NEMCC 2011 Web Football Media Guide

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Northeast Mississippi CoMMuNity College

Northeast Football

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Location......................................................................Booneville, MS

Founded........................................................................................1948

President....................................................Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.

Athletic Director.................................................................Ricky Ford

Sports Information Director......................................M. Joseph Miller

Athletic Trainer...............................................................Meghan Sink

Head Football Coach....................................................Ricky Smither

Asst. Football Coaches................................Brad Boyette, Jeff Carter, Travis Macon, Trey Ward (SA)

Head Men’s Basketball Coach.....................................David Robbins

Head Women’s Basketball Coach..............................Brian Alexander

Asst. Basketball Coach.............................................Maurice Stafford

Head Baseball Coach.........................................................Kent Farris

Assistant Baseball Coach..........................................Richy Harrelson

Head Softball Coach...........................................................Jody Long

Golf Coach..................................................................Mike Anderson

Tennis Coach..................................................................Lynn Smither

Cheerleading Coach..................................................Jennifer Johnson

Athletic Phone.............................................................(662) 720-7302

Athletic Office Fax......................................................(662) 728-1165

Athletic E-mail......................................................rgford@nemcc.edu

National Affiliation......................................................National Junior College Athletic Association/Region 23

State Affiliation..........................................Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges

Colors.............................................................................Black & Gold

Mascot.........................................................................................Tiger

Quick Factsabout Northeast Athletics

Table of Contents

p. 3........................................Quick Facts about Northeastp. 4....................................................Presidential Greetingp. 5........................................................Board of Trusteesp. 6...........................................Athletic Director Greetingp. 7-11...............................................Coaches Biographiesp. 12...........................................................Retired Jerseysp. 12..................................................................Fight Songp. 13 ..........................................................Mascot Historyp. 13............................................MACJC All-Star Classicp. 14-15.......................................Game-by-Game Historyp. 16-19....................................................Opponent Seriesp. 19...........................................................All-time Seriesp. 19........................................................All-time Coachesp. 20................................................................Home Datesp. 21................................................................Away Datesp. 22-24.....................................................Season Previewp. 25.......................................................Numerical Rosterp. 26-29................................................Player Biographiesp. 30...................................................Geographical Rosterp. 31.........................................Area High School Coachesp. 32............................................................All-Americansp. 33............................................2010 Division Standingsp. 34..................................................Where are they now?p. 35.......................................Glance at 2010 NE athleticsp. 36...........................................MACJC Master Schedulep. 37..............................Showband from Tigerland Rosterp. 38...........................................2011 Cheerleading SquadBack cover..................................................2011 Schedule

Program Credits

The 2011 Northeast Mis-sissippi Community Col-lege Football Media Guide was produced in the Public Information Office of the college under the direction of Associate Vice Presi-dent of Public Information Tony Finch and Sports Information Director M. Joseph Miller. Layout and design was handled by Michael H. Miller.

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Dear Friends of Northeast:

Thank you for your support of the athletic efforts of Northeast Mississippi Community College. Each coach and each athlete has worked hard to ensure that our teams are ready to give perfor-mances that make you proud to be a “Tiger Fan.” Northeast exists to provide educational, recreational and social resources for students and supporters to grow and enjoy their accomplishments.

While you are on campus, I hope you have a safe and enjoy-able visit. I trust you will use this opportunity to get to know our students, coaches and staff. We are always ready to assist you to enjoy your time with us.

Thank you for everything that you do to encourage and support our efforts. We are always glad to have you on our campus.

Sincerely,

Johnny L. Allen

President

Letter from the President

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Board of

TrusteesT. Jack Ramsey

ChairmanTenure of Service: 1983

Tishomingo County/Banker

Troy Holliday Vice Chairman

Tenure of Service: 1964Tippah CountyBusinessman

John O. CunninghamSecretary

Tenure of Service: 1995Prentiss County

Businessman

Ken Basil Tenure of Service: 2008

Union CountySuperintendent of

Education

Bill Breedlove Tenure of Service: 1999

Prentiss CountyBusinessman

Wayne Butler Tenure of Service: 2007

Alcorn CountyRetire Educator

Alvie BlakeneyTenure of Service: 2011

Tishomingo CountyRetire Businessman

Douglas Jackson Tenure of Service: 1995

Tippah CountyRetired Educator

Malcolm Kuykendall Tenure of Service: 2006

Tishomingo CountySuperintendent of

Education

Tracie Langston Tenure of Service: 2004

Prentiss CountyBusinesswoman

Sam McCoy Tenure of Service: 1988

Prentiss CountyBusinessman

David ‘Bubba’ Pounds

Tenure of Service: 2009Prentiss County

County Government

Stacy Suggs Tenure of Service: 2008

Alcorn CountySuperintendent of

Education

Luzene Triplett Tenure of Service: 2002

Prentiss CountyRetire Educator

Vance Witt Tenure of Service: 2007

Union CountyBusinessman

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Former Northeast women’s basketball coach Ricky Ford left his “built Ford tough” mark on many Lady Tiger teams since coming to North-east in 1981.

After the 2010-11 season, Ford decided to hang it up and went into his victory lap through the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC).

On March 7, 2011 Ford announced he was stepping down as women’s basketball coach at Northeast.

Ford ended his career at Northeast with an overall record of 588-226.

While wins have not been on the coach’s mind, the satisfaction of a job well done kept Ford going at Northeast for 30 seasons.

Building success on and off the court was what Ford did since coming to Northeast Mis-sissippi Junior College in 1981.

During his 30-year coaching career, Ford only had four sub-.500 seasons and the first of those did not come until his 2002-03 Lady Ti-gers finished 11-12 but even it finished as the North Division runner-up.

Within five years since taking over the Lady Tiger program in 1981, Ford had transformed the Lady Tigers into national title contenders that included a national runner-up finish in 1986 and a national championship in 1987.

During Ford’s illustrious career, the Lady Tiger basketball coach led his team to 15 North Division titles, nine MACJC State Champion-

ships with 6 (six) of those state championships being consecutive and three Region XXIII crowns while leading the Lady Tigers to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) national basketball tournament on three separate occasions.

Ford went to the national tournament a final time in 2005-06 as the Lady Tigers captured the North Division, MACJC State and Region XXIII titles and finished the season as the na-tion’s No. 21-ranked team after appearing in the national event in Salina, Kan.

Following his final national tournament ap-pearance, Ford was honored as the Division I, District O, Region XXIII Coach of the Year - an award that is given to the head coach of each of the 16 regional championship teams.

One year after his national tournament ap-pearance, Ford continued his success in the MACJC as the veteran mentor led the Lady ti-

gers back to the Region XXIII tournament for a twenty-fifth straight year as the Lady Tigers once again captured the North Division - their fourth straight division title - and successfully defended their 2006 MACJC State Title.

Ford was appointed Dean of Student Servic-es at the beginning of the 2011 spring semester following the retirement of Kenneth Pounders, and is currently in his sixth year as athletic di-rector for the college.

His responsibilities as athletic director has Ford overseeing the day-to-day operations of an athletic department that features eight varsity sports, an all-female cheerleading squad and also coordinates the annual MACJC All-Star Football Classic game that is held each year in December.

Prior to coming to Northeast, Ford built suc-cessful basketball programs at Booneville High School coaching the Lady Blue Devils for four years and the Blue Devils for a pair of seasons.

Ford’s overall careen record stands at 676-253 and carries a winning percentage of 72.7 percent into retirement.

An alumnus of Northeast and former Tiger basketball player under Kenneth Lindsey, Ford earned a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University and a master’s degree from the University of Mississippi.

Ricky and his wife LuAnne have four chil-dren, Aaron, Lauren, Suzanne, and Ben.

Athletic Director Ricky Ford

Parents, Fans, Supporters, Alumni,On behalf of the Athletic Department at Northeast Mississippi Community College, I want to welcome you to this

athletic event. We hope that your visit today will create an interest that will encourage you to come back. As we strive for excellence

in the classroom and in the athletic arena, we would like to encourage every one of you to become involved in all aspects of our athletic department.

As we try to reach the highest level with all of our sports programs we must continue to work very hard to be the very best we can be. We are looking for all avenues of resources to build on our already competitive programs.

Within the last five (5) years, we have steadily improved every one of our athletic teams. We now have great leader-ship in all of our athletic programs and we are very excited about what the future holds for all of them. We would like to invite you to become a part of our Athletic booster club and help us as we strive to reach the highest level.

Our goal is to educate our student/athletes to a level that will put them at the very top in their perspective sport. In addition, we want our athletes to be some of our most productive citizens. Again, welcome to the NEMCC campus and we hope you have a very enjoyable visit and we welcome you back at any time either to visit our campus or to attend another athletic event.

Thanks!Ricky G. Ford

Athletic Director, NEMCC

Letter from the Athletic Director

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Ricky Smither returns for his fourth year at the helm for the Tigers foot-ball program entering into the 2011 season.In his first year as head coach, Smither’s overall record was 1-8 however, he was able to improve to 2-6 overall in 2009 with three of the six losses going into extra pe-riods. One of the biggest wins for Smither came in a 28-21 victory over Itawamba Community College in September of 2009.However, in 2010, Smither proved that he was the man for the job as the Tiger football continued to get better as his team posted its twelfth winning season in the college’s 51-year football history when Smither’s troops finished with a 5-4 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the Mis-sissippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division in 2010. Northeast’s 4-2 mark in the North Division helped the Tigers finish in a tie for second place in the ultra competitive North Division.Smither helped Northeast garnered national attention during week six of the season after the Tigers were able to knock off defending MACJC State Champion East Mississippi 49-42 in a shootout in Scooba where Tiger running back Jaquise Cook (Ripley) ran for 267 yards and four scores against the Lions. Cook was awarded the National Junior Col-lege Athletic Association (NJCAA) Player of the Week honors follow-ing his week six performance.In addition to posting the team’s first winning season since 2005, the Tiger football team also captured the attention of the national media

when Northeast was included in the NJCAA National Top 20 Foot-ball Poll for the week of October 19, 2010 at No. 18 after the Tigers opened up the season 5-2.Smither’s journey to commander-in-chief for NEMCC first presented itself back on July 3, 2008 when he became the college’s 13th head football coach in school history.Smither began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Delta State University in 1995, later accepting a coaching position at Cleveland (Miss.) High School in 1997. He made the move to community col-lege coaching in 1998, joining the staff at Coahoma Community Col-lege. From 1999-2006, Smither enjoyed stints at East Side High School (Miss.), H.L. Bourgeois High School (Louisiana), while also working at the Division-I level as an assistant coach at Mississippi Valley State University (2002-04).Smither came on board at Northeast as assistant football coach, coaching the offensive line, in February 2007, before Smither accepting the job as the Tigers head coach.Smither enjoyed success as the Tigers’ offensive line coach. His first offensive line group at North-

east sported two four-year college signees: Reggie Wade (Jacksonville State) and Greg Magnifico (Bel-haven).Some of his most recent players to move on were standouts like defen-sive tackle John Brown, who signed with the University of Tennessee, and safety LaDarrius Madden along with offensive lineman DeMarkus Underwood who both signed to play for the University of Troy, while an-other safety John Ware inked with the University of North Alabama, and wide-out Josh Jarboe signed with Arkansas State.Smither graduated from Delta State University with a Master’s in Edu-cation. Ricky and his wife Lynn have two children; Russ and Kait-lyn.

Head Coach Ricky Smither

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Jeff Carter enters his second year as the Tigers’ defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach after leading the Tiger defense to top rankings in 2010.Carter’s stingy defense ranked fifth -- out of the 14 MACJC community colleges last season -- in rushing de-fense, only allowing 126 yards per game on the ground while the Ti-gers were also ranked number four in passing yards per game (ypg) only allowing 163 ypg.In additon, Carter’s defense forced 16 turnovers while two of his play-ers finished in the top ten for total tackles and total interceptions in 2010.Before coming to Northeast in 2010, Carter served as Itawamba’s offensive coordinator and helped lead the Indians to the playoffs in four of his final five seasons and kept the Indian offense atop the rankings. Under Carter’s offensive leader-ship, Itawamba’s football team be-came one of only four programs in the state of Mississippi to qualify for the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) playoffs in four of the last five years. At Itawamba, Carter gave up his defensive passion to help the Indi-

ans on the offensive side of the ball. In 2005, Carter led the Indians to a top five finish in offense and a 6-1 mark before posting back-to-back 7-2 records as the Indian offense continued to shine. Prior to joining the Itawamba coaching staff, Carter was a phar-maceutical sales representative with Astra Zeneca and Sepracor but the Ole Miss graduate has spent most of his professional career on the side-lines. Beginning in 1996-1998, Carter roamed the sidelines at Tupelo High School as defensive coordinator and strength coordinator before jumping to the junior college ranks in Febru-ary 1998. During Carter’s two years with the Golden Wave, Tupelo’s

defense rated as the top ranked de-fense in the state of Mississippi. Carter got his first taste of junior college football as the defensive coordinator for Northwest Missis-sippi Community College leading the Rangers to the North Division championship and a berth in the Mineral Water Bowl during the 1998 season. In his final season for the Rebels, Carter was honored as the second-ever Chucky Mullins Memorial Courage Award recipient in 1991. The three-year Rebel starter was the first person to don Chucky Mullins’ No. 38 following Mullins’ passing in May 1991. Carter and his wife, Rachelle have two boys Jacob and Justin.

Defensive Coordinator Jeff Carter

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Brad Boyette’s 2011 coaching year will make his ninth year as a Ti-ger coach where he has spent time prowling the side lines for North-east.Boyette spent his first four years from 2003-2006 coaching the of-fensive line but made the move to defense in 2007 to orchestrate the Tiger defense. In 2010 Boyette moved back to the offensive side of the ball as the of-fensive line coach and will man that station again in 2011.Before getting the call to travel to Booneville, Boyette coached at Horn Lake High School where he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Boyette helped coach that offense in 2002 that led the state in scoring and yards per game. During the 2003-2006 seasons, Boyette’s offensive lines played a major role in the transformation of a traditionally conservative Tiger offense into one of the most potent attacks in the state. During the 2006 season, the Tigers ranked tenth in the country in total offense, racking up 399 yards per game.A Holly Springs native, Boyette also coached at Olive Branch High School for five years under the leg-endary Leslie Pool and at Holly

Springs High School.A tireless worker, Boyette has sent many offensive linemen on to the next level, including first team All-State selections Hollis Hoskins (Ar-kansas Tech) and Antezdra Thigpen

(North Alabama).Boyette is a graduate of the Univer-sity of Mississippi. Boyette and his wife, the former Lee Braddock of Southaven, have three children; Lara, Asa, and Gabi.

