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tremendous job ofjust managing game and giving us an opportun.i wm," Anderson said. 'We had tw three times where we were backed deep and he moved the ball out gave us room to punt the football a give us field position again." An interception and 25-ya return by Georgio Grace to t JCJC 15 set the Warriors up their second touchdown. A 16-y run around left end by Land ga the Warriors a 14-7 lead with 5: to'go in the hal f. Jones then used a 55-yard kicl~ return by Lofton to the ECCC 21 pull even. Lavoris Powell scored o 10-yard burst off right tackle plays later with the PAT by Dyl Sobiesk knotting the battle at 14- with l :45 to go before halftime. Continued on 58... See Warriors...

the wall as far as making the ate hole as Malik Lofton returned MACJC state playoffs, the East the opening kickoff 77 yards for a Central Community College touchdown to put Jones up 7-0 Warriors knocked off Jones Jones threatened agam, County Junior College 24-14 driving 79 yards to the Thursday night in Decatur ECCC 6 only to have quar- to improve to 2-2 in the terback Tromarcus Toney South Division and 2-5 fumble the snap on fourth- overall. and-1. ECCC trails Copiah- A 2 1-yard punt return by Lincoln (4-0), Pearl River (3-1 ), Caleb PorzelJ to the JCJC 2 J set the and Gulf Coast (3-1) for the two Warriors up for their first touch– playoff berths from the division. down which came three plays later However, the Warriors play on a 20-yard pass from Dustin Copiah-Lincoln next week before Land to Fabian Johnson with 13:05 closing out with Southwest left in the second quarter. Jason Mississippi (0-3). Loris added the PAT for a 7-7 tie. Blake "We've been plagued by injuries Matherne, finished 12-of-23 pass– and turnovers this year. I don't care ing for 95 yards in his first action "We did what we bad to do," Land, who started in place of said ECCC coach Brian Anderson. injured quarterback

ECCC quarterback Dustin Land, right, runs during the Warriors' 24-14 win over Jones Thursday night in Decatur. Land threw one touchdown pass and ran for another.

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~.1 Owens and 12 yards to Johnson on the dri\e. Jones attempted a tying kick on the final play of the half, but Sobicsk's 50-yard try was blocked. The Bobcats reached the ECCC l on a 45-yard pass from Toney to Kylan Pollard and continued to the 3 where a tourth..and-2 toss sweep by DeAnthony Pickens was stuffed for a 7-yard loss late in the third quar ter. With Land injured with II mmutcs to go ~ ~ § Q. < w < (.) z

111 tile game, Matherne came in and led th' Warriors on a 60-yard scoring drive cappe< by a 1-yard touchdown run around right en< by J3randon Willis w1th 3:42 to go for a 24 14 lead. Matherne was 2-of-3 on the drive fo 16 yards and picked up a key first down wit a 9~yard run. Two sacks of Toney gave ECCC the bal back at the JCJC 20 with I :48 left and th Wamors ran out the clock for the win. Jones fell to 2-5 and 0-4 in the division. 0:: ~ - w 9; :!

played fast. We didn't give up much besides the kickoff returns. We didn't kill ourself with turnovers. "Our kids are still fighting and they're still believing. They played a good football game." ECCC took a 17-14 lead into halftime on a 31-yard field goal by Loris with 29 seconds left in the half. The Warriors covered 49 yards in eight plays to set up the score. Land completed tosses of 17 yards to Radarius

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Other than Lofton's two long kickoff returns, the Warriors pretty much kept the Bobcats hemmed up. For the night, Jones had 2 11 total yards with 68 coming on 38 rushes and 143 on an 11 -of-20 passing effort by Toney, who also threw two interceptions. "Our defense played lights out," Anderson satd. "We played hard and we