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it off and raced 43 yards to the end zone. A two– point pass attempt by Stephens was incomplete. Holmes' ground game, so sluggish in the first half, now began gaining nearly five yards per carry as the Bulldogs started taking big chunks off the clock. A 32-yard field goal by Jones put the Bulldogs up 20-12 with 13:05left in the con– test. The Bulldogs put the game away with a 1- yard sneak by Bo Bradberry with 4:4lleft. The Warriors appeared to have held as Jones missed on a 28-yard field goal try. but an offsides penalty gave Holmes first-and-goal at the 6. "Defensively, we didn't play as well in the second half as we did the first half," Underwood said. "The first half we played pretty well, but in the second half we let them control the clock and move the ball. "All I know to do is to go back to the drawing board and try to get better. We've ~ot to learn

~ Fro~ Page Cl I ; ECCC also lost a fumble on a punt return. The one thing the Warriors had going in the fi rst half was a solid defense that held the Bull– dogs to minus-4 yards on their first four posses– sions. Holmes had just two first downs in the first l half, yet trailed only 6-3. t• ECCC grabbed a 6-0 lead with 8:42 remaining t in the second quarter on an 11-yard run by Ramon Williams. Jacob Swayze's waist high l· extra point attempt was easily blocked. The I' scoring drive covered 86 yards with the big I' gainer being a 47-yard pass from Kevin Stephens c to Ronald Smith to the Holmes 39. l Bobby Ferguson put the Bulldogs in busi– < ness at the ECCC 14 when he picked off a Stephens pass with just under three minutes to ' go before halftime. Even after being flagged for rlo f onC'tuo 'h " l,.l; .... _ ,.. .... A ............. :.,.&-... .... £ -- - "'

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