Offensive Line Coach Brad Boyette

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A former Northeast Tiger football player will hold down the defensive line coaching position again in 2011 for head coach Ricky Smither.After coaching the offensive line in 2008, Macon moved over the defensive side of the ball in 2009 and will look to continue his defensive tactics in 2011. This will be Coach Macon’s first season as a full-time coach after being promoted over the summer of 2011. Travis Macon, a native of Starkville, Miss., and graduate of Starkville High School (SHS), played football under the direction of head coach Chuck Fran during his time at SHS. During his high school career, Macon helped the Yellow Jackets win back to back state titles from 1995-97. After graduating high school, Macon moved on to Northeast Mississippi Community College as a student-athlete where he played football for head coach Laurin Collins from 1998-99. Macon then transferred to the University of Mississippi where he played offensive tackle for the Rebels from 2000-02 for head coach David Cutcliffe. Macon helped the Rebels to an appearance in the Music City Bowl in 2000. After his playing career at Ole Miss, Macon even-tually decided to begin his coaching career at Northeast in the fall of 2008. During his first year as a student-assistant, Macon coached the offensive line that sent two offensive linemen to four-year institutions, Daryl Petty (Northwestern Oklahoma State University) and Heath Blount (University of South Alabama).Macon is married to Deimara and they have three children, Haleih, Brian, and Ambrielle.

Defensive Line Coach Travis Macon

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Jennifer Johnson bounced her way into be-ing the Northeast Mississippi Community Col-lege cheerleading coach in late October 2008.

Johnson, who has been involved cheerlead-ing for the majority of her lifetime, started her cheer career as one of 15 cheerleaders at J. Sterling Morton East High School in Ciero, Ill., where the student population was made up of more than 5,800 students.

Following graduation, Johnson and her fam-ily moved to Booneville with Johnson eventu-ally joining the Itawamba Community College Indianette dance team before coming back to Prentiss County and Northeast.

After graduating from the University of Mis-sissippi in May 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, Johnson joined the staff at Olive Branch Middle School where she was the seventh grade language arts instructor and in charge of 24 eighth grade cheerleaders her first year.

Johnson rose to the top of the cheerleading ranks when she took the New Site High School cheerleading squad to a second place finish in the Mississippi High School Activities Associa-tion’s State Cheerleading Competition in 2005. Johnson pushed the New Site cheerleaders to a second place finish in the Universal Cheerlead-

ing Association’s (UCA) Dixie Championship Regional earning the Lady Royals a berth in the 2006 UCA High School Nationals in Or-lando, Fla., in 2006. Johnson’s team turned in a 26-place performance in the national competi-tion and earned a superior squad rating.

Johnson decided to take time off from cheer-leading to take care of her baby boy after almost two years at New Site but the spirit was still there and when the position opened at Northeast in the fall 2008, Johnson bounded at the chance.

During her time in northeast Mississippi, Johnson has also taught at Baldwyn Middle School and coached cheerleading squads at Marietta Elementary School.

Johnson led the Marietta Lady Raiders to a third place showing in both 2003 and 2004 and

received the Most Improved squad at cheerlead-ing camp.

Johnson also sponsors her own cheerleading gymnasium ‘ Northeast Mississippi Academy of Cheerleading’ that opened in September 2004.

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Cheerleading Coach Jennifer Johnson

Meghan Sink begins her first year as head athletic trainer for the Northeast athletic pro-gram.

In her day-to-day operation, Sink overseas the daily treatment and rehabilitation needs of student-athletes for Northeast’s eight varsity sports and an all-female cheerleading squad.

Sink comes to Northeast from Mississippi State University in Starkville where she was a graduate assistant athletic trainer with the school’s volleyball.

During her time with the MSU volleyball team, Sink was solely responsible for the daily treatment and rehabilitation needs of student-athletes and managed home andaway practices and competition. She also helped cover the MSU football team in the summer of 2010, assisting with the setup and coverage of con-ditioning drills and provided athletic training room coverage during workouts.

Sink completed her Master of Science in Ki-nesiology with a concentration in exercise sci-ence from Mississippi State during her time in Starkville in 2011.

Before coming to Starkville, Sink, spent six years at the University of North Florida assist-ing its athletic program.

Sink acquired her Bachelor of Science in

Athletic Training from the University of North Florida in 2009, which is certified by the Com-mission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).

During her time at the University of North Florida, Sink provided support to the Provi-dence School in Jacksonville, Fla., the Bolles School, the Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute as well as Jacksonville University’s football program and the University of North Florida’s men and women’s track and field programs.

Sink is no stranger to the Mississippi heat after clocking time at Mississippi State Youth Camps during the 2010 and 2011 summer. Sink has also assisted the Ponte Vedra Beach (Fla.) High School football camps and the Bishop Kenny (Fla.) High School football and baseball

camps as well as the Bolles School Youth Foot-ball Camps.

Sink holds an athletic training board certi-fication as well as is certified by the American Heart Association in Heartsaver First Aid as well as HealthCare Provider cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external de-fibrillation (AED).

Sink has been a member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association, the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Athletic Trainers Association of Florida since 2008 and was a member of the University of North Flori-da Athletic Training Students’ Association dur-ing her time in Jacksonville, Fla.

Athletic Trainer Meghan Sink

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Retired JerseysNortheast athletic department officials have announced the retirement of nine jerseys worn

by former Tiger athletes who played or are currently playing on the professional level.

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David “Nub” Strickland (‘55)

Holly SpringsDenver Broncos

(NFL)

Adrian Smith (‘56)

Kirksey, KYCincinatti Royals

(NBA)

Mike Williams (‘81)

Atmore, ALPhiladelphia Eagles (NFL)

Jackie Perry (‘86)

Jackson, TNInt’l Women’s

Basketball League Boa-Viagem, Portugal

Qyntel Woods (‘02)

Memphis, TNPortland

Trailblazers (NBA)

Michael Boireau (‘98)

North Miami, FLMinnesota Vikings

(NFL)

Dontae Jones(‘95)

Nashville, TNNew York Knicks

(NBA)

Mitch McNeely(‘94)

New AlbanyLos Angeles

Dodgers (MLB)

Jerome Woods (‘93)

Memphis, TNKansas City Chiefs

(NFL)

Go, Fight, Win“Go --- Tigers, We’re behind you.

Fight --- till the battle’s over.Win --- for --- the pride of Northeast

Gain the Victory!

Go!.........................Fight!.....................Win!.......................

N.E.M.C.C.

Lyrics by former Northeast director of bands and ‘74 alumnus Ricky Bishop.Sung to the tune of “The Victors,” (L.Elbel) the University of Michigan fight song.

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Arnold

When Northeast was founded in 1948, Bonner Arnold served as physical education instructor, men’ basketball coach and athletic director.

Arnold and legendary University of Kentucky Wildcat men’s basketball coach Adolph Rupp were friends and as a result of this friendship and the success of the Kentucky basketball program, Arnold wanted the school’s athletic teams to sport a similar nickname.

“Fighting Tigers” was adopted as the school’s mascot. Later, the school’s athletic program grew to include men’s and women’s varsity

sports. “Fighting” was dropped and the teams became known as the “Tigers” and “Lady Tigers.”

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Mississippi’s annual junior college all-star football classic went along historical lines in the thirty-seventh showing at Tiger Stadium in Booneville Saturday, December 4.

With the series tied 17-17-2, both sides squared off for the first 56 minutes before the North was able to break free and capture the lead in the series with a 16-0 win.

Brandon Lawrence’s (Northwest) 20-yard interception return for a touchdown gave the North a 7-0 lead with 13:03 to go in the third quarter, both squads locked horns for the remainder of the second half until the North all-stars iced the game late.

The South all-stars looked to take advantage of a North turnover early in the fourth quarter when Jason Catchings (Copiah-Lincoln) stepped in front of a Garrick Jones (Coahoma) option flip and came away with the recovery for the South, returning the pigskin to mid-field.

Northwest defensive lineman Ranaldo Buck proved to be the drive stopper for the North when he broke through on a fourth-and-one from the North 44 and clogged Jones County’s TraMarcus Toney progress on the fourth-down attempt.

Kevin Buford (Northwest), who tacked on the PAT following Law-rence’s score, booted through a 31-yard field goal with four minutes left in the game to give the North a 10-0 lead but the ensuing kickoff sealed the win for the North.

Holmes Community College’s Drew Dennis raced down the field untouched and recovered the live ball for the North at the South’s 22-yard line.

After a completion to Holmes’ Harry Peoples moved the ball to the 10, Coahoma’s Garrick Jones found his teammate Hollis Moore in the back corner of the end zone for the insurance score with 2:41 remaining in the game.

In the first half, both squads had opportunities to break the shutout but came up short.

South kicker Travis Bradley (Pearl River) misfired on a 32-yard

field goal in the first half and the North dropped a wide-open touch-down pass late in the half that would have given the North the lead.

Awards for the day included TraMarcus Toney capturing the South’s Offensive Most Valuable Player and the Keith Daniels Memo-rial trophy and Pearl River’s Jarvis McCann being named the South’s Defensive Most Valuable Player.

On the North side, East Mississippi Brad Henderson was named the North’s Most Valuable Player and was the recipient of the Hubert Tucker Memorial trophy while Northwest’s Ranaldo Buck was the North’s defensive Most Valuable Player.

Moore, after pulling down four passes for 45 yards and a touch-down was named the game’s overall Most Valuable Player and re-ceived the James H. ‘Wookie’ Gray Memorial trophy.

North shuts out South in All-Star contestNorthern victory leads

to 18-17-2 series advantage

Northeast running back Jaquise Cook (22) of Ripley stiff-arms his way out of the tackle of Jones County’s Corey Cooley during fourth quarter action of the thirty-seventh annual Mississippi Association of Community ad Junior College’s (MACJC) All-Star Football Classic at Tiger Stadium in Booneville.

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1949 Woody Johnson (5-5-1) NE 34 Senatobia 0 NE 13 Decatur 31 NE 27 Bethel, TN 6 NE 21 Ellisville 6 NE 37 Martin, TN 0 NE 6 Poplarville 34 NE 41 Fulton 0 NE 40 Perkinston 15 NE 27 Hinds 60 NE 19 Moorhead 31 NE 20 Union, TN 20

1950 Doug Hamley (6-2-2) NE 31 Northwest 0 NE 7 East Central 12 NE 21 Bethel 13 NE 20 Ellisville 12 NE 21 UT College 6 NE 20 Pearl River 7 NE 0 Itawamba 0 NE 20 Perkinston 20 NE 0 Hinds 19 NE 32 Sunflower 14

1951 Doug Hamley (5-4-1) NE 0 Little Rock 6 NE 6 Decatur 7 NE 34 Northwest 14 NE 7 Ellisville 7 NE 19 Gulf Coast 7 NE 7 Pearl River 27 NE 37 Scooba 0 NE 47 UT College 0 NE 7 Hinds 54 NE 33 Itawamba 7

1952 Charles Borde (1-7-1) NE 13 Fulton 14 NE 6 East Central 14 NE 13 Senatobia 7 NE 14 Ellisville 14 NE 13 Perkinston 41 NE 0 Pearl River 38 NE 13 Scooba 39 NE 13 UT College 19 NE 14 Hinds 66

1953 Charles Borde (4-8) NE 13 East Mississippi 19 NE 26 Little Rock, Ark. 13 NE 13 East Central 20 NE 14 Northwest 12 NE 6 Jones County 21 NE 26 UT-Martin 14 NE 0 Gulf Coast 17 NE 0 Pearl River 52 NE 13 East Mississippi 17 NE 0 Hinds 69 NE 21 Sunflower 40 NE 19 Itawamba 7

1954 Charles Borde (5-6) NE 12 East Central 7 NE 2 Little Rock 27 NE 50 Marion Institute 0 NE 0 Jones County 46 NE 0 Pearl River 19 NE 21 Holmes County 25 NE 19 Sunflower 20 NE 7 East Mississippi 9 NE 37 Northwest 12 NE 32 UT-Martin 16 NE 19 Itawamba 15

1955 Horace McCool (3-6) NE 2 East Central 27 NE 6 Memphis St. 7 NE 12 Jones County 26 NE 0 Pearl River 14

NE 25 Holmes 13 NE 0 Sunflower 40 NE 13 Scooba 7 NE 7 Northwest 13 NE 27 Itawamba 7

1956 Horace McCool (10-1) NE 27 East Central 7 NE 26 Arkansas State 14 NE 25 Gordon Military 14 NE 26 Jones 41 NE 31 UT College 7 NE 25 Holmes 0 NE 31 Livingston St. 19 NE 33 Scooba 13 NE 6 Northwest 0 NE 20 ICC 7 NE 41 West Georgia 0

1968 Bill Ward (4-5) NE 33 Southwest 20 NE 28 Hinds 17 NE 14 Holmes 37 NE 19 East Central 24 NE 34 East Mississippi 37 NE 41 Northwest 22 NE 16 Copiah-Lincoln 20 NE 48 Itawamba 14 NE 7 Perkinston 43

1969 Bill Ward (7-2) NE 39 Southwest 21 NE 15 Hinds 13 NE 16 Holmes 20 NE 48 East Central 14 NE 13 East Mississippi 27 NE 40 Northwest 21 NE 21 Copiah-Lincoln 17 NE 20 Itawamba 18 NE 28 Perkinston 14

1970 Bill Ward (4-6) NE 3 Pearl River 26 NE 26 East Mississippi 21 NE 21 Southwest 20 NE 12 Mississippi Delta 6 NE 13 Itawamba 12 NE 17 Hinds 18 NE 18 Northwest 54 NE 15 East Central 32 NE 6 Holmes 38 NE 14 Jones 25

1971 Bill Ward (0-10) NE 0 Pearl River 29 NE 14 East Mississippi 37 NE 7 Southwest 21 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 26 NE 22 Itawamba 74 NE 6 Hinds 20 NE 21 Northwest 75 NE 7 East Central 41 NE 12 Holmes 23 NE 12 Jones 46 1972 Bill Ward (2-8) NE 24 Gulf Coast 35 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 28 NE 6 Southwest 0 NE 0 Itawamba 14 NE 16 Northwest 7 NE 3 East Central 19 NE 16 Hinds 28 NE 13 East Mississippi 14 NE 7 Pearl River 33 NE 3 Holmes 18 1973 Bill Ward (4-6)NE 6 Gulf Coast 34 NE 27 Mississippi Delta 45 NE 20 Southwest 19

