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b Warriors drop third straight heartbreaker, this tilne to th(' nation's No. 'I preseasoo team

We played a real good game, we just made too many mistakes. We've got nothi1tg to ha1zg our head about.

By Marty Stamper Specllll to The Star

DECATUR - Pt.•arl River Community Col– lege outscored East Central Community Col– lege 23 14 in the second half to take a 33-24 win in Thur~day's MACJC South Divi~ion contest.

ECCC head coach Terry Underwood

ECCC dropped to 0-3 in the division and 2-3 owrall, while Pearl River, ranked No. 6 in th is week's NJCAA poll, improved to 2-1 and 4-1. ''I'm real proud of our team," said lOth-year ECCC head coach Terry Underwood.

14 when Clint Coleman picked off a Pat Olivt'l pass. The Warriors then drove to the Wildral: S to get a 24-yard field goal by Beau Hannah with !l:f,M remaining in the second quarter. - Pearl River upped its lead to 10-3 on a ,!(). yard field goal by Brad Bingham wit}l 7:36 h/ play in the half. The Warriors pulled even going into the break as Deon Williams found Mil'ha<:~l Townsend behind the Pearl River second<\ry for a 30-yard touchdown pass with 59 seconds to go before halftime. Hannah's extra point knotted tlw contest at 10-10. The Wildcats steadily pulled away 111 the second half. A bobbled ~nap on third·and-lZ'from the ECCC 12 turned into a safety for the Wildcats See ECCC Page C5

''Our guys played really hard. We really felt like we could win and came out and played to win. "Once again, we made too many critical mis– takes at critical times. When you play a good football team, you just can't make that many mistakes. . _ "We played a real good game, we JUSt made too many mistakes. We've got nothing to hang our head about." The Wildcats struck first when Jamie Hill converted a blocked ECCC punt into a 7-0 lead with 10:58 to play in the first quarter. ECCC halted a Pearl River drive at the ECCC

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UP AND OVER Pearl Rlvor'! (:raig Morshall goes over team– mate Josh Wlley'~o t.. •ckle E!ust Central's Roo– sevelt Ross Thu$day nigt1t in Decatur.

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