2004

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E bo oo 1 g to nee back after tough loss on road from staff reports The Ea t Cc ntral Commu Juco PREVIEW

nil) College \\ arriors let a big one get away last Wt't k wht•n they dropped a l J-12 !>eason– opening contest to sceond– rankcd Northwt:st N!issrssippi Community Colh•gc .tt Sena– tobia 'llre Wu rior s will be looking to bre.tk into th~.; Wtn column Thursda\ '~ht-Jt thcr travel to Fulton t<} takt• on th; ltawamba Community College Indians. Kickoff is o.;f>t for 7 p.m. at AI ''Butch" IA·unbcrt Stadium "lt's be e n a harq prll to swallow." FCCC head t'oach Terr) Underwood :-aid of the Northwest loss. ''Wt· lt•d like we should have and could haVt' won the game. We put ourself in position !o win aud didn't comert on a field go,tl." Bark-up I

him kicking. "I was proud of our team with the effort we put forth. We never quit. lf we eliminate our mistakes. we feel like we should have won the game. ''Offensively, we've got to be 111ore consistent. \Ve did some good things and moved the ball, but we hurt ourself more than the defense did. We were too inconsistent. We got penal– ties and made small mistakes and we've got to eliminate all that. "Defensively, 1 thought we played outstanding, but we had ~ome penalties that kept some drives alive. Had it not been for them ther may not have gotten 14 points.' "There's a lot of room for improvement all around. "We're disappointed. but we've not got our heads down." Itawamba lost 46-23 at Pearl River last week, giving up 478 passing yards to PRCC's Jimmy Oliver in just three quarters. "I see our matchup this wt.:ek as very ::-iinilar," Under– wood s aul. 11 We played No. 2 See Jucos Pa~e 05

(a.,t week and they played No. 4. We lost a verr Ligh· conte't and thev lose in a sho •tout. Both teams are going to improve a lot this week. "They've got a great quar– terback in Ken Topps of Shannon. He's a great athlete. ''It's going to be a very tough contest. "We're both 0-1 and neither one of us wants to be 0-2." - Mar ty Stamper

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