NE 14 Itawamba 53 NE 0 Northwest 12 NE 23 East Central 20 NE 14 Hinds 7 NE 17 East Mississippi 19 NE 3 Pearl River 20 NE 20 Holmes 3

1974 Bill Ward (4-6-1) NE 23 Hinds 10 NE 0 ICC 13 NE 6 Northwest 27 NE 22 Co-Lin 0 NE 14 East Mississippi 24 NE 7 Holmes 17 NE 29 Baptist Christian 14 NE 13 Pearl River 31 NE 34 East Central 17 NE 21 Mississippi Delta 28 NE 20 Southwest 20 1975 Bill Ward (1-7-2)NE 7 Hinds 7 NE 15 ICC 24 NE 6 Northwest 6 NE 13 Co-Lin 15 NE 24 East Mississippi 28 NE 19 Holmes 7 NE 10 Pearl River 14 NE 15 East Central 20 NE 6 Mississippi Delta 7 NE 22 Southwest 40 1976 Bill Ward (4-6) NE 16 Southwest 7 NE 6 Gulf Coast 24 NE 12 Coahoma 28 NE 13 Holmes 7 NE 10 Co-Lin 28 NE 20 East Mississippi 11 NE 19 Itawamba 28 NE 0 Northwest 28 NE 31 Mississippi Delta 14 NE East Central

1977 Bill Ward (6-4) NE 7 Southwest 14 NE 32 Gulf Coast 7 NE 32 Coahoma 0 NE 10 Holmes 0 NE 38 Co-Lin 7 NE 4 East Mississippi 20 NE 11 Itawamba 12 NE 42 Northwest 28 NE 10 Mississippi Delta 0 NE 19 East Central 21

1978 Bill Ward (0-10) NE 14 Pearl River 20 NE 3 Holmes 7 NE 6 Hinds 12 NE 8 Coahoma 9 NE 6 Gulf Coast 10 NE 7 East Mississippi 14 NE 0 Itawamba 26 NE 0 Jones 26 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 13 NE 18 Northwest 40 1979 Bill Ward (6-5) NE 7 Pearl River 41 NE 10 Holmes 0 NE 27 Hinds 20 NE 6 Coahoma 0 NE 9 Gulf Coast 27 NE 14 East Mississippi 6 NE 10 Itawamba 17 NE 14 Jones 28 NE 15 Mississippi Delta 14 NE 41 Northwest 3 NE 0 Jones 23

1980 Bill Ward (9-2)NE 16 Copiah-Lincoln 6 NE 17 Coahoma 6 NE 26 Jones 23 NE 19 Holmes 7 NE 35 Hinds 28 NE 35 East Mississippi 14 NE 25 Itawamba 7 NE 45 Mississippi Delta 0 NE 26 Northwest 0 NE 17 Pearl River 27 NE 3 Jones 19

1981 Bill Ward (1-9)NE 14 Copiah-Lincoln 36 NE 55 Coahoma 18 NE 21 Jones 47 NE 7 Holmes 27 NE 7 Hinds 14 NE 0 East Mississippi 29 NE 13 Itawamba 21 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 28 NE 9 Northwest 21 NE 14 Pearl River 21 1982 Bill Ward (4-6) NE 0 Gulf Coast 31 NE 19 Holmes 21 NE 29 East Central 7 NE 31 Coahoma 10 NE 19 East Mississippi 31 NE 19 Itawamba 20 NE 17 Jones 20 NE 0 Northwest 41 NE 24 Southwest 14 NE 35 Mississippi Delta 0

1983 David Carnell (4-7) NE 0 Gulf Coast 33 NE 15 Holmes 7 NE 10 East Central 14 NE 45 Coahoma 0 NE 14 East Mississippi 13 NE 12 Itawamba 11 NE 12 Jones 23 NE 0 Northwest 47 NE 14 Southwest 17 NE 14 Mississippi Delta 17 NE Gulf Coast

1984 David Carnell (0-10)NE 6 Hinds 21 NE 10 Coahoma 15 NE Southwest NE 6 Holmes 30 NE 3 Gulf Coast 33 NE 14 Itawamba 29 NE 13 East Mississippi 15 NE 35 Northwest 49 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 42 NE 2 Jones 36 1985 David Carnell (1-9)NE 9 Hinds 14 NE 13 Coahoma 30 NE 6 Southwest 14 NE 6 Holmes 5 NE 3 Gulf Coast 19 NE Itawamba NE East Mississippi NE 13 Northwest 31 NE 23 Mississippi Delta 31 NE Jones

1986 Johnny Plummer (5-5)NE 26 Jones 17 NE 29 Holmes 18 NE 20 Pearl River 36 NE 34 Coahoma 19 NE 20 Gulf Coast 10 NE 14 Itawamba 22

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NE 9 East Mississippi 10 NE 17 Mississippi Delta 14 NE 14 Northwest 43 NE 0 Hinds 12 1987 Johnny Plummer (6-4-1)NE 14 Jones 3 NE 7 Holmes 7 NE 14 Pearl River 38 NE 52 Coahoma 0 NE 24 Gulf Coast 7 NE 21 Itawamba 17 NE 3 East Mississippi 0 NE 35 Mississippi Delta 28 NE 23 Northwest 38 NE 0 Hinds 34 NE 14 Hinds 42 1988 Johnny Plummer (4-5-1)NE 16 East Central 20 NE 14 Coahoma 7 NE 14 Holmes 35 NE 6 Copiah-Lincoln 17 NE 7 Itawamba 7 NE 10 Pearl River 3 NE 9 East Mississippi 14 NE 25 Mississippi Delta 8 NE 10 Northwest 31 NE 31 Southwest 7 1989 Johnny Plummer (4-6) NE 13 East Central 7 NE 40 Coahoma 14 NE 7 Holmes 18 NE 11 Copiah-Lincoln 18 NE 7 Itawamba 21 NE 35 Pearl River 25 NE 14 East Mississippi 21 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 43 NE 14 Northwest 49 NE 28 Southwest 6 1990 Hubert Tucker (2-7-1)NE 7 Southwest 30 NE 24 Gulf Coast 24 NE 27 Coahoma 10 NE 27 Holmes 13 NE 0 Co-Lin 24 NE 24 East Mississippi 36 NE 24 Itawamba 50 NE 13 Northwest 54 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 34 NE 14 East Central 31 1991 Hubert Tucker (4-5-1) NE 17 Southwest 24 NE 28 Gulf Coast 14 NE 39 Coahoma 0 NE 10 Holmes 9 NE 14 Co-Lin 20 NE 28 East Mississippi 21 NE 0 Itawamba 0 NE 3 Northwest 31 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 33 NE 15 East Central 29 1992 Hubert Tucker (4-6) NE 14 Pearl River 21 NE 15 Holmes 31 NE 0 Hinds 34 NE 42 Coahoma 0 NE 28 Gulf Coast 24

NE 21 East Mississippi 14 NE 6 Itawamba 28 NE 17 Jones 14 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 23 NE 8 Northwest 22 1993 Hubert Tucker (3-6-1)NE 14 Pearl River 45 NE 13 Holmes 23 NE 0 Hinds 27 NE 30 Coahoma 8 NE 21 Gulf Coast 20 NE 35 East Mississippi 19 NE 6 Itawamba 29 NE 0 Jones 34 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 17 NE 27 Northwest 27 1994 Hubert Tucker (3-7) NE 0 Co-Lin 15 NE 36 Coahoma 14 NE 22 Jones 46 NE 12 Holmes 26 NE 6 Hinds 36 NE 26 East Mississippi 14 NE 0 Itawamba 45 NE 14 Mississippi Delta 12 NE 14 Northwest 21 NE 34 Pearl River 47 1995 Gunter Brewer (0-10) NE 3 Co-Lin 20 NE 24 Coahoma 26 NE 24 Jones 40 NE 0 Holmes 32 NE 0 Hinds 38 NE 9 East Mississippi 42 NE 0 Itawamba 34 NE 39 Mississippi Delta 44 NE 13 Northwest 35 NE 0 Pearl River 7 1996 Laurin Collins (1-9)NE 0 Pearl River 21 NE 7 East Central 36 NE 6 Southwest 16 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 45 NE 0 Holmes 41 NE 7 Northwest 20 NE 12 East Mississippi 37 NE 33 Coahoma 0 NE 0 Itawamba 43 NE 6 Co-Lin 19 1997 Laurin Collins (2-8) NE 7 Pearl River 25 NE 3 East Central 9 NE 14 Southwest 21 NE 10 Mississippi Delta 7 NE 8 Holmes 41 NE 13 Northwest 42 NE 0 East Mississippi 21 NE 22 Coahoma 18 NE 14 Itawamba 22 NE 0 Co-Lin 23

1998 Laurin Collins (1-9) NE 0 Southwest 23 NE 13 Co-Lin 14 NE 0 Jones 30 NE 0 Holmes 20

NE 17 Northwest 51 NE 14 Gulf Coast 48 NE 21 Coahoma 20 NE 14 East Mississippi 31 NE 31 Itawamba 38 NE 10 Mississippi Delta 34 1999 Laurin Collins (0-10) NE 6 Southwest 19 NE 0 Co-Lin 17 NE 0 Jones 28 NE 6 Holmes 34 NE 12 Northwest 58 NE 0 Gulf Coast 35 NE 3 Coahoma 17 NE 0 East Mississippi 44 NE 13 Itawamba 31 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 37 2000 Laurin Collins (2-8) NE 21 Jones 12 NE 6 Gulf Coast 32 NE 3 Hinds 45 NE 0 Northwest 63 NE 0 East Mississippi 21 NE 48 Coahoma 0 NE 17 Mississippi Delta 34 NE 14 Itawamba 45 NE 21 Pearl River 54 NE 27 Holmes 29 2001 Bobby Hall (3-6) NE 7 Gulf Coast 29 NE 3 Hinds 53 NE 28 Northwest 27 NE 41 East Mississippi 14 NE 35 Coahoma 8 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 13 NE 14 Itawamba 24 NE 34 Pearl River 40 NE 21 Holmes 35 2002 Bobby Hall (7-3) NE 13 Pearl River 6 NE 14 East Central 7 NE 3 East Mississippi 0 NE 2 Southwest 20 NE 29 Coahoma 0 NE 35 Itawamba 19 NE 18 Mississippi Delta 0 NE 7 Holmes 6 NE 3 Northwest 27 NE 0 Jones 15 2003 Andy Greening (3-6) NE 3 Pearl River 43 NE 17 East Central 13 NE 17 East Mississippi 44 NE 26 Southwest 25 NE 44 Coahoma 16 NE 31 Itawamba 34 NE 18 Mississippi Delta 28 NE 24 Holmes 27 NE 26 Northwest 34

2004 Andy Greening (7-3) NE 9 Southwest 0 NE 45 Co-Lin 14 NE 43 Coahoma 13 NE 31 Holmes 3 NE 24 Itawamba 13

NE 16 Mississippi Delta 17 NE 14 Jones 24 NE 19 Northwest 16 NE 31 East Mississippi 16 NE 6 Hinds 30 2005 Andy Greening (7-2) NE 20 Holmes 13 NE 41 Itawamba 0 NE 42 Mississippi Delta 0 NE 23 Jones 7 NE 38 Northwest 14 NE 45 East Mississippi 27 NE 30 Coahoma 14 NE 20 Pearl River 27 NE 14 Trinity Valley (BG) 24 2006 Andy Greening (3-6) NE 10 Jones County 31 NE 7 Gulf Coast 42 NE 10 Hinds 14 NE 14 Northwest 31 NE 24 Itawamba 29 NE 8 East Mississippi 25 NE 48 Mississippi Delta 25 NE 44 Coahoma 16 NE 12 Holmes 2 2007 Andy Greening (2-7) NE 9 Jones County 39 NE 7 Gulf Coast 34 NE 13 Hinds 14 NE 24 Northwest 26 NE 13 Itawamba 20 NE 27 East Mississippi 31 NE 44 Mississippi Delta 24 NE 36 Coahoma 6 NE 0 Holmes 13 2008 Ricky Smither (1-8) NE 2 Hinds 0 NE 10 Pearl River 38 NE 9 Itawamba 12 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 35 NE 7 Holmes 30 NE 7 East Central 38 NE 0 East Mississippi 49 NE 25 Coahoma 28 NE 28 Northwest 50 2009 Ricky Smither (2-7) NE 7 Hinds 16 NE 23 Pearl River 42 NE 28 Itawamba 21 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 14 NE 25 Holmes 10 NE 28 East Central 34 NE 10 East Mississippi 48 NE 14 Coahoma 20 NE 14 Northwest 17

2010 Ricky Smither (5-4) NE 34 East Central 6 NE 16 Southwest 20 NE 26 Mississippi Delta 13 NE 35 Holmes 20 NE 6 Northwest 26 NE 49 East Mississippi 42 NE 31 Coahoma 17 NE 17 Itawamba 20 NE 3 Copiah-Lincoln 23

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Mississippi Valley Conference Champions (1949, 1950) North Division champion four times (1980, 2002, 2004, 2005)

North Division runner-up five times (1977, 1979, 1983, 1987, 2010)Northeast has appeared in one bowl game

(2005, Pilgrim’s Pride Bowl vs. Trinity Valley (Texas))

Program History

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1956 NE 26 Arkansas State 14

1974 NE 29 Baptist Christian 14

1949 NE 27 Bethel, TN 61950 NE 21 Bethel, TN 13

1976 NE 12 Coahoma 281977 NE 32 Coahoma 01978 NE 8 Coahoma 91979 NE 6 Coahoma 01980 NE 17 Coahoma 61981 NE 55 Coahoma 181982 NE 31 Coahoma 101983 NE 45 Coahoma 01984 NE 10 Coahoma 151985 NE 13 Coahoma 301986 NE 34 Coahoma 191987 NE 52 Coahoma 01988 NE 14 Coahoma 71989 NE 40 Coahoma 141990 NE 27 Coahoma 101991 NE 39 Coahoma 01992 NE 42 Coahoma 01993 NE 30 Coahoma 81994 NE 36 Coahoma 141995 NE 24 Coahoma 261996 NE 33 Coahoma 01997 NE 22 Coahoma 181998 NE 21 Coahoma 201999 NE 3 Coahoma 172000 NE 48 Coahoma 02001 NE 35 Coahoma 82002 NE 29 Coahoma 02003 NE 44 Coahoma 162004 NE 43 Coahoma 132005 NE 30 Coahoma 142006 NE 44 Coahoma 162007 NE 36 Coahoma 62008 NE 25 Coahoma 282009 NE 14 Coahoma 202010 NE 31 Coahoma 17

