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Paula Merritt I The Meridian Star East Central's Austin Franklin prepares to kick a field goal durlhg the 2012 season. Warriors ready for a 1 fresh start at Itawamba 1 By Sarah Moomaw smoomaw@themeridianstar.com This week, college football kicks off- JUCO included. N The East CentralWarriors are headed to o. 16 Itawamba to open the season with a lot to prove, not necessarily to fans, but to tl_lems~lves. First year head coach Ken Karcher satd h~ 1s excited for tonight's kickoff an9 the first ttme he'll see the team compete agamst anyone but themselves for a full 60 minutes. , . ,

"They are a good football team! ,he satd..'They have a good tradition. Obviously, tt san uph1l! battle for us, but we're excited. I'm more exc1ted ? to just to go out and see, you know, wh~re are we. Are we real far away? Can we compete m tht.s league with the type of kids we have now? I Just don't know. It'll be interesting to see." . . Karcher has taken over the program m hts first

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