2002

WEEK OFSe\)\: 23,20UL-

a to PRC 13- 9

For the second stra1ght week, a second-halfrally fell short of victory for East Central Community College's Warriors who were clipped 13-9 by the Pearl Rive1 Commumty College Wildcats fhursday night m the South D1v1sion opener for both squads at Dobie llolden Stadnun 111 Poplamllc. Last Central, which trailed 13-9 at halftime. had mounted an impressive I hird quarter drive from the Wildcat 10. which was set up when defenm e back Pete McBnde of Forest n1xed a possihle Pea!l River score w 1th Ius interceptiOn otT Wildcat quarterback D:uucl forrest of Pica}une. Warrior quarterback K evm Stephens of Troy, Ala , engineered the "almost" 90-yard march. high– lighted by an effectJ\e ..;round game featuring \\ 1de receiver-turned-run– ning back Titus Ryan oi'Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County, nmnmg back Kcntay l:iland and fullback Howce Glenn, both ol I ou1snlle, and fullback Germaine Smith of Newton County. Smith crossed the goal line from I 0 yards out on the 14th play of the long drive, but the score was nulli– fied due to a holding call. The Warriors later fumbled on third and l iS at the 20-yard-line to begin the final stanza, and the W1ldcats held on for the VICtory, improving to 2-1

overall and 1-0m the division, while

Freshman ~arcus Cleveland of~orton has been added to the injury list, which now includes several players: running back Ramon Williams; offensive lineman Marcel Binion; fullback Wesley Wrigh t; defensive tackle Chris Allen; and offensive guard Rudy Su 'e, who suffered the most serious injury(broken ankle)in the Holmes game and is out for the sea- son. Horace Glenn led the Warrior offense with 76 yards on 13 carries. T itus Ryan added 54 yards on 14 attempts. Daniel Forrest completed 21 of 30 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns for Pearl River. Prior to the EC contest, Forrest had complete 37 of 83 passes for 430 yards and three touchdowns. East Central will try to get into the win column this Thursday when division foe Gulf Coast Community College comes to cam– pus. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at Warrior Stadium. The Bulldogs, (2- 1) defeated Copiah-Lincoln Community College 16-7 last week. All Warrior football games can be heard on WSSI-FM (98.3) featuring veteran sportscaster ~ike Goodwin and game analyst Gilbert Barham.

1 resulted in a nussed 34-ya...~ field goal by 1 ravares Os C} of Hueytown, Ala., who onh O\ er locking duties ued the con- tt-st earl d quarter on Etland's p unge. whtch \\a:. set up b} de ensJH lmeman J. E. Haynes of - apa!er '' ho inter– cepted a Forrt'St p3SS at the Pearl River 35-)-ard- me and rambled to the Wilde t fi Osley's PAT was nol succe fi L Pe Rn er broke the dead– lock \\ 1th just O\ er a mwute left in the first half \\hen FOITt'st and wide receiver JonJthan EUand of Hattiesburg combined talents on a 20-yard touchdov•n pass Bryant, a Poplan•tlle prod"..ct, added the PAT. East Central responded to the Pearl Rtvewr tally by scoring the game's ;inal pomts, a 47-yard field goal by Osley wtth JUSt 18 seconds left before halftime.

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