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East Central tallied again with 8:37 left in the game on a three-yard plunge by full– back Germaine Smith of Newton County; capping a 10-play; 51-yard march. The Warriors were now within two points at 21-19. but momentum quickly returned to the Rangers on Morris' 76-yard touchdown scamper. The stats Freshman Terrell Robin– son had his best outing as the Warrior signal caller, completing 20-of-39 passes for 301 yards and three touchdowns. Top receivers were Derrick Harris, who had nine catches for 138 yards, and Bobby Lindsey' six grabs for 102 yards. East Central had 122 yards rush– ing, with Germaine Smith the top rusher with 43 yards on 12 carries and one score. Northwest had 229 yards rushing and 142 yards pass– ing for a 371 total.

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DECATUR- On a night of big plays, none stood out more than a controversial 76-yard run by Northwest Mississippi Community College quarterback Ray– burn Morris whose touch– down gallop midway in the fmal stanza helped give the Rangers a 40-31 win over East Central Community College Thursday night on the Decatur campus. The victory also gave the North Division champion Rangers a 7-1 record while East Central slipped to 2-6. The Warriors will close out season action by hosting division foe Southwest Mis– sissippi Community Col– lege at 6:30 p.m. Thursday; October30. "I tell this group that we are not that far from being 6- 2," ECCC coach Terry Underwood said. "This group really isn't that bad. It's just been a couple of plays here and a couple of plays there. "The thing that makes me the proudest is they haven't quit. We could have quit against Northwest but did– n't and I have to give my coaches a lot of credit for - --=->~..,.... 'Th.e \\ arnors are 1-4 in league pia): "Southwest may be 4-4 but they are just as good as the team we played Thursday night," Underwood said. "They could easily be 8-0 right now. I think there is more parity in this league than it has ever been." - - -

Robinson's 22-yard strike to Hunter at the Ranger 20-yard-line. It took Northwest about a minute to answer the War– rior tally; as Morris connect– ed with wide receiver Der– rick Hassell on a 28-yard touchdown pass. The PAT again failed but the Rangers extended their lead to 33-25. The Rangers put the game out of reach on the first play of East Central'snext posses– sion, when defensive back Jason Campbell of Holly Springs picked off Robin– son's pass and sprinted 45 yards to paydirt with 2:32 remaining. Kevin Dowell of Southaven added the PAT. TheWarriors put the fmal points on the scoreboard with Robinson hooking up with Harris for a six-yard touchdown pass with 19 sec– onds remaining. The two– point conversion failed. £a. ... · cp...n led ear!· Rip.~:~· .:.pen m the end zone for a six-yard scoring pass play with 5:23left in the first period. Mitch Myers of Brandon added the PAT. Northwest tied the con– test with just 25 seconds remaining before halftime when running back Chad Brown of Batesville was on the receiving end of a three– yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dallas Mooneyham of Oxford. Dowell added the PAT.

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