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\VEDNESD:\Y, OCTOBER 22,2008 SPORTS & LEGALS ECCC Warriors win thriller

45-yard march. A key play . during the drive was run– ning back Derrick Cade's 24-yard burst to the Co-Lin 31. Cadc is a fonner stand– out at fuscaloosa Central (Ala.) High School. The short-scoring march was set up when the Warrior defense held Co-Lin on ( fourth and one. Co-Lin got on the score– board in the second quarter when Davis connected witt wide receiver Quo Vadis Lindsey on a 20-) ard pass play, capping an eight-play 9 I-yard march, highlightec by Dav1s' 47-yard strike to Ken Adams to the EC 45. East Central responded the Wolf score via Taylor again, who sprinted 75 yards for the score and a 2 7 Warrior advantage. The Wolves narrowed th gap again when Davis fotm Jason Bruce open in the en1 zone for a 13-yard TD pass with just 10 seconds remaining until halftime, capping an eight-play. 64- yard drive. A key play dur– ing the march was Davis' 12-yard completion to Bruce on fourth and II fron the EC 35-yard line. After a scoreless third period, Co-Lin tied the con- · test at 21-21 on Davis' two– yard run with 10:34 remain- - ing. A key play during the nine-play, 95-yard drive was -

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DECATUR-After lead– ing throughout most of their MACJC South Division match-up with visiting Copiah-Lincoln Commw1ity College Thursday, East Central Community College's Warriors found themselves searching for a miracle with a minute left in regulation and the football gods responded via quarter– back Emmanuel Taylor whose five·yard run with three seconds left capped a 52-yard drive and tied the contest at 28-28. East Central began the overtime period on offense and found the end zone on its eighth play from the 25- yard line on Maurice Langston's one-yard plunge. Derek Crenshaw's fifth PAT of the night put EC out front 35-28. The Warrior defense– which had earlier stopped the potent Co-Lin offense on several four-and-short situations - again rose to the occasion as free safety Bruce Williams knocked down quarterback Micah Davis' toss into the end zone on fourth down from the six-yard line, and EC claimed its home fmale. 'Tm proud of this team," said first-year head coach

ECCC PHOTO East Central defenders Randy Carter (39) of Quitman and Clint Coleman (13) of louisville celebrate Carter's recovery of a Gulf Coast fumble at the Bulldog 35-yard line, which came with just over a minute remaining in the division contest. Gulf Coast was attempting to run out the clock when the miscue occurred. East Central scored four plays later but Gulf Coast held on for the 38- 35 homecoming win

was better than theirs, so we were playing for overtime." East Central took an early 7-0 lead when Taylor, a former standout at Early County High School in Blakely, Ga., scored the first of his three touchdowns on a 68-yard scamper with 6: ll left in the initial period. The Warriors stretched their lead to 14-0 late in the stanza wheh Langston, a product ofNortheast Lauderdale High School, found pay dirt on a one-yard run, capping an eight-play,

Steve Cheatham following the victory, which put the Warrior record at 3-5 overall and 2-3 in league action, the same record as Co-Lin. "They fought hard and never stopped believing." Cheatham said going for the two-point conversion when EC tied the contest in the game's final seconds was not an option. "There was never any thought about going for two," Cheatham stated. "We had the momentum and we felt our kicker (Crenshaw)

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