2012

ECCC spoi ls Delta's homecoming, 31-0

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TD toss to Ricky Hunt with 1:58 left before the break. Hunt i:> from North Panola High School. The one-play drive was .set up by a Trojan 20-yard punt. The Warriors had threatened to score on thea previous drive but a turnover gave Delta pos– session on its three-yard– line. The Warriors contin– ued their dominance of Delta by tiCoring on the first possession of the sec– ond half - a three-yard run by Johnny Beamon of New Hope. The s ix-play, 68-yard march was high– lighted by Hall's 49-yard pass to Hunt to the three– yard-line. The Trojans, now down 28-0, drove into Warrior territory on their next possess1on but the threat ended when linebacker Layton Holcomb of Oak Grove intet·cepted Leavy's pass on the EC 42. The Warriors would later turn the ball over deep in Delta territory, ending a ~coring opportu– nity at the 18-yard-line late in third period action. EC's final points of the day came midway in the fourth quarter on Franklin's 31-yard field goal, capptng a 16-play, 83-yard march. HalJ fmished the day by completing :;even of 11 ~ T passe~ for 159 yards and

stand and pitched a shut out - it was a great eJfortl I was pleased with our offense as well, a:>idc from a couple of turnovers. Our special teams were solid today- kicking, punting and coverage-wise. I thought we got better today as a team." It was the defense that scored first for the War– riors, as freshman defen– sive back Deante Lawrence intercepted' Delta quarterback Justin Leavy and returned the pigskin 38 yards to pay dirt with 11:36 remaining in the opening stanza. Leavy's pass was deflect– ed by defensive back Desmond Brown and Lawrence completed the pick-six. Austin Franklin of Petal connected on the first on his four PATs for the day. Delta threatened to score later in the period following a Warrior muffed punt that gave the Trojans possession at the EC eight yard line. But the EC defense held and regained po::.:.es.,ion fol– lowing a Delta fumble on the 12 yard line. The turnover obvtously inspired the Warrior offense. as Hall led the squad on a 14-play. 88- yard drive capped by his 32-yard TO strike to Y.ide receiver Kyle Koch '"ith 13:50 remaining until halftime. Koch is a prod– uct of Calvary Christian School in Meridian. The scoring march was ajded by a roughlng-the-punter penalty that gave EC pos– session on the Delta 43 . EC stretched its lead • T ''' ft n - ..J.

East Central Commu– nity College quarterback Brock Hall threw for two scores and the Warrior defense completely shut down the Mississippi Delta Community College offensive attack in cruis ing 31-0 over the Trojans Saturday. EC improved to 3-4 fol– lowing the non-division victory, while Delta dropped its homecoming battle and fell to 0-7. Warrior head coach Brian Anderson was espe– cially proud 'of his team's shut-out victory. "1 JUSt cannot say enough about our players' efforts," said Anderson in a post-game interview. "This team figured out the importance of playing together as 'one' about four weeks ago and haven't looked back. Thls squad is special to me in the fact that they have bought into the team con– cept , which a lot of junior colleges don't ever seem to do " Anderson had special praise for the defen::-ive unit. which held Delta to under 100 yards rul'hing and allowed no passing yards - a statistic that obviously belongs in the

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"I don't care if you're CARTt playing Pee Wee football, a shut out is special. But NEM when you conside r the SPIRIT athletes that this league has. today was even more MERJD remarkable," he said. "In

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