2008

1'\ Warriors:fall38-35 at Gulf Coast Quartcrhad. llmmanud lnylot: threw three llllt~o:hdmvn passes and all-purpose pctlill·n1er J\1auricc Langston Wa:' nbo r.. om credited l(lt three school scores and altiHl~l n• )Ort\ another hut the11 I Gulf Coast. whtch imprmed to 5-2 overall and l I 111 league play. jumped out to a 14 .o second ·quar– ter advantage op Demond \vashington·s 62-yan.l punt tdlltn and Jamaal Yount.' 's 17-vard touch- .... i ~

Warrior fans asked to wear black for Co-Lin game East Central Communi!) Colkgc li.lotball fan!'> arc asked to "car black f(lr the Warriors· linal home game Timrsda) night against C optah- Lincoln Com– rnunit) C. ollcgc Warrior supporters~ arc also in\ited to partictpatc in tailgat– rng activitres gelling under way at ~ :30 p.m. ncar the entrance to Bailey Stadrum. Tile pre-game festi\ it res arc sponsored by tht• Warnor Club f(lr members and prospective members of the alh– letic-fundraising group. ~rckoff for the MACK' South Divrsron battle is set lor 6.10 p m at Barley Stadrum. The Warriors are 2-5. while the Wolves trc 3-4 pa-;s play. Gulf' Coast put its fiml points on the scon.:hoarJ late in the third penod on Jenkins· 41.)-yard touchdmm strike to wrdc rccl!i\er ls.chm Bolden. Tavlor completed 17-ol-35 pa-;s– cs li.)l 2.53 yards and three scores. lie had on~ rntcrccptiOil. May was the top rcc~''' cr with three catches li>r I()(, y.mls and one score

do\\n run. \II- \rm:ritan kid.er Sean Brauchlc added both Pr\Ts and was successful on ;til live attempts for the game! The \\'arnors fou n(l pay d111 on Taylor's first 1 D pas~ a 76-:rard toss to \\ide rec~:i,·cr Kendrick l\1av with se\ en minutes rcmainmg rn the second penod. Gulf Coast strcll:hcd ih lead to 24-7 at the bn:ak. fol io\\ rng Young's 7-yard scormg run with I:56 left befon.: halrtime nnd Brauchle's 26-yard field goa l, which came with just fi ve 11econds left. The thrce-porntcr was set up when Bulldog lmcbackcr Chrb White stretched his 6-toot-4 frame to intercept Taylor\, pass at the I C 36 and rettrmed the pigskrn to the 9 The Bulldogs appeared tu put the game out of reach emly m the third penou. ''hen quarterback Greg Jenkins and n!nning back Brandon John!->Oil hooked up on a 9-yard touchdm' n pass, capping a 10-pla). 80-yard dmc, resulting in a 31-7 ad\'antage. The Warriors began their come– back attempt on tl;c cnsurng pos· ..;eo;sion with Taylor and I ang:-ton combining talents on the 52-yard

efTorts fell short as the I ast (entr;tl Community Collq~c \vaniors mn out of time in their Lomchad: bid for a 'ictury agamst Mississippi Gulf Co;~st Community College Saturday afll.. rnoon in Perkinston, falling JR 35 East CentraL which tr:uled 2-l 7 at hallltmc. outscored the natronal– ly-ranked HulldOl'' 2X- 1 I 111 the llnal two pcnod~ nl' thl.'ll horm:– commg contest, hrghli!•hted by Taylor's 52-yard touchdown stnkc to Langston and Lan11ston ·., 99- yarcl kickoll rclum for a score, both during th ird-pcrrod ;~t·tion The Warrrors. \\ ho It ailed JX-21 going rnlo the lmal stan/a. dr~'\\ closer to the ISth-rank1.·d 'Dogs when Lang~ton su~.·~.·essl'ully C'\e– cuted the h:lllhack pass by loltmg a 63-yan.l toudu.lm\ n sit ike to ''ide recerver Antonio Ricb wrth 10:2J Iell. £-CCC ' final poinh came as the Bulldog-. ''ere simply trying to run out the clock . A fumhkd snap with 1:06 rcmmning \\'as rcnlvacd hv linebacker Randy Ctrt~·r at ·th~ (iult Coast "5 and li.lllmving a Bulldnl:' penalty. EC tool\ pos'\~.~~~inn at the

East Centnl defenders Randy Carter (39) of Q uihnan and Clint Coleman (13) of Louisville celebrate Carter's rccove..) of a Gulf Coast fumbl e \\oith just oHr a minute ..cmaining in Satunla) 's 38-35 loss to the Bulldogs.

EC( ·c plto1o lallrcd dunng the opcnmg stanLa. although L( · mrssed on a sconng opportunity in early actron. Langston n:turned a (,ulf Coast punt 42 yards to pay dirt but the play was nulli fled \\hen Langston fumb led into the end 7one ami the Bulldogs ll'H.lk pnsscs-;ron on their 20. \ penalty on l:C was also called duntlt 1 "thc .relltrn

30. Four plays later Tay lor connect– ed \\ rth wide rccerver Dustm Alley nn a 7-yard touchdown pass "ith 27 seconds left. Derek Cn:nsha\\ made hts fifth PAT ofthe day to end all sconng. • \ low-scoring alTair seemed to he ir) :-.ton .. for the MACJC ~outh l>ivis'ion battle on a \\ann day at AL. l\ Ia) ~tadium. as netlhcr team