1968 NE 16 Copiah-Lincoln 201969 NE 21 Copiah-Lincoln 171974 NE 22 Copiah-Lincoln 0

1975 NE 13 Copiah-Lincoln 151976 NE 10 Copiah-Lincoln 281977 NE 38 Copiah-Lincoln 71980 NE 16 Copiah-Lincoln 61981 NE 14 Copiah-Lincoln 361988 NE 6 Copiah-Lincoln 171989 NE 11 Copiah-Lincoln 181990 NE 0 Copiah-Lincoln 241991 NE 14 Copiah-Lincoln 201994 NE 0 Copiah-Lincoln 151995 NE 3 Copiah-Lincoln 201996 NE 6 Copiah-Lincoln 191997 NE 0 Copiah-Lincoln 231998 NE 13 Copiah-Lincoln 141999 NE 0 Copiah-Lincoln 172004 NE 45 Copiah-Lincoln 142010 NE 3 Copiah-Lincoln 23

1949 NE 13 East Central 311950 NE 7 East Central 121951 NE 6 East Central 71952 NE 6 East Central 141953 NE 13 East Central 201954 NE 12 East Central 71955 NE 2 East Central 271956 NE 27 East Central 71968 NE 19 East Central 241969 NE 48 East Central 141970 NE 15 East Central 321971 NE 7 East Central 411972 NE 3 East Central 191973 NE 23 East Central 201974 NE 34 East Central 171975 NE 15 East Central 201976 NE East Central 1977 NE 19 East Central 211982 NE 29 East Central 71983 NE 10 East Central 141988 NE 16 East Central 201989 NE 13 East Central 71990 NE 14 East Central 311991 NE 15 East Central 291996 NE 7 East Central 361997 NE 3 East Central 92002 NE 14 East Central 72003 NE 17 East Central 132008 NE 7 East Central 382009 NE 28 East Central 342010 NE 34 East Central 6

1951 NE 37 East Mississippi 01952 NE 13 East Mississippi 391953 NE 13 East Mississippi 171953 NE 13 East Mississippi 19

1954 NE 7 East Mississippi 91955 NE 13 East Mississippi 71956 NE 33 East Mississippi 131968 NE 34 East Mississippi 371969 NE 13 East Mississippi 271970 NE 26 East Mississippi 211971 NE 14 East Mississippi 371972 NE 13 East Mississippi 141973 NE 17 East Mississippi 191974 NE 14 East Mississippi 241975 NE 24 East Mississippi 281976 NE 20 East Mississippi 111977 NE 4 East Mississippi 201978 NE 7 East Mississippi 141979 NE 14 East Mississippi 61980 NE 35 East Mississippi 141981 NE 0 East Mississippi 291982 NE 19 East Mississippi 311983 NE 14 East Mississippi 131984 NE 13 East Mississippi 151985 NE East Mississippi 1986 NE 9 East Mississippi 101987 NE 3 East Mississippi 01988 NE 9 East Mississippi 141989 NE 14 East Mississippi 211990 NE 24 East Mississippi 361991 NE 28 East Mississippi 211992 NE 21 East Mississippi 141993 NE 35 East Mississippi 191994 NE 26 East Mississippi 141995 NE 9 East Mississippi 421996 NE 12 East Mississippi 371997 NE 0 East Mississippi 211998 NE 14 East Mississippi 311999 NE 0 East Mississippi 442000 NE 0 East Mississippi 212001 NE 41 East Mississippi 142002 NE 3 East Mississippi 02003 NE 17 East Mississippi 442004 NE 31 East Mississippi 162005 NE 45 East Mississippi 272006 NE 8 East Mississippi 252007 NE 27 East Mississippi 312008 NE 0 East Mississippi 492009 NE 10 East Mississippi 482010 NE 49 East Mississippi 42

1956 NE 25 Gordon Military 14

1949 NE 27 Hinds 601950 NE 0 Hinds 191951 NE 7 Hinds 541952 NE 14 Hinds 661953 NE 0 Hinds 69

Northeast football opponent seriesArkansas St.

(NE leads series 1-0)

Baptist Christian(NE leads series 1-0)

Bethel(NE leads series 2-0)

Coahoma(NE leads series 27-8)

Copiah-Lincoln(Copiah-Lincoln lead series 15-5)

East Central(East Central leads series 21-10)

East Mississippi(East Mississippi leads series 32-18)

Gordon Military (NE leads series 1-0)

Hinds(Hinds leads series 25-7-1)

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1968 NE 28 Hinds 171969 NE 15 Hinds 131970 NE 17 Hinds 181971 NE 6 Hinds 201972 NE 16 Hinds 281973 NE 14 Hinds 71974 NE 23 Hinds 101975 NE 7 Hinds 71978 NE 6 Hinds 121979 NE 27 Hinds 201980 NE 35 Hinds 281981 NE 7 Hinds 141984 NE 6 Hinds 211985 NE 9 Hinds 141986 NE 0 Hinds 121987 NE 14 Hinds 421987 NE 0 Hinds 341992 NE 0 Hinds 341993 NE 0 Hinds 271994 NE 6 Hinds 361995 NE 0 Hinds 382000 NE 3 Hinds 452001 NE 3 Hinds 532004 NE 6 Hinds 302006 NE 10 Hinds 142007 NE 13 Hinds 142008 NE 2 Hinds 02009 NE 7 Hinds 16

1954 NE 21 Holmes 251955 NE 25 Holmes 131956 NE 25 Holmes 01968 NE 14 Holmes 371969 NE 16 Holmes 201970 NE 6 Holmes 381971 NE 12 Holmes 231972 NE 3 Holmes 181973 NE 20 Holmes 31974 NE 7 Holmes 171975 NE 19 Holmes 71976 NE 13 Holmes 71977 NE 10 Holmes 01978 NE 3 Holmes 71979 NE 10 Holmes 01980 NE 19 Holmes 71981 NE 7 Holmes 271982 NE 19 Holmes 211983 NE 15 Holmes 71984 NE 6 Holmes 301985 NE 6 Holmes 51986 NE 29 Holmes 181987 NE 7 Holmes 71988 NE 14 Holmes 351989 NE 7 Holmes 181990 NE 27 Holmes 131991 NE 10 Holmes 91992 NE 15 Holmes 31

1993 NE 13 Holmes 231994 NE 12 Holmes 261995 NE 0 Holmes 321996 NE 0 Holmes 411997 NE 8 Holmes 411998 NE 0 Holmes 201999 NE 6 Holmes 342000 NE 27 Holmes 292001 NE 21 Holmes 352002 NE 7 Holmes 62003 NE 24 Holmes 272004 NE 31 Holmes 32005 NE 20 Holmes 132006 NE 12 Holmes 22007 NE 0 Holmes 132008 NE 7 Holmes 302009 NE 25 Holmes 102010 NE 35 Holmes 20

1949 NE 41 Itawamba 01950 NE 0 Itawamba 01951 NE 33 Itawamba 71952 NE 13 Itawamba 141953 NE 19 Itawamba 71954 NE 19 Itawamba 151955 NE 27 Itawamba 71956 NE 20 Itawamba 71968 NE 48 Itawamba 141969 NE 20 Itawamba 181970 NE 13 Itawamba 121971 NE 22 Itawamba 741972 NE 0 Itawamba 141973 NE 14 Itawamba 531974 NE 0 Itawamba 131975 NE 15 Itawamba 241976 NE 19 Itawamba 281977 NE 11 Itawamba 121978 NE 0 Itawamba 261979 NE 10 Itawamba 171980 NE 25 Itawamba 71981 NE 13 Itawamba 211982 NE 19 Itawamba 201983 NE 12 Itawamba 111984 NE 14 Itawamba 291985 NE Itawamba 1986 NE 14 Itawamba 221987 NE 21 Itawamba 171988 NE 7 Itawamba 71989 NE 7 Itawamba 211990 NE 24 Itawamba 501991 NE 0 Itawamba 01992 NE 6 Itawamba 281993 NE 6 Itawamba 291994 NE 0 Itawamba 451995 NE 0 Itawamba 341996 NE 0 Itawamba 431997 NE 14 Itawamba 22

1998 NE 31 Itawamba 381999 NE 13 Itawamba 312000 NE 14 Itawamba 452001 NE 14 Itawamba 242002 NE 35 Itawamba 192003 NE 31 Itawamba 342004 NE 24 Itawamba 132005 NE 41 Itawamba 02006 NE 24 Itawamba 292007 NE 13 Itawamba 202008 NE 9 Itawamba 122009 NE 28 Itawamba 212010 NE 17 Itawamba 20

1949 NE 21 Jones County 61950 NE 20 Jones County 121951 NE 7 Jones County 71952 NE 14 Jones County 141953 NE 6 Jones County 211954 NE 0 Jones County 461955 NE 12 Jones County 261956 NE 26 Jones County 411970 NE 14 Jones County 251971 NE 12 Jones County 461978 NE 0 Jones County 261979 NE 14 Jones County 281979 NE 0 Jones County 231980 NE 3 Jones County 191980 NE 26 Jones County 231981 NE 21 Jones County 471982 NE 17 Jones County 201983 NE 12 Jones County 231984 NE 2 Jones County 361985 NE Jones County 1986 NE 26 Jones County 171987 NE 14 Jones County 31992 NE 17 Jones County 141993 NE 0 Jones County 341994 NE 22 Jones County 461995 NE 24 Jones County 401998 NE 0 Jones County 301999 NE 0 Jones County 282000 NE 21 Jones County 122002 NE 0 Jones County 152004 NE 14 Jones County 242005 NE 23 Jones County 72006 NE 10 Jones County 312007 NE 9 Jones County 39

1951 NE 0 Little Rock, Ark. 61953 NE 26 Little Rock, Ark. 131954 NE 2 Little Rock, Ark. 27

Holmes(Holmes leads series 26-19-1)

Itawamba(Itawamba leads series 32-16-3)

Jones County(Jones County leads series 24-7-2)

Little Rock, Ark. (Little Rock leads series 2-1)

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1956 NE 31 Livingston St. 19

1954 NE 50 Marion Institute 0

1955 NE 6 Memphis St. 7

1949 NE 19 Mississippi Delta 311950 NE 32 Mississippi Delta 141953 NE 21 Mississippi Delta 401954 NE 19 Mississippi Delta 201955 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 401970 NE 12 Mississippi Delta 61971 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 261972 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 281973 NE 27 Mississippi Delta 451974 NE 21 Mississippi Delta 281975 NE 6 Mississippi Delta 71976 NE 31 Mississippi Delta 141977 NE 10 Mississippi Delta 01978 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 131979 NE 15 Mississippi Delta 141980 NE 45 Mississippi Delta 01981 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 281982 NE 35 Mississippi Delta 01983 NE 14 Mississippi Delta 171984 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 421985 NE 23 Mississippi Delta 311986 NE 17 Mississippi Delta 141987 NE 35 Mississippi Delta 281988 NE 25 Mississippi Delta 81989 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 431990 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 341991 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 331992 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 231993 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 171994 NE 14 Mississippi Delta 121995 NE 39 Mississippi Delta 441996 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 451997 NE 10 Mississippi Delta 71998 NE 10 Mississippi Delta 341999 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 372000 NE 17 Mississippi Delta 342001 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 132002 NE 18 Mississippi Delta 02003 NE 18 Mississippi Delta 282004 NE 16 Mississippi Delta 172005 NE 42 Mississippi Delta 0

2006 NE 48 Mississippi Delta 252007 NE 44 Mississippi Delta 242008 NE 0 Mississippi Delta 352009 NE 7 Mississippi Delta 142010 NE 26 Mississippi Delta 13

1949 NE 40 MS Gulf Coast 151950 NE 20 MS Gulf Coast 201951 NE 19 MS Gulf Coast 71952 NE 13 MS Gulf Coast 411953 NE 0 MS Gulf Coast 171968 NE 7 MS Gulf Coast 431969 NE 28 MS Gulf Coast 141972 NE 24 MS Gulf Coast 351973 NE 6 MS Gulf Coast 341976 NE 6 MS Gulf Coast 241977 NE 32 MS Gulf Coast 71978 NE 6 MS Gulf Coast 101979 NE 9 MS Gulf Coast 271982 NE 0 MS Gulf Coast 311983 NE 0 MS Gulf Coast 331983 NE MS Gulf Coast 1984 NE 3 MS Gulf Coast 331985 NE 3 MS Gulf Coast 191986 NE 20 MS Gulf Coast 101987 NE 24 MS Gulf Coast 71990 NE 24 MS Gulf Coast 241991 NE 28 MS Gulf Coast 141992 NE 28 MS Gulf Coast 241993 NE 21 MS Gulf Coast 201998 NE 14 MS Gulf Coast 481999 NE 0 MS Gulf Coast 352000 NE 6 MS Gulf Coast 322001 NE 7 MS Gulf Coast 292006 NE 7 MS Gulf Coast 422007 NE 7 MS Gulf Coast 34

1949 NE 34 Northwest 01950 NE 31 Northwest 01951 NE 34 Northwest 141952 NE 13 Northwest 71953 NE 14 Northwest 121954 NE 37 Northwest 121955 NE 7 Northwest 131956 NE 6 Northwest 01968 NE 41 Northwest 221969 NE 40 Northwest 211970 NE 18 Northwest 541971 NE 21 Northwest 751972 NE 16 Northwest 71973 NE 0 Northwest 121974 NE 6 Northwest 271975 NE 6 Northwest 61976 NE 0 Northwest 281977 NE 42 Northwest 281978 NE 18 Northwest 40

1979 NE 41 Northwest 31980 NE 26 Northwest 01981 NE 9 Northwest 211982 NE 0 Northwest 411983 NE 0 Northwest 471984 NE 35 Northwest 491985 NE 13 Northwest 311986 NE 14 Northwest 431987 NE 23 Northwest 381988 NE 10 Northwest 311989 NE 14 Northwest 491990 NE 13 Northwest 541991 NE 3 Northwest 311992 NE 8 Northwest 221993 NE 27 Northwest 271994 NE 14 Northwest 211995 NE 13 Northwest 351996 NE 7 Northwest 201997 NE 13 Northwest 421998 NE 17 Northwest 511999 NE 12 Northwest 582000 NE 0 Northwest 632001 NE 28 Northwest 272002 NE 3 Northwest 272003 NE 26 Northwest 342004 NE 19 Northwest 162005 NE 38 Northwest 142006 NE 14 Northwest 312007 NE 24 Northwest 262008 NE 28 Northwest 502009 NE 14 Northwest 172010 NE 6 Northwest 26

1949 NE 6 Pearl River 341950 NE 20 Pearl River 71951 NE 7 Pearl River 271952 NE 0 Pearl River 381953 NE 0 Pearl River 521954 NE 0 Pearl River 191955 NE 0 Pearl River 141970 NE 3 Pearl River 261971 NE 0 Pearl River 291972 NE 7 Pearl River 331973 NE 3 Pearl River 201974 NE 13 Pearl River 311975 NE 10 Pearl River 141978 NE 14 Pearl River 201979 NE 7 Pearl River 411980 NE 17 Pearl River 271981 NE 14 Pearl River 211986 NE 20 Pearl River 361987 NE 14 Pearl River 381988 NE 10 Pearl River 31989 NE 35 Pearl River 251992 NE 14 Pearl River 211993 NE 14 Pearl River 451994 NE 34 Pearl River 471995 NE 0 Pearl River 7

Northeast football opponent seriesLivingston St.

