2013

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East Central falls 40-7 in Quarterback Jacori Taylor's

The No. 16 Indians were led by quarterback Griff Loftis who passed for 331 yards and four scores for the easy victory. Jon Williams, a fonner Warrior assistant, is in llis fourth season as head coach. Itawarnba took a 3-0 lead with 5:19 left in first-period action on a 20-yard field goal fromEmmitt Dendy ofHouston. The Indians stretched their lead to 10-0 followed by Loftis' 25-yard TD strike to wide receiver Shante Rogers of Itawamba Agricultural High School with 18 seconds left in the period. Dendy added the first of his four PATs on the night. Loftis continued his scoring success in the second quarter, as he connected with wide receiver Chance McNulty of Germantown on a 16-yard TD strike with 14:03 left followed by an eight-yard scoring pass play to tight endArchie Dennard of Hollandale Simmons with 45 seconds remaining. before half– time. Dendy also contributed to second-quarter scoring as he connected on a 24-yard field goal with 8:13 left. Loftis's fourth TD pass came in the third stanza - a 30-yard strike to wide receiver Jaquez McMillian of Southaven with

60-yard touchdown pass to wide ·receiver Hakeem Parker was the offensive highlight for the East Central Community Warriors who fell 40-7 to nationally ranked ltawamba Community College in the season opener for both teams Thursday. The non-division matchup also began the Ken Karcher era as ECCC's head football coach. Next up for the Warriors are the long-time rival East Mississippi Community College Lions, who defeated Pearl River Community College 49-6 Thursday night on the Poplarville campus. EMCC is ranked sixth in the pre-season NJCAApoll. The Warriors/Lions battle is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 on the Scooba campus. Taylor's screen pass to Parker came with 10 minutes left in third-quarter action and narrowed the ltawamba advan– tage at 27-7. Austin Franklin of Petal added the PAT. Taylor is a fresh– man from Early County High School in Blakely, Ga., and Parker is a sophomore from JosephS. Clark High School in New Orleans. Franklin is also a sophomore and a fonner stand– out at Petal High School.

East Central Community College defender Jeremy Pyles f25) brings down running back Chris Ingram (30) during the lason opener for both teams Thursday.

opener against Itawamba

Ingram of Southaven scored the game's final points on his 10- yard dash with 11:30 remaining.

2:28 remaining,which gave ICC a 33-7lead. Indian running back Chris

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