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of local football ign with ECCC

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9 ROCKY HIGGINBOTHAM Spom fditor !'1: uonal -.igmng day came and mt l~t \\.ednc,da} and jU~t two \~I~ trom The 'c-.hoba Democ– nu-' ~' erage area m.tde thetr mtcn uon ch:ar as to 'Where the) ·u be play– lil1! next !>eason. ~ Phtladclphta\ Em: Lyon!. and ~c,h<'bJ Central"" Jo~h Moore hoth ,.igned nauonal leucr.. of-tntent wnh E.t-'>1 Central Commumty College on Wednesday - jOining seven other players from ECCC'11 district on the \Varnon.' list of21 'ltgnces. Lyon!>. a lanky 6- foot-4 rccctver. could ..ee action in u ho<,l of po!>tlton' at ECCC. "l think they may work him some a' a wtdc receiver. and possibly as a safety.'' Ptuladclphia coach Mtke Bro,,n satd. "Of cour..c. he punted for u' tor the fll'St umc tn his career and did a prett) good jOb. and I think they may try to give hun a shot a<; a punter He\ got that typtcal punter-butld . long-legged. tall and lanky. He's JUSt a good all-around football player"

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Moore Ray "atd Moore will probably be Lyon!.· lanky frame allowed him to the unly 'ignce from Ne,hoba. wliilc not only punt, but to block a host of ~W\\n andrcatcd u couple of other kicks on special teams - prompting 1mnadm .. ~ were Mill mulling theu him to be named the Region 5-2A optwns nnc.J msght end up as team- Special Teams Player of the Year. mate~ wit.h Lyon~ at LC'CC. On offense. Lyons caught nine Spc1king of the: Wamol'!>. EC head pa"5CS for 129 yards and live touch- coac!' 'li.•rry Lndemood announrc:d downs. 21 l-l~ncc~ luict. played on both the offensive and ·:or cour-.c. it\ never over defensive hnes for Neshoba anc you rc alwa>~ n:plat.mg peopk sn helped the Rockets make the playoff! JUDrorcollcgc.''IJnd~rwooJ ~d "But for the liN ume in six years l led ptcll} good 'Wtlh the group \\C "I thmk Jol>h 'Will be a good one fo got on paper:· them,'' Ray :.aid of Moore, who let 'lhl' Warrior.; signed defenSive end the Rockets from 77 total tackles thi Gr • IJmhorn, comcrhack Chris PerT) past sca,on aud \\Ide rc~ci\ er/dcfcnsivc h.td; See FOOTBALL, page 41 BaiT) Ou'" from Louts\ illc: line· Lyons

en. from t wo-ttme "talc ch.tm r Wayne Count) , one 1 rorn Laf: ) dlt County and another from \\est u ud crdalc, as well as etght pla\cr-. fron out-of-state. • Under-wood ~aid ECCC \\til <-On duct a tryout on Feb. 26. ut \\ hr h tsmc the Warrior' could 'ign a.' man) .15 a dozen or so more player.. Seven current Warrior-. also 'rgned scholarships on Wedne~ua\, nil ol them with Dh I'IOD 1-AA or. Dt\ h r n II ~hool ... -

haeklr/lullback Dcmc.:l Qualls from forc~t: and two- W3} hncmcn Kenrdle Wa.,hmgton and Nicholas Brown <~nd runnrng back/hncbackcr Nathan~t:l McKee lrorn Cla~s lA state ronnerup con Central. Perry dvuble-signcd w1th Dd1.1 Stale. ECC'C' also inked a couple of play

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