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Blount raced 77-yards to the end zone. Henderson added the PAT. East Central had 10 first downs compared to 16 for East Mississippi. The Warriors had 174 total yards, which includ– ed 45 yards rushing and 129 passing. Ross was the leading ground-gainer for EC with 33 yards on 13 car– ries. Lowery completed 9- of-15 passes for 117 yards and one interception. Mike Dunn. a sophomore quarterback from Edge– water High School in Orlando, Fla.. completed 3- of-5 passes for 12 yards. Fridge was the leading receiver with two catches for 40 vards. Freddie Parham. a freshman prod– uct of St. Clair Countv High School in Odenville. Ala., had three receptions for 24 yards. Next up for the Warriors is home contest against Mississippi Delta Commu– nity College, which lost 43- 6 to top ranked Pearl River Community College last week. Kickoff is set for 6:30p.m. at Warrior Stadi– um. All Warrior football games can be heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) in Carthage featuring veter– an broadcasters and ECCC alumni Melvin Wooten and Gilbert Barham.

test as speedster Ike Knighten returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards for the score. Knighten is a sophomore wide receiver from Frostproof High School in Lake Wells, Fla. The Lions had an oppor– tunity to regain the lead early in the second quar– ter. but Hickmon blocked Henderson's 37-yard field goal attempt. East Central extended its lead to 14-7 with three minutes remaining before halftime on a three-yard run by freshman running back Roosevelt Ross. a product of Ocala-Forest High School in Ocala, Fla. Akey play during the 72- }'ard, 12-play drive was a 24-yard completion on third and 18 from sopho– more quarterback Josh Lowry, a product of White County High School in Sparta, Tenn., to wide receiver Blair Fridge of Clinton, which gave EC possession on the East Mississippi 20-yard-line. East Mississippi rallied for two scores in the third quarter and regained the lead. The first tally came on a 23-yard pass from Mitchell to wide receiver Marvis Owens with 4:40 remaining. The PAT was wide left. The Lions took their last lead at 20-14 two minutes later, when

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stanza on a 23-yard field goal by Grey LaPrade of Forest . The short scoring drive was set up when linebacker Ivon Hickmon of Lake recovered Blount's fumble on the East Mississippi 37 yard– line. The Warriors took the lead for good on their ne!-i:t series on a four-yard burst by running back Da\·id McCants of Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County \\"ith just over eight minutes remaining in the contest. LaPrade added his tlUrd PAT of the evening to give EC its 24-20 advantage. The winning score was set up when freshman linebacker David Brackett of Phila~elphia blocked Michael Pogue's punt, which gave EC possession on the Lions' 14-yard-line. East Mississippi scored first in the longtime rival– ry on a 34-yard touchdown strike from Mitchell to wide receiver Jeremy Johnson with 4:20 left in the initial period. Cal Hen– derson added the PAT. The scoring march covered 83 yards and took nine plays. It did not take long for East Central to tie the con-

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