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we wanted to start this year, but we ha\'e kept battling," Carr said. 'This team hasn't quit and they've show a lot of fight to stay in this thing." East Mississippi will look to feature its balanced offense against Coahoma, a team that ranks eighth in the state in total defense. EMCC sophomore quarterback ]are Gault is coming off his best performance as a Lion, earning ~1ACJC Offensive Player of the Week honors with a three-touchdown per– formance last week. Lion running back LeGar– rette Blount ranks second in the state in rushing with 590 yards and four scores through six games.

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In Co-Lin, the Warriors will face a team that has man– aged to score just 36 points in six games and ranks last in most major offensive cate– gories within the state. The Warriors rely on the state's best rushing attack behind tailbacks Roosevelt Ross and Maurice Langston. Ross leads the state with 624 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground. Langston, a product of Northeast Laud– erdale, leads the state in kick returns with an average of 37.3 yards per return. Kickoff for the MACJC South Division battle is set fo_~ 2:30p.m. in Decatur.

said in the wake of his team's 31-27 victory over Northeast last Thursday. "It's not how you start, it's how you finish. The opportunity is right there for us to take it, so we just have to come out and be ready to play a good team next week." The good team Carr referred to will be Coahoma. which also enters the crucial division matchup with a 2·2 mark. EMCC will host Coa– homa Saturday afternoon, "'ith the "'inner clainling sole possession ot third place in MAC]C ~orth. We didn't start the way

Coplah-Lincoln at East Central

Looking to end a four– game skid which started after a 2-0 start, the Warriors of East Central will return home Saturday to host visiting Copiah-Lincoln for Home– coming. Facing Co-Lin (1-5, 1-3) could be just what the War– riors need after facing nation– ally-ranked opponents in three of the last four weeks. After dropping decisions to 6th-ranked Jones County and No. 9 Pearl River, East Cen– tral fell 41-24 to No. 3 Gulf

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