(NE leads series 1-0)

Marion Institute(NE leads series 1-0)

Memphis State(Memphis State leads series 1-0)

Mississippi Delta (Miss. Delta leads series 29-17)

Miss. Gulf Coast(Miss. Gulf Coast leads series 20-9-2)

Northwest(Northwest leads series 33-16-2)

Pearl River(Pearl River leads series 30-4)

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1996 NE 0 Pearl River 211997 NE 7 Pearl River 252000 NE 21 Pearl River 542001 NE 34 Pearl River 402002 NE 13 Pearl River 62003 NE 3 Pearl River 432005 NE 20 Pearl River 272008 NE 10 Pearl River 382009 NE 23 Pearl River 42

1968 NE 33 Southwest 201969 NE 39 Southwest 211970 NE 21 Southwest 201971 NE 7 Southwest 211972 NE 6 Southwest 01973 NE 20 Southwest 191974 NE 20 Southwest 201975 NE 22 Southwest 401976 NE 16 Southwest 71977 NE 7 Southwest 141982 NE 24 Southwest 141983 NE 14 Southwest 171984 NE Southwest 1985 NE 6 Southwest 141988 NE 31 Southwest 71989 NE 28 Southwest 61990 NE 7 Southwest 301991 NE 17 Southwest 241996 NE 6 Southwest 161997 NE 14 Southwest 211998 NE 0 Southwest 231999 NE 6 Southwest 192002 NE 2 Southwest 202003 NE 26 Southwest 252004 NE 9 Southwest 02010 NE 17 Southwest 20

2005 NE 14 Trinity Valley 24

1949 NE 20 Union 20

1949 NE 37 UT-College 01950 NE 21 UT-College 61951 NE 47 UT-College 01952 NE 13 UT-College 191953 NE 26 UT-College 141954 NE 32 UT-College 161956 NE 31 UT-College 7

1956 NE 41 West Georgia 0

Northeast football opponent series

Southwest(Southwest leads series 14-11-1)

Trinity Valley(Trinity Valley leads series 1-0)

Union(Series tied at 0-0-1)

UT-College(NE leads series 6-1)

West Georgia(NE leads series 1-0)

Opponent Win Loss Tie Winning %Arkansas State 1 0 0 1.000Baptist Christian 1 0 0 1.000Bethel 2 0 0 1.000Coahoma 27 8 0 0.771Copiah-Lincoln 5 15 0 0.250East Central 10 21 0 0.323East Mississippi 18 32 0 0.360Gordon Military 1 0 0 1.000Hinds 7 25 1 0.212Holmes 19 26 1 0.413Itawamba 16 32 3 0.314Jones County 7 24 2 0.212Little Rock, Ark. 1 2 0 0.333Livingston State 1 0 0 1.000Marion Institute 1 0 0 1.000Memphis State 0 1 0 0.000Mississippi Delta 17 29 0 0.370Mississippi Gulf Coast 9 20 2 0.290Northwest 16 33 2 0.314Pearl River 4 30 0 0.118Southwest 11 14 1 0.423Trinity Valley 0 1 0 0.000Union 0 0 1 0.000UT-College 6 1 0 0.857West Georgia 1 0 0 1.000 181 314 13

At a GlanceAll-Time Series

All-Time CoachesCoach Years at NE Years Wins Losses Ties Winning %Bill Ward 1968-82 15 56 92 3 0.371Andy Greening 2003-07 5 22 24 0 0.478Johnny Plummer 1986-89 4 19 20 2 0.463Hubert Tucker 1990-94 5 16 31 3 0.320Horace McCool 1955-56 2 13 7 0 0.650Doug Hamley 1950-51 2 11 6 3 0.550Charles Borde 1952-54 3 10 21 1 0.313Bobby Hall 2001-2002 2 10 9 0 0.526Ricky Smither 2008-Present 3 8 19 0 0.296Laurin Collins 1996-2000 5 6 44 0 0.120Woody Johnson 1949 1 5 5 1 0.455David Carnell 1983-85 3 5 26 0 0.161Gunter Brewer 1995 1 0 10 0 0.000 Total 51 181 314 13 0.356

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Tiger Home GamesSeason Opener

Southwest (Summitt)Date: September 8

Northeast-southwest

history

Last five meetings

2010 -- Southwest, 20-172004 -- Northeast, 9-02003 -- Northeast, 26-252002 -- Southwest, 20-21999 -- Southwest, 19-6

Series: Southwest 14-11-1

Holmes (Goodman)Date: September 22

Northeast-holmes

history

Last five meetings

2010 -- Northeast, 35-202009 -- Northeast, 25-102008 -- Holmes, 30-72007 -- Holmes, 13-02006 -- Northeast, 12-2

Series: Holmes 26-19-1.

East Mississippi (Scooba)Date: October 8

Northeast-east mississippi

history

Last five meetings

2010 -- Northeast, 49-422009 -- East Mississippi, 48-102008 -- East Mississippi, 49-02007 -- East Mississippi, 31-272006 -- East Mississippi, 25-8

Series: East Mississippi 32-18.

Itawamba (Fulton)Date: October 20

Northeast-itawamba

history

Last five meetings

2010 -- Itawamba, 20-172009 -- Northeast, 28-212008 -- Itawamba, 12-92007 -- Itawamba, 20-132006 -- Itawamba, 29-24

Series: Itawamba 32-16-3.

Date: September 1Opponent: East Central (Decatur)

Northeast-east CeNtral history

Last five meetings2010 -- Northeast, 34-62009 -- East Central, 34-282008 -- East Central, 38-72003 -- Northeast, 17-132002 -- Northeast, 14-7

Series: East Central 21-10.

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Tiger Away GamesMississippi Delta (Moorhead)

Date: September 15

Northeast-mississippi Delta

history

Last ten meetings

2010 -- Northeast, 26-132009 -- Miss. Delta, 14-72008 -- Miss. Delta, 35-02007 -- Northeast, 44-242006 -- Northeast, 48-252005 -- Northeast, 42-02004 -- Miss. Delta, 17-162003 -- Miss.Delta, 28-182002 -- Northeast, 18-02001 -- Miss. Delta, 13-0

Series: Miss. Delta 29-17.

Northwest (Senatobia)Date: September 29

Northeast-Northwest

history

Last ten meetings

2010 -- Northwest, 26-62009 -- Northwest, 17-142008 -- Northwest, 50-282007 -- Northwest, 26-242006 -- Northwest, 31-142005 -- Northeast, 38-142004 -- Northeast, 19-162003 -- Northwest, 34-262002 -- Northwest, 27-32001 -- Northeast, 28-27

Series: Northwest 33-16-2.

Coahoma (Clarksdale)Date: October 13

Northeast-Coahoma

history

Last ten meetings

2010 -- Northeast, 31-172009 -- Coahoma, 20-142008 -- Coahoma, 28-252007 -- Northeast, 36-62006 -- Northeast, 44-162005 -- Northeast, 30-142004 -- Northeast, 43-132003 -- Northeast, 44-162002 -- Northeast, 29-02001 -- Northeast, 35-8

Series: Northeast 27-8.

Copiah-Lincoln (Wesson)Date: October 27

Northeast-Copiah-liNColN

history

Last ten meetings

2010 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 23-3.2004 -- Northeast, 45-15.1999 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 17-01998 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 14-131997 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 23-01996 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 19-61995 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 20-31994 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 15-01991 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 20-141990 -- Copiah-Lincoln, 24-0.

Series: Copiah-Lincoln 15-5.21

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Tigers enjoying resurgence, keying for title

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Since taking over the reins of the Northeast football program in 2008, Ricky Smither has led the Tigers to resurgence.

Despite collecting only three wins (one via forfeit) during his first two seasons, the Tigers experienced a breakthrough win against Itawamba Community Col-lege 28-21 -- Smither’s first win on the gridiron -- and a 25-10 North Division win over Holmes Community College in 2009 and finally broke through in 2010 post-ing their first winning season since 2005 at 5-4 and marked the fifth North Division runner-up finish in school history.

Now, the Tigers are set to contend for the North Divi-sion crown.

“One of the keys to success this year will be for us to just stay healthy,” explained Smither. “We have some guys that can play the game but if they aren’t on the field then it won’t do us much good.”

“A key for us will be the play of our sophomore quar-terback Bryan Steele (6-3, 215; Tupelo) who must stay healthy and play at a high level in order for us to be successful this season,” Smither said.

Northeast returns a talented offensive line with the likes of 2010 National Junior College Athletic Associa-tion (NJCAA) All-American Honorable Mention Anto-nio Foster. Foster became Northeast’s first All-Ameri-can in football since Anthony Norman and Paul Rhodes turned the trick in 1980.

Foster, a 6-4 300-pound Valdosta, Ga. native, helps anchor the offensive line that sees Kyle Davis (6-3, 285; Olive Branch), Chanston Jeter (6-4, 315; Ripley) and Nathan Kendrick (5-10, 275; Amory) all return to a group that helped the Tiger offense average nearly 300 yards per game of total offense in during the 2010 season.

Foster, Davis, Kendrick, and Jeter helped spring-board Northeast to the forefront of the rushing category in the Tigers 49-42 win over defending Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) state champion East Mississippi as the Tiger offensive line helped Jaquise Cook (Ripley) rush for 267 yards and four scores against the Lions as Northeast racked up 346 yards on the ground during the week six win. Cook was awarded the NJCAA Player of the Week for

his performance marking the first time the Tigers have ever had a player selected for that honor.

“The offensive lineman are ready for the new chal-lenges ahead and we are very excited about the size and athleticism they have,” said offensive line coach Brad Boyette. “We have some sophomores with experience at this level and we also got some talented freshman as well.”

Northeast’s offensive line will look to open holes for sophomore running back Jamarcus Goodloe (5-10, 225; Leighton, Ala.) who was second on the team in scoring in 2010 and racked up 266 yards on 65 carries for the Tigers.

Joining Goodloe in the backfield is Garrett Smith (Starkville) who will be called upon to tote the pigskin alongside Goodloe.

Steele will be pushed by freshman quarterback J.R. Jennings of Calhoun City, who led the Tigers to the

Bryan Steele returns under center for the Tigers during the 2011 season. Steele logged time as the starter for the Tigers in latter half of the 2010 season.

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Class 2A State Championship Game in 2010 as a high school senior and can play many positions on the of-fensive side of the ball, along with Tyler Basil (New Albany) and Parks Frazier (Corinth).

Northeast will not rely just on a ground assault to tally victories in 2011. The Tigers return key pieces to the air attack that helped Northeast average nearly 150 yards through the air each game of the 2010 season.

Donte’ Barksdale (5-8, 175) of Southaven returns to lead the Tiger receiving corps. Barksdale hauled in 26 passes for 316 yards and a pair of scores during the 5-4 North Division runner-up season.

Smither is looking for Barksdale to get some help from newcomer Rodney Beacham (Vicksburg) at the wide-out spot.

Northeast also returns a special teams weapon in Taylor Earhart (6-0, 170; Olive Branch) who ranked fourth in the MACJC during the 2010 season in scoring as Earhart accounted for 42 of the Tigers 217 points on the year with 18 extra points and eight field goals.

Alabama signee Deion Belue (6-0, 180; Tuscumbia, Ala.) also returns on the special teams for the Tigers as Belue suits up for his second season in the black and gold.

Belue electrified Tiger nation during his freshman

campaign and helped lead the Tigers to a win during the 2010 Homecoming game against Coahoma when the then-Northeast freshman broke through for an 80-yard score against the visiting Tigers.

“Special teams are so important in every league but especially in this league,” said Smither. “That’s why we spend a lot of time on this aspect of the game. We are going to be strong in this area this year, and I expect good things to happen.”

However, Smither knows that while the offense will put points on the board and fans in the stands, and the importance of special teams, it is the experienced Tiger defense that will put rings on the fingers.

“A big key for us this year will be our defense,” Smither said. “We are very excited about our guys that are back and some newcomers on that side of the ball.”

To help that championship come to pass, Northeast will rely heavily on a pair of Anthonys on the defensive side of the ball.

Linebacker Anthony Brown (6-3, 235; Cairo, Ga.) is poised to lead the Tigers again after leading Northeast with 100 tackles during the 2010 season and eight tack-les for loss while DT Anthony Payne (6-1, 300; Leroy, Ala.) returns in the trenches for the Tigers after a fresh-man season that saw Payne register 13 tackles for loss

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and was an MACJC All-State first team selection. “These guys are unbelievable,” explains Smither.

“They are both hard workers with plenty of talent and we will look for them to be leaders for our team this season along with some other guys as well.”

Next to Brown will be sophomore Ryan Richardson (5-10, 205; Ripley), who tallied 39 tackles, two pass break ups, and two pass pressures in 2010 before sitting out the last few games due to an injury. Eli Canton of Hernando and Nick Thomason of Muscle Shoals, Ala., look to add depth to the Tiger linebacking corp.

