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ral Community College head !football coach, as the Warriors travel to Coahoma Community College Thursda~: Aug. 28. Kick– ofT for the non-division battle ·is set for 7 p.m. on the Clarksdale campus. East Central's home opener is set the following Thursday against Holmes Community Col– lege, with kickoff scheduled for 6::.~0 p.m. at Bailey Stadium. The Warriors begin MACJC South Division action against visiting Hinds Community Col– lege at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. I "We hope we can get ofT to a good start,.. Cheatham said. "Those are two games we feel good about. We have a chance to go into that division opener agains IIinds 2-0. We were 2-0 last year when we got beat by Jones 1:n the last minutes and that was sort of a turning point for the season for us. We never really recovered from that. Had we won that one, it's no telling what we could have one. We have to win those close one this year." East Central hosts Southwest Mississippi Community College for homecoming on Saturday,

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ROBBIE ROBERTSONfTHE NEWTON RECORD East Central football coach Steve Cheatham talks with his defensive players during a pre-season scrimmage last year Cheatham takes over as head coach after serving as defensive coordinator under Terry Underwood last year.

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star t classes." just ready to get them on After having the sum- the field and see what they mer to assess his first are like in pads.·· recruiting class, Cheatham said the Cheatham is cautiously team will report on Aug. encouraged. 6 and practice that after- "You never know how noon. They must practice good they are going to be," once a day for three days Cheatham said of his and then they are able to incoming freshmen. practice twice a day, fol– "Coach Miller, who has lowed by once a day. been here several years, 'T'he Warriors will nlso says it is one of the better add a wrinkle to the pre– classes that he has had in season practice as they a while. We feel good about travel to Northwest Com-. the guys we have coming munity College and will in and the guys we have practice against the coming back. We have had Rangers, coached by for– a few transfers that should mer South Panola coach help us out as well. We're Ricky Woods.

The final home game is sched– uled at 6:30p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 against Copiah-Lincoln Commu– nity College. Additional road games arc scheduled with Jones County Jw1ior College, ar 7 p.m. Thurs– day, Sept. 18 in Ellisville: North– east Mississippi Communn~ Col– lege. at 7 p.m Thursda)~ Oct. 2 .in Booneville; Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. at 3 p.m. Saturday. Oct. 1'1 in Perkin– ston; and the season .finale \"w ith Pearl River Community Col1ege, at 7 p.m. 'rhursday, Oct. 23 in Poplarville. All ECCC football games can he heard on KTCKS 98 (98.3) featur– ing veteran broadcasters Melvin Wooten and Gilbert Barham. (;hp~th:.:nn_ nnrJ _h iQ. _~tr;>Ff_., .,,.,

wrapping up the summer where they have had about 28 freshman on campus taking classes and lifting weights. "It's been a good sum– mer," Cheatham said. "We have had about 28 working out. Most of them are freshman and it gets them acclimated to what we are doing and bow we do things. They also get to take some classes and get a head