2004

EC stays in playoff hunt Like the Bee Gees hit from the 1970s, the After the Wolves were penalized for having East Central Community College Warrior<> 12 men on the field, Mapp ran in a two-point are s taying alive in the com·ersion for a 17-7lead w ith 6:18left in the MAQC South Division race. by half. On an otherwise dreary, s:m~r "I thought Jarius did outstanding," drizzly afternoon, East p Lnderwood said. "We' ve played him more at Central knocked off Copiah-Lincoln 31-20 for n.:cet\'er than at quarterback the last two homecoming Saturday in Decatur. g.1mes, but he gets his reps at quarterback EC improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the dunng the week. When Robbie went down, South half, while Co-Lin fell to 1-5 and 0-3. he stepped in and did an outstanding jol? and " It was a great team win," EC head coach led our team to the points it got. I was real Terry Underwood said. "It wasn't the pretti- proud of him." est thing, but the bottom line is we found a Co-Lin closed to within 17-14 just 73 sec– way to get it done and we live for another onds into the second half when Roberson week. Hopefully, we can build on it. scored on a 2-yard nm. A fumble recovery by "Co-Lin has a good football team. They the Wolves at the EC 20 set up the short four- gave us all we wanted, but I'm ..----------..., play drive. , proud of our guys for find;r-g a MACJC EC answered the chal- wav to \\in. \\e got -.ta'.!!la.Ilt L-o lenge with a quick score as the' second haiL but all m all South Division Neal hit Harris over the mid- we' re ju, t dad d the' em. Oiv. All dle at the 50 and the sopho- The 11-po ~m ::>ea· Rrver 4-0 6-0 more from Union pulled away wa,n t ti EC, :ast Central 2-1 4-2 and found nothing in front of H Gt: • Coast 2·1 4-2 him but da) light for a 63-yard totld'ldn" · - ..-..,s 2· 1 5-1 touchdo\vn sprint to the North ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ end zone. ~1cMilbn· s PAT Southv.est a- 4 0-6 gave the Warrior::. a 24-14 lead with 12·4-l ~till to go in the

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Last week's scores

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East Central 31 Co-L n 20

The Woh•e:-. had their chances but were unable to ca....h in. A block belo\\ the wat-.t penal!) on fir~t-and-goal from the 10 resulted in a fourth-down pass coming up two yards shy of the end zone with 8:31 to go in the game.

~ a ....are 24-14 lead after Pea"' River 52 • Jones 1 0 li nv Edi-;on stopped a late Co- Gu' Coast 23 • Southwest 16

H1nds 27. Coahoma 8

l.n dnve with an interception mstde the EC 10. However, the

This week's games

Wolves forced a punt and East Central at Gulf Coast needed just one play to close to Hinds at Co-Lin within 24-20 when Victor Pearl River at Southwest Williams hit Daryl Johnson Jones at Northeast

A 17-yard punt return by with a 65-yard scoring bomb L-----------' Johnson put the Wolves at the down the middle. Edison blocked Chris EC 30 on their next possession. Co-Lin had Blackwell's PAT, leaving the Wolves down by first-and-goal at the 10 again only to have four points with 2:17left. Edison pick off a Williams pass to kill the "That's the way we've been all season," threat Co-Lin head coach Glenn Da,·is <.aid. "We' re The Wolve... clo...ed the gap to 24-20 on · . t kinda good en their next ·on on the 65-~ ard pas-.

fir...,t po.... se--.tl n Jn\ m~ o2 ~ :ua' m etght plays. Juliu<; Rober::.on scored on a 10-yard run with 11:08 left in the first quarter. EC answered with an 11-play, 70-yard drive on its first possession with Cameron Tawater hauling in a 10-yard touchdown pass from Robbie Morse with 6:16 left in the first quarter. Jay McMillin's extra point was no good as Co-Lin led 7-6. The Warriors went up 9-7 on a 33-yard field goal by McMillin with 12:47 to gCJ in the second quarter. Morse injured a knee on the 12-play drive that covered 65 yards and did not return. Morse is definitely out this week as well. Freshman Jarius Neal took over and had the ~est ~ay of his brief career at EC.

cornu~~ \lcton . EC had ai1 unu...ually good game in the air as Morse and Neal combined to go 13-of- 18 for 282 yards. The Warriors rushed 50 times for 174 yards, giving them 456 total yards. Harris caught five passes for 139 yards. McFadden had 110 yards on 27 rushes. Co-Lin had 365 total yards with 137 com– ing on 31 rushes. Johnson caugh t six passes for 165 yards. i EC will seek its third-straight win 'thursday when the Warriors travel to South Division foe Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. on the Perkinston campus. The Bulldop-c; 1mnrnvPrl tn.i..? .... .,.,,...,n ~-.-1

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