2013

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• For the fir:.t time in school history, the East Central Com· munity College men's soccer tear:~ hel§ans sea.:;on action as defending divi«ion champions. The Soccer Warriors who try~vel to Copiah-Uncoln'commu– ruty College for the season opener scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday, August 22 in Wesson, •

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poinb. He also received team co-captain and Golden Hom Ledbetter i-. a product He~~ Academy in Columbu two-time MACJC 'on. He was also red:;ie::lof team moo;t Vcilu– and co-captain is a product of West Hurisoo High School. !*e E on page B2 awcrrd

·eenville; mid.fielders ~.-nase Mcl\air ofNeshoba Central, Nick Breland of Stone County, Eliud Alvarez of Forest; and defender~ Jerry Byrd of D'Iberville. Hector Ortiz of Enterpri5e and David '\ Uliam-, of Newton County. Thomp on said the talent-laden roster <:hould prmide a crowd-pleasing brand of soccer for the 2013 campaign. "Fans will once again be treatt"d ro an exciting. attacking style of soccer," ~d Thompson. 'The 2012 Warriors kept fans on the edge of their seats and 2013 should bemore of the same. Maintaining pos– session with an attractive passing game along with a swarming defense will thrill fans!"

,.... - ·-- as four of !.he top 6\e scorers return to action. said four of the top five defenders rerum to the lineup and includ~ Vaughn. jordanWalker t Newton Coun~ High School. Forest Mueller of Hahnville (La.) High School and ZackKilli nof South Oldham (Ky.} Hi SchooL Other kev returnee.... include midiieldersWill Thompson of ~ewton County. Kennon Craft of Clinton and Garrett Blevins ofHarrison Cen– tral; forward Clint McGraw ofTupelo Chrb· tian; defendersTyravian Miller ofMoss Point and Ryan Artman of Grenada: and keeperMattTaylor of Clarkdale. Defensively. Thompson

ECCC from page Bl De~pilt• the loss of two former standollls, Thonwson said the 2013 ._quad feature~ "plenty of returning tall•nt," including three player who received MACJC All-!:!tate honor~­ defender Jesse Vaughn and forward Russ Thomp~n. both products of i"ewton County High &:hool; and forward Tavlor Potter of Bentonia. a· former standout at Mbsi!'sippi C School for Math and Sci· ence. Potter and Thompson were the team's second I and tl1ird leading scorers, respectively, from tl1c 2012 'L11ompson noted scoring ~hould not be a 11 " ,, campaign.

ccomrrs shm1ld also attract nttentJon this yt>ar. Pla) er-. to watch indude :r rward Jesus Onofre, a - 1J graduate of Forest High School, and mid· field r jordan Alonso of ev.1on County. Another top newconwr i fre hman forv."ard Dalton Smith. who ,..-as the top scorer l:t~t year at Flo– rence High School . ·we hope Dalton can help ... houldt: r th~ scoring load thi" ~ason," added Thomp...on. Other fre...,hl'nt'n and their n:... pcctivc high hoob includl· kcrpcr Matt Sykco.;, Heritage 1\cadcmy; forwards Tim Nix of D'Iberville, Daniel Ca~aca of Fon•st and Joseph Gaskill of Maranatha ChristiAn in