2004

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ECCC wraps up .'ear with disappointing loss to Jones

JONES COUNTY EAST CENTRAL

Frvm combined repons

29 13

Football sea~on came to a di'>appointing end for the f.a.;,t Central Community College Warriors. who \\.ere outscored 29-13 by the visiting Jonc~ Count) Junior College Bobcal.'– last Thursday night at Warrior Stadium in Decatur. With the loss. East Central fimshed at 4-5 overall and 2- 4 in South Division action, while Jones impro\'ed to 7-2 and 4-2. The Bobcats took control carl> in the div1sion matchup. scoring on the game's tir:.t po~sc~sion when wide recei\er Milton Collins of New Orlean~ crossed the goal line on a 17-yard rever~e play with 12.3~ left in the initial period. Michael Story of Enterpril.e booted the PAT. Jones scored again late 10 the first quarter on a l+~ard touchdown strike from quarterback Brett Hyatt ol Soso to running bad. Harold Hadley of laurel. The PAT wa ... blocked.

The Bobcats 'trctched their lead to 20-0 early in the sec– ond penod \\hen Hyatt and Collins teamed on a 64-yard pas' pia). ten: again added the PAT. Hyatt. the <.tate\ fourth-rated passer, would finish the dn 1'1on conte't b) completing 18-of-28 passes for 241 \ard, . He had one mtcrception. which was made by Warrior ' linebacker Derrell Ashford of Louisville on the ECCC J– yard Ime as the first half came to a close. Collm \\as the top receiver for Jones with seven grabs for 137 )ards. CoUm, j, also the state's No.2 receiver. averaging 76.4 rece1ving ) arth per contest.

See ECCC, page 68

ECCC Continued from page 38

East Central got on Lhe scoreboard on the ensuing possession when quar– terbal:k Jariu~ "leal and wide receiver Chris Lark. both products of Pickens County (Ala.) High School, combined talents on a 72 yard pass play. Ryan Gale. a former standout at Oak Mountmn (Ala.) High School added the PAT. and EC trailed 20-7 at halftime. Neal would finish the night by completing 8-of-30 pa~ses for 138 yards. lart..: was the leading receiver \\.ith four catches totaling 116 yards. The Warrior defense stiffened in the second half. limiting Jones to just two Story field goab- a 32-)arder m the tlurd period and a 37-)ard boot in the final stanta

·.The Bobcats managed just 13 yards rushmg and 35 yards pas:,ing during second-half action. East Cen– tral owned the state's third-best rush– ing defense prior to the contest, allow– ing just 9~.6 yards. However. the Warrior offense could muster just one score m the sec– ond half- a 3-yard run by tailback Terrance McFadden which cut the Jones' lead to 26-13 with 8:38 remain– ing. McFadden. a product of Ameri– can (Fla.) Heritage High School, led the Warriors in rushing with 69 yards on 17 carrie~. Ea.~t Central completed the contest with 231 yards and II fLCSt downs. while Jones totaled 368 yards and 13 first downs.

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