2013

Warriors notchfirst win with 'ateheroics Quarterback Donnie Farmer's 37-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Jimmy Cockrell with 46 seconds remaining gave East Cen– tral Cotp.ID.unity a tbt·Uling 36-31 homecoming victory over Missis– sippi DeltaCommunity College Sat– urday at Bailey Stadium on the Decatur campus. Cockrell's finger-tip grab in the end zone provided the Warriors and first-year head coach Ken Karcher with their first victor\ of the 2013 campaign and snappect a six-game losing skid. Followingthe non-division battle, Karcher said hewas "very pleased" with the win and was "very proud" that his squad "never quit battling." 'Tm happy for the kids; it's been a long, emotional time for them," said Karcher. "It's been bard, but they kept fighting. Finally we played an evenly-match<'d team. The game could have gone either way...and our kids made a bigplay at the end.'' from school reports

Farmer, a freshman proouct fromHarrison Central, fim::.bed the day by completing 10 of 22 pa,... e for 116 yards and two score.-.Cock– rell,a freshman from Columbu-..,led EC receivers "'itb three grab!' for 7;, yards and the game-winning TD. Delta got onthe scoreboard" 'hen quarterback Javton Daniels of Greenwood and ~de receiwr Pav sarrio Collins of ltta Bena con– nected on a 41-~·ard scoring pa'" playwith 5:30 left. The PAT failed. The Trojans narrowed the ECad– vantage to 14-13 on Daniels' 27- yard TD pass to wide receiver Carlton Archer of Indianola early in second quarter action. Zacarion

The Warriors started well against the now 1-6 Trojans by put– ting up two scores in the frrst quar– ter - a 43-yard run by freshman speedster Lemarcus Franks with 9:40 remaining, followed by Farmer's 18-yard 'I'D toss to Cock– rell with 6:48left. The first PAT at– tempt was blocked and Farmer ran for the two-point conversion follow– ing the second tally.

See ECCC, 11A

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