2008

EC falls short in upset bid over-natiOnally ranked Bobcats

Lion rl'turn with 3:56 left in the tiN pcritxl gave Jone~ a 7-0 h!ad f(llll~wing the lir"t of ~ix Jacob Chancellor PAT-;. l FC re-.lxlll~lcd hy capping a 40-yard urive in just thrl'e plays wtlh Maun~:e Lungston. a fonner Northeast Lauucrualc ~tandnut. tallymg on an 18-yard n.u1. Nesho– ba Ct·ntral product Derek Crenshaw connttteu on the fir.,t of his live PATs I'm the night. 1l1e short scoring drive wa:-. ~ct up hy Mny\. 43-yartl kickoff rctum to the Bobcat40 Thr Wtu1·ioi~ too" their only lcau of the night late in the tnillal pl'ri~xl on a 2.9-yartl sttike from Taylor to L:mg~wn. EC'' hort-liveu. howc"er. a'> the Botx:ah found ix•y din early in second-period action on a 13-yard run hy Daniel Borne. capping a nine-pia}. 55- yard

been caught by wide receiver Kendrick May of Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County, but officials ruled the Bobcat defender was in possession when the two players fell to the ground. East Central was set up for the possible late score thank!> to a heads-up play by long snapper Will McBeth uuring a Warrior punt. The Leake Academy product stripped the ball while tackling Jones rerum specialist Rafael Pollard ncar the 30-yard-line and then bulleu his way to the Jones 19. EC reached the six following two plays: a nine-yard completion from Taylor to May. and Dustin Alley\ four-yard run. First-quarter action featurcu a gallant effort by the Warrior defen'>e. which held Jones on fourth and one at East Centml's six-yard-line. Jones had gained posse~­ sion when Greg Bolton intercepted Taylor\ pas" andre– turned the pigskin to the EC 15-yard-line. But the Bobcat defense too" advantage of another Wanior mistake when Derek Welch ·l. 30-yard inten.:ep-

Mark Gray\ controversial interception on the two– yard line with 2:47 remaining nixed a possible game– tying !>core by the Ea-;t Central Community College Wanior~ anu nationally-ranked Jones County Junior College ~UI'Vived a 42-35 cliff-hanger Thursday night in Ellisville. East Central dropped to 0-4 overall and 0-2 follow– ing tht: MACJC South Division battle, while the Bob– cats, ranked lifth in the latest NJCAA poll, improved to 4-0 and 2-0. The Waniors ho~t division foe Southwest Mississip– pi Community College lor homecoming Saturday. Sept. 27. Ku.:koff is set for 2:30p.m. at Bailey Stadium. The Beat\ fell to 0-3 and 0-2 following their 20-0 loss to Copiah-Lincoln Community College Thursday night f:.ast Central's miscue came on a first-and-goal situ– ation from the Bobcat six-yard-line. Quarterback Em– manual Taylor, a product of Early County High School tn Blakley, Ga., lofted a pass which appeared to have

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~ive back Elliott McGasl-.in stripped the ball from 1llylor while making a tackle and raced 44 yards for the score. Jones missed on an oppmtu– nity to extend it-. lcau as the Warrior defense again re~pond­ cd. The Bobcats hall taken pos– ses'>ion on the EC 13 followu1g a blocked punt but thank\ to a stubborn Warrior dcfcn~c and penaltie-.. Jones ww, fon:ed to attempt an unsucces-.ful 42-yard field goal. The EC offense too" advan tage of the opportunity by scor– ing on a 64-yard pass play from Taylor to Lang,ton, knotting the score again at2J-21. The Bobcats tk the ensu ing kickoff and marched 60 vards in nine plavs.

Warrior wide rece1ver Kendrick May and Jones defende Mark Gray fight for possession on this pass play near th goal line in the game's final minutes. Officials awarded th ball to the Bobcats.

Third-quarter action resulted in the Waniors tying the contest at 28-28, as Taylor connected with Donovan Tale of Hattics– hurg on a 22-yard pasl> play with 10: 14 left in the stmw.a. A key play during the 85-yard. seven– play march wa~ a 39-yard com– pletion from Taylor to May. which gave EC possession on the Jones; 22->ard line. Jones threatened to take the lead on the ensuing possession but the Warrior defense again held the Bobcat-. in-check on

quarter, when Lang~ton IIJ tagged across the lield on a 7 yard punt return with II: 13 n maming in the game. Jones put the game'~ fin points on the scoreboard\\ 1th l eight-yard palos from Jan1e..; · Anthony Jackson, capping a I play, 60-yard dri\e "'ith 5:53 r maining.

fowth and ctght from the 30- yartl-line. But the Bolx:at'> -.cored later when Jmnes hrol-.c -;cvenlltac"– les whih! scrambling and found Tmtan Puriti.)y open in the end Lone on a 44-yartl paS'> play on third and 16. East 'central tiel! the contc:-:.t a final timo: early in the final

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