2001

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The Union Appeal, Union, Mississippi • Wednesday, October 17, 2001

East Central takes 25-16 win at Hinds Almo-.t ho,; o decade<. of frustration came to an end Thu~day night for the Ea t Central Community College Arterberry was flagged for intentional grounding in the end zone with 10:14 left in the game.

session. Trey Crum booted the PAT. The Eagles set up another score when linebacker Kudell Norwood inter– cepted Warrior quarterback Brian Zbydniewsk.i and returned the pick to the EC 9. However, the Warrior defense stiffened, forcing Hinds to settle for Crum's 34-yard field goal and a 10-0 lead with 7:40 left in the first period. EC got on the scoreboard late in the first stanza when Zbydniewski connect– ed with wide receiver Dontay Spillman on a nine-yard touchdown strike. Danny Haynes booted the PAT. The short scoring drive was set up when linebacker Melvin Cotton intercepted a Hinds pass and gave EC possession on the Eagle 16. The Warriors tied the contest at 10-10 on Haynes' 28-yard field goal with 1:51 left before halftime. A key play during the scoring march was a 48-yard pass from Zbydniewski to Spillman, giving EC possession on the Hinds 30. EC took the lead for good in third period action when Patrick Prince burst through the Eagle defense on a 17-yard scamper to the end zone. Hayo.es missed the PAT. The ·go-ahead drive covered 63 yards and took seven plays. The Warrior defense was credited with their next score - a safety - when

Warnors \\ ho overcame an early 10- point defiat m defeating Hinds 25-16 in Raym d. The :xruth DiVI"ion victory snapped a 19-garne osmg <.trcak to Hindo; and mmed the \\amors into a first-place tie with J es for the di\ri-.ion lead. Both team are 3-0 and have identical 5-1 overal record The two will battle for '-O e .. on of the top ..;pot Saturday "'hen the \\amors ho..;t the Bobcats for homerorr:mg. Kickoff b c;et for 2:30 p.m. F r EC head coach Terry Under– \o,;ood n dung the first\\ in over Hinds 51nce 1 1 ' :-as obvious!) a great accom– piL

Thanks to Spillman's 50-yard return on the ensuing free kick, ECCC had excellent field position on the Hind:::. 3~, but the Warriors were unable to capital– ize as Haynes missed from 51 yards. EC did take advantage of a fumble recovery by defensive lineman Arrion Triplett at the Hinds 32. It took Just t\' o p lays for the Warriors to score, as Zbydniewski lofted a perfect 31-yard scoring strike to Spillman w1th 7::!~ remaining. Haynes added the PAT. Hinds quarterback Patrick \Valker fired an 11-yard touchdown strike to Darius Wilson with 3:22 left. The two– point conversion failed as EC led 25-lb. EC had 358 total yards of oifen-.e. Zbydniewski completed 9-of-19 pa..;se.., for 148 yards and two touchdo" n .... Spillman was the leading recetwr with six catches for 125 yards and t\vo cores. Prince was the top ground gainer v. ith 90 yards on 24 carries. Hinds, which fell to 2-4 overall and 0-3 in league play, had 141 ) ard... pa-....- ing and 81 yards rushing for a "'2 )ard total. Jones won 30-6 at East Mi ... " tppt in another Thursday night contest

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