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~ Boothville, La., and Grayson, at 6-6 , 205, hails from Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County High School. Loris is a 5-l 0, 160-pound product of Moss Point High School. The Tigers re– sponded with two more scor– ing pass plays - the first on a 10-yard strike from Wilson to wide receiver Johnathan Johnson of West Helena, Ark., with 10:30 left before halftime , and a 42-ya rd completion from Wilson to wide receiver Dante Barksdale ofSouthaven with 54 seconds remaining until the break. After a scoreless third period, the Warriors threatened to score early in the final stanza but a fumble by Matherne was scooped up on the 16-yard line by Tiger defensive back Johnthan Bates of Tuscumbia, Ala., who returned the miscue 72 yards to the Warrior six. It

sively and didn't take them. Wejust didn't playwell at all." Anderson knows his young team - which in– cludes only 16 returnees - will need to show vast improve– ment when the Warriors be– gin MACJC South Division competition Sept. 23 at Pearl River, after battling two more North Division opponents in home-standingNorthwest on Sept. 9 and visiting Itawamba on Sept. I 6. Northwest won its season opener 27-17 over Pearl River and ltawambawas outsc<-red by Hinds 52-31. "We've got a lot of young players," Anderson continued. "We started over and I was very anxious to see how we would respond and we res ponded like a very young, immature foo tball team. We wont out there and didn' t make things happen. We waited on other people to do things. Everybody in this

Land is a 6-1, 2 10 signal ca ller from Milton (Fla.) High School.

Leighton, Ala., found the end zone with I .1:04 remaining. Taylor Earhart missed his only PATofthe night following the game's final score. Earhart is from Olive Branch. EC drove into Tiger territory on the ensuing pos– session but a fumble by run– ning back Rod Hawkins of Union nipped the drive on the Northeast 44. EC lost posses– sion on three of four fumbles during the non-division matchup. The Warriors threat– ened to score late in the con– test, driving from their 19 to the Northeast s ix. But the drive ended when Matherne was sacked at the 19-yard-line on fourth and seven with 12 seconds left. Matherne com- pleted his debut as the War– rior signal caller by connect– ing on 12 of 19 passes for 106 yards and one score. Back-up

attempt for 33 yards. Porzell Kasey Akins, a 5- is a running back from Our 5, 170-pound wide receiver Lady ofGood Counsel High from Starkville, was the top School in Silver Springs, receiver with two catches for Maryland. 33 yards. Grayson had one Wilson linished the catch - the 24-yard touch- night by completing 18 of35 down reception. Zach passes for 271 yards and fout Pendleton, a 6-3, 185-pound scores. He had one interccp– wide receiver from ForestHill, tion, registered by Warrior had three catches for 18 yards linebacker Damarcus Lewis, a and Fabian Johnson, a S-10, 6- l , 190-pound product of 180-pounder receiver from Quitman High School. Coahoma County High Wil son's top receiver was School, had one reception for Barksdale, who had four 18 yards. catches for 101 yards and one The Warriors had score. Jarboe fini shed with 167 yards rushing and were five grabs for 87 yards and two led by Hawkins, who rushed touchdowns. 13 times for 70 yards. The Tigers were lim- Punter Emilio ited to 70 yards on the ground Wamsley of Morton had five and were led by Jaquise Cook boots for a 34.6-yard average. :>f Ripley with 40 yards on CalebPorzell punted once for Jine carries. 34 yards and Loris had one Each team had 15 :irst downs East Central hits

the road this week to take on Northwest Thursday, Sept. 9. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. on the Senatobia campus. , All Warrior football games can be heard on the Coll ege Web s ite (www.eccc.edu) or on KICKS 98 (98.3 FM), featuring vet– e ran broadcasters Melvin Wooten and Gilbert Barh11m. Fans can also f~llow game action on www.twitter.com/ Go_ Warriors.