2011

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PRCC pulls away from ECCC in fourth for win DECATUR - While the 31-13 final score might not indicate it, one play pretty much cost the East Central Community College Warriors a chance of knocking off 15th-ranked Pearl River Community College Thursday night Trailing only 17-13 after getting a 9-yard touchdovm run from Dennis Thames earlv in the third period, the Warriors promptly forced the Wildcats to punt the ball right back on fourth-and-13. On the punt. however, EC was penalized for continuing to block a Wildcat well out of bounds. An inadvertent whistle on the play required the down to be replayed, but the 15- yard penalty on the Warriors gave Pearl River a first down and the Wildcats soon got a 36-yard touch– down pass from Melvin German to Snoop Rollins to take a 24-13 lead with 4:40 left in the third quarter. 13 "We blocked him too well," said EC coach Brian Ander..on. "\Ve got no breaks tonight. When you play a team like this. you've got to get breaks and vou can't make a lot of mistakes. We put the ball on the ground down there close when we had a chance to score again. "I'm proud of our kid ·. We played a great foot– ball team. as good a football team as I've seen in the last four year-.. "Our kid<: have nothing to hold their heads about, but at Ea't Central you can't make those mistakes. You•,·e got to play and you've got to be on your game. And you need some breaks and we didn't get a call or get a break. "W~te.J!lllng to 31 & By Marty Stamper Sp€ clal to the Star

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Paula Merritt/ The Meridian Star East Central Community College's Josh Martin catches Pearl River Community College's Melvin German in the backfield Thursday night. keep fighting and keep working and keep getting better." A botched punt attempt gave the Wildcats the ball back at the EC 17 and German connected with Rickey Bradley on the next play to extend Pearl River's lead to 31-13 with 2:25 to go in the third period. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter. EC reached the Wildcat 33, only to turn the ball over on downs. The Wildcats scored on their second posses– sion of the game as German connected with 'Jonathan Duncan on an 8-yard touchdown pass with 5:15 remaining in the first quarter. The Warriors d osed to within 7-6 with 13:06 to go in the second quarter on an 11-yard touch– down toss over the middle from Mitch Manley to Corey Collier. Manley had hit Reggie Hall for a 68-yard gain to the 11 to set up the score. Jacob Carpenter?s extra point was blocked by the Wild– cats. German found Jaquaa Peters wide open for a 43-yard scoring play with 8:37 left in the half to put Pearl River up 1 '~-6 EC failed to take advan-

Thames had runs of 15 and nine yards with the second producing a touchdown that pulled EC to within 17-13 with 8:14 remaining in the third quarter. EC fell to 1-3 o\•erall and 0-1 in the MACJC South Division. Pearl River improved to 3-1 and 2-0.

Pacer Frterson extended the Wildcats' lead to 17-6 with a 26-yard field to begin the third quarter. German found Bradley for a 36-yard gain to the 10 to set up the field goal. EC an:,wered with a 28-vard scoring drh; e after a 48-yard kickoff return by Jimmie Broomiiclcl.

ECCC from page Bl tage of a 6-) ard Wildcat punt that had the Warriors in bu iness at the Pearl Rh r 23 s La\adiu~ Lyles fumbled the b on the next play.

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