2006

A ' win from East Central

following Reed's short punt from the end zone. ·· East Central could muster JUSt eight first downs and 156 yards in total offense, most of which came through the air. Dunn completed nine of 18passes for 115 yards and one inter– ception. Lowery connected on two of 10 attempts for 33 yards. Top receivers were Stewart, three receptions for 49 yards, and Newton County High School prod– uct Colby Amis. who had four catches for 40 yards. Delta had 10 first downs and 350 yards of total offense. Encalade complet– ed foirr of nine passes for 106 yards and McGee was five of 14 for 102 yards and one interception. which was made by Warrior..cor– nerback Gary Lindsey of Laurel in the end zone to end the first half. Encalade was also the top rusher with 76 yards on 11 carries. The Warriors begin MACJC South Division action this week by travel– ing to undefeated Jones County Jtmior College 'rhursday night. Kickoff is ~et for 7 p.m. on the Ellisville campus. The Bobcats defeated Northwest 24-17 Thursday and registered a 31-10 victo– ry over Northeast in the season opcnc1: East Central began the 2006 ~n.paign hy edging ~ast ML-;sissippi 21-:lO. The I~ CCC/Jones battle can b(' heard on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM) featuring veteran broadcasters Melvin Wooten and Gilbert Barham.

·field goal atten1pt was wide left. East Central had taken possession on the Delta 16 after Delta punter James Reed of Belzoni was tmable to handle a high snap from center and Warrior strong safety Lamario Hopson of Meridian made the recov– ery. Another missed oppotiu– nity followed two plays later when linebacker Perry James of 'fuscaloosa Central recovered Encalade's fumble on the Delta 20-yard- line. The short drive stalled when Dunn's pass was futercept– ed byTrojandefensive back Darold Parker at the seven– yardline. Neither team threatened to score in the opening stanza, but the Warriors took advantage of a blocked Delta punt by linebacker Perry James of Tuscaloosa Central early in the second quarter, which gave EC possession on th(' Trojans' 14-yard line. The Warriors were tmable to penetrate the Delta defense and settled for LaPrade's 30-yard field goal. Delta answered the EC score \·i:ith a 77-yard touch· down strike thnil quarter– back Travis l\IcGee of Benoit to wide receiver Jacarious Lucas of Cleve– land with tO:~n left befom halftime. Heed's PAT :.Ht~inpt wns hot sw-cessrul. East Centl'al had an qppor tunity to retake tlw lead a few minutes l

got to convert f when you get turnovers and you can't give up the big play~ We just didn't d.o what we had to do. I give Delta credit. The)' got it done. We've got to regroup and get

S~ial to The Record Missed opportunities were cost– ly for the East CentralCommunity College Warriors who let a fourth– quarter lead slip away and fell12- 10 to Mississippi Delta Communi– ty College Thursday night at War– rior Stadium on the Decatur cam– pus. ECCC head coach Terry Under- ,wood addressed his team's short– comings following the non-divi– sion match-up, which left both squads with 1-1 records. "We had a lot of opportunities early in the game off of some blocked punts and turnovers, but we did nothing with it," he said. "Thenwe gave up two big plays on defense two huge pass plays on broken coverage. You just can't win that way! "If you're going to win, you've

DELTA

ECCC

ready for Jones.'' The Warriors appeared to be on their wa~ to a second-straight vic– tory until a 40-yard pas...:; comple– tion from back-up Delta quarter· back Aaron Encalade of Poplarville to running back .Jcf: fery Altman of Hollandale with 6:46 remaining in the ti1\al stanza provided the visitors with the win Sec ECCC. p,,~c 'H~