2010

ECCC Drops Season Opener to Northeast, 34-6

league has pl!lyers. If you don't play well, you're going to have a hard time." Northeast's offense moved at will in the early go– ing against the Warriors in building a 14-0, first-quarter lead and a 22-point advantage at the break. Quarterback Clint Wilson, a 5-10, 200-pound sophomore from Olive Branch, led the Northeast of– fense by completil)g 16 of28 passes for 277 yards and four scores in the first half. Wil– son and Josh Jarboe, a 6-3, 200-pound sophomore wide receiver from Atlanta, Ga., connected on the ftrst two scores, both coming on 12- yard pass plays following 47- and 69-yard drives,. respec– tively. The Warriors nar– rowed the scoring margin to 14-6 early in the second pe– riod on a 24-yard touchdown strike fromquarterback Blake Matherne to wide receiver Walter Grayson, capping a 57-yard drive in seven plays. Jason Loris' PAT attempt was not successful. Matherne is a 5-9, 180-pound product of Belle Chasse Hi2h School in

A third-straight win over Northeast Mississippi Community College was not to be for East Central Commu– nity College's Warriors who were thumped 34-6 by the Ti– gers Thursday night before an overflow crowd at Bailey Stadium on the Decatur cam- pus. East Central, which trailed 28-6 at halftime, could not muster enough offense to mount a come-back in the sea– son opener for both squads, unlike last season when the Warriors overcame a late two– touchdown deficit in posting a 34-28 homecoming win in overtime. Brian Anderson , whose "interim" title as War– rior head football coach was removed following the 2009 campaign, was obviously disappointed in his team's performance. "They've (North– east) got a few really good players, but the bottom line is we didn ' t control us," Anderson said in a post– game interview. "We didn't handle us. We didn't execute offensive ly. We had turn– overs in our hands defen-

Grayson's TD Grab! Walter Grayson scored the Warriors' only touchdown on this 24-yard yard recepuon in the end zone from quarterback Blake Matherne earl) m the econd penod, which cut the Northeast advantage to 14-6. Gra~. on is a 6-6, 205-pound sophomore receiver from Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County High School. Also shown is Northeast defensive back Johnathan Bates (34) of Tuscumbia, Ala. ECCC fell 34-6 to the visiting Tigers in the season opener for both squads. (EC Photo)

Dustin Land also saw action and completed three ofsix at– tempts for minus six yards.

lOok just one pia) for the Ti– gers to score, as running back Jamarcus Goodloe of

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