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Wednesday, Novembe! ( 1983

Junior Colleges - With No Playoff Chances, Warriors Play For Pride By Dave Bean Wtth the football season commg to a dlSappointing close for the East Central Juruor Co ege Yt arnors heaa coach A..J. Kilpatrick just \\ants bis team to quell~ f"uusb the final contest with Southwest. " We' reoutoht thepla~ofL . Kilpatrick said. " We' re just going to try and sah·age \Ohat we can out of the season ·· East Central 5-3-1 O'f; erall 2-2-1 m the South Division, is rnathemaucall~ out of the state plaroffs as a result of a loss to Jones Junior College Saturday Wtth that goal no longer attainable, Kilpatnck satd 1t \\ill be more difficuft than) last week" to get his team moth·ated to wm Not only was 1t a loss to keep the Wamors out of the playoff, it was a heartbreaking loss The Warriors l~"L therr one-point lead in the game in the last 18 seconds \\hen Jones ran a dra pla~ for a 53-yard touchdown. " We can still wind up m thu--d w1th a v. in agamst Southwest on Saturda\')., East tentraJ takes on South\\est in Decatur at 7:30 Saturday night. East ~fusissippi Juruor College bas also had its share of disap– pointments this ~ear, but the Lions still have one accomplishment within thetr reach - to fmisb at .500. ''That's the thing we' re shooting for." head coach Randall Bradberry said . " If we win, we will still have either the fifth or sixth best record in the state.'' Winning a close one against ~1ississippi Delta Junior College last week may lift the LIOns' spirits high enough to beat Copiab-Lincoln. "We knocked them (Mississippi Delta' out of the playoffs. I guess you can say that will give a little extra lift." According to Bradf:>erry, the Lions can expect some of their players that were burt during most of the season to come back for the last game Bradberry said Ken Cooper , one of EMJC's top runn– mg backs, will probably see some action this week as well as Richard Honeycutt at defensive end. • EMJC will play Copiab-Lincoln at Scooba Thursday night at 7:30. Also on Thursday night, Mississippi Delta will be at Northeast Mississippi. Saturday action includes Jones at Coahoma, l tawamba at HindS, Holmes at Pearl River and Northwest Mississippi at Mississiooi Gull Coast.

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