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threat in the passing game. The Warriors signed four players from Philadelphia, three skill people and one offen– sive lineman. The Warriors also signed two players from Louisville's Class 3A champi– onship team and two players from Neshoba Central. The Warriors also landed two play– ers from Prattville, the Class 6A champion from Alabama. "We got some championship caliber players," Cheatham said. "We signed some kids from some winning programs. Of See CLASS, Page 2B ·

man. Johnson was the Hornets leading rusher last year and the Hornets' most valuable player. Also signing was Newton County linebacker Guy Holden, who led the county in tackles last year with 171. Holden, 5- foot-10, 205 pounds, also tallied more than 100 tackles as a soph– omore and missed his junior year after being injured in a car wreck. The third local signee was Newton's Chucky Curry, a three-sport athlete. Curry, 6- foot-6 and 250 pounds, played tight end and defensive end at Newton and was the Tigers top

ers on Wednes– day, which was national signing day. The War– riors signed 14 players for U1eir five-county Mis– sissippi recruit– ing district and from Tuscaloosa Cen– one

Steve Cheatham found a tal– ented group of in-district line– man in his first recruiting class as head football coach at East Central Community College. "I thought we had a good sign– ing class, a good blend of size and quickness," Cheatham said. "We felt like we signed some good lineman that will be able to come in and help us out. And we signed some good skill peo– ple as well. I thought it was a diverse group of signees in the district." The Warrriors signed 23 play-

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tral in Alabama. Locally, the Warriors signed three players from The Newton Record's coverage area. Among those three is Lake's Jeremy Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 280- pound fullback/defensive line-