In addition to the Anthonys and Richardson, sopho-more defensive end Pat Moore (6-3, 245, Southaven) will help Payne anchor the defensive line after a fresh-man campaign that saw the Southaven-native register 43 tackles and five tackles for loss.

Defensive line coach Travis Macon will direct this group of upper classmen along with some other new-comers who will add some talent and depth to the line.

“We have a transfer -- Jeremiah Booth from Camden County, Ga. -- that will play the nose guard position for us this fall and he should be something to watch,” said Macon. “ Also we have defensive end Maurice Booker (Leighton, Ala.) who is another guy we are going to

look for to do some good things for us this year.”In the defensive backfield, a pair of experienced shut-

down corners comes in the shape of Jeremy Spikner (6-0 185; Olive Branch) and Belue.

When not returning kicks, Belue registered almost 20 total tackles during his freshman season while Spikner was second in the MACJC in interceptions with four in addition to 27 solo stops and seven pass breakups.

“We got a veteran group on the field this year led by Belue who had 16 solo tackles and four pass break ups,” said defensive coordinator Jeff Carter. “Last year most teams game planned away from Belue, but we still had Jeremy Spikner at the other corner and he answered the challenge. We look for him to do the same this year.”

“At safety, we have a big hitting sophomore from Baldwyn -- Devin Lindsey (6-2, 190; Baldwyn),” said Carter. “Lindsey is a big guy who got some reps last season but will be called upon to lead the safeties this season along with sophomore Marvell Taylor (5-10, 180; Charleston) who played linebacker in 2010.”

If everything falls into place and the Tigers can stay healthy, look for 2011 to be Smither’s best year as Northeast’s commander-in-chief on the gridiron.

Nathan Kendrick (54) of Amory and reigning National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) honorable mention All-American Antonio Foster (78) of Valdosta, Ga., look to lead an experience Tiger offensive line.

Donte’ Barksdale (4) of Southaven, returns to lead the Tiger receiving corps after becoming one of Bryan Steele’s go-to receivers during the 2010 season.

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No. Name Height Weight Class Position Hometown1 Tres Houston 6-2 190 Fresh. WR Atlanta, Ga.2 Rodney Beacham 6-0 200 Fresh. WR Vicksburg3 Michael Poole 5-8 175 Soph. RB Ripley4 Donte’ Barksdale 5-8 175 Soph. WR Southaven5 Dennis Draper 5-8 185 Fresh. LB Batesville6 Bryan Steele 6-2 220 Soph. QB Olive Branch 7 Donnell Chapman 6-1 235 Fresh. TE Batesville8 Deion Belue 6-0 185 Soph. DB Tuscumbia, Ala.9 J.R. White 5-11 230 Fresh. LB Tuscumbia, Ala.10 Jamarcus Goodloe 5-9 225 Soph. RB Leighton, Ala.11 Devin Lindsey 6-2 190 Soph. DB Baldwyn12 Jeremy Spikner 6-0 200 Soph. DB Olive Branch14 Parks Frazier 6-2 230 Fresh. QB Corinth15 J.R. Jennings 6-0 180 Fresh. QB Calhoun City16 Eli Canton 6-2 240 Fresh. LB Hernando20 Marvell Taylor 5-10 180 Soph. DB Charleston21 Garrett Smith 5-10 190 Fresh. RB Starkville22 Kareem Brown 5-9 175 Fresh. DB New Albany23 Anthony Knox 6-0 175 Soph. DB Olive Branch24 Ryan Jones 5-11 190 Soph. RB Muscle Shoals, Ala.25 Nick Thomason 6-1 230 Soph. LB Muscle Shoals, Ala.30 Taylor Earhart 6-0 170 Soph. K Olive Branch32 Robert Johnson 5-10 190 Fresh. DB Olive Branch34 Timothy Gleaton 6-1 240 Fresh. FB Batesville37 Ryan Richardson 5-10 200 Soph. LB Ripley40 Pat Moore 6-3 245 Soph. DE Southaven41 Jonathon Harrison 6-3 180 Fresh. P Belmont44 Cortney Sutton 6-0 220 Soph. LB Southaven45 Anthony Brown 6-3 245 Soph. LB/DE Cairo, Ga.47 Frankie Lee 5-9 175 Soph. DB Charleston48 Shawn Smith 5-11 200 Fresh. DE/LS New Albany54 Nathan Kendrick 5-10 270 Soph. OL Amory55 Collin Stubblefield 6-0 290 Fresh. OL New Albany56 Jeremiah Booth 6-0 330 Soph. DL Kingsland, Ga.60 Hunter Walton 6-0 260 Soph. DE Fulton61 Chanston Jeter 6-3 300 Soph. OL Ripley62 Bradley Marsh 6-2 315 Fresh OL Olive Branch63 Brandon Avant 6-1 290 Fresh. OL Maben66 Carlton Howard 6-3 300 Fresh. OL Batesville67 Robert Freeman 6-4 295 Fresh. OL Luvern, Ala.72 Kyle Davis 6-3 295 Soph. OL Olive Branch74 Derrick Page 6-9 360 Soph. OL Holly Springs75 Terrence Jennings 6-3 325 Fresh. OL Millbrook, Ala.78 Antonio Foster 6-4 300 Soph. OL Valdosta, Ga.80 Markie Dukes 5-10 185 Soph. WR Oxford81 JaMarius Tallie 5-10 185 Fresh. WR West Point82 Taylor Goode 6-0 180 Fresh. WR New Albany85 Logan Stokes 6-4 240 Fresh. TE Muscle Shoals, Ala.89 Michael Bush 6-2 205 Fresh. WR West Point90 Maurice Booker 6-2 250 Fresh. DL Leighton, Ala.93 Jacoby Harris 5-11 225 Fresh. DE Macon94 Lavon Hooks 6-4 280 Fresh. DE Atlanta, Ga.97 Devin Slate 6-0 275 Soph. DL Oxford99 Anthony Payne 6-1 300 Soph. DL Leroy, Ala.

President: Dr. Johnny L. AllenAthletic Director: Ricky FordSports Information Director: M. Joseph MillerHead Coach: Ricky Smither (fourth year)Assistant Coaches: Brad Boyette, Jeff Carter, Travis Macon, Trey Ward (SA)Athletic Trainer: Meghan SinkStudent Athletic Trainers: Domonique Allen, Jamal Gray, Simeon Gray, Demetrae Griffin, Corio Palmer, Xzavious Phillips, Josh Schiele

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#1 Tres HoustonWR

FreshmanAtlanta, Ga.

#3 Michael PooleRB

SophomoreRipley

#4 Donte’ BarksdaleWR

SophomoreSouthaven

#6 Bryan SteeleQB

SophomoreOlive Branch

#7 Donnell ChapmanTE

FreshmanBatesville

#8 Deion BelueDB

SophomoreTuscumbia, Ala.

#9 J.R. WhiteLB

FreshmanTuscumbia, Ala.

#10 Jamarcus GoodloeRB

SophomoreLeighton, Ala.

#14 Parks FrazierQB

FreshmanCorinth

#15 J.R. JenningsQB

FreshmanCalhoun City

#16 Eli CantonLB

FreshmanHernando

#20 Marvell TaylorDB

SophomoreCharleston

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#2 Rodney BeachamWR

FreshmanVicksburg

#6 Dennis DraperLB

FreshmanBatesville

#11 Devin LindseyDB

SophomoreBaldwyn

#12 Jeremy SpiknerDB


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#23 Anthony KnoxDB


#24 Ryan JonesDB

SophomoreMuscle Shoals, Ala.

#25 Nick ThomasonLB

SophomoreMuscle Shoals, Ala.

#30 Taylor EarhartK


#32 Robert JohnsonDB

FreshmanOlive Branch

#34 Timothy GleatonFB

FreshmanBatesville

#37 Ryan RichardsonLB

SophomoreRipley

#40 Pat MooreDE

SophomoreSouthaven

#44 Cortney SuttonLB

SophomoreSouthaven

#45 Anthony BrownLB/DE

SophomoreCairo, Ga.

#47 Frankie LeeDB

SophomoreCharleston

#48 Shawn SmithDE/LS

FreshmanNew Albany

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#21 Garrett SmithRB

FreshmanStarkville

#22 Kareem BrownDB

FreshmanNew Albany

#41 Jonathon HarrisonP

FreshmanBelmont

#54 Nathan KendrickOL

SophomoreAmory

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#55 Collin StubblefieldOL

FreshmanNew Albany

#56 Jeremiah BoothDL

SophomoreKingsland, Ga.

#60 Hunter WaltonDE

SophomoreFulton

#61 Chanston JeterOL

SophomoreRipley

#62 Bradley MarshOL

FreshmanOlive Branch

#63 Brandon AvantOL

FreshmanMaben

#66 Carlton HowardOL

FreshmanBatesville

#67 Robert FreemanOL

FreshmanLuvern, Ala.

#72 Kyle DavisOL


#74 Derrick PageOL

SophomoreHolly Springs

#75 Terrence JenningsOL

FreshmanMillbrook, Ala.

#78 Antonio FosterOL

SophomoreValdosta, Ga.

#80 Markie DukesWR

SophomoreOxford

#82 Taylor GoodeWR

FreshmanNew Albany

#85 Logan StokesTE

FreshmanMuscle Shoals, Ala.

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#81 JaMarius TallieWR

FreshmanWest Point

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#89 Michael BushWR

FreshmanWest Point

#90 Maurice BookerDE

FreshmanLeighton, Ala.

#94 Lavon HooksDE

FreshmanAtlanta Ga.

#97 Devin SlateDL

SophomoreOxford

#99 Anthony PayneDL

SophomoreLeroy, Ala.

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Tyler BasilQB

FreshmanNew Albany

Julius BlackFB

FreshmanHernando

Brandon DunhamK

FreshmanNew Albany

MonQuarious GipsonDB

FreshmanOxford

Brandon DennisRB

FreshmanHernando

Zach HandLB

FreshmanNew Albany

Gregdrecus LelandDB

FreshmanBatesville

Austin RamseyFB

FreshmanBelmont

Malik SheppardDB

FreshmanHernando

Phil MerriweatherDB

FreshmanHernando

#93 Jacoby HarrisDE

FreshmanMacon

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Geographical Roster

Alabama....................10

Georgia......................5

Mississippi.................50

State-by-state breakdown

8 Deion Belue9 J.R. White10 Jamarcus Goodloe24 Ryan Jones25 Nick Thomason67 Robert Freeman75 Terrence Jennings85 Logan Stokes90 Maurice Booker99 Anthony Payne

1 Tres Houston45 Anthony Brown56 Jeremiah Booth78 Antonio Foster94 Lavon Hooks

alcorn counTy

14 Parks Fraziercalhoun counTy

15 J.R. Jenningschickasaw counTy

Jerrell Pickensclay counTy

81 JaMarius Tallie89 Michael Bush

DesoTo counTy

4 Donte’ Barksdale6 Bryan Steele12 Jeremy Spikner16 Eli Canton23 Anthony Knox30 Taylor Earhart32 Robert Johnson40 Pat Moore44 Cortney Sutton62 Bradley Marsh72 Kyle Davis Phil Merriweather Malik Sheppard Julius Black Brandon Dennis

iTawamba counTy

60 HunterWalton

lafayeTTe counTy

80 Markie Dukes97 Devin Slate MonQuarious Gipson

marshall counTy

74 Derrick Pagemonroe counTy

54 Nathan Kendricknoxubee counTy

93 Jacoby HarrisokTibbeha counTy

21 Garrett Smith63 Brandon Avant

PrenTiss counTy

11 Devin Lindsey

TallahaTchie counTy

20 Marvell Taylor

47 Frankie Lee

TaTe counTy

5 Dennis Draper

7 Donnell Chapman

34 Timothy Gleaton

66 Carlton Howard

Gregdrecus Leland

TiPPah counTy

3 Michael Poole

37 Ryan Richardson

61 Chanston Jeter

Tishomingo counTy

41 Jonathon Harrison

Austin Ramsey

union counTy

22 Kareem Brown

48 Shawn Smith

55 Collin Stubblefield

82 Taylor Goode

Sam Dunham

Zach Hand

Tyler Basil

warren counTy

85 Rodney Beacham

Alabama (10)

Georgia (5)

Mississippi (50)

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Alcorn CentralJim McCay

BaldwynMichael Gray

BelmontKerry Moody

BiggersvilleRonnie Lawson

BoonevilleMike Mattox

CorinthJimmy Mitchell

FalknerBen Ashley

KossuthBrain Kelly

New AlbanyRon Price

Ripley

Grady McCluskey

ThrasherTrey Rolison

Tishomingo CountyLanny Jones

Union County*Scott Duley

WalnutTimmy Moore

*Union County is made up of athletes from Ingomar, Myrtle, East Union and West Union

Area High School Football Coaches

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All-AmericansThroughout the history of Northeast Mississippi Community College, superior athletes have been named to the All-American

team, the highest honor bestowed upon any player.Recipients of this honor are chosen by the 23 regional directors of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Their

selection for the All-American team, second team and honorable mention are made only after careful evaluation of the hundreds of nominations which are submitted by community/junior college coaches from across the country.

We are proud to salute those who brought honor to themselves as young men and women and to Northeast Mississippi Com-munity College for the time to come.

