2006

ECCC holds on to dow • Late interception preserves ECCC's thriller over EMCC. _ .$~cial to the Record ECCC back Chris Mitchell's pass on the two– yard line

was proud of his team for the victor} and finding a way tci win the game. "It was anybody's game ...and l l think the differ– ence In the game for us was Sikcial teams,'' Under– wood ~aid. ''We blocked a field ~t~>al and a punt, and those.~ \lays were big in the ball g'me to get us back in it an~l get the lead. And obviously the biggest play was .hJrrick Calvin's inter– cepti~n near the goal line. He's JUst a great player. " Ea'lt Central, which trailcfd 20-14 to begin the fourt h quarter, closed the gap fo 20·17 early in the Sec ECCC, Page 3B

EMCC

to deny the end zone for the Lions who had a probable

Jorrick Calvin's inter– ception near the goal line in the game's final seconds prcsen·cd a 24-20 season– opening victory for East Central Community Col– lege's Warriors who regis– tered their fifth straight decision over longtime rival East Misstssippi Community College •rtmrsday night on the Decatur campus. Calvin, a freshman cor– nerback from Baton Houge, picked off,-quarter-

game-winning touchdown nullified two plays earlier. Running back LeGarrette Blount had crossed the goal line on a two-yard burst with 29.2 seconds remaining but the score was nixed because of a holding call. Warrior head coach Terry Underwood said he

ROBBIE ROBERTSON/THE NEWTON RECORD East Central's Roosevelt Ross runs through the East Mississippi defet1se in a24-20 win last thursday night.