2003

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Northeast rallies • Warriors host Pearl River Central Thursday in home opener. Speaal1o 1he Record BOONEVILLE- East Central Corrummi– ty College's hopes for a 2-0 start fell short Thursday night as Northeast Mississippi Community College quarterback Matthew Stev~nson fired a 17-yard strike to wide :ecetver Emory Jones with 1:27 remaining m. the game to rally the Tigers to a 17-13 wm over the Warriors. . East Central, 1-1 on the season, had ral– lied from a 10-0 deficit to take a 13-10 lead over Northeast late in the third period but the Stev~nson-led Tigers drove 91 yards in llt:>lays U: the game's fmal four minutes to claim therr frrst victory of the season. .Northeast took an early 3-0 lead when kicker Zach Bost split the uprights from 37 yards out midway in the frrst period. The

C TOro S ERMANlNORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL East Central tailback Kenshay Hunter (26) fumbles the ball wh le tackled oy : Jortheast linebacker Quintin Williams (41) dunng tile second half of play Thursday in Booneville. East Centra recovered the fumble

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past ECCC in fourth scoring drive began on the NORTHEAST Tiger 47. The kev play dur- 1 ing the series was a 20-yard completion from Stev ·n· son, a Memphis native, to

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wide receiver Channing · Price of Baldwyn on third and 27, which put the Tigers in iield goal range at the EC 19. The Tigers scored again

on their next possession when Stevenson and wide receiver Josh Crumr of Amory connected on a 19-vard scoring play with 2:20 remaining in the opening stanza. Bost added the PAT. Key plays during the six· play. 62-yard march included Stevenson's 22-yard run to the EC 27, and a 19-yard completion from Stevenson to Crump, 5 e ECCC. Page 3B

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