2007

· Co-Unspoils EC homecoming I

from Tuscaloosa Acade– my. The excellent field posi– tion was set up by Freddie Parham on his 39-yard kickoff return after Co– Lin had taken a 14-10 lead. The Wolves scored on a four-yard touchdown pass from Davis to Haki Reed of Fayette with 4:56 left in the contest. Parham is a product of St. Clair Coun– ty High School in Mar– garet, Ala. For Warrior head coach Terry Underwood, Satur– day's loss was obviously tough to take, as ECCC fell to 2-5 overall and 0-5 in league play. Co-Lin improved to 2-5 and 2-3. "There's not much to say," Underwood told reporters during a post– game interview. "They had a minute and some– thing to go and they went down the field and made the plays. It gets down to making plays in this game." The key play during Co– Lin's 65-yarJi, five-play drive was Davis' 39-yard completion to Jason Bruce of Natchez to the EC15. East Central responded

It was deja vu "all over again" for the East Cen– tral Community College football team which again saw victory snatched away in the fmal moments of an MACJC South Divi– sion contest. The "spoiler" this time was the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolves who scored on a 15-yard pass from quarter– back Micah Davis of Wes– son to wide receiver Tod– drick Bajoie of New Roads, La., with 38 sec– onds remaining, which gave the visitors a 21-17 shocker on homecoming day at Bailey Stadium Sat– urday afternoon in: Decatur. East Central, which lost in similar fashion to divi– sion rivals Jones (32-29) and Southwest (25-21) ear– lier in the season, had taken a 17-14 advantage with 1:45 remaining when quarterback Deon Williams found a wide open Courtney Shelton for a 14-yard touchdown pass, capping a seven-play, 39- yard drive. Williams is a former standout at Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County and fullback Shelton hails

to the score by reaching the 12-yard line following a 15-yard pass from Williams to Katlan French of Starkville Academy as time expired. Underwood praised his team for "fighting back" and taking the lead late in the ball game, but was also frustrated the War– riors were unable to close the deal. "You hate for a game to end that way...there were so many opportunities that we didn't take advan– tage of and capitalizewith points...we haven't been able to finish, that's the bottom line. It's frustrat– ing. I hate for the kids. I hate for everybody involved," said the 10-year head coach. East Central took a 3.0 first-quarter lead when Neshoba Central product Derek Crenshaw kicked a 30-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining, cap– ping a 12-play, 66-yard drive. Crenshaw, who nor– mally just handles punt– ing duties, subbed for Beau Hannah of Morton who was injured earlier in the contest. Crenshaw also connected on two PATs.