2013

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scores first win board when quarterback Jaylon Daniels of Green– wood and wide receiver Passarrio Collins of Itta Bena connected on a 41- yard scoring pass play with 5:30 left. The PAT failed. The Trojans narrowed the two-point conversion, which gave the Warriors a 22-16 advantage. EC extended the lead

Finally we played an evenly-matched team. The game could have gone either way... and our kids made a big play at the end." The Warriors started well against the ncAv 1-6 Trojans by putting up two scores in tht:. first quarter - a 43-yard run by fresh– man speedster Lemarcus Franks Wlth 9:40 remain– ing; followed by Farmer's 18-yard TD toss to Cock– rell with 6:48 left. The first PAT attempt was blocked and Farmer ran for the two point conver– sion follow ng the second tally. Farmer. a freshman product from Harrison Central, finished the day by completing 10 of 22 passes for 116 yards and two scores. Cockrell, a freshman from Columbus, led EC receivers with three grabs for 75 yards and the gamP.-winning TD. Delta got on the score-

Fanner's 37-vard touch– down strike to wide receiver Jimmy Cockrell with 46 seconds remain– ing gave East Central Community a thnlhng 36- 31 homecoming v1ctory over Mississippi Delta Community College Sat– urday, October 12 at Bai– ley Stadium on the Decatur campus. Cockrell's finger-tip grab in the end zone pro– vided the Warriors and first-year head coach Ken Karcher with their first victory of the 2013 cam– paign and snapped a six– game losing skid. Following the non-divi– sion battle, Karcher said he was "very pleased" with the win and was "very proud" that his squad "never quit bat– tling." "I'm happy for the kids; it's been a long, emo– tional time for them," said Karcher. "It's been hard, mt they kept fighting.

to 30-16 early in the final stanza on Franks' 16-yard dash to pay dir t for his second tally and best day at running back, as he finished with 204 yards on 28 carrie s. Farmer again connected with Cockrell for the two-point conversion. However, the Trojans were not done on this sunny afternoon and ral– lied for two scores and the lead. Daniels fired an 11- yard TD strike to wide receiver Kamron Carter of Greenwood with 9:11 left, and following Goodman's PAT the Trojans closed the sconng gap to 30-23. After an exchange of possession, Delta took over on its 32-yard line with 5.32 1emaining, and eight plays later the visi– tors found the end zone on Daniel',, 22-yard TD

the EC advantage to 14- 13 on Daniels' 27-yard TD pass to wide receiver Carlton Archer of Indi– anola early in second quarter action. Zacarion Goodman of Greenville added the PAT. Delta took its first lead when Goodman split the uprights on his 26-yard field goal with four sec– onds left before halftime. The Warriors regained the lead midway in the third stanza on sopho– more r unning back Mar– tin's J ohnson's five-yard scamper, capping a nine– play, 62-yard march. Johnson is a product of Nanih Waiya High School. Farmer and Cock– rell combmed tal•mts for

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