2008

L.z.. WEEK OF q ' lP} -- 7f6

Southwest spoils EC's homecoming By Marty Stamper Special to the Star DECATtm- l~ight now, tlw East Cen\1 al ComnHinit) ( ollege football team could very well pass for a crowdt:'d rowboat in which everyone was paddling in a clif ferent din•t'– tion. Not eH'Il a . homecoming contest with a previously-win)e-;!'; opponPnt was enou$!h to get the \\ ar rior into tht: win columu for the first tim in 2008 a~ they lost 20-9 to the South west Mississippi Communit) Col lege Bears saturda) ft rnoon ECCC fell to 0-.> ov( rall .md 0-3 in the MACJC S uth Division Southwt''t improved tcJ 1-3 and l-2. · ECCC onlv tr il d 1:~ 9 until the Rears .;;cored \\ ith just under two minutes to play to close out the win. 'The ddense pia} d damn good," said \\';u riot :s' first y1 nr ht>ad coach Stevt' Cheatham. "I'm tired of t'Verybody talking .tboul how our ol fense has scon•d all these damn poiut<; , II ) L'ctr. llw offense $!ave up 21 point atjoncs last week and w got our butts beat. "We couldn't move tl11 ball toda~ I'm sick of hearing cvcrr– bodv talk about our dcfenst. Our defen .;;e played tht: ir butt off today. They pla}ed their butt off la·-t wt>ek "It am't about an offen e or a deft'n:-e, it' about a team llld we're nQt a team n ht now "

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