2002

Smith's catch gives ECCC 23-20 win _ ; ,~tL DEC.\TL R--:· e H ~ .. ~; _, • erHmdsCom- Kevin Stephens of Troy. Ala. The mumcy Coll~e S.Srurday afternoon PAT failed and left open the posst– at \\ amor S:...u•OJm bilityofa game-tying field goal that

mnh a fre~hman wtde receiver would send the contest mto over– from Daphne. Ala had fallen to the time, but Scott Zmgery's 40-yard at–

remamm rurt\\ben he hauled m the 26-yard tempt with 59 seconds rernammg mumt) c·····~~!!!~~~~'!I~---~~II!~~~~~~~~~~~~IMi·•,,ors held ~South 0P."tSton 'ic- Travares Osley ofHueytown, Ala..

• z:),j keep lhctr p a:.off hopes missed the PAT. a Z ingery put Hinds out front again He-ad C'03Cb T eri) Unden,·ood, who on his 28-yard field goal with six JO ned C!ber .. hes and players in minutes left in first period, but the -game\ I) dance. was ob- lead was short lived, as East Cen– \ ~ e ed t'i llo\\m~ the up et tral would later perfectly execute a \,ctocy O\er the Ea)e,.. ''bo were fake punt. Facmg fourth and three nauonal~ ra ed ~her m the !>ea- from the EC 42, Wamor sophomore !>On. Josh Viverette of Lake, who is also 'It was a huge'' m for our prcgram. a starting linebacker, took the snap When we were 1-4. thrngs were not from the short-back position and going well. Then we beat two qual- rambled 58 yards to pay dirt. Run– ity teams. Jones and Hinds. Our mng backTitus Ryan ofTuscaloosa. coaches and players never qutt and Ala . scampered for the rwo-point showed the kind of character the~ con\'ersation. gtnng East Central a aremade of. Hopefully we can butld 14-9 lead followmg first-quarter on this win. We are not out of this action. thing (division race) yet. We want Hinds regained the lead early in the to firush strong and have a great .;econd stanza. when quarterback year." Underwood satd. Terrance Matthews. a freshman

from Beaumont. Texas, fired a 27- yard strike .to \\tde receiver Darius Wilson of Jackson. That same combo hooked up on the two-point comers10n and the Eagles led 17- 14 \\ amor place- La~ ker Jac b Swayze fOh\e Bran hued lhe ""'ntest on .. _9-yard freld g al \\1th 9:04 re– mamnt<:!= ~fi re halfume Zmgel) mtemu"t n The £a t Centra defen'e kept H tu:h-po ered offen.. e from rm= m the ..econd half. whtch ob\ tou... J_, plca..ed Underwood. n the iir-..t half. neather teamcould p the other \\'e told our team at halfttme that "htche\ er defense 'tepped up would" in the game, and our gu~ ... re..pc nded to the chal– lenge The offen,e· also played great. Scoring 23 pomts on a Hinds -;quad is a maJOr accomplishment." Underwood 1\atd Both teams ptled up impressive yardage. Unotlicially, Hinds had 415 total yards. with 3 15 yards com– ing through the air. East Central had 174 yards rushing and 146 passing for a 320 total. Sophomore running back Ramon Williams of Daphne, Ala., returned to the ltneup follow-

Ea tCer.u..tl. Lm:h mpro,edto 3- -t O\ erall but more Importantly 3-2 tn the di\'ision, needs a wtn O\'er Southwest Mississtppi Conununtt} College (3-4, 1-3) on October 31 coupled with a loss by Gulf Coast (4-3, 3-1) to either division leader Pearl Ri\'er (5-2, 4-0). which has clinched a playoffspot, or Jones (5- 2, 2-2) to ensure a second-straight shot at the state title. East Central fell to Delta on a last-second field goal in first-round playoff action last year T1... - r ,

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