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Juco Football: East C_entral at Nol12 MississJ Warriors set sights on nationally-ranked Bulldogs

Gulf Coast is ranked first in ru shi9g defense, allowing just 63 yards per game. The Bulldogs are las t in passing defense, giving up 267 yards per contes t. Gulf Coast is rankel:lllth in total defense. East Central is ranked sixth in passing defense. allowing 171.5 yards per game. The Warriors are 12th in rus hing defense, giving up 192 yards per contest. EC's defense is ranked seventh overall, allowing 305.3 yards per game.

are 2-4 and 1-2.

homt>coming and following their ovt'r timc loss at Copiah-Lincoln last week will be no easy task. "Gulf Coast has another excel– lent team and was ranked number two in tht· nation prior to their losses to East Mississippi and Co– Lin," Cheatham noted. "We know lll('y will be ready to play but we will be ready, too. ll should be a great ball game." The Bulldogs, ranked 12th in the latest J UCO poll, are 4-2 overall and 2 1 in the MACJC South l)ivision, while the Warriors

on the Perkinston campus. "Gelling our first win and doing so in a convincing fashio n was

from school reports DECATUR - With two wins under their belts- albeit one by

Gulf Coast is ranked second in rushing offense with 235.8 yards per contest, but has the league's worst passing offense, averaging 116 yards. The Bulldogs are ranked s ixth in total offense with 352 yards per game. EC is ranked third in total offense, averaging 366 yards pe r contest. The Warriors are third in passing offen se at 212 yards per game. and fifth in rushing offense with 154 yards per contest.

very huge for our players and coaches." Cheatham said in referring to War– riors' 38-7 blowout over Nor theast last Thursday.

forfeit- tht' East Central Community Collt>ge War– riors have a nC>w allitudt'

about winning, and first- WirHI'(Jil.lltOIINO

year head coach Slt>vc Cheatham hopes that "attitudt-" will lead lo an upset of nationally ranked Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Saturday afternoon. Kickoff for the Bulldogs' home– coming contest is :,wt for 3 p.m

"And the forfeit from Hinds just added icing to the cake, because now we have a chance to make the playoffs if we continue to play well." But facing the defending national co-champion Bulldog-; at

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