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ECJC Warriors In Home
Opener Sat. Against GCJC
A. J. Kilpatrick, the new
head football coach at East
Central Junior College, said of
his team, "We have had a
good fall practice and are
looking forward to the rest of
the season. "
The team will take on Gulf
Coast
in
the first home game
of the year on Saturday,
September 11. Kilpatrick and
his assistants , David
Bradberry and Freeman Hor·
ton, have been organizing the
team to get the right people
in
the right places.
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"Our defense has looked
good and is ahead of the of·
fe nse at this time. The
sophomores have provided us
with some leadership. The
team is making progress
every day," said Kilpatrick.
Several players have been
impressive in the early
workouts. Kilpatrick named
sophomore defensive ends
Calvin Harper of Forest and
Chris Perry of Decatur as two
of these. Fr eshmen who have
also looked impressive include
linebackers Keith Jordon of
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Louisv ille and Arthur
McMillan of Newton; defen–
sive tackles Mike Gibbs of
Newton and Thomas Pussell
of Oakdala,
La.;
defensive
back Wayne Suttle of Center·
ville, Ala.; split end Percy
J ohnson of Harvey,
La.:
tackle Paul Scelfo of New
Iberia, La.; fullback Leroy
Bowden of Centerville, Ala.;
and tailback Loyce Hardy of
Newton.
Quarterbacks
will
be either
sophomore Jeff Breland of
Union or freshman Stacy
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East Central
has
14 members
returning from last year's
squad. Seven of these are on
offense. Tackles Mike Mason
of Birmingham, Ala., Jay
Brown of Oxford,
Ala.,
and
Travis Chea th a m
of
Philadelphia; a nd
backs
Scott
Griffin of Union, William
Leach of Philadelphia, Charlie
Triplett of Louisville, and Jeff
Breland of Union. Three retur–
ning members on defense in
the secondary are strong
safeties Eddie Dea n of
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thage and Bernard
Lee
of
Louisville, and back Jay
Jones of Forest. The other
returnees are linebackers Ken
Wallace of Philadelphia and
Steve Gates of Carthage.