2007

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back did an outslanding job of leading this team." Williams finished the night with seven completions for 138 yards and one touch– down. Trailing 21-7 at halftime, EMCC fought back, threatening to take the lead in the third. Sophomore sensation Legarrette Blount, who rushed for 119 yards on 18 carries, scored from a yard out and Gault connected with Patterson for an electrifying 60-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24-20. It was as close as EMCC got "I thought our defense did an outstanding job of clamping down when we had to,"· Underwood said. "EMCC did a great job offensively, we just got tough when we had to." Langston added his second scoring run of the night to push the lead to 31-20 with 10 minutes left. When ECCe freshman McKenzie Patrick pounced on a Gault fumble in the final2 min– utes, the Warriors could finally celebrate the season-opening victory. On the night, EMCC managed 337 total yards, with 202 through the air and 135 coming on the ground. Patterson hauled in eight catches from Gault for 119 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Freshman kicked Derek Crenshaw added a 22-yard field goal for the Warriors. EMCC (0-1) will travel to face Southwest next week. while East Central will remain on the road, traveling to take on Miss. Delta Thursday night.

and Langston, a product of Northeast Laud– erdale, adding 114 yards on 18 carries. For the homestanding Lions, the loss was not without positive signs, as sophomore quarterback )are Gault (Spartanburg, S.C) ran the Lion offense efficiently, especially after halftime. On the night, Gault completed 17-of-26 passes for 202 yards and a touch– down. East Central got on the·board first, exe– cuting a flawless opening drive to kick off the 2007 season. The Warriors drove 63 yards in 10 plays- all on the ground- to set the lone early. Wide receiver Freddie Parham dashed in from five yards out to give the War– riors a 6-0 lead. A bad snap on the extra point attempt kept the lead at 6-0. The Lions of Scooba roared back in their first drive, with sophomore James Patterson (Noxubee County) capping a 6Q-yard scoring drive with a 7-yard dash into ~e endzone. EMCC freshman kicker Chandler Brooks added the extra point for the 7-61ead. It would prove to be the Lions' only lead of the night. After Langston scored his first of two touchdowns on the night with a 15-yard scoring strike to push the lead to 14-7, ECCe took control in the second quarter when quar– terback Deon Williams found wideout Michael Townc;Pnd from 53 yards out to push the lead to two touchdowns. ·I he} ~lartcd stacking eight men in the box, so we had to adjust our offense," Under– wood said. '·When we did that, our quarter-