2008

Warriors By Chris Brennaman asststant spor· s edttor

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DECATUR- \\'ith less than 3 minute~ to play in tlw game and trailing by a touchdown, East Central Community College just abou t needed a miracle as Copiah-Lincoln looked primed to run the dock out and hold on for the victory. The Warrior defemu· came:: up •vith a slop and with 60 seconds on the dock quarterback EAST CENTRAL Emmanuel 35 I~~~ ~ife~~~~ 52 vards in seven plays. Taylor CO-LIN scored the game-tying 28 touchdown wtth 3 seconds left in regula· lion and i\iau rice Langston, a former t\ortheast I.audenlal(• stat, scored in overtime as Eac;t Central won its tina) home ganw of the year 35-28. "I'm proud of this team." first· vear Warrior coach Steve Cheatham said af1er EC improvl'd to 3-S overall, 2-3 in the Soul h. "They fought hard and ncvt•r stopped bclit>ving. raylor. who didn't ctunplctc a pass until till' third quarter. hit on 3·of-4 passes on the fina l clrivP of the tourth period - the lotH' incompletion "'a" a spike to slop tlw dock with 9 st ·onds left at the Wulipack 6-yard ine. On second-and-,goal, Taylor pulh.•d the ball down and ran it in for his third tuuchdo\\ n of th{' night. Derek Cren:>hav;, who pla~ed under Cht:atham at l'\eshoba Cen· tral for t''o years, drilkd tht game-tying extra point. "l11crt- ""''a' never any thought about going for tv; o." Clwatham ; smd. ''\\'e had the momentum and! we felt our kicker was better than theirs so we were playin~ for~ overlime.'' In thf• PXtra perifld, East C'en– lral got the ball first. The War-