2007

Warriors drop heartbreaker to visiting Co-Lin on homecoming By Marty Stamper special to the star JUNIOR COLLEGE fOOTBALL DECATUR- Those who

have followed East Central Community College football this fall knew better than to (eel safe when the Warriors grabbed a 17-14 lead with only 1:45 remaining in Sat– urday's homecoming contest with Copiah-Lincoln Commu– nity College. Sure enough, the Wolves needed only 67 seconds to find the end zone and take a 21-17 victory in the MACJC South Division contest. ECCC fell to 0-5 in the divi– sion and 2-5 overall. The War– riors have now lost 12 con– secutive division games and will have to win Thursday at Hinds Community College to have any chance of avoiding the league cellar for the second year in a row. "There's not much to say. They converted. They had a minute and something to go and they went down the field and made the plays," said ECCC lOth-year head coach Terry Underwood. "It gets down to making plays in this game. "Our kids fought back and got the lead with a minute and something to go. You hate for a game to end that way. There were so many

opportunities.

Davis found Toddick Bajoie at the goal line with 38 sec– onds remaining. Will Thibodeaux added the PAT to give the Wolves a 21-17 lead and force ECCC to score a touchdown to reclaim the upper hand. The Warriors reached the Co-Lin 12 where Kat1an French was hit hard fol– lowi ng a 15-yard reception from Williams as time expired. Crenshaw gave the War– riors a 3-0 lead on a 30-yard field goal with 17 seconds left in the first quarter. Parham set up the score with a 15- yard run to the Co-Lin 13. Co-Lin scored on the first possession of the second half as the Wolves covered 58 yards following a 37-yard kickoff return by Latarus Fra– zier. Kentrell Cleveland ran 10 yards to the 1, then leapt into the end zone on the next play for the touchdown. Thi– bodeaux' kick gave the Wolves a 7-3 lead barely two minutes into t he third quarter. Williams then found Michael Townsend a step behind Co-Lin's Andrew

"We had turnover after turnover early in the first half that we didn't take advantage of and capitalize on with points. It kinda got down to a last-minute deal and we've had a lot of those this year. "We haven't been able to finish. That's our bottom line. It's frustrating. I hate it for the kids. I hate it for every– body involved." The Warriors did put together a fine scoring drive to enjoy a brief lead at 17-14. A 39-yard kickoff return by Freddie Parham put ECCC in business at the Co-Lin 39 with just under five minutes remaining. Quar terback Deon Williams scrambled for 12 yards to the 29, hit Mau rice Langston for a 9-yard gain, then ,completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Courtney Shelton with 1:45 showing. Derek Crenshaw's extra point gave ECCC a 17-14 advantage. Co-Lin answered with a 39- yard pass over the middle from Micah Davis to Jason Bruce, who made a leaping one-handed grab at the ECCC 15. On the next play,

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