2010

JUCO FOOTBALL I JONES COUNTY AT EAST CENTRAL ECCC keeps playoff hopes alive

By Marty Stamper Special to The Star

DECATUR- Don't gas

up the hearse just yet

With their backs solidly against the wall as far as making the MACJC state 24 playoffs, the East Central knocked offJones County 14 Junior College 24-14 Thursday night to improve to 2-2 in the South Division and 2-5 overall. ECCC trails Copiah-Lin– coln (4-0), Pearl River (3-1) and Gulf Coast (3-1) for the two playoff berths from the division with Hinds (1-2) also still on life support However, the Warriors play Copiah-Lincoln nextweek before closing out with Southwest Mississippi (0. 3). "We did what we had to Commu– nity Col– lege War– riors

Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star East Central Commumty College's Dustrn Land hustles toward the srdelines durrng the first quarter of action against Jones County Junior College on Thursday night at Bailey Stadium in Decatur.

Brian Anderson. ··We've been plagued by injuries and turnovers thic; vear. I don't care what oui record is, our football team is a bunch offighters and they showed their character time and time again." The Warriors fell into an immediate hole as Malik Lofton returned the opening kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown to pu the Bobcats up 7.0. Jones threatened again, driving 79 yards to the ECCC 6 only to have quarterback

Tromarcus Toney fumble the snap on fourth-and-1. :\21-}•ard punt return by Caleb Porzcll to theJCJC 21 set the Warriors up for their first touchdownwhich came three plays later on a 20-yard pa:,:. from Dustin Land to Fabian Johnson at the goal line with 13.05 left in the second quarter. Jason Lori~ addt>d the PAT for a 7-7 tic. Land, who star ted in place of injured quarter-

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do," said ECCC coach

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