2004

Gulf Coast sinks ECCC Ea..,t Central Commumty College's hopes quick points off EC turnovers in a span of for a playoff pot took a severe blow Thursday about eight minute-;. night as the \"amor-. \\Crc pounded 38-14 by The first score came on a 48-vard to~s Missis..,ippi Gulf Coa t Community College from Biggs to Burks, followed by an 8-yard on the Pt!rkilbton campu-.. jaunt from running back Oantrell Savage and Both team" entt>red the South Division an 11-yard scamper by running back Kelly battle with ..J-2 O\ erall records and 2-1 divi- Williams. Ward kicked all three PATs. sion marks, but it wao., the Bulldogs who took The Warriors put their first points on the control eam o.,coring on their first two pbs- scoreboard late in the third period on full– session.., to take a 14-0 first quarter lead. back Kelvin Horne's 2-yard run, set up when "The bottom line is Gulf Coast was really linebacker Sed Eichelberger recovered a ready to play and played at a Bulldog fumble at the Gulf high level, about as high a .------- - - ---, Coast 14. McMillin booted the level as we'd seen them play MACJC PAT. on film," EC head coach Terry South Division EC scored its final points Underwood said. All early in the fourth quarter . "Not to take anything Pearl River ~!~· 7 _0 when Nick Robinson blocked away from tlicm, but I don't Gulf Coast 3 . 1 5 _2 the Gulf Coast punt attempt think we played at a very high Hinds 3·1 6-1 and Hedrick Ficklin returned level. Those two thmgs com- Jones 2-2 5-2 the pigskin 11 yards to pay· bined, they took it to us and East Central 2-2 4-3 dirt McMillin kicked the PAT. they took it to us good. They Co-Lin 0-4 1-6 The Bulldogs put the final whipped us in every facet of Southwest 0-5 0-7 points on the scoreboard with the game. l ast week's s cores just over four minutes remain· "It's really frustrating Gulf Coast 38, East Centrru 14 ing when Ward connected on a because it was a gre,lt opportu- Htnds 31. Co-Lin o 23-yard field goal, capping a nity for us. 1 hate we weren't Pearl River 38, Southwest 0 38-vard march. ready to play at the le\cl we Jones 24, Northeast 14 .. EC will be homecoming should have played at. guest!> of Hinds Community "Had we played at that This week's games College Thursday night. Ktckoff level would we have won? I East Central at Hinds io., ~t for 7:30p.m. at Raymond. don't know, but Gulf Coast Gulf Coast at Pearl River The Eagles defeated Co-Un at Jones isn't necessarily more talented Southwest at ltawamba Copiah-Lincoln Community tha:n us, but they ourplayed College 31-0 Thursday night our butts that night." to improve to 6-1 overall and Fullback Matt fryfogle tallied on a 1-yard 3-1 in division play. plunge to begin the scoring onslaught, fol- Pearl R1ver (7-0 overall) leads the South lowed by quarterback Brandon Biggs' 24- at 5-0. Jones is 5-2 and 2-2. yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Tony "Hinds has a great football team," Burks. Jwaun Ward of Hartselle, Ala., kicked Underwood said. "They're very talented, as tal- both extra points. ented as anybody in the league. EC's best -;coring opportunity in the first "You've probably got as good a defensive half came late in the second period, when the front as I've seen in the league in the last five Warriors drove from their 16-yard line to the to six years. I'd have to go back to the 1996 Gulf Coast 16. llO\\ever, the march stalled and '97 group that they had. and Jay McMillin's 40-yard field goal attempt "There's really not many weaknesses, if with :H ..,ccondo., remaining until halftime was any, on their team. They're going to be a huge blocked, pre.,erving the Bulldogs' 14-0 lead. challenge for us. Gulf Coast began the third period much If we play at a high level and don't make like it did the opening o.,tanza, scoring 21 mistakes, we'll have an oppo rtunity." LAKE MESSENGER ____ ...;w ·,f~--

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