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Coach Ken Pouncey's East Central Junior Col–
lege Warriors, fresh from
a
stunning
21-18
upset
of nationally-ranked (No.
13J
Pearl River at
Decatur Jast weekend, host the Itawamba In–
dians Saturday night.
The Warriors, now holding down second place
in the South Division standings with a
2-1
mark
12-3
overall). hope to use the Indians as a spr–
ingboard to a vastly improved season.
"We could probably turn the whole season
around with a win over Pearl River ," said
Pouncey before last week's game. As it turned
out, his predic,tion could be right
Itawamba. however, won't roll over and play
dead. The Indians dropped
a
one-sided game
(3G-7>
to powerful Holmes last week and are out
to atone for their poor showing.
In other games Saturday evening in the
Mississippi JC loop, East Mississippi travels to
Booneville to provide Nor theast with its
homecoming opposition; Northwest is at winless
Coahoma: COJliah-Lincoln journeys to Hinds and
South leader Gulf Coast
12-0l
is at Pearl River
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In Thursday night's actiOn, unbeaten Holmes
(4-0 )
defeated previously unbeaten Mississippi
D~lta
14-9
and J ones bombed Southwest,
48-14.
Other scores last week saw Mississippi Delta
hand fifth-ranked Gulf Coast its first
1981
loss,
25-21,
Jones get past East
M~ssissippi,
21-13,
Hinds win its first witll a
14-7
victory over
Nor-
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theast, Southwest blank Coahoma.
41-0,
and Nor–
thwest and Co-Lin battle to a
to-aJJ
standoff.
Pouncey's Warriors as a result of that come–
from-behmd '"'in over PRJC, now hold down the
rwmerup spot in the South with
the
2-1
chart,
but
Pearl River can get right back into the thick
of
things with a win over Gulf Coast
East Central's Micah Hazelwood threw for
three touchdowns a week ago to whip the
heavily-favored Wildcats. His final TD toss went
for
45
yards to Bruce McGee in
th~
fourth period
to pull out the win.
" It
was a total team effort and came after our
bovs worked real hard to get ready for the
game," said the Warrior mentor.
Pouncey will either start Hazelwood or J1m
Kennemer in his " two quarterback" setup
this.
week while Mike Bellew is likely to open at
fullback. Ronnie Parker
at
tailback and Dale
Reese at flanker
Up front. East Central
will
have McGee or
Tony Baker at split end, Earlv Clemons at left
tackle, Scott Qwesenberry at left
~uard.
Ken
Wallace at center. Paul Tatum at nght guard,
M1ke Mason at right tackle and Joe Douglass at
tight end.
Defensive specialists include Jerry GaUaspie
and Fred Lyons at ends ; Kyle Callahan and Paul
Reed at tackles, Lamar Cheatham at nose
guard; Bob Yarbrough, Raymond Alley and
Jessie Judson
at
linebacker and Eddie Goss, Jay
Jones and Bernard
Lee
in the secondary.
Friday, October
9, 1981
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