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. carr c' aJ.unst Della. lk also scored the\\ amors·only touch– dO\\ non a one-yard plunge. Sptllman \\as one of the sta.te's top reCt.:I\.Cr , as he hau led in 37 • catche-. for 595 yards and six score . He a\·eraged 16.1 yards per re... ept1on In additron. Sp1llm...n returned 14 punt::. for 103 yards. a -!-yard a\era2e. In the pla~otf game aJaanst De ta. -P bna had four recep- 1 r ' ) rds per~~- 'ho \\a aJ 0 named th;. uth Dt\'l...Jon' ... n· r v·aluabte line– man. p~ayed a key role m East Central having one ofthe state's top rushing offenses. The War– riors averaged 21 1.4 rushing yards per game, second only to Delta. which averaged 214.2 yards per contest. Both teams had 18 rushing\touchdowns. Cotton had 40 tackles and 21 assists during the nine-game regular season and Bibb Jed EC mtackles with 44 solo stops and 21 assists. He also reco\'ered three fumbles. Prince. Spillman. and Spencer were also named to the South All-Star squad with teammates Bnan Zbydniewski, a 6-3, 190- pound qtt arterback from Choctawhatchee High School in Ft. Walton Beach, Flonda, and defensive lineman Keith Cur:_ry,

c.: 1'\..n:: .. cntb-T'::!tJJv• ~1end1an and Brian Lillis (6-3, 230) of Neshoba Central: run– ning backs Ramon Williams (5- I!, 222) of Daphne, AIa., Chad Warren (5-10. 225) ofQuitman and Terrance DeGraffenried (5- 10. 235) of Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Central:\\ ide recei\ers \1arcus Lee(5-9. 1 .... 5)off-orest and Dee Homesb.uder (5 - I . Of l)f ~oxapa~er: hn bac':-.er_ ~leh m Conon (6·. ~-:> of H • , a.. ~"'he Hope lb-~. 14- of T uscaloo~a ( i\ia 1 ( ount~ and Stacy Le\\IS (6'. 246) ol }J e s h o .b a Central: defensiYe linemen Arrion-Triplett (6-1, 246) of Louisville. Michael Wells (6-3, 302) of forest. Jon Gusman (6- 4, 250) of Newton County , Johnny Jackson (6-7, 256) of Aliceville, Ala. and Howard Jackson (5 -11 , 220) of Scott Central; defensive backs Marco Cole (6'. 170) ofNeshoba Cen– traL Darrius Thames (5-11, 172) of Philadelphia, Josh Chaney (5-10. 185) ofNew– ton County and Chris Hooper (6-4. 220) of orth Springs High School, Atlanta, Geor– gia: and kicker Danny Haynes (5-1 0, 212) of Brooks High School, Ki llen, Ala.

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lar sea:-,on mark and \\ere-·– the Soutr DivisiOn pr: .. to ad· vancinJ to the state p a~ offs where they fell I0-- t') \iiss1 - s1pp1 Delta Cornmunit~ College m sem1-Jinal acuon At Lh~ p oflh list are /\11-R - gi on ~~ ...ele... tton Patr c Pnnce. a 5-9. 19"'-pound runmng_back ot Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County: Donta) SpJllman. a 6-2.195- pound w1de receiYer return spe– cialist ofValley lltgh Schoolm Louisville, Kentucky; Jerry Spencer, a6-4, 315-pound offen– sive lineman from North Moore High School in Eagle Springs, North Carolina; and Cedric Cot– ton, a 6-1, 220-pound defen!:ave back from ewton County H1gh School in Decatur Pnnce. Spillman, Spencer and Cotton also join linebacker John Btbb ofTuscaloosa (Ala ) Central on the All-State squad. Pnnce was among the state·stop rushers. gaining 992 yards on 180 carries, an a\'erage of 5.5 yards per carry. through the \F nme-game regular season. He also scored nine touchdov-. ns . .A Pnnce added to that total 111 the

\\ nh .!0 ta.... during the ~e~ular ea ...on. He also regtstered fi\ e quanerba k sacks and caused two fumble::.. Also named second team All– State are Kenneth Hurt, a 6'5, 31 0-pound offensive lineman from Tuscaloosa County, and Melvin Cotton, a 6-foot, 225- pound linebacker from Holt (Ala.) High School. \\ amors named honorable men– tion All-State include offenst\e linemen Cedric McAfee (6-3. 320} ofPhiladelphia. RudySu 'e (6-1. 291) ofEscambia H1gh School in Pensacola. Fla .. Damarcus Granger (6-3. 274} of Tuscaloosa ( '\Ia.) County. Rob– ert Finch (6-1. 2-l) ofLouis,ille and Chad Crowe (6-5, 285) of Leake Academy: tight end-.

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