2002

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I LOCAL SPORTS Warriors take down Hinds FULL SPEED AHEAD- East Central's Ramon Williams finds a gaping hole opened up by the ~ offensive line against Hinds. .~ Photo by Paula Merritt I The Meridian Star l~ (. By Marty Stamper I EMG sports assistant Oct. 20, 2002

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DECATUR- The East Central Community College Warnors £Y ~­ unbelievable catch from Ronald Smith for a 26-yard touchdo.. - 8:15 left in Satu rday's MACJC South Division contest with r res ;:J take a 23-20 victory.

-=-c-~ Matthews teamed wtth Danus Wilson on a 27-yard scoring :::ss or the ::;rst play of the second quarter. A two-point pass by the :_'0 ga 1e H'nds a 17-14 lead .

It's the second year in a row for the Warriors to beat Hinds a~e ... losing 19 straight to the once-mighty Eagles.

::(:CC pu ed even at 17-17 on a 30-yard field goal by Jacob Swayzt

ECCC improved to 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the league. Hinds 'e ;o !-3 -..- 9·0d remainmg in the first half. and 2-3. Smith and an Eagle defender battled for the pass with Sm ih r.a• -~ :,-~a - gave Hmds a 20-17 advantage. the catch fully extended in the end zone.

- • 9- 1 ard -eld goal by Zingery with 20.9 seconds to go before the

· - L:le 'irst half, neither defense could stop the offense," ECCC heac "They made a great play on the touchdown pass," Hinds heac ccacn ::ceCl' - erry Underwood said . "They never stopped us and we never Gene Murphy said. "You've got to take your hat off to the rece • e· :c: s=:med them. keeping focused on the ball and making the catch. They dtd me things necessary to put themselves in position to have that ore ro.-e -.: r:a n me, we challenged our team by asking them which defense play than we did. That's how you win the game." as gong to step up and win the ballgame. Our defense stepped up a-c our offense did what it had to do to win ." The win keeps ECCC in the playoff chase and knocks Hinds OL< 'o· the second straight year. --e second half saw Hinds outgain the Warriors 141-113, but the =.ages only managed 31 yards in the fourth quarter and did not

The contest was one of big play after big play as Hinds had 16 ga-s SCOfe in the second half. of 10 yards or better and ECCC having 10.

"Our guys just stepped up and wanted to win the ballgame," ..;nderwood said. "It was just a gut check. To be 1-4 and now be 3-4, ,•,e're not out of this thing. That group of kids has got as much character as any I've ever been around ." Zingery missed a 32-yard field goal with 6:08 to go in the third quarter and John Hope ended another Hinds drive with an 11rerception at the ECCC 32. The Warriors covered 75 yards on their game-winning drive with an offsides penalty on Hinds on fourth-and-1 at the ECCC 48 keeping the drive alive.

The first half was a track meet with Hinds taking a 20-17 lead into halftime. The Eagles outgained ECCC 299-228 in the first half. Hinds drove 66 yards on the game's first series with Mason DenhaM scoring on a 2-yard run. Scott Zingery's extra point was no good.

It took ECCC two plays to pull even as Kevin Stephens hit Smith on

APPEARED IN: LAKE MES SENGER___ ________ Hinds had one final shot at forcing overtime, but Zingery's 40-yard field goal bid landed harmlessly near the flag pole in the north end SCOTT COUNTY TIMES zone.

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