2006

_I East Central drops to 1-4 By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Editor

MACJC South Division Dlv. All 2·0 5-0 2· 1 4·1 2· 1 4·1 2·1 3·2 1-1 3·2 0-2 2·3 0-3 1-4 Last week's scores

' The East Central Community College Warriors fell to 0-3 in the MAC.IC' South Division anc.J 1-4 O\ crall \vith a J 1-14 loss to Pearl Rm.:r Community College last Thursc.Jay at Poplarville'.:; Dobie II olden St.1diuni. Pearl River, which cnt~:n.:c.J the season ranked No. I Ill the nation, improved to 2-1 and 4-1 It was a night \\here the passing game was oficn a team's'' orst enemy. Pearl Ri\'cr returned two EC passes for rouchdowns. wlulc one (Jf the Waniors' touchdowns <:amc (•II u 55-yard interception return ..1thought our dcli:nse played rea'lly well.'' EC heac.J coach Terry Undcrwo(ld :-.,tid. "'I ht•y only hac.J 50 yard~ rushing and 220 yards passing. We hl'ld them to a season-low output. They had lo~t their No. I quarterback, but I still gin: tt lot of credit to our defense '·We gave up one big play on defense and, othe1 than that. I felt like w~.: held om own." The Wmnor" manuged JUSt 12H to tal yards with a net of 12 coming from the ground game. "We moved the ball, but w~.: were Inconsistent anti had four turnovers," Underwood smd The Wildcnts grabbed an early 7-0 lead as Seth Hayden scored on a I0-yard n111 li.lllowing a 27-yard punt return by J.J. Smith to the EC 23. Keon Wilson C.\tcndcd tht• lead tu 14-0 when he picked off a Mike Dunn pass and rl'lurned it 30 yards to the end zone on the next play. EC closed to within 14-7 us Roosevelt Ro scored from a yard out 111 the second qua11cr to cap

Jones Gulf Coast Pearl River Co-Lin Southwest H1nds East Central

Pearl River 31 , East Central14 Jones 27. Hinds 16 Southwest 31 , Miss. Delta 10 Gulf Coast 34, CopJah-Lmcoln 10 This week's games Gulf Coast at East Central (Saturday) Hmds at Copiah-Lincoln (Saturday) Pearl River at Holmes (Saturday) Jones at Southwest (Saturday)

a 14-play, 52-yard drive. David McCants had a 15- yard run on the drive. The Wildcats got n 54-yard touchdown puss fhun Adam Robin to Larry Freeman and a 40-yurd fidd goal rrorn Brad Bingham to take a :>4-7 kad IIIlO halftime.

y College football players from Newton County a r e, Townsend, both of Union High School; and Freddie '\'en ton County High School. Photo by Marty Stamp up for another scoring kiekon: \\hich Ray played," Underwood said. "Pearl Riv• but they didn't play extremely well in

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