2008

ECCC rally falls short to Hinds East Central Commu– nity College rallied from a 21-7 halftime deficit to tie Hinds Community College at 21-21 but two fourth-quarter touch– down runs by Hinds quarterback Wesley Mounger propelled the Eagles to a 35-21 decision at Bailey Stadium in Decatur. . The Warriors, led by first-year head coach Steve Cheatham,

Taylor, who hails from Early County High School in Blakely, Ga., engineered the 14-play, 75-yard march by com– pleting six straight pass– es- including the TD toss - for 43 yards. He also had three runs totaling 20 yards, and his 14-yard scamper to the Hinds six followed by a personal foul against the Eagles gave EC possession on the Hinds three-yard– line. EC scored three plays later. Hinds regained the lead on its next posses– sion with Mounger - a Clinton High School product - and wide receiver Treyvias Alexander of Breaux Bridge, La., connecting on a 38-yard pass play early in the second quar– ter. The drive covered 80 yards and took seven plays. ECCC East CPutral cut into the Hinds le.(lct at 21-14 early in the third pt>riod on rwming bad< Derricl\ Cade's two·yard burst. capping a l:l y~ll'(l, 77- yruddrive. \\hich \\asset up by Warrior defensive end Vonzell .Jacl\sml's interception at Ihe EC 23. Key plays chwing the march were Cnde's 15· yard run to tlw ~;c 38, an 18-yard pass completion from Taylor to \Vide receiver Donovan Tatr> of Hattiesburg lo thP Hinds 37. and n 13-yarcl pass from Tavlor to wide receiver Lamar Truman of N01iheast Lauderdale. Cade is a product of Tuscaloosa Central (Ala.) High School. East Central tied the contest early in the fourth st

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East Central respond– ed. t? the Hinds score by ~nvmg from its 34-yard– line to the Hinds 10 but the drive stalled ' and Crenshaw's 37-yard field goal attempt was wide left. A key play during the drive was a 57-yard completion from Taylor to wide receiver Dustin Alley, a product of Union Grove High School in McDonough, Ga., which gave EC possession on the Hinds 12-yard-line. The Warriors were set up for another score later in the second half but an incomplete pass on fourth and two at the Eagle 17-yard-line nixed thP ~l!orin£ threat. orlllriw was a 20-yanl ou uletion from Tavlor to wide receht r Kendrick Mav of 'l'uscaloosa (Ala.) -Cotmtv who made the <'ntch

--Ait~'i an exchange of possession, Hinds exten~ed its lead to 21-7 on Aaron Woolfolk's 89- yard jaunt to the end zone with 3:08 remaining until halftime. The Warriors took the ensuing kickoff and drove from the 39 to the Hinds 25, but missed again on a field goal attempt as Crenshaw's 42-yard effc!'t was wide right as the half ended.