2010

alf dooms Warriors at=~- score pomts. but kept shooung our- catch at the Ranger 11. Ja on ehes in the foot \\e ha\e a lot of made both PAT~. talent on our team and I know we But the Warriors· fortunes turned v.tll continue to 1mpro\ie each week." early in the third quarter. After EC, which trailed 19-6 after the recei\ ing the second-half ktckoff. first quarter, grabbed the slim half- EC started from its 23, but an mcom– timc lead following a 54-yard~~::::i!5..!plete pass by Blake Matherne touchdo'' n strike from quarter- v. as ruled a lateral and reco\- back Dustin Land to running • ' ercd by the Rangers, \\ho later back Caleb Porzcll with 11: f 5 scored on a !-yard dash by left before the break. and was Calvm Malone. North\\e:.t followed by an 11-yard touch- quarterback Brent O..born dov. n s<.ampcr by runningback · hooked up with Jamal Mo~ley for the ~od Hawkins of Union with just two-point conver~ion and the over seven minutes left. Rangers led 27-20 Hawkins' score capped an 80- On the ensuing possc:;sion, EC yard dri\c in just five plays and was quickly drove from its 39 to the highlighted by Land's 44-yard com Northwest 14. th

scampered in a 34-20 10:25 left

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Fabian Johnson, who made a leaping

Warriors... Continued from 4B... on the ensuing possession, but the drive stalled at the Northwest 20. EC's defense stiffened and regained posses– sion for the offense when linebacker . Chris Ficklin stripped the ball from Ranger wide receiver Xavier Lee on a reverse and made the recov– ery on the EC 24. But three plays later, Ranger defensive back Brandon Lawrence intercept– ed Land's pass on the EC 40. Northwest scored three plays later on Jones' 14-yard run, which gave Rangers a 41-20 advantage early in the final stanza. The EC offense reached

Ficklin blocked the PAT.

EC tied the. contest on a 9- yard pass from Matherne to Owens, capptng an eight– play, 68-yard march. Loris' PAT was wide left The Rangers responded with a 54-yard scoring pass play from Osborn to Myles White, which gave the host team a 19-6 lead after the first quarter. Both team$ bad success moving the ball and both fin– ished with 24 first do"" ns EC had 476 total yards and Northwest had 485. Warrior quarterbacks

Matherne and Land com– bined for 376 yards passmg. Matherne was 14-of-23 for 227 yards and one score and Land completed 6··of-12 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown. Matherne had ~ DEMOCRAT ------ one mterception. and Land )UNTY TIMES had two passes ptcked off. ------ Owens was the top receiv- tTY JOURNAL er with six giabs for 130 --- yards and one touchdown. -LEDGER Hall had four grabs for 87 ------- yards. EC lost three of seven fumbles. Osborn completed 18-of-

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CARTHAGINIAN the Northwest 13 on the fol- --- lowing possession, but the NEWTON COUNTY APP scoring threat was nixed on an interception by Ranger SPIRIT OF MORTON linebacker Sam Small. After another Warrior MERIDIAN STAR___ drive ended with a turnover at

the Northwest 4, EC regrouped to score the game's fmal points when Land found the end zone on a 17-yard run with 5:15 remaining. Northwest, 2-0, scored first in the non~division battle when D.J. McChristian tal– lied on a 47-yard jaunt with 13:2lleft in the initial period.

30 passes for 245 yards and twp scores for the Rangers. EC hosts ltawamba, 0-2, Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The Indians lost 34-14 to Pearl River last week.