2008

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Juco Football ECCC still searching .for first win DECATUR _ A week after losing to one of the state's remaining winless teams, E_ast Cen– tral Community College _will try to avoid a similar fate tomght when the Warriors take on Northeast Mississippi Com- munity College. mrr ECCC travels to z.&. Booneville for a wtr.,f ~.~ u *u matchup of two 0:5. . . teams in a non-diVISIOn game, With kickoff set for 7 p.m. Last week, the Warriors dropped their homecoming contest ~o South– west Mississippi, which ptcked up its first victory of the year.. EC had its least-productt~e offen– sive outing of the 2008, :;conng o,nly nine points and gathenng only _264 . yards of total offense. The Warnors had been averaging more than 400 yards per game. East Central held a 9-6 lead at halftime on a 4-yard touchdown by former Northeast Lauderdale standout Maurice Langston and a field goal by Neshoba Central product Der~k Crenshaw. , TheWarnors gave up two touch- downs in the second ha~ as St~ve Cheatham was once agam demed his first victory at the helm of the Warriors. . . Northeast is commg off a 30-7 loss to Holmes. The Tigers were trailing by three at halftime, but gave up a big second half to fall for the fifth straight week. East Central, after its subpar ~er­ formance during hom~comu~g weekend dropped from tourth m the state to seventh in total off~n~e at 343 yards per game. Northeasl•s averaging 250. . Defensively, the Warnors have given up a state-worst 20 touch- downs. EC's opponents hav~ put up 337 yards per game, wh1le the By Chris Brennaman assistant sports editor

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