2007

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East Central hangs tough inloss to Pearl River

scampered 27 yards to pay early in the third stanza, dirt with 10:58 remaining and scored again later in in the first period. Brad the period on a one-yard Bingham of Moss Point plunge by Tim Rawlinson added the first of his four of Prattville, Ala. The PATs. scoring drive covered just East Central got on the 34 yards and was set up by scoreboard early in the a Warrior fumble. second stanza on a 25-yard East Central also found field goal by Beau Hannah the end zone in the third of Morton. The scoring quarter, when Williams drive was set up when cor- and May connected on a nerback Clint Coleman of 26-yard scoring pass play Louisville intercepted Pat with 4:26 left. Hannah Oliver's pass at the War- added the PAT and the rior l~vard line. Warriors were again with- Key ·Pt<:t:·s during the in two points at 19-17. The 5COring march included a so-yard march took nine 28-yard run by quarter- plays and featured back Dean Williams and Williams' 22-yard scamper his 17-yard pass comple- to midfield. tjgn to wide receiver EC scored the game's Kendrick May. Both are final points on a three– products of Tuscaloosa yard TD pass from (Ala.) County High School. Williams to wide receiver The drive also featured Katlan French, a product several long gains by run- of Starkville Academy, ning back Roosevelt Ross, with just over six minutes a product of Ocala-Forest remaining. The 66-yard (Fla.) High School, who is drive took eight plays and one of the state's top rush- was highlighted by a 23- ers. yard pass play from Pearl River responded Williams to May on third with a field goal of its own, and 10 that gave EC pas– a 40-yarder by Bingham session on the Pearl River with 2:17 left before half- 33. time that extended the Ross was the top rusher Wildcat lead to 10-3. for EC with 78 yards on 16 The Warriors tied the carries. Langston had 45 contest on their next pos- yards on 10 carries. session on a 28-yard touch- Williams rushed 14 times down strike from Williams for 39 yards and backup to Michael Townsend of quarterback Jacob Forest with 59 seconds left Massey of Union had 30 before the break. Hannah yards on six carries. added the PAT. The 58-yard Williams completed six of drive took just five plays 13 passes for 93 yards and and was highlighted by three touchdowns.Massey running back Maurice threw two passes but had Langston's 19-yard scam- no completions. per to the Pearl River 28. East Central will again Langston, a former stand- face a top-ranked team out at Northeast Laud- this Thursday when the erdale, is also one of the "Warriors travel to unde– state's top rushers. feated Mississippi Gulf Pearl River took a 12-10 Coast Community College advantage on a safety for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

A blocked punt return for a touchdown and a safety helped provide the margin of victory for nationally ranked Pearl River Community College who escaped with a 33-24 decision over East Central Community College Thursday night at Bailey s·a. lium on the Decatur c->· pus. The Warriors, who dropped ro 2-3 overall and G-3 in the MACJC South Dn Slon. battled the n u n ::: pre\ 1ou.sly top- team for four quar– ters and trailed 19-17 going mto the !'inal stanza. The 1 Wildcats added two foLrth ~:c.iod scores and ..held on for the nine-point victory; improving to 4·1 and 2-1. East Central head coach Terrv Undenvood. a for– mer· assistant at Pearl Ri\er, praised his squad's effon against the Wild– cat , who were ranked sixth prior to the division match-up. ''I'm real proud of our team... Underwood stated. "Our guys played really hard. We really felt like we could win and came out and played to win....we just made too many mis– takes. But we've got noth– ing to hang our head about." The Warriors won the statistical battle, amassing 318 total yards to 286 for Pearl River, one of the few times in the last four or five years the Wildcats have lost that battle. EC also held an edge in tlrst downs by a 17-12 margin. But Pearl River won the scoreboard "battle" and took an early 7-0 lead when Frank Newsome of Petal scooped up a blocked Derek Crenshaw punt and

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