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ECCC Warriois claim first win of year Quarterback Donnie squad "never quit battling."

blocked and Farmer ran for the two-point conversion follow– ing the second tally. Farmer, a freshman product from Harrison Central, finished the day by compleung 10 of 22 passes for 116 yards and rn:o ~cores. Cockrell, a freshman from Columbus, led EC receivers with three grabs for 75 yards and the game-winning TD. Delta got on the scoreboard when quarterback Jayton Daniels of Greenwood and wide receiver Passarrio Collins of Itta Bena connected on a 41- yard scoring pass play with See ECCC, page 29

Farmer's 37-yard touchdown strike to -wide receiver Jijnmy Cockrell with 46 seconds remaining gave East Central Community a thrilling 36-31 homecorrung victory over Mississippi Delta Community College Saturday. Cockrell's finger-tip grab in the end zone provided 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-division battle, Karcher said he was "very pleased" with the win and was ''very proud" that his

'Tm happy for the kids; it's been a long, emotional time for them," said Karcher. ''It's been hard. but they kept fighting. 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 now 1-6 Trojans by putting up two score~ in the first quarter- a 43-yard run by freshman speedster Lemarcus Franks with 9:40 remainmg, followed by Farmer's 18-yard TD toss to Cockrell with 6:48 left. The first PAT att~::mpt was

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