2009

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Warriors fall21-20 to Bears Missed opportunities and turnovers proved costly for the East Central from C o m m u n i t y school C o l l e g c reports Warriors, who end zone on a l-yard burst, capping a 13-play, 72-yard march. 01ad Mangtml added the cxtm point. Carle, one of the 'tate's top rushers. had 91 yards on 19 carries. Key plays during the completion to Hughes at the Southwest 3. Soutl~wcst took its first

lead late in the second period after capitalizing on a Warrior fumble. The Bears took pos– session on their 45 tollowing the miscue and scored 13 plays later on Jennings' 4- yard dash with 5:01 left before halftime. Thomas' PAT gave Southwest a 14-13 advantage. Once again the Warriors responded with a score of their own, this time when Dontice Sanpers tallied on a 6-yard nm with 42 seconds remaining in the half, climax– ing a 72-yard march in nine plays. Mangum added the PAT and EC held a 20-14 ad\ antage at the half Following a missed field goal by Southwest in the third quarter. the Warriors took possession on their 20 and drove to the Southwest 39. but the scoring threat ended when Taylor's pass was intercepted by the Bears' J.D. Ratliff at the East Cer.tral 46. Later, EC put together an impresstve march that began on its 9 but ended on the Southwest 16 when Cade fumbled while fighting for additional yardage. The Warriors missed on another scoring opportunity

were unable to maintain a touchdown lead at haltlime and fell 21-20 to Southwest Mississippi Community College Thursday niglll in Summit. EC, which dropped to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in the MACJC South Division. car– ried a 20-14 lead into inter– mission only to have the Bears (2-3, 1-2) rally for the game-winrung tally a two– yard nm by quarterback Stanley Jennings with 7:25 remaining, capping a six– play, 75-yard drive. EC took possession three times following the Bears· touchdown, but could not take advantage of the oppor– tunities. EC was forced to punt from ito; 31 on the first opportunity, turned the ball over via an interceptton at the Warrior 34 on the next series. and gave up possession on downs at the EC 25 on the squad's fmal effort with just over minute remaining. The division battle began on a positive note for the Warriors, who scored on their first possession when running back Derrick Cade found the

touchdown drive included a 16-yard yard stnke from Emmanuel Taylor to Antomo Hughes to the Southwe-.t 39. tollowed by Taylor's ~6-yard,. completion to Te\ m Houston to the L Taylor fini,hed \\ ith a 16- of-31 effort for 235 yards and one score. Soutlme-.t \Htsted IJnle time m respondmg and put itself in scormg posttion on Marda\ian Martin's 54-yard kickoff return to the EC 3-!. Four plays later. Jenning:> crossed the goal hne on a l– yard run. Brandon Thoma-.' PAT knotted the game at 7-7. EC' responded fO the Bears· score by marching 6S yards in nine plays, capped by Taylor's 3-yard TD strike to Radarius Owens. Mangum's PAT sailed \\Ide lett and eventually came back to haunt the Warriors. who led 13-7 Key plays during the drive included a roughing-the– ptmter call which gave EC a first down near midfield. fol– lowed by Taylor's 34-yard

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