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DECATUR, Miss. -- For the second straight week the Northeast T igers played a field position football game and came out on top. Using a stining defense and a precis ion kick ing game, the Tigers defeated the East Central Warriors 14-7. Wrth the win, the Tigers are off to a 2-0 start for the first time since the 1989 campaign, when they opened with wins over East Central and Coahoma. Fo llowing a series punts from Northeast's Brandon Robe rson and bast Central's J e remia h G il le tte , Northeast opened the scoring with a reverse that ended with Chris Ke lley finding pay dirt from 6-yards out. A bad snap on the extra point play resulted in place krt ~ er Hal Ken;tetler attempting to run it in for a twn l" 'iut

scoreboard with a 2.~-yard touchdo\Hl pass from Stevens to Erland. Trnvares Osley's extra pornt cut the Tiger lead to 14-7 with 8.16 remaining in the game. Both teams mrsscd on opportunities to score later in the quarter. For Northeast Kerstetter Y.as one yard short on a 44- yard licld goa l attempt and a Tyus Jackson interception return for a touchdown was negated by a clipping calL East Central recovered a Matthew Stephenson fum– ble at the Tiger 44 yard line with 3·07 to play, but two plays later Stevens' second down pass was del1ected and intercepted by Eric Holcombe. The Trgers ran out the clock from that point to cam the \Vin. ~ ~ , ~ z ' ffii= ~0 <.?>- zt-

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