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l Key plays during the first scoring ch h e of the second quarter whlch covered 76 yards and took 13 plays - included McDonald s 8-\ard • ~ r ard uikt from McDonald to Chris Lark. and an 8- yard pass from McDonald to Letez Fortune. A pass interference call also aided the Warrior drive on a third down play and gave EC a first down on the East Mississippi 16. McCants' third tally was set up when Warrior defensive back Kris Thomas inter– cepted Lion quarterback Drew Harper's pass at the East Mississippi 31. After EC was penalized five yards for illegal proce– dure, McDonald fired a 35-yard strike to Lark, who stretched his 6-foot-2 frame to rna~e a leaping catch over two Lion defend– ers at the 1-yard line. A 25-yard field goal by Gale with 3:46 left completed first-hal f scoring, and EC held a commanding 24-0 lead at halftime. With the game at hand in the second half,

McDonald completed 15-of 22 passes fot • - - ' -1., l L a<; ·~ tn' cei'Ve ' 11 ....,.,rtwo~oe~ ~ 7 rds Til£' mo h 20 first dowJ -:. The \4/arriors tn to Copiah 1ucol Community CollPge Sahtrday, Oll. 8 for a 2:3 p.m. kickoff on the Wesson campu'> Th Wolves won their season open~ 1 b) defcatin Northwest Mississippi Comm unity Colleg 16-6. The Wolves fell 30-27 to Gulf Coast Community College last Saturday in V\psson. "Co-Lin is a very talented football team. probably as improved as anybody I've seen since last year." Underwood said. "1 hcy"vt recruited well. They'i·e very big and strong. ''Their quarterback is probably tlw bes player we have played. including (PPar River's) Jimmy Oliver All Warrior football games can be heard on the college's website. www.eccc.edu and on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) in Catthage.

sive as he completed a 30-yard stnke lO Stewart. a 13-yarder to Lenn) Boatner and .a 6-yard toss to Fortune The Warrior defense - which limited East Mississippi to just 99 yards total offense, including minus 18 yards rushing -was credited with the game's final points \\hen punter Hunter Porter was unable to handle the snap from center while punting from the end zone with 12:49 remaining in the contest Linebacker Paul Tolbert had earlier sacked the Lions' quarterback for a 13-yard loss setting up Porter's punt from the ~nd zone. EC finished with 337 yards on offense, with 100 corning on the ground and 237 in th~ air. McCants was the leading rushing with 56 yards on 17 carries and three scores.