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ballgame. You never want to takt• points off the board, but if I can't trust Ill} players to get a yard, then I'm not a very good football coach ." The Indians would later take adv,m· tage, as Goodman found wide receiver Adrian Brown and Parg~1 again for touchdowns to give Ilawamba et com· for table 21-71cad heading j, to the half. After a ht'avy downpour at halftinw, the Indians continued where they left off, as Goodman connedcd with wide receiver Demarius Howard on a 60-yard touchdown pas~ early in the third. "My receivers made awesome play ," Goodman said. "It was pretty ~pread out. and they did a really good job.'' Goodman would find Pargo for one more touchdown, as the Indians (1 ·0) rolled to victory. Pargo finbt.ed the day with four receptions Cor 120 yards and three touchdowns. "l was proud of tht- way our guys responded," Williams said. '"'r1wy fought, they played hard and I don't think they ever quit." East Central (0-1) wall have littll' time to rebound off the loss as the Warrior host defending national dwmpiun Ea t Mississippi Community Colkgc on Thursday niJ{hl. "We got a short week, but th y have a short week too," Anderson aid. ''This gives us a opportunity to gtVl' film to watch on . omcbody t•l ", nnd 11 give us a chance to get bettc·r on cllllt thing ."

r--.. WARRIORS from page Cl {_ ad anlage of.'' 0 Goodman and the Indians got things • starte(f in the fir~ I quarter when the ~ quarterback found rccci\'cr Rashad - l'argo on a 6-yard touchdown pass to put Jtawamba up 7.(). -f However. the Warriors an~wered t right back. as Ricky Hunt returned the ~ nsulng kickoff all the way back to the c.....: 12 yard line to put Ea~t Central in c)t coring po~ition. A few plays later War– rior quarterback Colton Kane ~quirmed ~ through a pil<' of defenders anti into the tntl zone to tic the game back at 7-7. ifj &tst Central hnd the opporturuty to w ltkc the lead. as tht• Warriors taced a 3: ourth-and-1 deep in Indian territory. but head coarh Rrian Anderson elected iO call a timeout st't'ond<~ before what would have bt•t•n a ~ut-ressful field goal went through the uprights. Instead, the h ":Hiroach optt.'tl to go for it on fourth down, but Kl·shun Shipp was stuffed the next play turning the ball over to ltawamba. \\1tile the gamble ultimately diet not pay off for tlw Warriors, /\ntlerson ~aid Ill' did t\(lt regret his dcd iou, tating thnt he will always tru t bi team in that ~ituation. "I told the piRyer • 'I'm going to give you tlH opportunity to win this ball– gamn.'" Amlcnwn aid.""That field goal had nothing to du with us losing this

Paula MtrrttVnoe Merldla" Star East Central Community College's Ricky Hunt yes an ltawamna Community College defender as he attempts to return a kiCkoff for a touchdown. DECAT~·R- R.'lln and mud dld noltstol a dlmt–

nating Itawamba Commumty College passing attack. ali the Indians beat East

Central Community College 35-13 on Sat· urday at Bailey Stadium. Itawamba quarterback Andrew Goodman led the way for the Indians, as 35 he threw for 344 yards and five touch- downs while completing 29 o{ 40 passes. Even through the conditions llawamba head coach 1 on Williams continued to

Indians gun down Warriors via the pass

By Tony Tsoukalaa ttsoukoiAs@themendlonr.tnr com

pass the baJI, telling his players nothing could stop them from doing what they wanted to do on offense. "We do it in practice, we don't go

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indoors when it rains," Williams said . "We stay outside, and we do what we do. We feel we can run the ball well too, but the defen~e was givang us somf things that we took See WARRIORS on page C4

Paula Marntt/Tlle Meridian Stat East Central Commun1ty College's Keshun Shipp tries to get away from the ltawamba Community College defense Saturday at Ba1ley Stadium In Decatur.