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Karcher said of the Philadelphia High School product. "I thought all the players fought hard and bowed much improvement from the previous two game:.." EC began the 2013 campaign with a 40-7 loss to then 16th– ranked Itawamba followed by a 59-0 defeat to fifth-ranked East MissiSSippi The Warrior offeru;e was also sparked by freshman speedster Lamarcus Franks. who was the top rusher with 89 yards on 17 carries. Franks is a 5-7, I50- pound product of Greene County High School. Sophomore Martin Johnson had eight carries for 28 yards. Johnson is a 6-1, 200-pound product of Nanih Waiya High School. EC travels to division oppo– nent Southwest Mississippi Community College Thursday, Sept. 19. Kickoffis set for 7 p.m. on the Southwest campus. The Bears (1-2) fell 69-0 to East Mississippi .

early turnover was a momentum changer for his young squad. "I thought if we knocked the fi.rst 0 in thcn.,.~-M ta. one-yard line where we fum– bled, it's a different ball game," Karcher said following the squad's home opener at Bailey Stadium. "You can't make those mistake· agamst a £ xxl football team Our kub \\ill ~onnnue to get better and not make those mistakes. but that\ a key point in the ball game nght there." Tnplen. a 5-8. 150-pound fre hman. had rno mtercept1ons. One of his mterceptions nixed a sconng threat early in the third penod ....ith the visitors up 16-0. Karcher praised the perform– ance of the young signal caller, who was called to action due to injuries sustained by sophomore Donnie Farmer of Harrison Central in Gulfport and fresh– man Jacori Taylor, a product of Early County High School in Blakely, Ga. "I thought Anthony brought some life to our football team,"

Philadelphia Tornado Anthony Triplett started his first game as quarterback as the East Central Community College Warriors dropped a 23-0 decision to defending state champion Co– Lin Thursday night in junior col– lege football action. Triplett completed nine of 16 passes for 78 yards for the Warriors. After exchangmg early turnovers, Triplett - who is list– ed on the roster as a defe11:>ive back- engineered a 13-play . 68- yard drive only to have the -.cor– ing threat nullified due to a Warrior fumble near the goal line. EC's offense was unable to recover from the early nuscue and the sixth-ranked Wolves snuggled early offensively as well but managed to seal the vic– tory with two second-half scores in the MACJC South Division opener for both squads. First-year Warrior head coach Ken Karcher said the

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