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!Warriors fall35-21 to Hinds By Marty Stamper Appeal Sports Edi tor

play~. they've got to make plays.'' Case in point, Mounger's 35- yard·pa~s to Jamal Nixon when he had a ll day to throw gave Hinds the ball at the ECCC 40 with a 28-21 lead and JUst um.lcr nine minutes remaining. Tho: fact that the Warrior secondary \\as unable to srmply bat the pass awa} dtdn't set well with Cheatham. ··we\·c got a jump ball and if we knock it dO\\n ... all we've got to do is knock it down," Cheatham said. "It'~ JUst httle things that we'rc not domg." Mounger's 25-yard scoring run capped the dnve and gave the Fagles a 14-point cushiOn. 1 railing 21-7 at hatnime. the Warriors fought back to tic the game at 21-21 in the first minute of the fourth quarter. The Warriors dodged a bullet curly in the third quarter after Courtney Shelton lost a ftrmblc at the [CCC I0. Under heavy pres– sure, 'vtounger's toss was ptcked otT by EC'CC's Vonzell Jackson to setup a 77-yard scoring drive. Demck Cade cut the Warrior dellctt to 21-14 \\hen he bulled his ,,,} across the goaJ line from lin: yard.., out Cade tintsho:d with 5X yards on 13 carries. Thc Warrior defense forced Hinds to go three-and-out twice with ECCC pulling: cwn at 21-21 on a 16-yard keeper around left end by Lmll')!J' 'n,el Taylor with 14:01 to

p lay. Taylnr had 140 yards on 2 1 rushes and completed 17-of-28 pa-.:-.es t<.w 188 yard!. to lead ECCC. !'he Warriors were unable to reud1 midfield on thetr next two psed on a 42-yard iicld goal attempt for I ( CC as the Jir~t halfcnded. Ea~t Central travels to Jone.:, Thursday "'ckofl' '" at 7 p.m. at Bobcat ~tadium Sim Coolcy Field in Eilts\ die. Tin: Bobcat... arc 3-0 overall and

llincls Community Coll ege quarterback Wesley Mounger scored tWCl touchdowns 111 the linal 'II minutes to (, ttl the I aglcs to a 35-2 I win o\cr Ea~t Central Community College I hursda} night at Decatur. Mounger scored on a 15-yard run with I0:29 remaining and on a 25-yard keeper with 4:4·1 to play to drop the Wamnrs to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the MACK' South Dt\ tsion. Hinds improved to 2-1 and 1-0 ··wc'w just got to learn to play four quarters,'' said I·CC< ..' head coach Stc\e Cheuthum. "It\ a four quarter game. We\ e got to learn to play·.!lard. We've got to learn to. take advantage or mistakes that other pcople make. When things happen. we've got to take advan– tage of them. "Wc'\e ju-;t got to g\!1 better." l'hc loss was the 14th stnllght lor the Warriors ugmnst M 1\C.IC South Di\ ision compl.!tttton In leading lltnds. Mounger completed 7-of-1 I passes for I00 yards and gained 126 yards on 15 rushes. ··He\ prelly good.'' Cheatham said. "It comes tlown to players making. plays. Wo:\ e got w rccrull and get good players. Our players have got 10 make plays. Wheno:ver ''e put them in pllsitiCln Ill make

East Central Communit~ C ollcge freshman quarterback Emmanuel Ta~ lor rolls out to pass in the \\ arriors' 35-21 loss to Hinds last \H~cl... Taylor completed 17-of-28 passes for 188 yards and ran the ball 21 times for 140 ) ards. £CCC travels to Ellisville Thursda~ to ta ke on Jonc~ County Junior College.

£CCC photo

1-0 in division play following their 21-9 win over Copiah-LitH:oln

Communtty College last ThursJa~ at Weso.;on