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JUNIOR COLLEGES OCTOBER27,2015 Gulf Coast hammers East Central in playoff opener

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PERKINSTON - Juan Salazar's goal 32 seconds into Mississippi Gulf Coast's first-round playoff rna·c kind of game was in store The Bulldogs won a soggy, sloppy, wide-open shootout 8-4 Tuesday in Perkinston to move on to tr.e M •:.. offensive explosion. I "It felt great to get the first goal and get us going in tHe playoffs.' Salazar said. Gulf Coast (1 4-4) 1s scheduled to play Hinds at 6 p.m. Saturday. Weather concerns may force the 92-.e - East Central ended its season 6-11-1 . The teams combined for eight goals the first time they met this season. The sloppy play in the lates .;a:::e Hurricane Patricia. ·1 think most of 1t was the field," Gulf Coast coach Chris Handy said. "We're an up-and-down team ~~ ~ '"'– rather than keeping too much possession.· Beattie added another nine minutes into the second half, followed a minute later by.a Lewis Tillrna~ ; ''The conditions were definitely tough, but we dealt well with it," Gulf Coast's James Beattie said. Tne foa conditions, but our eight goals were also due to the conditions." The Warriors made it 7-4 with a pair of 57th-minute goals before Salazar pounced on a turnover anc t>lasz-:: 25 minutes to play. Salazar added another goal along with a pair by Jordan Parron and James Beattie's first to lead 5-2 a· ,-.. ~--c:.

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Gulf Coast heads to the next playoff game with a dose of confidence~ having beaten Hinds 2-1 in Ra~m~-::

"That's a really tough game. It's going to be a tight game. For sure they'll put up a battle, just like they d: - went into extra time."