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FOOTBALL: ECCC 40, HOLMES 48 Warriors struggle with Holmes' big plays By ECCC sports information the score to 7-6 at the end of the first. ·

The East Central Commu~ nity College Warriors scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough, as the Holmes Community College Bulldogs escaped with a 48 40 win during opening, week of Mf sslssippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges play. 'Tm proud of our kids that they didn't quit," said head coach Ken Karcher. "That's what we pride our selves on here in our East Central football program." The game was back and forth until the Bulldogs scored 28 points in the third quarter to take the lead for good. .· East Central wasted no time getting on the score board in the first quarter. Quarterback, Dom Marino of Venice (Fla.) High School, found freshman wide re ceiver Antonio Gibson of Ea gles Landing (Ga.) High school, with 12:17 left in the first quarter to score on the first drive of the game. The Bulldogs responded with a touchdown, but the PAT was no good bringing

Holmes gained the lead after scoring again with 14:22 left before going into halftime with the score 12·7. Right after halftime, East Central linebacker Eric . Barnes III of Seminary High School returned a fumble for a seven~yard touchdown to give the Warriors a 14-12 lead. Not long after, Holmes quarterback Dejerric Bryant of Mize High School scored on ran for a 64-yard touchdown run to put the Bulldogs back on top at 19 14. The Warriors responded with an 18-yard pass from Marino to Gibson for an ECCC touchdown with 8:54 left in the third and raised the score to 21-19. Holmes scored two more times before Marino found sophomore wide receiver Toriano Howard Jr. of Quit man High School for a 67 yard touchdown to make the score 33-27 with the Bulldogs still in the lead. Holmes added another touchdown before ending the third. In the third quarter both

A Warrior tackles a Holmes player Thursday night.

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teams combined for 48 points, 28 of those points in the first eight minutes of the third. Holmes scored its final touchdown of the night with 6:35 left in the game and the Warriors trailed 48-27. The Warriors "don't quit attitude" helped them put up two more touchdowns during the fourth quarter to close the deficit to eight. Those late touchdowns were on a 31-yard pass from Marino to sophomore wide

receiver Devonta Jones of Morton High School and a 10-yard pass from Marino to freshman wide receiver Otis Cross Jr. of Kemper County High School with 29 sec onds left in the ballgame. ECCC finished the game with 458 yards of total of fense. Marino, in his ECCC quarterback debut, led the Warriors, completing 20 of 40 passes for 225 yards with four touchdowns, while Gib son had two receiving touchdowns.

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