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made. With only three \Veeks of spring. it's hard to put everything in on offense. But I was very excited and a little sur– prised at how well the kids did with the system. They enjoy playing and practic– ing in an offense like this." Not to be left out. Under– wood praised his defense for their hard-hitting approach to the spring. '1\s in year's past. I think our defense is our strong point," Underwood said. "Our coaches did a good job of implementing the defense and we had kids flying to the football We didn't give up any big plays." Now Underwood and his staff turn their attention to the stmuner where they will be introducing a new system. Instead of waiting for the fall reporting date, Underwood said that the majority of the signees will be enrolled in sum– mer school and working out at the school in June. "We have talked about doing this for some time but we committed to doing it this summer." Under– wood said. ·This is the first signee group that we will have with us during the summer. Other schools

PHOTOS BY ROBBIE ROBERT- SON'!"HE NEWTON RECORD At top, East Central's Mar– vin Prude brings down an EMCC receiver. Above, EC's Joe Mingo breaks loose for a score. To the right EC's Chris Lark gets his facemask pulled by an EMCC defender. are doing it and starting ahead. lt's time for us to start doing the same." Underwood said they will be doing strength and conditioning drills along with working on the offense. He said coaches can be on the field with players but without a ball. Or the players can be on the field with a ball and the coaches in the stands with no verbal communi– cation. "I'm real excited about

ID start r~>porting on Aug. 8 with out-of-state pla~ers and Aug. 9 for in– state players with the first dayof fall practice on AtlP- 10. The Warriors open t ~ sea~ ·n at home on Se with Northwest Con! u– nit~ College.

what \\e are d m Underwood said "There are a lot of changes ~mg on right no\\: I'm excned. our pla~·er~ are excited and ow- coache~ are excit– ed. And I think a lot of our supporters are excited.'' Underwood said players