwood (Ala.) l ltvh School crossed the goal line on hi' lour-yard burst. 1t took just five plays for the Warriors lll complete the 46-yard drive. highlighted by a 29-yard strike

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After two consecutive weeks on the road, the Warriors will play before z I- W a home crowd this Thursday against _J :::> 0:: (/) South Divis1on rival Mississippi Gulf ~ 0 0 ~ Coast Community College. Kickoff is a.. () ::E ~ set for 6:30 p.m. at Warrior Stadium. a.. z LL The Bulldogs, 1-I, defeated Northeast

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