2003

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.. ECCC falls in soccer action to ·Meridian By Robby Atkinson Rogers to take the shutout EMG sports wmer win over the Warriors. MCC

at 1-0. Rogers followed up his frrst goal with the sec– ond with 40:12 to extend the MCC lead to 2-0. The hat trick would then be recorded with 30:47left in the frrst half by Rogers to bring the score to 3.0 thanks to a great crossover pass from Joseph Murphy. Rogers finished up the outstanding performance by notching his fourth goal with 27:14 to build the lead to 4-o . "We told the guys that we need to put this game out of our mind and move on to the ne~t game," East Cen-

tral head coach Kenneth Thompson said. "Meridian is a very good team and they played a great game." Byran Bledsoe joined in on the scoring with a goal at the 42:11 mark to make the score 5-0. Jay Barry added a goal, while John Irby tallied a pair of go{lls late in the fmal period to hand Meridi· an the home win over ECCC.

Playing at home in front head coach Alex George was of your home fans is always very impressed with )lis a blessing for any team. team's performance. Meridian Community Col- "We have been playing lege wrapped up a week very well as of late and we long home schedule with a · played very hard up and split in local junior college down the field," George soccer action on Saturday. said. "I was pleased with The MCC men's team con- the way our guys showed up eluded the week taking an and played the game, plus impressive 8-0 shutout win we need to keep moving over East Central, but the ahead to get better." women dropped a 4.0 loss to The first goal for the Shelton State. Eagles was drained by TheEagles used a four-goal Rogers with 42:13 to give performance from Brandon Meridian a very quick lead

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