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ECCC Football falls to Holmes in Season Home Opener,

The East Central halftime \Vith the score l 2- 7. Right after ~alf football team lost a hard- time, East Central Jin u3.C ,_ fought ballgame in front of er Eric Barnes ill of Semi a standing room only crowd nary High School ren.-_:ied during "Black-Out" night at a fumble for a sewn-yard Bailey Stadium" Sept. 1 on touchdown to giYe the ,,·ar the Decatur campus. riors a 14-12 lead. The Warri ?rs Not long a:·:er. scored two touchdowns in Holmes quarterback De_'e:- the fourth quarter to close ric Bryant of \lize E:~h the gap, but eventually _fe_l_l...._S_c;;h....o,ol score on ::i fo~ a to the Holmes Community 64-yard tou hdO\rn nl!' to College Bulldogs 48-40 dur- put the Bulldogs ba ;.;: :-. :.:-? ing opening week ofMissis- at 19-14. Community College Warrior

pass from Marino to sopho more wide receiver Devon ta 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 seconds !aft in the ballgame. ECCC finished the =ame with 458 yards of :0:21 offense. Marino, in his ECCC quarterback debut, ied :-ie Warriors, completing 20 of-W passes for 225 yards with four touchdowns, while Gibson had two receiving touchdO\\ TIS. ·'Dom has a lot of athletic ability, he just has to grow as a quarterbac and he's willing to learn," Karcher said. - East Central, 0-1, will host Northeast Mis sissippi Community Col lege Thursday. Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m. for .Yiilitary Ap preciation Night at Bailey Stadium on the Decatur campus. Holmes, 1-0, will host Southwest. Northeast (1-0) defeated Pearl RiYer Com munity College 17-14 dur ing week one of MACJC action. "Whichever team can make the adjustments and get better from week one to week two will be the team that wins the game," Karcher said. If you can't watch East Central Community College play in person, fol low the Warriors on the radio or watch them on li,·e stream Yideo. Tune in to WKOZ. Cruisin 98.3 or watch [iye at W\\W.eccc.edu.

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sippi Association of Com munity andJunior Colleges play. "I'm proud of our kids that they didn't quit;" said head coach Ken Karch er. "That's what we pride ourselves 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 wast ed no time getting on the scoreboard in the first quar ter. Quarterback, Dom Marino of Venice (Fla.) High School, found fresh man wide receiver Antonio Gibson of Eagles Landing (Ga.) High school, with 12: 17 left in the first quarter to score on the first drive of · the game. The Bulldogs re sponded with a touchdown, but the PAT was no good bringing the score to 7-6 at the end of the first. Holmes gained the lead after scoring again with 14:22 left before going into

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