2013

The Carthaginian,

Third-ranked Jones rolls Struggles continue on

Bleckley County High School in Blakely, Ga. EC missed another scoring opportunity late in first-half action while trailing 31-0. Quarter– back Donnie Farmer con– nected on a 61-yard pass play to wide receiver Hakeem Parker, which gave the Warriors posses– sion on the Bobcat 10- yard-line. However, the drive stalled and Austin Franklin's 23-yard field goal attempt was partial– ly blocked. F armer, a freshman signal caller from Harri– son Central, finished the night completing 13 of 22 passes for 129 yards. Parker, a sophomore from Joseph S. Clark High School in New Orleans,

ter football team than us," said first-year Warrior head coach Ken Karcher in a post-game interview. "We had a couple of chances (to score) but when you don't capitalize against a good team you're not going to have those things happen." One such oppor tunity collapsed following the Bobcats' first score when the Warriors drove from their own 19 to the J ones County 32, wher e t h e drive stalled on fou rth and short yardage. A highlight of the 49-yard march was JaDer rick Farrow's 12-yard run on a fake punt when EC faced fourth and six near mid– field. Far row is a fresh– man defensive back from

led EC receivers with five grabs for 84 yards. Franklin, a lso a sopho– more, hails from Petal High School. The Warriors reached the Bobcat 17-yard-line on their final drive of the night but turned over pos– session when Farmer's pass attempt fell incom– plete on fourth and nine. The Bobcats were led by freshman quarterback Steven Swindle of Oak Grove, who completed eight of 10 passes for 192 yards and two scores. His top receiver was sophomore wide receiver Quartez Cooks of Quit– man, who had four catch– es for 158 yards and scored on 45- and 24-yard receptions from Swindle.

the gridiron for the young East Central Community Warriors who were vic– tims of another national– ly-ranked team Thursday, Oct. 3 at Bailey Stadium on the Decatur campus. Mter trailing just 7-0 following first-period action, East Central was simply no match for the No. 3 Jones County J unior College Bobcats who added 24 points in the second quar ter on their way to an easy 47-0 victory. Jones County improved to 6-0 overall and leads the MACJC South Division with a 4-0 mark. East Central dropped to 0-6 and 0-4. "Jones is a much-bet-

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