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East Central football falls short to Northeast Mississippi

East Central football falls short to Northeast Mississippi

By ECCC Media Relations I Posted: Fri 3:29 PM, Sep 09, 2016

Northeast Mississippi Community College found the end-zone with 28 seconds left in the ballgame to pull out a 24-21 win against the East Central Community College in football action Thursday, Sept. 8, in Bailey Stadium on the Decatur campus.

For the second straight week the Warriors faced a back and forth battle.

Northeast began the scoring with a 37-yard field goal to go up 3-0 with 5:30 left in the first quarter.

East Central responded with a 47-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Dom Marino of Venice (Fla.) High School to Antonio Gibson of Eagles Landing (Ga.) High School in the second quarter to take the 7-3 lead. ECCC then recovered a Northeast fumble on the ensuing kickoff which allowed running back Dwayne Barnett of Harrison Central High School to score from six yards out with 8:40 remaining in the first half.

The Warriors led 14-3 at halftime.

The Northeast Tigers were able to score two more touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 17-14 lead.

East Central sophomore running back Mikell Daniels of Forest High School would score on a four-yard touchdown run with 12:43 left in the game to give the Warriors the lead back at 21-17. The Warrior defense could not hold off the Tigers from scoring on fourth-and-eight with 28 seconds to play when Northeast quarterback Mason Cunningham found wide receiver PaDarius Martin in the end zone for the win.