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to be on me ever practice, a practice, to try to make m the best that I can be. He defim• does that and it help me u Jot." The 6-foot-3, 190-poundqu • terback has not onlv built tru with his head coach. but other members of the Warrior olfens ar e starting to look to him a· a leader as well. Over the pa~t two games, Kane believes hi' offen has seen his true character and respects him. "You got to build that tru. t: Kane said. "Guys are goioR to .., how you are, if you can take a btL After these first couple game they have seen that. Even if J et knocked down, I am goin~ to et back up and start fighting." With the season movin~ into divisional play, East Central knows the extra importanl·e of every game. Tonight. Kant and Warriors are confident and read" to pick up their first win of the • season. ~e have been d01ug a lot of film study this week. and there a lot of holes in (Copiab-Un– coln's) defense that we ~an expose," Kane said. ..We putm some plays that we have been working really bard on. ~· are definitely ready for it. that for sure"

WARRIORS frompage Bl it's much faster. It's ju 't obviou that anybody can sec if you watch practice this week." The Florida Atlantic Univer– sity transfer. Kane has struggled at times during the games against ltawamba and EMCC. However. heading into Week 3, the quarterback said he is begin– ning to fee l more comfor table in his fir 'l year as a starter at the junior college level. "Oh yeah. I feel like the first two game . you play two really good teams and you get exposed to the area you need to work on," Kane said. WYou just go back to the board and work on it. That told me a lot, and tho e are two of the best defenses 1 am going to play all year. "It . howed me a Jot. It ~howed me I am going to have to work that much hardc.>r and really put in the extra time." Kane attribute much of his suc.:ess on the field to his rela– tionship with Anderson. Kane said he shares the same inner drive to get better Anderson does, and the two fet•d off one another during practice. "We both keep each other going," Kane said. "I t•xpt•ct him

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East Central Community College quarterback Colton Kane lunges for 4he end zone against ltawamba in the • Warriors' season opener Sept. l . Warriors turn to first-year QB for fir twin of 2012 By Tony Tsoukalas ~ "~ IS@themendfanstar.com ··. After lo~ing big against power- h_ou.se !earns ltawamba and East Mis- ·•c;s•PP• Community Col– lege in Week 1 and 2 of the sea~on. East CentraJ Community College AF look to earn it first win of the ·eason, as it C~ travels to Copiah-Uncolo East Central tonight at 7. at Co--Lin Nf While the lo~ses were 7 p.m. tough for East Central

"We played two tremendous football teams," Ander on c;aid. '"They were perhap the two be ·t team in the North Divi~ion That gives you a true gauge of where you are at, but it also doe.,o't mean anything as far as our South Divi ion ·tanding~. It i a new beginning.'" Part of building succe~s at the junior college level is the ability for a team to gel together quickly. Anderson said his team is not quite there yet, but he hopes the.Warriors will improve as they prepare for divisional play. "Fromwhat I have seen, it takes three or four games before you can pruns. • "I tell you, 1 have seen a tremen- dous change in Colton Kane thj.s week. He's getting the ball out noticeably qufcke~. His mental approach, the way he s gomg through his progressions,

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