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assignments and then do the physicals and drug testing. We start practice at 3 p.m. Wednesday." Today's practice schedule may seema little modest when compared to the leg- endary long two-a- day and three-a-day

wood said. "Practice sessions are three hours. After we get in pads, if we workout twice one day, we will only go out in pads once the next day. However, you can go in shorts for a walk-through the next~" He said that every minute is used in a practice session. "You get more quality time and the players have more time to get used to the head," ·underwood said. "In the end, you wind upwith about the same amount of practice time." The Warriors have around 20 sophomores returning from last year's team. Among them, five have received national recognition as honorable mentions to the 2004

NJCAA All-Americans team, according to school report... Th~se receiving tl1is honor were running back Kelvin Horne (6-0, 230), a former standout at Northeast Lauderdale High Sd1ool; tight end Cameron Tawater (6-1, 235) of Philadelphia. offensive lineman James Ozment· (&5, 370) of Sumter (Ala.) Academy, linebacker Sed Eichelberger (6-0. zm) of Noxapater, and defensive end MantreJI Ashford (6:2, 230) of Louisville. East Central opens its campaign on the road Sept. 2 with a visit to Northwest . The Rangers enter the 2004 campaign ranked as the No. 2 team in the cotmtry.

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sessions of years gone by. Underw6od. explained that concerns about heat safety have led institutions to limit the amount of time a team stays on the practice field during the hot months. "The two-year schools have adopt– ed theNCAApracticerules," Under-

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