2003

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agai wide receiver Von Mixon. The Eagles, final points caine on Mascagni's 36-yard field goal to begin fourth-quarter action. Matthews, one of the state's top quarterbacks, completed 16-of-27 passes for 254 yards. The Hinds, rushing attack was led by fresh– man running back Greg Clark who had 21 carr ies for 103 yards. Robinson completed 5-of-12 passes for 83 yards and one touchdown. Fresbinan quarterback Rod Allen, who played the flrst three quarters, completed 10-of-21 pass– es for 121 yards. Kenshay Hunter was the top receiver with four catches for 52 yards and one touchdown. Fresh– man tailback Darryl Mapp of Newton County was the leading rusher with nine carr ies for 57 yards. Freshman linebacker Sed Eichelberger of Noxapater led the

Warrior defense with nine tackles and seven assists. Freshman linebacker Kelvin Horne of Nol'theast Lauderdale had eight tackles and five assists. East Central will challenge Northwest Mississippi Communi– ty College this Thursday, with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. on the Decatw·campus. The Rangers, 6-1 overall, clinched the North Divi· ~ion title by defeating East Missis– sippi Community College 31-14 Saturday. Northwest is 5-0 in league pla~! "We've actually played pretty good these last two weeks," Underwood said. "We had oppor– tunities to win both games. And we've got another ranked oppo– nent coming in this week. This is a touglllealiittfou(I don't anybody else has played the kind of sched– ule we 'ye played the last three weeks.''

wood said. "I was 1 J of the effort by our kid£. Thr>v played hard. But Hinds 6-1 by acci– dent. "Our coaching •

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good job of keep_ vated and puttin right positions.··

As expected. Eas Ce:ttral tried the onsides kick t no avail. The Eagles recorerf'd Myers' attempt and ~ the clock to preserve the vic· Hinds jumped

em early 7-0 n running found pay .apping a 10- the game's omore kick– . added the a third-quar– 'd pass play _terback Ter– sophomore

lead when frt... back Dewan A... dirt on a 3-yard play, 65- yard dr: flrst possession er Carter Mas PAT. The Eagles ad ter score on a M from sophomore ranee Matthe\\ .)

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