2005

However, the Warriors were able to grab some momentum back before the intermission when Lonnie Starks returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards to the IS yard line. The Warriors con– verted the good field position into points when Ryan Gale knocked home a 37 yard field goal with 34 sec– onds left before the half. East Central had a chance to make the score closer before halftime after recovering a fumble at tbe Bulldog 33, but Gale'~> 5 I yard field goal attempt was blocked as the first half clock expired. Hinds vs. ECCC Oct. 22, 2:30p.m. Newlon County High School, Decatur

Da,·id McCants bulled his way into the end zone from one yard out. Low– ery was big on the drive. completing passes for 14, 10, 27 and 16 yards on the drive. Lowery, making his first career start after regular starter Elijah McDonald went down with an ankle injury last week, finished the game 23-44 for 218 yards. with a touch– down and three interceptions. Under– wood said that he was generally pleased with how be played. but he made the usual freshman mistakes. "He's still a freshman. he's going to make some mistakes,'' Underwood said. "He probably didn't make some reads he was supposed to make but I thought be stood in the pocket and tried to throw the ball and move our offense." Gulf Coast quickly answered the ECCC touchdown with two of their ~wn, the ftrst coming on Seymour's two yard plunge and the second on Savage's six yard run with l: 16 left before halftime.

East Central tried to get back in the ballgame late in the third quarter after getting a 51 yard run by Ken Gordon on a fake punt on fourth and 15 to set the Warriors up with a first and goal from the three. Lowery found Colby Amus for a two yard touchdown pass on the second play after the run to close the gap to 28-17. However, the Warriors could not capitalize on the momentum. Two possessions later, Gulf Coast put the game away for good when they blocked a Warrior punt, and Mar– quise Powell fell on it in the end zone for a 35-17 lead with eight minutes left in the game. "We were glad that (the fake punt) set up a touchdown. Underwood said. "I thought we could gain some momentum off of it but we weren't able to come back over the hill." East Central jumped out to a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter when