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ECJC Defeats Coahoma
In
Season Opener
Ea_tCentral J umor College
defeated Coahoma Jumor
Colleee
28-0
m
the
football
seasoo ol)ener
!or
both
teams
The two juruor college
teams fought to a scoreless
deadlock
m
the fU"St quarter
but East Central exploded
m
the
second
quarter scon ng
its
four touchdo\\'11S
and
field
goal all
m
thiS
penod Percv
Johnson, 'Ophomore
wt~
receiver from
bane\
L\
scored tv.1ce on
pa3~ei
'rrom
Stacy Pov. ell, sophomore
quarterbac!. from
Gretna
LA
PO\\ell
:.cored agam on
a
one
yard
rJ.D
and \
~
Warnsle' , a freshman
ta ilback
from furton
'll.ent
over
the
goal
line
from two
yards
out.
A 32
rard
f•eld
goal
from
Dand
Galla'p) ,
sophomore
Wlde
receh·er
from
Decatur
netted the \\
ar·
ore:
an additional
three
pomts
to
brUlR
the
total o 28
~
on
tl'w
Warnor field in
Decatur Sept 3.
East Central's vaunted
defense held coahoma to 103
total yards on offense. and
forced three fumbles. ptcked
off tv.-o passes and blocked
one punt Wayne Suttle,
sophomore defensive back
from Centerville,
AL .
ptcked
off
t'-''0
passes in addttton to
three solo tackles and three
assists while Leroy Bowden,
sophomore linebacker from
Centerville. AL blocked a
punt
and
recovered a fumble
with
his
seven solo tackles
a nd six assists . Other
outstanding defensive umt
plavers were Arthur
Mc~1illan
of
~e'Nton
who had
six solo tackles and stx
assists. Willie Sangster of
Louisville who blocked a
punt, Harry
Hall
of Nox–
apater with a fumble
recovery and Julius Ferrell
of Carthage with a fumble
recoverv.
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Bo Eva ns-. sophomore
tatlback from Hickory was
East Cent ral's leadtng
ground gainer
with
100
vards
in 23 carries . Wamsley.gain–
ed
71
in
five carries while
Loyce Hardy. sophomore
runrung back from Newton.
carried six times for
22
yards.
Gallaspy carried one ttme to
gain
18
yards. East Central
gained a total of
200
yards
m
rushmg for the game with
11
first
downs.
Quarterback Powell com.
pleted seven of
tus
11
a ttemp–
ted passes to gam
111
of
the
123
yards gained byEast Cen–
tral
m
passing.
Punters David Gallaspy
and
Lex
Rtchardson averag.
ed
53.5
y'\rds and
36.5
yards
respectively
m
kicking and
puntmg.
East Central's next home
game is Saturday, Sept.
24
h
n they pia) host to
Coptah-Lincoln Junior Col·
lege. Game time
is
7:30
p m.
on the Wamor field .