2011

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"He is probably the best player in the league." Anderson said. "He carries it about 3.., time-. a game and leads the state in rushing. And South– west's coaches do a great job every year. They always play hard. "But he make" them go. He can .,core from anywhere on the field and we just have to do what we always do, pia~ hard and play phy.... ical.~ That physical defen~e is led by linebackers Chris Ficklin, T) rone William... and ·Dariu:>Wren, a West Lauderdale product. Ficklin, who wa-. an honorable mention All-American last vear. leads the Warriors and is third in the state with 92 tackles despite na tling injuries.'\ rnnams lnfS SG and Wren has 37 stops. But that physiral play ·will also need to carry over to offense. With the Warriors' usual high– octane offense o;cuffling due to it" own injury woes, Anderson said a few Warriors will see time on both sides of the ball. "We "'ill take what we have left and just do the best we can," Anderson said. uwe have just one running back left, and so we'll go five wide and see if we can get some things going. We may pull Ficklin and Wren over to run the ban:· Last week, the Warriors managed ju::.t 105 yards of offense -eight in the tirst half- and are 12th in the !\1ACJC in total offenc;e, averaging just 278.1 yards per game. Utilizing a pair of freshman quarterbacks- Mitch :\1anley until he got hurt midscason ar.d jesse Blakemore in his place- the Warriors arc eighth passing (160.6 yards) and lOth rushing (118.8). "We try and put them in positions to succeed," Anderson said. "l know it doesn't always look like that from the stands, but we're not doing anything differ~nt than wc have in the past and we've never ranked outside the top three in the state and top 10 in the nation on offense."

EAST CENTRAL Warriors 'playing for pride' on road agai11st Bears By Jamie Wachter j't F..a t Ce tral Community College may not have a pia} off bErth on the line today, but there is still plenty for th \\ arriors to play for. ECCC, ~htch fell to 1-7 with (ts fifth straight l?ss la·-t v.;e k looks to end its season on a posi– tive note v.;hen 1t VISit.:: ~outhwest Mississippi ~ommunit\ C lJ ge for a 6:30p.m. kickoff today. 1~t; ~ear ar 3-5 and 1-4 in the MACJC South o:v''!on after dropping their pa!'t two games. The \\arnor, arc 0-5 in the South. .~we're p ~mg for pride," East Central coach Bnan Ander,on ai_d. ··Anytime you play any g~me. ~ ou are playmg for something. Smcc 1\c been in this league, I have noticed that there are times \\hen perennial con- tender-. are no longer in the playoff & cha.... c. the) ....eem to give up and not ~ · play hard. Rut our kids, even through all Ute injuries and setbacks thi }ear, they have not quit and the) are till playing hard." The\\ arrior'. especially their defense did just that last week in a 7-6 setback to Co-Li~ in ECCC's home finall'. The Wolves began seven po c;es,ions in Warrior territory last week, but w_ere unable to score on any of those drives. Co– Un was held -..corc)e ........ until 3:35 remained when the \\ohe finall} finished off a 7..,-yard drive, ~htch \\ k pt I b~ a fake punt and re,.u ted ~~~ a fou~th-dO\\ n touchdO\\ n pa,s. fhat.umt. ~ough, \\ iJI be challenged by South– west " ru,hmg attack. which is second in the state. The Bear<:: churn out 236.6 yards per game, less than 3 yard-. behind Mississippi Gulf Coast. Eac;t .Centrdl, meanwhile, allows iust 93.8 yards ruslnng per game (al'o second in the state behind Gulf Coast) after !'}owing Co-Lin. Leadin~ that Southwe:-.t high-powered rushing attack IS quarterback Vintavious Cooper. The s?phomore, while completing just 50 percent of h1s throws for 888 yards and nine touchdowns, is the state's top rusher with 1.169 yards and 10 scores on 228 carries.

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