2004

'~~~ ECCC waylays EMCCi 44-7 Rarely have the East Central Community College Warriors man- handled any team by the way they did the Marty East Mississippi Stamper Community College Lions Thurc;day night in their 44-7 non-division victory at Decatur. In bouncing bacl-.. strong from the score wou ld have been worse had the Warriors not missed two sh9rt .field goa ls and had two extra points blocked. A 33-yard punt by Anthony

better and Robbie is getting more settled in our offense. Our offensive line.played its best game of the year. They b locked well and we ran the ball real well. "Derrick Harris had a great game catching the ball. "Jay McMillin has stepped in and done a heck-of-a job kicking. "Really, it was a total team effort and a great win." The Warriors improved to 3-2, while the Ltons dropped to 0-5. It w,,., the most lopsided game in the ~eries since a 39-0 Warrior win 111 1955. McFadden scored on a 1-yard run on EC'<> first possession. The dnve was kept alive by a 29-yard run to the Lions 9 by Ken Gordon on a fake punt. Jay McMillin added the extra point. The Lions responded on their next offensive play with their lone highlight of the evening. Chas Brown found Julius Randle behind the EC secondary for a 77-yard score. Shawn Millson's PAT tied the game at 7-7 with 8:35 left in the opening quarter. " I think we took a step back– ward," said EMCC head coach Roger Carr, a former standout receiver for the Baltimore Colts. "We just didn't play a very good football game. We came out and made one good play." As bad as it was for Carr's crew,

Stanford pinned the Lions at their 3 and set up EC's next points when Brown took a low snap on a knee in the end zone for a saiety two plays later. McMillin booted a 26-yard field goal with 14:12 left in the first half for a 12-7 ECCC lead. The Warriors extended their lead to 19-7 when Morse hit Harris on a short pa<;s and the sophomore speedster from Union motored down the Warrior sideline for a 41- yard score with seven minutes remaining in the second quarter. McMillin added a 32-yard field goal with 59 seconds left in the half after the Lion~ kept a Warrior drive alive by roughing the punter. McMillin missed a 33-yard attempt just before halftime after the Warriors block.ed a Jonathan Russell punt at lhe EMCC 16. The Warriors continued to roll in lhc second half. Mapp scored on a 4-yard run with 9:08 to go in the third quarter following an intercep– tion by Marcus Arrington at the EC 46. A high snap on a punt attempt resulted in a 30-yard loss by the Lions and gave the Warriors the ball at the EMCC 15 early in the fourth quarter. McMillin

last week's 60-14 beating at Pearl River, the Warriors r.1cked up 511 total yards on offenst.~ with 316 com ing on 58 rushe..,. Terrance McFadden had 149 y<~rt.b on 25 car– ries, while Darryl Mapp added 5-J. yards on 11 rushes. EC freshman quartt.•rlMl I.; Robbie Morse wa.., llof 27 P•'"'"'ing for 195 yards Dt.•t m:l-.. I iarris had five catches for 8o yard.... Not only dtd the Warriors dom– inate on offense, they held the Lions . to just 67 total yards. Not bad by any standards, but t.•vcn more impressive considering EMCC had a 77-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. The Lions' remaining ! 44 plays lost a total of 10 yards. "I thought our defense played outstanding other than the big play," EC head coach Terry Underwood said. "We've got a great defense. That's our backbone. Not taking anything away from our offcn<,c, but that's where it's got to st.1i t. " I thought our offense had its hcf'l gnme of the ye:11 ~ We'!"(' getting

End Zone Bound East Central's Darryl Mapp scored on thlu 4i•y.ud run it Warriors' 44-7 whipping of East Mississipp' l.tst week. Copiah-Lincoln Saturday at 2:30 p.m. fur h~mccoming. Jack Tamzelzill A pair of IS-\ .1rd penalties on the

Lions led to tC''i next points whiCh came on a 10-y.mi nm by JiMichal'l Gordon with 5:0-l remaining. lh~ Warriors' final score wa<. ,, 21-ya rd fumble rl'lurn by Kt.•n Gordon with -l:07 showin~ I 11111 backup quarterbad,; l~od Sh:vt~ll bootll'AAL'd left, bul fumbh:d iiS J., was hit .md Cordon scoopl.·d till' bid I

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drilled a 32- yarder for a 32- 7 lead with 12:16 to play.