2011

River flows past ECCC By Marty Stamper

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you've got to get breaks and you 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 kids. We played a great football team, as good a football team as I've seen in the last four years. · "Our kids have nothing to hold their heads about, but at East Central you can't make those mis– takes. You've got to play and you've got to be on your 'A' game. And you need some breaks and we didn't get a call or get a break. ''We're going to keep fighting and keep working and keep get– ting better."

Appeal Sports Edrtor While the :11-1H 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 Communitv College Thursday night ill Decatur. Trailing only 17-13 after getting a 9-yard touchdown run from Dennis Thames early in the third period, • the Warriors promptly forced the Wildcats to punt the ball right back on fourth– and-13. On the punt. hO\vever, EC was penalized for con– tinuing to block a \\-udcat well out of bounds. An inadvertent whistle on the play required the down to be replayed. but the 15-yard penalty on the Warrior:> ~aw Pearl River a first down and the Wildcats soon ®t a ·:1).. yard touchdown p... ss from Melvin Germar. o Snoop Rollins to take a 24-13 lead "ith 4:40 left in the third quaner. ''We blocked him too well," said EC coach Brian Anderson. "We !!ot no breaks tonight. When \OU play a team like thi-.. · Continued on 6B... SeeECCG...

ECCC's Jerrell Priester struggles for yardage while being tackled by Pearl River Community College defenders.

A botched punt attempt gave the Wildcats the ball back at the EC 17 and German connected with ECCCphoto

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 did reach the Wildcat 33, only to turn the ball over on downs. The Wildcats scored on their second possession 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 closed to within 7-6 with 13:06 to go in the second quarter on an 11-yard touchdown 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 Wildcats. German found Jaquaa Peter,s

Pearl River up 14-6. EC failed to take advantage of a 6-yard Wildcat punt that had the Warriors in business at the Pearl River 23 as LaVadius Lyles fum– bled the ball back on the next play. Pacer Frierson extended the Wildcats' lead to 17-6 with a 26- yard field to begin the third quar– ter. German found Bradley for a 36-yard gain to the 10 to set up the field goal.

EC answered with a 28-yard scoring drive after a 48-yard kick- off return by Jimmie Broomfield.-–

Thames had runs of 15 and nine yards with the second producing a touchdown that pulled EC to with- in 17-13 with 8:14 remaining in the third quarter.

EC fell to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the MACJC South Division. Pearl River improved to 3-1 and 2-0. EC travels to Hinds t,uh.:...;---– Thursday for a 7 p.m. kickoff. WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL --- CLARION-LEDGER------

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