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The Warriors who trailed 38-21 gou;g into the fmal stanza, drew closer to the 15th-ranked 'Dogs when Langston successfully executed ~e haltback pass by loft– mg a 63-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Antonio Ricks of Carthage with 10:23 left in the MACJC South Division contest. East Central's final points came as the Bull– dogs were simply trying to run out the clock. A fumbled snap with 1:06 remaining was recov– ered by linebacker Randy Carter of Quit– man at the Gulf Coast 35 and following a Bulldog ~nalty, EC took posses– sion at the 30. Four plays later Taylor connected with wide receiver Dustin Alley on a seven– yard touchdown pass with 27 seconds left. Neshoba Central product Derek Crenshaw made his fifth PAT for the day to end all scoring. . Gulf Coast, whict. 1ID.proved to 5-2 overaJ and 3-1 in league play, began the eventually high-scoring contest b' jumping out to a 14-0 sec and-quarter advantag· on Demond Washing ton's 62-yard punt returr and Jamaal Young's 1~ yard TDrun.

Emmanuel Taylor threw three touchdown passes and all-purpose performer Maurice Langston was also credit– ed for three scores and almost another but their efforts fell short as the East Central Community College Warriors ran out of time in their come– back bid for a victory against Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Col– lege Sat- urday a f t e r . GULF CoAST

noon in Perkin– ston, falling East Central, which trailed 38-35.

ECCC Warrior speedster Maurice Langston (1) escapes the grasps of a Gulf Coast tackler as he n~ars the goal line during h1s 99-yard kickoff return one of his three scores. E.c fell to 38-35 to the national– ly ranked Bulldogs. ECCC rally falls short at Gulf Coast

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24-7 halftime outscored the nationally– ranked Bulldogs 28-14 in the fmal two periods of their homecoming con– test, highlighted by Tay– lor's 52-yard touchdown strike to Langston and Langston's 99-yard kick– off return for a score, both during third-period action. Taylor is a prod– uct of Early County High School in Blakely, Ga., and Langston hails from Northeast Laud– erdale High School in Meridian. at

The Warriors found pay dirt on Taylor's first See ECCC, Page 3B