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Friday, October 31 , 2003

I LOCAL SPORTS ECCC shut out in fina l game By Marty Stamper I EMG sports assistant

Oct. 31 , 2003

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DECATUR- Even in bad seasons, of whtch there have been many over the years you could usually count on the East Central Communtty College Warners to give a good effort on the football field

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And that was true for the 2003 team unttl Thursday's 24-0 MACJC South Divtston loss to Southwest Mississippi.

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·we didn't come out ready to play,'' ECCC head coach Terry Underwood said "It ..vas embarrassing to me. It was embarrasstng for our ktds and for our program

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"Southwest has got a good team and I salute them and gtve them credit. Our ktds didn 'I come out and play well and I take full responsibility, but the bottom line is we've always competed and we didn't compete tonight. That bothers me more than losing.

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"It was not a good year for us. Hopefully, we can have a good recruiting year and try to correct all the things that we didn't do well this year."

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The Warriors finished 2-7 overall and at best tied for the cellar in the South Divis1on at 1-5 Southwest closed 5-4 and 3-3.

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Rod Allen started the game at quarterback 1n place of Terrell Robinson and the Warr ors went three-and-out on their first three possessions

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"He got hurt and part of it was discipline too," Underwood satd of Robinson's ack of pla1 unt. the final minutes of the first half.

The Bears took a 7-0 lead with 2:15 left in the first quarter when Reggte L nose I cornp eied a 37-yard sconng stnke to Alvm Winters between a patr of Warr or oe'enoers n :he bac-< of tt'le ef'ld zone. Royce Fonte added the extra potnt. On ~ne 53-,..ard dnve the Bears overcame two holding penalties and another ~or ega p·ocec~·e ECCC drew a 15-yard penalty for a htt out of bounds followtng a 10-yard run b~ Jose:)- Tab as.

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ECCC ~a: ·~e ::!a deep in Southwest territory In the second quarter only to have 3e·ma "c s....- :..- ose a fumble at the 26 .

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