2005

Warriors blank Lions for first win By Robby Byrd assistant sports editor

I'm very proud. Last week, we did a lot ofthings to shoot ourselves in the foot, but this week, the defense came out a11d got the shut out for us.

SCOOBA- Before Thursday night's foot– ball game between East Central Community College and East Mississippi Communit) Col– lege, both coaches knew a win was impor– tant to the morale and future of their teams. EMCC will continue to search for their first win of the season, after the \Yarriors (1-1) scored a 26-0 win over the homestanding Lionc; (0-2). ''I'm very proud,'' said ECCC coach Terry Underwood. "Last week, we did a lot of things to !;hoot ourselves in the foot, but this week, the deft>nse came out and got the shut out for ~s. Tl~e de.fense did an outstanding job. This ts a btg wtn for us to build our confidence going into district play." ~ It took ECCC almost 13 minutes to score its fi•:st touchdown of the game, but when Warnors started the Lions could not stop their offensive attack. , "I feel totally disappointed right now,'' said Ef1.:1CC coach Roger Carr. "We failed at every potnt of the game. We made mistakes and had a lot of penalties, and we had no consis– tency on offense in the game." With 2:58 left in the first quarter, J:.CCC's David McCants ran the ball into the end zone

ECCC coach Terry Underwood

for a. 2-yard :-;t·ore. His run along with Ryan G<. e s succce:-;sful PAT put the Warriors ah d 7-0 LCCC began the scoring drive on its 45- yard line Th(• drive was highlighted by a 23- yard complt·tion from quartuback Elijah i\kl>onald to widt' rcceiv<'r Lonnie Starks that set up the fir:-;t-and-goal situation from the Lions' 2-yard line. In the second quarter, the Warriors put togt>thcr a 14-play, 77-yard scoring drive that was capped by a :~-yard run by McCants. On the first play of EMCC's next drive, quar.terback Drew Harper threw an intercep– tion tnto lh<• hands ol ECCC's Kri" Thomas, which gave the Warrior the ball on the Lions' See Warriors Page 83