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After you \\in the first national championship in school history, what do you do foran encore? That is the question facing East Mississippi CommunityCol– lege after the lions capped the ' program's first unbeaten season by defeating top-ranked Arizona Western 55-47 in the El Toro Bowl Stephens' answer is to not worry about trying to repeaL Rather, he wants E.MCC to worry about one thing- Pearl River on Aug. 30. "It's a tough act to follow, it really is." he said. "And myjob is t~ make sure theplayers under– stand that they can't "'in a nation- to secure the NJCMnational tide. And Uonscoach Buddy

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