2008

WEEK OF

4+8 )peal • Un1on, Mississippi • Wednesday, ( Warriors sh ckNo. 7 arl Maurice Langston·~ I 0-) ard burst through Pearl Rm.:r Communtty Colleg.e·s from top- mted dl!fcnsc pro- school VJded Ea-.t Central their thml '1ctorv m the I.J-.t four game . imprll\ mg to -l-5 m crall t~nd 3-3 lU Ui\ ISlOn plav. "as highlighted h~ ra~ lor's 17- y.ml ~tnke to I angston. \\hu:h ga'e the \\ arnor:> possessiOn 011 the \\ ih.kat 29. anJ runnmg back DuL lludnall's 24-~.ml scamper to the 12.

Chc.ttham. \\ho completed lm; j( st ~e If 10 the ~oachmg profes– SIOn '' uh the '1eto~. probed his tcam lor battlmg ba~k for the \\in "I told l•lu· guys hctorc the game that a tc,uu '' llh ch,trJctcr ''ill heat a team \\ Hh talent C\ cry time:· he -.a1d of the \\urnors. who r<~lhcd tlm:~· lli11CS to tie the COIItC<;t Ill reg· ula!llln and took thetr first lead in the first \)\CrtllllC. ''And th1s kam has tn:mendous ~.:har.1ete1. They hung in thcrc .md found a \\ to \\in. I'm vc1y proud ol the 1 1nd

Communit) College·, reports \\ arnors \\l th a :-.tl. ·ming 44-3X double-overtime \ tctvf)' over the playofr-bound Wildcab l hursda) htght at Dobie Holden <:;tadtum in Poplarville. Langston. whose 48-yard recep– tion from quarterback Lmmanud Taylor to the Wildcat 4 with I0 sec– onds remaining in regulation helped send the MACJC '>outh Otvision battle to the fir:-.t o\\:.rtl 11 :. s:ud after the hard-fought \ tcto~ that he felt confident he \\ ould make the game-wmn mg touch– down. ''Coach (Steve Cheatham) want– ed us to set up for the field goal. but I was thinkmg something could go wrong cspeci~ll)' after C. .1. (l: stelle) had j ust blocked Pcarl River's field goal attempt. So !told him that if I saw a scam tn the defense 1 would score,'' said the fom1cr <;tandout at Northeast Lauderdale, who also tallied u1 th~;; fi rst overttme and scored I\\ icc in regulatiOn. Langston's fourth score of the evenmg sent the EC CC stdcline into a wild celebration and provid– ed Cheatham and the Wamors \\ ith -- ...... .

1 he \Vi h.kuts 1 cgamcd the lead just bcfllr~· halftime on a 3-yard pas~ from quarterback Erml .Iones to '' iJe rcc \ cr S.nn Robmson '' 1th 14 scco 1d~ Jell. cappmg an eight-play. 71 v.1d dmc. I CCC' nr. n t1ed the conte-.t early m thtrd period tct on on .t 7o– yard :-.tnkc fl'tlm r~l) lor to \\ tdc recci\cr Don,l\'an late. Pcarl Ri\ cr regained the lc<~d at 17-l.f \\lth 3.21 left in the thml on Carbt)Jl\ 29-~ ard field goal, '

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