2012

I WEEK OF \r~ pJ-~- n ~\\ ' -~ ) 2L lL Shipp sails in EC's firsi win

School. rompletcd nine of 18 pa.;~.., for 69 yards and had one interccption. He also bad 10 rushes for 46 yards. Hall. a 6-2. 185-pound prod– ~ct of Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscal{)(kqa, Ala., completed three of seven passeq for 29 yards. He also had two l'Ushes fo1· 37 yat•ds and caught two passes fr·om 'l'luashcr for 37 yards. "These guys did a grea.t job munaging the g-ame," said An– der:wn. "I was reaDy proud o( lhetr effort." Soutbm!st,whichdropped to 0-3 and (}.l took an early 3.0 lead e>n Paul Johnson's 25-vard field ~ with 5:23 left ui the first period. Johnson is a prod– uct or Bay High School in Wa\cland. EC had an opportunity to tie the t'Onte t but Austin Franklin's 42-yard fieki gual at– tempt "-ith 2:00 left in the initial period was v.ide left. The Southwest advantage stood up until late in second quurtcr action wh~n Shipp crtpped an 11-play, 69-yard mm·ch with his first tally. Franl l:l-yard ~camper to the South– we... t 22 and Thrasher's nine-– yard ~ke to HaD on a third and four situation that gm eEC posst'ssion on the fiy~yard line. · EC e..'\.iended its lead to 14-3 early in the third stanza on Shipp·~ &.>oond tally. set up by defenstve back Chris Apper– wllite's interceptionand return of a Walkel' pass, which gave tbeWarriors possession on the

Kc..,bun Shipp n1shed for 141 yards on 2.l t'W'rits u.nd soortl() two touchdowns in leading Ea,qt Central Communitv Col– lege to a 1r,..to victory over Southwest Mi 'si~sippi Com– munityUollcgt• 'l'tnu'Rdtty night at Bailey Btadium on tho J.)c.. (•atur campus. Sbjpp, tt i>-H, 21 f'rp<>und run– ning bacb. from Olive Branl't1, srored on a oot'-yurd plunge "-ith 20 se<:ood'i I rt lx.>forc hall– lime u.nd found theend 1-oneon a 28-yard scamper t•arl) ln lliird period action ln lt•ading tbe Wuni01-s to their J'in;t v.in of the 2012 rampalgn. Ba! l CcutrnJ ht>M coach Brian Anderson wn.-. obviou Jv • t.>lated tJbout hi-. team' &'t'.C>~ pJjo;hml'nt. "1 am~ proud of our kid.." said Andcr::;oo, \\ho.-;e War– riors impro\ed lo 1-3 ovt>rall and 1-1 in thoMAC.JC Soulh Di– vi$iou "'J~ <'C them pull out a ~U like lhiR Wl\A VCI')' ~ntisfy~ mg. 'J'bey just W()llldn't he de– nied. Jt wu..<;; really nw·<•nt cffm1. by everybody." Andcr'Son was eRpt.,>t.•iAlly pt·oud or lb<.• dcfcm.«c'. whkh al– lmvt'd juHl 78 rutihing .vurds and '!lade ~vcrnl key pla) ~ in kt'CpiDg lhe i:3eUI'S fr•om S(.'OJ'· ing. including several gnul lino 'Uwd!i and h\oo bloc·kt>d field gual'. The Warriors were \\ilbout the senit'C.'i or starting quar·– lcrbad~ Colton KUm.• or Pcn– ~la. Fla. who is rt't.'O\f!f'ing from a fool injury. &tk-up quartcrbu.t•k Z.ak Thra..-.her· and wide J'Ct.'CiveJ· BrO<.'k Hall, a rurnwr· hrgh srhool signtt.J t•tlllcr, shtu·cd quw1.crba.cking· dulles and both made sovcr·u.l key plays in the division victcwy. 'l'hrasbcr·. u U.3, 20()-pound product or New lfopo IHgh

Kesbun hlpp (2) was the workhorse for East Central • CommunJty College's offense Thursdaynight, as the soph– omore running back from Olive Branch rambled for 141 • yards on 25 carries and scored twice.

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complete scoring with 3:47 lcft in the contest. EC held a 19-17 edge in first downs. Th.e Warriors had 260 yard~; ruRhing and 98 yards ptLSslng for a 358-yard total. Keivondre Watford was the top t'l.>ceiver with live gmbs fur 41 yards. Walford is a product of Tuscaloosa Central High School. 1 In addition lo the 7 vards ,. rushing as prcviouslv ·men– tioned. Southwest hSd 240 yards passing, as Walker com– pleted 24 of48 attempts. linebacker Blake Graws of Presbyterian Christian 100 tbe Joc: defense witb cigbt tac~. followed by linebacker Cor-y H?uck of Uruon County (Fla.) High School with seven stops. Next up for the Warl'ioNI' is a homecoming batUe with– Hinds Community Collogo scheduled Satm·day, Sept. 29. - Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. at BaileyStadium.

Bears' 29-yard line. 'Il1cvisitor$ closed lhe scor– inggap to 14-tOon the ensuing possession with Walkcl' and wide a·cceivot• Chris Cooley of Dexter Hig1l &lhool (l(Hnhhiin~ lalcnts on an eight-yard scOI·– Lng slrlkc, capping an t t-play. 74-yard drive. F..C had an oppor-tunity loex– lend its lctld early in fourth qmu·ter adion but Franklin's 22-ynrd field guuJ attempt was wide left 'lb •Warriors mi~sed out on another scoring opportunity \\ith 7·:i51cft in lh(• J-'lunc wlll'n f'fanklin· :~yard n •kl ~at­ tempt wn.q block<'d. Another EC drive ~uulcd at the Southwest cigttt-vard line .6.. r • wuen l'hrushcr's pass was in- tercepted by the Bears' Steven .Joiner of Raymond. However·. il \W.<;; U1c War– rior·s whu took u.dvantage or the nlishttp as linebacker La.y– lottTloloomlHlUt'kt'