FOOTBALL BASEBALL

GOLF

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

SLOW-PITCH SOFTBALL

FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL

Jerry King - 1956Running Back, All-American

Chattanooga, TN

Johnny Buskirk - 1969Quarterback, Honorable Mention

New Albany

Donnie Clayton - 1969Tight End, Honorable Mention

Ripley

Larry Parker - 1977Running Back, Honorable Mention

Rogersville, AL

Barry Todd - 1977Defensive Back, Second Team

Memphis, TN

Maury Hill - 1979Defensive Back, Second Team

Ripley

Paul Rhodes - 1980Defensive Lineman, Second Team

Kossuth

Anthony Norman - 1980Running Back, Honorable Mention

Morrow, GA

Antonio Foster - 2010Offensive Lineman, Honorable Mention

Valdosta, GA

Chase Porch - 2008Designated Hitter, 3rd Team

East Union

Craig Lauderdale - 1990All American

Booneville

Chase Williams - 2007All American

Corinth

Blake Hatfield - 2010All American

Booneville

Lori Wilson - 20011st Base, All American

Blue Mountain

Jessica Spain - 2002Shortstop, All American NFCA Louisville Slugger

Booneville

Jocelyn McGolrick - 2003NFCA All American

Brandi Vondenstein - 20033rd Base, Honorable MentionNFCA All American 1st Team

Charity Graham - 2003NFCA All American 2nd Team

Josie Lindgrin - 2004Pitcher, NFCA 2nd Team

British Columbia, Canada

Paige Wright - 2004Shortstop, All American

Southaven

Staranna Fraizer - 2004Outfielder, 3rd Team

NFCA All American 2nd TeamNew Albany

Shanika Randle - 2007Outfielder, NFCA All American

Houston

Kelly Hankins - 2007Infielder, Distinguished Academic All American

Mooreville

Callie Weaver - 2008Shortstop, NFCA 2nd Team

Houston

Stephanie Stubblefield - 2000Infielder, All American

Ecru

Jackie Perry - 1986Forward, All American

Jackson, TN

Kunshinge Sorrell - 1986Point Guard, All American

Booneville

Sherry Slayton - 1987Forward, All American

Belmont

Phyllis Stafford - 1987Center, All American

Biggersville

Evelyn Thompson - 1988Forward, All American

LaGrange, GA

Tiffany Sitton - 1998Forward, All American

Glen

Tamica Pierce - 2001Forward, All American

Decatur, GA

Marqueciqa Thomas - 2004Forward, All American

Jackson

Jessica Hooker - 2006Forward, All American

Brownsville, TN

Krystal Robinson - 2006Forward, All American

Covington, TN

Gene Garrett - 1950Guard, All American

LaCenter, KY

Ken Lindsey - 1951Forward, All American

Booneville

Charles ‘Doodle’ Floyd - 1954Forward, All American

Water Valley, KY

Adrian ‘Odie’ Smith - 1956Guard, All American

Kirksey, KY

Vince Del Negro - 1959Forward, All American

Springfield, MA

Gaylon Baird - 1968Forward, All American

Myrtle

Maurice Stafford - 1982Forward, Honorable Mention

Biggersville

Anthony Anderson - 1984Guard, Second Team

New AlbanyAnthony Gamble - 1989Forward, All American

Booneville

Clay Johnson -1989Guard, All American

Booneville

Dontae Jones - 1995Forward, All American

Nashville, TN

Tim Cole - 1998Guard, All American

Memphis, TN

Eric Batchelor - 2000Forward, All American

Memphis, TN

Qyntel Woods - 2002Forward, All American

Memphis, TN

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2010 MACJC/ Region XXIII Football Statistics (Final)

Week 1

Gulf Coast 40 East Mississippi 21Northwest 27 Pearl River 17Hinds 52 Itawamba 31Northeast 34 East Central 6Copiah-Lincoln 33 Coahoma 6Jones County 34 Mississippi Delta 3Southwest 21 Holmes 20

Week 2

Gulf Coast 52 Mississippi Delta 0Copiah-Lincoln 28 Holmes 9Hinds 50 East Mississippi 42Northwest 41 East Central 26Southwest 20 Northeast 16Coahoma 26 Jones County 24Pearl River 34 Itawamba 14

Week 3

Copiah-Lincoln 30 Hinds 17Pearl River 35 Southwest 21Itawamba 21 East Central 14Northwest 25 East Mississippi 19Coahoma 41 Holmes 14Northeast 26 Mississippi Delta 13Gulf Coast 31 Jones County 24

Week 4

Gulf Coast 51 Southwest 21Copiah-Lincoln 20 Jones County 14Pearl River 44 East Central 13Hinds 37 Mississippi Delta 31 OTEast Mississippi 37 Itawamba 10Northeast 35 Holmes 20Northwest 37 Coahoma 7

Week 5

Pearl River 30 Gulf Coast 27 OTNorthwest 26 Northeast 6Copiah-Lincoln 27 Southwest 24East Mississippi 49 Coahoma 14Jones County 24 Holmes 6Itawamba 21 Mississippi Delta 20East Central 37 Hinds 35

Week 6

Northeast 49 East Mississippi 42Mississippi Delta 34 Holmes 7Itawamba 27 Coahoma 26Northwest 24 Southwest 7Copiah-Lincoln 21 Pearl River 14Gulf Coast 42 East Central 16Hinds 27 Jones County 23

Week 7

East Central 24 Jones County 14Hinds 20 Southwest 12Gulf Coast 23 Copiah-Lincoln 3East Mississippi 42 Pearl River 36Northeast 31 Coahoma 17Itawamba 33 Holmes 20Northwest 33 Mississippi Delta 3

Week 8

Itawamba 20 Northeast 17Northwest 38 Holmes 13East Mississippi 42 Mississippi Delta 27Coahoma 34 Gulf Coast 31Copiah-Lincoln 42 East Central 35Pearl River 37 Hinds 19Southwest 14 Jones County 13

Week 9

Gulf Coast 63 Hinds 24Pearl River 24 Jones County 21Southwest 20 East Centra; 15Copiah-Lincoln 23 Northeast 3Northwest 31 Itawamba 14East Mississippi 38 Holmes 14Coahoma 35 Mississippi Delta 14

South Division Division Overall PF PA

*Copiah-Lincoln 5-1 8-1 227 145

Gulf Coast 5-1 7-2 360 173

Pearl River 5-1 6-3 271 205

Hinds 2-4 5-4 281 306

Southwest 2-4 4-5 160 231

East Central 2-4 2-7 186 293

Jones County 0-6 2-7 191 175

*division champion

North Division Division Overall PF PA

*Northwest 6-0 9-0 282 112

East Mississippi 4-2 5-4 332 265

Itawamba 4-2 5-4 191 251

Northeast 4-2 5-4 217 182

Coahoma 2-4 4-5 206 260

Mississippi Delta 1-5 1-8 118 225

Holmes 0-6 0-9 117 292

*division champion

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Division I-A (38) Greg Smith (Chattanooga, TN), Auburn Michael Ricks (Leighton, AL), Alabama Chris Nance (Tuscumbia, AL), Mississippi State Justin Sanders (Pearl, MS), Illinois Bruce Hall (Milton, FL), Ole Miss Cameron Montgomery (Houston, TX), North Texas Stanley Lykes (Birmingham, AL), UAB Emory Jones (Detroit, MI), Michigan State Donald Thornton (Horn Lake, MS), Memphis Rico Wood (Corinth, MS), Louisiana Tech Brice Beck (Blytheville, AR), Louisiana-Monroe Chris Barnett (Southaven, MS), Memphis Orlandus King (Leighton, AL), UAB Reggie Wade (Tuscumbia, AL), Jacksonville State C.J. Foster (Tuscumbia, AL), Jacksonville State Brandon Ciaramitaro (Batesville, MS) Arkansas State Eric Johnson (Anniston, AL), Ohio University Antezdra Thigpen (Holly Springs, MS), UT-Chattanooga T.T. Harper (Hartsville, TN), UT-Chattanooga Ryan Hopkins (Jackson, MS), Jackson State Mario Luvine (Collins, MS), Prairie View Robertson Hatten (Collins, MS), Alcorn State Robert Fox (Calhoun City, MS), Miss. Valley State Courtney Sanders (Columbus, MS), Miss. Valley State Corey Sanders (Columbus, MS), Miss. Valley State Matt Blanchard (Saltillo, MS), Nichols State Mario Addison (Birmingham, AL), Troy B.J. Taylor (Tuscumbia, AL), UT-Chattanooga Anthony Jones (Tallahassee, FL), Middle Tennessee John Brown (Lakeland, FL), Tennessee Brynden Trawick (Atlanta, Ga.) Troy Josh Jarboe (Atlanta, Ga.) Arkansas State Cody Woodiel (Hernando, Miss.) Troy La Darrius Madden (Leighton, Ala.) Troy DeMarkus Underwood (Tuscumbia, Ala.) Troy Bernard Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) Louisana-Lafayette Creighton Nelms (Kossuth) Southern Miss Jermaine Johnson (Thomasville, Ga) Middle Tenn State

Tarondal Phillips (Holly Springs), Memphis Jaquise Cook (Ripley), Memphis

Division II (26) Hollis Hoskins (Batesville, MS), Arkansas Tech Andrew Murphy (Booneville, MS), Arkansas Tech Gilbert McThunnell (Batesville, MS), Northwestern Oklahoma Lonnell DeWalt (Bowling Green, KY), UNA Marco Ewing (West Point, MS), UNA Phil Lowry (Leighton, AL), UNA Neal Mitchell (Clarksdale, MS), UNA Tyler Collins (Tuscumbia, AL), UNA Clarence Wright (Olive Branch, MS), Southern Arkansas Quinton Johnson (Columbus, MS), Charleston Southern Ralph Curtis (Taylorsville, MS), West Alabama Charles Twilley (Courtland, MS), Central Arkansas Cortez Lawrence (Murphreesboro, TN), Valdosta State Mike Brown (Belle Grade, FL), Ark.-Monticello Channing Price (Baldwyn, MS), West Georgia Larico Stevenson (Olive Branch, MS), West Georgia Robert Woodson (Olive Branch, MS), SW Baptist Derrick Harris (Horn Lake, MS), Southern Arkansas Randy Lowery (Belmont, MS), West Alabama Abe Felix (Germantown, TN), West Georgia Gary Hodges (Columbus, MS), West Georgia Ken Harris (Columbus, MS), West Texas A&M C.K. Glassco (Horn Lake, MS), Central Arkansas Collrett Boyd (Ripley, MS) Henderson State John Ware (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) University of North Alabama Patrick Grant (Columbus, Ga) Virginia Union

Division III (4) Shawn Gillenwater (Southaven, MS), Millsaps Greg Magnifico (Olive Branch, MS), Belhaven Jerrell Nobles (Mobile, AL), Belhaven Jarryn Bingham (Jackson, Miss) Mississippi College

Former TigersWhere are they now?

Former Northeast football players signed with four year schools following the 2004-2010 seasons. Those players are:

Sports Hall of Fame InducteesNortheast Sports Hall of Fame MACJC Sports

Hall of Fame2011

Kunshigne Sorrell Howard, Women’s Basketball2010

David “Nub” Strickland, Football2009

Harvey Childers, Men’s Basketball Coach2008

Kenneth Lindsey, Men’s BasketballHarold T. White, Football/College President

2007Adrian Smith, Men’s BasketballBonner Arnold, Basketball Coach/Athletic DirectorW.B. “Bill” Ward, Football Coach/Athletic Director

2008David ‘Nub’ Strickland, FootballW.B. “Bill” Ward, Football coach/Athletic DirectorKenneth “Cat” Robbins, Basketball CoachKenneth Lindsey, Men’s BasketballChuck “Doodle” Floyd, Men’s BasketballGene Garrett, Men’s BasketballAdrian Smith, Men’s BasketballBonner Arnold, Basketball Coach/Athletic DirectorHarold T. White, Football/College PresidentEarline “Woodsie” Woods, Supporter

2009Harvey Childers, Men’s Basketball CoachGerald Caveness, Men’s BasketballClyde Jones, Men’s Basketball

Larry Parker, FootballEvelyn Thompson, Women’s Basketball

2010 Michael Grier, FootballKunshigne Sorrell Howard, Women’s BasketballPhyllis Stafford Dilworth, Women’s BasketballJack Martin, Men’s BasketballDavid Carnell, Sr., Softball Coach/Athletic Director

2011Ricky Ford, Women’s Basketball Coach/Athletic Dir.Jim Drewry, FootballJohnny Buskirk, FootballVincent Del Negro, Men’s BasketballSherry Slaton, Women’s Basketball

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Throughout the 2010-11 academic year, the Northeast athletic de-partment continued to bring praise to the college. Whether it was on the gridiron, hardwood, diamond, tennis courts or the golf course, Northeast athletics continued to excel inside and outside of the classroom.

Ricky Smither’s Tiger football team posted the twelfth winning season in the college’s 51-year football history when Smither’s troops finished with a 5-4 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division in 2010. North-east’s 4-2 mark in the North Division helped the Tigers finish in a tie for second place in the ultra competitive North Division.

Northeast garnered national attention during week six of the season af-ter the Tigers were able to knock off defending MACJC State Champion East Mississippi 49-42 in a shootout in Scooba where Tiger running back Jaquise Cook (Ripley) Ran for 267 yards and four scores against the Li-ons. Cook was awarded the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Player of the Week honors following his week six performance.

In addition to posting the team’s first winning season since 2005, the Tiger football team also captured the attention of the national media when Northeast was included in the NJCAA National Top 20 Football Poll for the week of October 19, 2010 at No. 18 after the Tigers opened up the season 5-2.

Not to be outdone, five different Tigers were honored by the MACJC with All-State status with wide receiver Josh Jarboe (Atlanta, Ga.), de-fensive back Brynden Trawick (Atlanta, Ga.), linebacker Anthony Brown (Cairo, Ga.), defensive back Jeremy Spikner (Olive Branch) and offen-sive lineman Antonio Foster (Valdosta, Ga.) all being selected to the All-State squad. Foster continued to represent the Tigers on the NJCAA Region XXIII squad and became the first Tiger football player to garner All-American status in 30 years when the Valdosta, Georgia native was selected as an honorable mention All-American.

On the hardwood, David Robbins led the Tiger basketball team to appearances in the MACJC State Tournament and the NJCAA Region XXIII Tournament after finishing as the North Division runner-up with a 7-5 mark in the North Division and an 11-14 mark overall. The Tigers found the same opponent awaiting them in both the state and region tour-naments – 19th-ranked Pearl River Community College – and the Tigers gave the Wildcats a run in the state tournament before falling in overtime 92-83.

Due to his effort on the court, sophomore point guard Tyler Pritchard (Iuka) was honored as a NJCAA Region XXIII selection after his 19-point effort against Pearl River in the Region XXIII Tournament and the North-east sophomore was selected to play in the MACJC All-Star Basketball Game in Decatur following the season.

In women’s basketball, Ricky Ford’s longtime run as Lady Tiger head coach came to an end after 30 years when Ford stepped down following the Lady Tigers appearance in the post-season. Ford helped lead the Lady tigers to a fourth place finish in the North Division (6-6) and faced off with the MACJC 2010-11 state champion and state tournament host Copi-ah-Lincoln Community College in the first round of the state tournament.

After posting a 11-12 overall mark, the Lady Tigers had a pair of indi-viduals selected for the MACJC All-North Division second team as Erin Strowder (Memphis, Tenn.) and Anna Brooke Page (Belmont) garnered individual honors.

Sophomore point guard Amber Johnson (Pine Grove) was selected to play in the MACJC All-Star Basketball Game in Decatur following the season.

