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James Ozment (6-5. 350) of Suml~r J of Nl'Wtnn Coumy nlt'd COl ps of frc,luncrl, uhout S(WCII nr eight l!' '>'"· that pl;tyed a lot •mthc •kf1'11~ivc !>tdr. Wl'lllt~hahly h,avl four tttlcnl of playiui~ tirne

freshman Terence McFadden (5-9, 215), a product of American Jlcntage High School in Sunrise. , Fla.. all of whom earned Underwood's praise'. "Mapp runs hard, has great vision and is very physical. Thomas is also a quality back as Is Home. whq ·we moved to fullback from li!l~bi!!=J.:C[ during the season last year. Home is also very phys1cal and is an excellent blocker." Underwood iS': also pleased with the reccivmg corps. "Harris hac, great hands and is getting bet– ter evel) day. Chns Smith (5-10. 165 of Ridgeland) 1s abo a quality receiver who was a starter last year and should do great thlhg~ for us thts !>cason." In addition to quality players on this year\ squad, Underwood is abo pleased with his coa<.:hing staff, which includes four new members. Tim C'oats returns as ofTensivc coordina– tor and also serves a1. as~istant head coach and quarterbacks/receiver~ coadt Chris Boone joins the staff as defensive t:oonhna– tor. He will also coach dcfensiw had.:s and works with special teams. New staff members also include C:uey Mel\ ln. who serves as dcli.·mive line rr l~O:tl-'hiru:: Jindmd:c1 and working with ~JX'i.'i:tl team All Warrior footl'tall f:nmc,~ can he heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) 111 Cmthagc, fcat~u ing veteran hmad~ustcr~ lind ECCC nluriHH 1\kl\'in Wooten of Ou ih:tge and Cilhcrt Barham of Philaddphia

From combined reports

---- ~~- -0:...· ---- There's a new attitude on the East Central Community College campus thi't year. and ECCC head football coach Terry Underwood hopes the new spirit will tum into wins dur– ing the 2(~ campaign. Underwood said the Warriors. who have sustained back-to-hack losing sca<.on~. are

Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Oct. 9

at Northwest at ltawamba

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Southwest

at Pearl River East Mississippi Copiah-ltncoln

at Gulf Coast

focused on turning the program around and ha\ ing a successful year. Now in his .'cvcnth year as head coach, Underwood said he feels "real good" about the team, which ,., prcpating for the season opener on Sept. 3 agamst highly– touted Northweo,t Mississippi Comnmnity

at Hinds

Jones County

. . MA~J.C stale playoffs begin MACJC state cl']ampionship

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\\hu i'i a . tremendous kicker and punter,'' Umk~rwnod ltaid ''Anthony . Stanl'urd (6-0, 195) of l.oui:.villl: \\cill lx· ilw had,up punter and is al!>o doing a go

Underwood

College in Senuwhm "[ am very oplllllistil' :thout thi' )'l';u··~ squad, even thourh \H'. prohahly h:tn~ tht~ toughest schedule in the sLttl\ llo\\c\'c:t, '"'~ accept the challenge and an: look in~ fmwunl to getting the Sl'Uson u ndl~l way. Underwood said. Northwest is the No. 2 mnli:ed team 111 the NJCAA preseason fXlll, whik three lither ECCC opponents arc pickcJ to finbh in the Top 20, Although East Central was not .inCluded 111 the prc...cason r.mkings, live Waniors were named NJCAA preseason honorableihcntion All-Americans: Rui1nlng hack Kelvin ~Joine (6-0, 225 ), a produ~t of Nort~ca-,t Lauderdale, tight end Cameron lhwater (6-1. 235) of Philadelphia. offensive , lineman ,_~,.,t.a~~:;:;..,;•.,r~v~ .. ·!"~:~ .. ~--..~

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