2003

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Bizarre Scoring Play Helps Gulf Coast Defeat ECCC Warriors

•ave performance by frest. man lmebacker Kehm Homl ofNortheast Lauderdale who reg1stered back-to-back sacks of Bull dog quarterback Kalvm Woods totaling 15 yards. The Bulldogs punted on fourth and 25 to the War– ners. ''ho took possession on the EC 24 with 9:36 remain– ing. However. EC fumbled on the first play from scrim– mage. and Gulf Coast re– gained possession. The War– rior defense again stiffened and forced the Bulldogs to attempt a 33-yard field goal. The result proved disastrous tor East Central. who blocked the field goal only to have the loose pigskin touched by a Warrior and returned three yards by the Bulldogs· Darryl Thomas for the score. East Central was unable to mus– ter much offense following the Bulldog touchdowri. and Gul f Coast added a late tally on Fryfogle's 33-yard run to clinch the win. STATISTICS East Central had 190 yards rush– ing and 163 passing for a 353 to– tal. T er rell Robinson bad t 3 rushes for 66 yards and one touchdO\\ n. Robinson also com– plt•ted 10 of 15 passes for 163 yards. 1\lario Thomas had t"l\o rushes for 18 yards and one score. Thomas also had three receptions fo r 66 ~ ards. Linebacker Sed Eichelberjler of Noupater led the War rior defense \\ithl4 tackles and ''' o assists. Linebacker Kel\in Horne of ~ortheast Lau– derdale had 13 tackles. h\o as– sists, and had t\\O quarter back sarks. Gulf Coast bad 163 yards rushing and 150 passing for a 313 total.

the PAT and EC tratled 12-7. Key plays during the SIX-play. 62-yard scoring dm e m– clud~d a 35 -yard pas s completion from freshman quarterback Terrell Robm.-;on of Palatka. Fla.. to freshman tai lbac k Elbert Brown of Taylorsville. and Robmson's 13-yard run to the GulfCoast 14-yard-line. Fo ll owing gutsy performances by the Gulf Coast and East Central bands during a steady down– pour. the home standing Bull– dogs took the "econd half kickoffand marched 70 yards in 13 plays. with Woods go– mg the final yard on a run– ning play. Symmes added the PAT and GulfCoast led 19- 7. The Wamor:. closed the scoring gap late m the th1rd period \Vhen Robmson found pay d1rt on a ·B-yard scam– per, capping a 70-yard march tha t took just fi ve plays. Myers' PATbroughtthe War– riors within five pomts at 19- 14. Myers added a 26-yard field goal to begin fo urth quarter action as the sun was finally beginning to shine and the Warriors were also see– ing brighter moments. A key play during the march in– cluded Rob1nson's 37-yard strike to Thomas. which gave EC possession on the Bull– dog 17-yard-line. GulfCoast was unable to mo'e on the1r next possesl!IOn. thanks main! • to a standout defen-

A bizarre sconng play m the ftnal stanza helped propel Mississippi Gul f Coast Com– munity College to a 33- 17 decis1on over East Central Communi ty Co llege on a mostly rainy Saturday after– noon at A. L. May Stadium on the Perkinston campus. With about eight mmutes re– maining, GulfCoast's Chns– topher Syrrunes o f St. John lined up for a 33-yard field goal to extend his team's 19- 17 lead. only to have his ef– fort blocked by the Warriors. However. the loose pigskin was inadvertently touched by an East Central player then scooped up on the three-yard– line by Bulldog defe nder Darryl Thomas ofB iloxi who crossed the goal line for the easy score. GulfCoast would later seal the South Division victory on a 33-yard touch– down scamper by Matt Fryfogal of George County with j ust over two minutes re– maining. With the win, Gulf Coast !mproved to 2-2 over– all and 1-1 league play, while East Central fell to 1-3 and 0-2. East Central will be looking to snap its three– game losing skid by hosting division foe Copiah-Lmcoln Community College for Homecoming Saturday after– noon. K1ckoff IS set for 2:30 p.m. at Warnor Stadmm. The Wolve:. fell to 2-2 O\erall and 1-1 in the d1\ 1sion foltow1ng

last week':. 36-7 loss to the Jones County Junior College Bobcats. The Bulldogs took a 6-0 lead with j ust O\ er five mmutes left m the opening stanza when f ryfogle tallied on a three-yard run. capping a 73-yard drive that took just three plays. The PAT was blocked. The key play during the march was a 70-yard pass play from quarterback Kalvin Woods of Pass Christian to w1de receiver Brandon Biggs of Moss Po int. which gave the Bulldogs possession on the EC three-yard-line. Gulf Coast extended its lead with JUSt over four minutes left before halftime on a one-yard plunge by r unning back Torey Staten of D'Iberville. The two-point com·ersion at– tempt failed when quarter– back Dwain Bannister of New Orleans misfired on h1s pass to wide receiv$!r Jason Morgan of Long Be~ch. The short scoring drive began on the EC 10-yard-line and was set up when Warrior punter Mitch Myers of McLaurin was ruled down after his knee apparently touc hed the ground while trying to handle a low snap. The Warriors found the end zone on their next possession when fresh– man wide receiver Mario Thomas of Forest tallied on I0-yard opuon reverse play \\ith I :28 remainmg before mremuss10n Myers Jacked

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