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)'yu.. -sJ. 2 "3 "\~e l~ave a good group rettlrning.. ~Io.sr {the people we were counting on reported in. They came back in pn:tt) good shape. w~t..l have worked hard since we've been here." Terry Underwood, East Central coach

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~ Atough road to hoe Warriors saddled with killer schedule but more talent lmm st'!fi & sd10ol reports

Without a doubt, the East Central CommunityCollege Warriors have their hands full with the 2004 football schedule. There are five teams ranked nationally inMissis– sippi, and East Central plays them all, starting on Thursda~~ Sept. 2 with No. 2 . rth Co - lege. "It's going to be tough," said ECCC coach Terry Underwood. "But we are looking at this as an oppor– tunity. We've played teams like Northwest tough in the past couple of years and we want to compete with them." Also on the schedule is defending state champion Pearl River; No. 13 Hinds, No. 19 Jones and No. 20 Southwest. Underwood has reasons to be optimistic. He has 21 players back from last year's team. And, he said the overall talent of this team is has improved. "We have a good group returning," said Under– wood. "Most of the people we were counting on report– ed in. They came back in pretty good shape, and ha\ worked hard since we'\e been here." Although East Central

FILE PHOTO East Central's Tony Edison attempts to tackle a Northwest Mississippi runningback. North- west is just one of five ranked teams on the Warriors' schedule this season.

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