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Thursday,
Novem~r
4, 1982
TilE MERIDIAN STAR
Juco Roundup
Playoff Spots Decided
By BILL ZIMMERMAN
Assistant Sports Editor
The Mississippi Junior College Conference
closes out the regular season this week with all of
the playoffs spots decided.
Playoffs begin next week with North Division
champion Northwest battling J ones, the South
Division runnerup. South Division champion Gulf
Coast will play the Itawamba Indians, runnersup
in the North Division.
Unbeaten Northwest, 6-0 in the division and
9~0
overall, trimmed Itawamba 14-3 Saturday to cap–
ture the North Division crown.
Itawamba still managed to clinch a second–
place spot in the division and gain a playoff berth,
however. The Indians are 4-2 in the division and
6-3 overall.
Mississippi Delta can improve it's North Divi–
sion record to 4-2 today with a win over Northeast
However, Delta will not grab a playoff berth
because Itawamba will have a better overall
record.
Delta is currently 3-6 overall, three wins shy of
Itawamba.
Northwest, second-ranked in the national juruor
college poll, hosts No. 4 Gulf Coast Saturday in
wbat could be a possible state championship
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preview. Unbeaten Gulf Coast clipped Hinds
Saturday to improve its record to 6-0 in the divi–
sion and 9-0 overall.
Mitchell Young blocked a punt and returned it 20
yards for a touchdown and Anthony Jackson
scored on a one-yard plunge to spark Northwest
past ltawamba last week.
Itawamba's lone score came on a 36-yard field
goal
by Brad Waycaster.
Gulf Coast averages 29.5 points per game and
has allowed opponents to 9.7 points per contest.
Other games last week saw Holmes blast
Coahoma 54-0, Mississippi Delta nip East
Mississippi
10-7,
Northeast beat Southwest 21-14,
Gulf Coast defeat Hinds 19-10, Jones stop East cen–
tral23-16 and Copiah-Lincoln trounce Pearl River
3(}.15.
There are several heated regular-season finales
this
week besides the Northwest-Gulf Coast
matchup.
East Mississippi travels to Copiah-Lincoln to–
day. Saturday's schedules show Jones' Bobcats at
Coahoma, East Central at Southwest, Hinds at
Itawamba and Holmes at Pearl River
East Central will be seeking its first division win
of the seasorr. The Warriors are G-5
in
the
diYIIion
and 3-6 overall.
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