2004

gain and Chris Lark with recep– tions of nine, 12 and 20 yards. Terrance McFadden scored the touchdown on a one-yard run. A high snap to Cummins in shotgun formation resulted in ECCC's Courtney Coleman coming up with a fumble recovery at the Southwest 28. Jay McMillan booted a 29-yard field goal with 3:11 to go in the half for a 10-0 lead. Southwest threatened just before halftime, but Royce Fonte's 49-yard field goal was well off target. The Warriors took advan– tage of a muffed punt to score on their first possession of the second half. Southwest's Michael Lewis was unable to hang onto the ball, and ECCC's CameronTawater recovered at the Bears 43. Chris Smith scored on ~a six-yard end around as the Warriors went up 17-0 with 10:18 to go in the third quarter. "We challenged the guys to come out and assert theirselves and we did," Underwood said. "We go down and score and go up 17-0, but after that, we rested. I felt like we got sloppy after that. "Southwest has got a good football team, especially on defense.

"It's just a matter of making mistakes and we had enough for a season today. We'll never win a game with that many mis– takes." The Warriors started at the Bears 45 on their first posses– sion following a 3()-yard punt into a stout north wind, but ECCC was unable to move the ball. ECCC partially blocked a Southwest punt later in the quarter. but after taking over at the Bears 35, Ryan Gale came up short on a 45-yard field goal attempt. The Bears lost a fumble on their next play from scrim– mage, but Gale's 46-yard field goal try hit the left upright and bounced back. ECCC's Brian McNair picked off a Wally Cummins pass early in the second quarter. The Warriors reached the Bears 8, thanks to a 35-yard pass from Robbie Morse to Derrick Harris, but Gale missed to the left on a 27-yard attempt. The Warriors covered 66 yards to finally put the first points on the board with 5:58 left in the half. On the drive, Morse hit Harris with a 31-yard

chance after Marcus Arrington picked off a Brown pass at the Bears 38, but Gale's 52-yard field goal try hit the crossbar and bounced back. The Warriors had 282 total yards with 176 coming on a 16- of-29 passing effort. ECCC had 39 rushes for 106 yards. Harris had six receptions for 98 yards, while Lark had five catches for 59 yards. Southwest finished with 174 total yards with 105 coming on 30 rushes and 69 coming on a 9-of-28 passing effort. .......... . ...

"And we've got a good defensive football team, but our offense was inconsistent again. I think we are getting better. We threw and caught the ball better today than we have all year and they challenged us to do that." The Bears got their only points with 14:16 left in the game when Micah Brown scored on a 3-yard keeper around right end. Fonte's kick sailed wide right, leaving ECCC with a 17-6 advantage. ECCC had one final scoring