2009

UUtt11U1lla ralllt!S tO ct'tp ~cue Warriors in tir An impressive first half was followed by a lacklus– ter performance the final two quarters as the East Central Community Warriors holding a 31-12 advantage. "Being the first game, there's going to be some mistakes," he said.

The Warriors responded with their third score, an 11-yard touchdown pass from Taylor to wide receiv– er Antonio Ricks of Carthage with about 11 minutes left before half– time. The scoring drive was set up by Estelle's 37-yard kickoff return to the Coahoma 44. A key play during the march was Taylor's 17-yard comple– tion to Owens on third and six, which gave EC a new set of downs at the Tiger 23-yard-line. Now trailing 21-6, Coahoma took possession on its 37 following the kick– off and moved into Warrior territory. But the drive ended when EC defensive back Elijah Tanksley of Meridian intercepted Brown's pass at the Warrior 17-yard-line.

Taylor connected on a 30- yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Antonio Hughes of Morton for the second score. capping a GO– yard drive m just six plays, and the Warriors led 14-0 \vith 6:26 remaining in the first period. The Tigers drove to the EC 13 on the ensuing pos– session, but the scoring threat was nixed when Warrior defensive back C. J. Estelle of Childersburg, Ala., intercepted quarter– back Kenondrick Brown's pass in the end zone. Coahoma was not to be denied on its next posses– sion as running back Artavis Gregory of Fairley found pay dirt from three yards out early in second period action. The PAT failed. The scoring drive covered 62 yards and took nine plays.

"Obviously, we've got a lot of mistakes we can correct. We've got to get to work and try to get better and fix some of our mistakes." East Central scored on its first two possessions of the game, the first when run– ning back Derrick Cade of Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Central tallied on a one-yard burst, capping a six-play, 74-yard march. Chad Mangum of Oak Hill Academy added the first ofhis four PATs. Quarterback Emmanuel Taylor, a product of Early County High School in Blakley, Ga., rushed for 56 yards during the drive, with his longest effort com– ing on a 27-yard scramble to the Coahoma 14.

College Warriors let a 19- point halftime lead slip away in a 32-31 defeat to Coahoma Community College Thursday night at Bailey Stadium in Decatur. "It was a total embarrass– ment the second half," ECCC interim head coach Brian Anderson said fol– lowing the disappointmg loss. "We weren't ready to play. That's my fault. We weren't lined up where we were supposed to be. We didn't execute plays. We just didn't do the things you need to do to win a ballgame like this." Anderson said his squad simplymade too many mis– takes in the second half, which began with the

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