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Underwood said returnee Jarius Neal. who played quarterback and recetver last fall, has been moved to safety and may again be used as a wide receiver. Neal is a 6-3, 215-pound product of Pickens High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala. lvon Hickmon (6', 190) ofLake, a red-shirt last year. is set to start at outside linebacker. Newcomers include lme– backcrAlfred Petway (6', 190) of Camden, Ala.. and defensive backs George Lowe (6-2, 190) ofColumbus, a transfer fromAlcorn State Univer– sity, and ChrisThomas (6-2, 190) from Weston. Fla. Underwood said the kicking game should be in good shape with returnee RyanGale, a 6-2, 210 product ofOak Mountain High School in Bir– mingham, Ala., set to handle kicking and punting duties. ! "Ryan missctl part of last year due to an injury but has since fully recovered. He has gotten bigger and stronger and had a good off-sea– son. Hcwill makeour kickinggameas good as it can be, and we look for him to have a big year," Underwood stated. Serving as a back-up to Gale is freshman Grey LaPrade, a 6·. 170- pound produc't of Fores t High School. "We think Greg will also be a very good kicker and punter. Ryan will handle everything to start with

Underwood is also pleased with this year's schedule, which includes five home games. ..Even though it's a tough sched– ule, I like the layout of the schedule because we open up with our first tv.o games at home for the first time in three years. We've got some really good reruns that we are playing at home Northwest, ltawamba, Pearl River and GulfCoast-and l likeourchancesat home better versus playing those teams on the road," he said. Underwood also noted that road trips are shorter distances this year. The Warriors travel to South– west, East Mississippi. Co-Lm and Jones. Assistants on Underwood's staff in addition to Volarvich and Boone are Carey Melvin (defensive iine) Terry Evans (running backs) and James Miller (linebackers). · All Warrior foot– ball games can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) in Carthage featuring veteran broadcasters Melvin Wooten and Gil– bert Barham.