2007

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ECCC Photo Warrior quarterback Deon Williams (7) breaks a tackle from Coahoma defender Jeremy Atkins (36) during East Central's 32-21 season-ending victory over the visiting ligers Thursday night.

ECCC ends season with big win over Coahoin Six weeks of frustration came to

had opportunities to be successful. ''I'm especially proud for our ~ophomores." Underwood said in the post-game intef\iew. 'They've battled all year and we've come up on the short end of a lot of really close games. I'm happy for our sophomores to go out this way and I'm happy for our freshmen to have a good taste in their mouth going into the offseason. It's always good to win." Freshman running back Maurice Langston, a product of Northeast Lauderdale High School. was the workhorse for the Warrior offense. compiling 104 yards on 11 carries and scoring three touchdowns. Lamario Hopson, a sophomore running back

from Meridian, also had a productive evening with 97 yards on 20 carries and one score. Quarterback Deon Williams. who hails from Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) High School, kept the Coahoma defense off balance with an effective passing attack. completing six of nine passes for 104 yards and one score. He also rushed five times for 54 yards. In all. EC compiled 277 yards rushing and 106 yurds passing for a 383 total. The Warriors were without the services of ftU1ning back Roosevelt Ross- one of the state's top ru'hers - who missed the final rv.o games due to a knee injury. Ross. a product of Ocala-Forest (Fla.) High School. fm-

ished with 695 yards on 98 carries. 7.1-yard per carry. He averaged 99 yards per contest and had eight touch downs. East Central wasted little time · getting on the scoreboard. as Hopsa found pay dirt on a two-yard plung, with 11:01 left in the first quart Beau Hannah of Morton ktcked PAT. The 79-yard drive took rune pla. and was highlighted by Wllliams· 3 yard run to the Coahoma 43 .md 21-yard pass to tight end Spence Spane of Terry that gave EC possd sion on the Tiger 20. Coahoma responded to the Warn See ECCC, page 2E

an end for Lhe East Central Communi– ty College Warriors who concluded 2007 competition by rolling O\er Coahoma Community College 32-21 Thursday night on a soggy field at Bailey Stadium. Eac;t Central, which snapped a six– game losing streak to finish 3-6. effectively utilized its powerful and highly ranked running game to defeat the Tigers, who dropped to 2-7 under Freeman Horton. a former ECCC assistant and Lake native. For Terry Underwood, who com– pletes hie; lOth year at the Warrior helm. the non-division victory pro– vides a positive note on a season that