2006

Hin·ds sends ECCC to~ . ' ' ' . I seventh-straight loss By Marty Stamper staff writer

Hinds 27. ECCC 8 the firs~ quarter. The Eagles took advantaR"e of a Warrior touchdown to go up 7-0 early in the second quarter. T ECCC running back David McCants lost the ball after a short gain with Carlos Meeks recovering and advancing the ball to the War– rior 7. Three. plays later,. quarter– backOmar Love scored from·a yard out with 13:18 to go in the second quarter. Jess Shelby kicked the first of his three extra points. "We played with them for a quarter and a half, but we get the turnover that sets up their first

Df.CATUR- It's a safe bet the 2006dootball season won't be one that's long I

remembered for the East Central Community Col– lege Warriors. ECCC lost its seventh-straight game Thursday

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night, falling 27-8 to Hinds Commu– nity College in a battle of the bottom two teams in the MACJC South Divi– sion. Hinds led 27-0 before the War– riors got on the board with 11:46 left in the game. Neither team was able to score in

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IN TROUBLE

East Central's Mike Dunn tries to get rid of the ball as he is almost sacked near the end zone by Hinds Community College defenders during the second quarter of action Thursday night.

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but the Warriors were unable to s tay off the hook for long. Hinds forced another Woodward punt and took over after a 30-yard kick to the ECCC 36. After Ch ris Mixon wa" stuffed for a 3- yard loss on third down, Love kept around right end and beat tlw Warrior defense to the pylon for a !-yard tom·hdown and a 14-0 lead with 4:25 to go in the first ha lf. The Eagles blockt•d another punt by Woodward and ~lichacl l'acl' returned it 25 yards for a touchdown· with 2.21 left in the second quarter. Shelby'~ PAT upped the Hind s lead to 21-0. · ' ' "Our No. 1 kickt•r/punlt•r (C:'rey LaPrade) has strep throat all() ht:\ in tlw bt•d," Under– wood said. "Our No. . 2 guy, who we're glad to have, has nl'vcr

really kicked in a game. The prolt:d ion wasn't g r eat, but h~'s a lillie slow and llu:y block two punts. w~ g et down 21-0 and it 's just tough to overcome all that." Neither team cottld manage points in llw third quarter, but Htnds quickly extended it~ lead to 27-0 in the fo urth quarter as Anthon) Mayes scored on a 2-yard run with 14: 15 remaining. The Warriors alrnost got on the scon~­ board on the extra poin t as Shelby's low kick was returned nearly 100 yards by George Lowe befon: he was brought down at the Hind s 4. f. The Warriors finally hrokt: up the shutout with 11:46 rl'rnaining as 1\ kC:mh scored on a 10-yard run. Housevelt l

T\like Dunn and covered 41 yards IV the llolder Colby Arnis scored on a ~wo-po conversion run for lhe final point .. The Warriors dropped to 0-fi in the Sot I>rvision and 1-7 overall with llu tr lone '' corning against East Mississippi Comn nity College in the season open· r Hinds improved to 1-4 ancl 'J '> with t other two win!-. coming agaiu"t Coahot Community College and Nol'llteast Miss sippi Community Collegt•. J I' he Warriors wrap up 1 hf.ir season ne l'hursc~ay at C~arksdale a~;~fusl Coahof!la An I~C(. C wm would mnH;h lhe Warno1 worst ~l'a~;on since 20o:! / hile a loss to tl l'i~>:t•rs would give ECC ( its worst s howiJ ~i ra:t: lht: 1993 team \Httl 1-8-1.

touchdown-," ECCC head coach Terry Underwood said. It was virtually thr: samt~ scenario as in last week's Ji,ss at Copiah-Lincoln. ; freddie Parham .rdurnl'd tht• kickoff 33 yards tv th<· Hincb ·II'!, but the Warriors quickly went thrN•·and;oul as on<' of their few !'Coring threats finled. The Eagh:l' partially bloc:kt•d Patrick Woodward'~ ,punt and lht: Wru·riors drew a pair of p~: rs(lnHI foul pcrwlti<'S.following the play to put llinds in busint•ss at tlw ECCC 23. Ken Whitfield halted tlw drive wlwn lw came up with a lliuds furnhlt~ a lll u· ECCC :1,