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ECCC falls to Pearl River; hosts EMCC Thursday By Steve Swogetilasky Th tor1 Record

playoffs." Defensive end Courtney Sellers returned a fumbl~ recovery 12 yards for East Central's first touchdown. Later, quarterback Robbie Morse passed to Chris Lark on a 35-yard TD pass play. Jay McMillin booted both extra points. Morse completed nin~H>f- 19 passing attempts for 102 yards. He was intercepted three times. Terrance McFadden led the Warriors in rushing with 48 yards on 11 carries. Several key players are hampered by injuries, but are still expected to play. Guard Montero Baker played some in the Pearl River game and is expected to be back for East Mississip– pi Defensive end Michael Johnson has a ~re knee and defensive nose guard Henry Smith has a bad ankle.

TheEast Central Warriors renew a historic rivalry Thursday night when they play host to the East Missis– sippi Community Lions. Kickoff is set for 6:30p.m. "We haven't played East Mississippi in four seasons," ECCC coach Terry Under– wood said. "But back in the days that East Central was in the North Division, we played them every year. They were our biggest rival. "This is still a big game. Our schools are close togeth– er and many of our kids played against their kids in high school. This is an important game for both teams." Both teams are coming off tough losses. East Central dropped to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the South Division after dropping a 60-14 decision to Pearl River Community Col– lege. East Mississippi comes into the game at 0-4 after dropping a 35-26 decisio!} JQ . . Mississippi Delta. Underwood said East Mis– sissippi's record is very deceiving. "They have played four tough opponents in Hinds, Pearl River, Delta and Itawamba," Underwood said. "They have a fme foot– ball team. They will be just like us; trying to bounce back from a loss." · Pearl River led 40-0 at the

AF half and never looked back. Though disappointed with u the loss, coach Underwood said theWarriorsmust put it

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"We were playing the No. 3 Ur team in the nation," Under- wood said. "They brought IAL W their A game and we didn't. "We are tellingour players SF this week to have short IMmemories. We still have five

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