2008

Cheatham take over tECC£ "Win bahy win'"

spread otTcnse will also help scl up our runnmg game \\~de rccci,·ers Kcndnck May (5- I0, 165 l of Tu~ealoosa County (Ala l High School and Donovan !ln.: (6-2, llJ5l of Hattiesburg arc li~li:.-d among top oni:thl\ I! returnees. Courtney Shelton (5-1 0. 220) oi Tu~cat&l.;a IS regarded as the tG1 > rcturnrng running ' back, but Ch..:atham said se,·..:ral freshmen arc also battlrng tm bm.J..tield posi– tiOns. including Dcrrrck Cade (5-7. 21 0) of Tuscaloo•>

th..:m were here f, r spring work– outs." said Chcath 111 . One such freshman is Emrnanual 'laylor a product ol Earlv Countv II •h Sdwol in Blakely. Ga.. -who is projected to be the starting qua erhack. 1 he 6- loot. 170-pound stgnal caller was sclc~~ed JAC Pl.a):~r of thO: Year in addrtton to rcccrvntg All-State and All-Star honors. ! Ta) lor had touchdown runs of 65 and 46 yards ;uid connected on 38- and 22-yaro passes for scores in the Spring gam~. Cheatham said~1'aylor "is doing really well. He's got a good arm runs well. and has good knowl..:dgc of the game" Taylor's cxperttsc will be put to usc 111 directmg the Warriors· new "spread attnck.. onensc. "We're gomg to b.: a wide-op..:n olfense,.. Cheatham sa rd. "but that docs not mean thai we will thro\\ the ball all the tirnt·. We will h:t\C a balanc..:d attack and our passrng gam.: will ti.:aturel a lot of short passes, ~u..:h a:-. ~creens and slnnt pattcms, \\'..: want) to gc lh\.: h11ll out qt11ck to our n;ceivers :md let them make somdhing happen. 1lte

ha\c their fir:,t opportunity at ..winning" a football game when the \\'nrnorl' travel to Coall(lma Communtty College on fhurscJay Kickorr IS set fi>r 7 p.m . on the Clarksdale campus. East Central defeated the 'l1gcrs 32-21 to conclude the Warnors· J- 6 campaign 111 2007. The Coahoma SQuao IS coachccJ by former \\'arrior assistant Freeman ltorton. a rorllll')' football standout :il the University of Southern Mt~sisstrpi and l.aki.! ll1gh School. Cheatham, a r---::.,.....,=---:-, l'onncr high sch0\)1 head

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Cheatham sair5 being named head co.tch took )1im by surprise. "I d1d not cxp<.xt thi~ (promo– tton I to happl·n . : .· 1just wanted to be tcally a .bettcr IC.lotball t..:am than last y..:ar \\'e abo Sl.'Cm to be a lot .stronger:' This ycar'.s squad is also a hllle les-. expcricnceo. Twenty-thrcl.' l..:t– tcm1cn arc gone fmm 2007 and only 1-l kller wtnners return. Sever"

coach at both Philaddphia and Ncshoha Central, s;ud he 1s "excit– ed but a lnlle m:rvt)U~" about leading a college fbotball program for the first time. lie ~docs have

Stew Cheatham

"I r yuu can be a wmncr in all you e'\rx·ricncc on the do. l'specrally when no one is look- collc¥c kvcl. having scrwo us a in:"," Cheatham explained. "then graduate- assistant at Clcrn~on good tlwtg~ wjll be the ICSUII.'' University and most recently as L- Cheatham and h1s sguad w11l ~ector of football operations for