Ford wrapped up his 30-year coaching career at Northeast with a 588-226 collegiate record and carries a 72.7 winning percentage overall with a 676-253 record.

On the tennis courts, Jeff Melson continued to transform the Tiger and Lady Tiger tennis teams into state and national contenders.

During the 2010 MACJC state tournament, Northeast saw its whirl-wind season come to an end as the Tigers placed four matches into the semi-finals of the state tournaments and the Lady Tigers had two matches reach semi-final status with Chelsey Whitaker (Alcorn Central) reaching the finals of the state tournament.

Led by sophomores Ward Bynum, Colin Holley, Ben Ferrell, Ben Ford and Matt Murphy, the Tiger team had one of its most successful season in recent history and finished the year ranked in the top 30 by the Interna-tional Tennis Association (ITA) at the end of the season.

On the links, Craig Lauderdale continued to keep the Northeast Tiger golf team in the national spotlight as Austin Holt (New Albany) contin-ued Northeast’s streak of national tournament appearances when the Ti-ger sophomore qualified for the NJCAA National Golf Championships at Goosepond Colony Golf Course in Scottsboro, Ala., in May.

In 2010, a pair of Tiger linksters – Blake Hatfield (Booneville) and Brandon Robbins (Corinth) – qualified for the national event while Hat-field made a solo appearance in Northeast’s first year back in Division II competition in 2009.

During the 2007 and 2008 season, Northeast went undefeated through the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) Di-vision III ranks and captured the Region XXIII crown and appeared in the NJCAA Division III National Golf Championship in Jamestown, NY.

Holt rallied back on the final day of the four-day national event to fin-ish in a tie for 57th overall with a four-day 305.

On the softball diamond, Jody Long’s Lady Tigers returned to the 2010-11 MACJC State Tournament in Perkinston and gave host Missis-sippi Gulf Coast Community College a run in the first round of the tourna-ment before seeing their season come to an end.

Northeast finished a 25-23 record on the softball diamond and the pro-gram sits just one win shy of the 300-win plateau since switching over to fast-pitch competition in 2011.

In 11seasons, Northeast is 299-232 and has a 137-56 record in the North Divisionheading into the 2012 campaign.

With its 25 wins during the 2010-11 season, Northeast recorded its most wins since the 2008 Lady Tiger softball team pieced together a 34-20 mark en route to a North Division championship.

On the baseball diamond, Kent Farris’ club finished the year with a 22-20 mark and was 12-12 in the North Division and came away with a season split against rival Itawamba Community College claiming a 4-2 victory in Fulton and 6-1 decision against the Indians in Booneville on April 13.

Corey Smith of New Albany and Jacob Long of Vardaman were named to the MACJC All-State first team while Trae Allison of Hernando and Will Wallis of Ripley were named to the All-State second team. Jordan Gurley of Corinth was awarded with a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Region XXIII golden glove selection at third base.

Northeast’s cheerleaders made the successful transition from a co-ed squad in the 2009-10 season to a squad of 10 during the 2010-11 year under the leadership of cheerleading coach Jennifer Johnson.

Athletics brought hope in 2010-11

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COAHOMA TIGERS==========================================================================SEPT 1 COPIAH-LINCOLN HSEPT 8 JONES COUNTY ASEPT 15 HOLMES ASEPT 22 NORTHWEST MISS. HSEPT 29 EAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 8 ITAWAMBA HCOCT 13 NORTHEAST MISS. HOCT 22 MISS. GULF COAST AOCT 27 MISSISSIPPI DELTA A

COPIAH-LINCOLN WOLVES==========================================================================SEPT 1 COAHOMA ASEPT 8 HOLMES ASEPT 15 HINDS HSEPT 24 JONES COUNTY ASEPT 29 SOUTHWEST MISS. HOCT 6 PEARL RIVER AOCT 15 MISS. GULF COAST HCOCT 20 EAST CENTRAL AOCT 27 NORTHEAST MISS. H

EAST CENTRAL WARRIORS==========================================================================SEPT 1 NORTHEAST MISS. ASEPT 8 NORTHWEST MISS. HSEPT 15 ITAWAMBA ASEPT 22 PEARL RIVER HSEPT 29 HINDS AOCT 8 MISS. GULF COAST HCOCT 15 JONES COUNTY AOCT 20 COPIAH-LINCOLN HOCT 27 SOUTHWEST MISS. A

EAST MISSISSIPPI LIONS==========================================================================SEPT 1 MISS. GULF COAST HSEPT 8 HINDS ASEPT 15 NORTHWEST MISS. ASEPT 22 ITAWAMBA HOCT 1 COAHOMA HCOCT 8 NORTHEAST MISS. AOCT 15 PEARL RIVER AOCT 20 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HOCT 27 HOLMES A

HINDS EAGLES==========================================================================SEPT 1 ITAWAMBA HSEPT 8 EAST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 15 COPIAH-LINCOLN ASEPT 22 MISSISSIPPI DELTA ASEPT 29 EAST CENTRAL HCOCT 6 JONES COUNTY HOCT 15 SOUTHWEST MISS. AOCT 22 PEARL RIVER HOCT 29 MISS. GULF COAST A

HOLMES BULLDOGS==========================================================================SEPT 1 SOUTHWEST MISS. ASEPT 8 COPIAH-LINCOLN HSEPT 15 COAHOMA HSEPT 22 NORTHEAST MISS. ASEPT 29 JONES COUNTY HOCT 8 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HCOCT 13 ITAWAMBA AOCT 22 NORTHWEST MISS. AOCT 27 EAST MISSISSIPPI H

ITAWAMBA INDIANS==========================================================================SEPT 1 HINDS ASEPT 8 PEARL RIVER HSEPT 15 EAST CENTRAL HSEPT 22 EAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 1 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HCOCT 8 COAHOMA AOCT 13 HOLMES HOCT 20 NORTHEAST MISS. AOCT 27 NORTHWEST MISS. H

JONES BOBCATS==========================================================================SEPT 1 MISSISSIPPI DELTA HSEPT 8 COAHOMA HSEPT 15 MISS. GULF COAST ASEPT 24 COPIAH-LINCOLN HSEPT 29 HOLMES AOCT 6 HINDS AOCT 15 EAST CENTRAL HCOCT 20 SOUTHWEST MISS. HOCT 27 PEARL RIVER A

MISSISSIPPI DELTA TROJANS==========================================================================SEPT 1 JONES COUNTY ASEPT 8 MISS. GULF COAST HSEPT 15 NORTHEAST MISS. HSEPT 22 HINDS HCOCT 1 ITAWAMBA AOCT 8 HOLMES AOCT 13 NORTHWEST MISS. HOCT 22 EAST MISSISSIPPI AOCT 27 COAHOMA H

MISS. GULF COAST BULLDOGS==========================================================================SEPT 1 EAST MISSISSIPPI ASEPT 8 MISSISSIPPI DELTA ASEPT 15 JONES COUNTY HSEPT 22 SOUTHWEST MISS. ASEPT 29 PEARL RIVER HOCT 8 EAST CENTRAL AOCT 15 COPIAH-LINCOLN AOCT 22 COAHOMA HCOCT 29 HINDS H

NORTHEAST MISS. TIGERS==========================================================================SEPT 1 EAST CENTRAL HSEPT 8 SOUTHWEST MISS. HSEPT 15 MISSISSIPPI DELTA ASEPT 22 HOLMES HSEPT 29 NORTHWEST MISS. AOCT 8 EAST MISSISSIPPI HCOCT 13 COAHOMA AOCT 20 ITAWAMBA HOCT 27 COPIAH-LINCOLN A

NORTHWEST MISS. RANGERS==========================================================================SEPT 1 PEARL RIVER HSEPT 8 EAST CENTRAL ASEPT 15 EAST MISSISSIPPI HSEPT 22 COAHOMA ASEPT 29 NORTHEAST MISS. HOCT 6 SOUTHWEST MISS. AOCT 13 MISSISSIPPI DELTA AOCT 22 HOLMES HOCT 27 ITAWAMBA A

PEARL RIVER WILDCATS==========================================================================SEPT 1 NORTHWEST MISS. ASEPT 8 ITAWAMBA ASEPT 15 SOUTHWEST MISS. HSEPT 22 EAST CENTRAL ASEPT 29 MISS. GULF COAST AOCT 6 COPIAH-LINCOLN HOCT 15 EAST MISSISSIPPI HCOCT 22 HINDS AOCT 27 JONES COUNTY H

SOUTHWEST MISS. BEARS==========================================================================SEPT 1 HOLMES HSEPT 8 NORTHEAST MISS. ASEPT 15 PEARL RIVER ASEPT 22 MISS. GULF COAST HSEPT 29 COPIAH-LINCOLN AOCT 6 NORTHWEST MISS. HOCT 15 HINDS HCOCT 20 JONES COUNTY AOCT 27 EAST CENTRAL H

L 2 0 1 1 M A C J C M A S T E R S C H E D U L E L

lCOPIAH-LINCOLN, EAST CENTRAL,Hinds, Jones, Mississippi Gulf Coast, PearlRiver, and Southwest comprise the MACJCSouth Division, while Coahoma, East Mis-sissippi, Holmes, Itawamba, MississippiDelta, Northeast, and Northwest comprisethe North Division. The first round of thestate playoffs (North No. 1 vs. South No. 2,South No. 1 vs. North No. 2) are set for Sat-urday, Nov. 5, with the first-round winnersplaying for the state championship Satur-day, Nov. 12. The 2010 MACJC state cham-pion earns hosting rights to the fourth-an-nual Mississippi Bowl scheduled for Sun-day, Dec. 4, in Indian Stadium at Biloxi HighSchool in Biloxi. Division games are denot-ed by a star ( ).

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Showband from Tigerland

First Last InstrumentMichael Aldridge PercussionAmanda Arnold DancerKasinda Atkinson PercussionNikia Bailey Guard/ClarinetJacqueline Baker Guard/FluteKayla Barnes ClarinetSamantha Barnes Guard/ClarinetMonica Barnett PercussionAnna Bass DancerAngelica Baswell Guard/FluteCody Bennett Percussion/SaxSarah Bobo DancerEdward Bogan PercussionKassidy Boggs GuardBonnie Boutwell DancerLeslie Boyd ClarinetLevi Boyd TrumpetBrittany Brackeen Guard/ClarinetJasmine Braddock DancerToby Brandon PercussionAmber Brown FluteJustin Brown French HornKelsey Brown Guard/Bass ClarinetLaCedric Brown PercussionTashundria Brown TrumpetFrederick Brown Tuba/TromboneRussell Browning Tenor SaxJasmine Brownlee TrumpetJulia Bullock TrumpetAlanna Burns Guard/PercussionJames Calloway TubaLynnette Cameron GuardAdam Caples Tenor SaxLatrisha Carothers PercussionMiranda Carroll Guard/ClarinetJulie Caver DancerTimothy Chism French Horn/TrumpetLaura Chism Guard/clarinetMorgan Clark ClarinetAustin Clifton TrumpetJacob Coffman ManagerJordan Coleman Alto SaxAnna Conlee DancerLauren Cooper DancerFelecia Cornelius DancerEron Cornelius Flute/PiccoloTess Cornelius PercussionTaylor Cotton DancerErin Crow French Horn/TrumpetBilly Cullom Tuba/Trombone/BaritoneHunter Curtis Baritone/TromboneElizabeth Davis DancerLauren Davis GuardZac Decker Trumpet

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Mark Kennedy PercussionMolly Koon DancerTyler Laher TubaAlisha Latch Clarinet/SaxophoneBrian Latch Trombone/ Baritone/TubaWylie Lavender Alto SaxophoneEstavia Lee Guard/ClarinetCallie Lewis DancerNicholas Liddell Alto Sax/Baritone SaxHannah Littlejohn TrumpetElizabeth Long Guard/FluteLindsay Long Manager/PercussionKatelynn Lowrance DancerDemarcus Madison PercussionTyisha Malone Clarinet/Bass ClarinetT’Keyah Manson Guard/ClarinetArgerie Marin DancerAlexandria Marlar DancerDarius Martin PercussionMegan Martin PercussionAlivia Mauney DancerMarcus McAlister PercussionJohn McBunch PercussionDevin McCalla DancerNikki McDonald DancerCallie McGrew Guard/BassoonCarlie McGrew Guard/ClarinetLakira McMillan TromboneKacey McNeely DancerHillary Medlin TromboneJustin Melton TrumpetMallory Michael DancerMicah Miller BaritoneKristyn Mills Guard/TrumpetElizabeth Mitchell GuardAnthony Mitchell PercussionJeffrey Moffitt BaritoneChris Moncure French HornAshley Morelock PercussionDana Morton Drum Major/ClarinetAndrew Nall TromboneEric Nesby BaritoneHannah Nichols Guard/PercussionStephanie Noflin ClarinetEthan Norrell PercussionJulie Norvell French Horn/TrumpetJordan Padget DancerKristin Pearson DancerAmber Permenter Alto Sax./Tenor SaxStacey Plunk Tenor SaxBrittani Pollard ClarinetLaWallace Pratt PercussionMonica Pruitt Clarinet/BaritoneOlivia Ray DancerWhitney Reddell Dancer

Marc Rees Trumpet/Alto SaxRobert Rich Bari SaxophoneSallie Richardson DancerTaylor Rinehart DancerNichole Roaton Drum Major/Flute/PiccoloDaniel Roberts TrumpetBobby Robertson PercussionBilly Robertson TromboneDarius Robinson TubaRandall Rowe ManagerRyan Rucker PercussionJustin Schermer TubaRoger Seabrook BaritoneCaitelan Shelton Guard/FluteZipporah Sherrod DancerShawntalay Shumpert PercussionSummer Smith DancerJacob Smith PercussionJoshua Smith TrumpetKimberly Spencer French Horn/TrumpetJordan Standifer TrumpetHelen Staten ClarinetMercedes Steele Percussion/FluteAnna Stokes FluteIan Strain PercussionBradley Strom TromboneLesley Sumner Alto Sax/Bass ClarinetJabari Temple PercussionMeaghan Thompson PercussionMolly Thorn FluteVictoria Tigner DancerZachary Trace TrumpetRaven Traylor ManagerDylan Van Zile Alto/Tenor Sax/Bass GuitarMarshall Veasey TrumpetLaren Wallis DancerAmy Walls DancerRebecca Ward FluteAmber Watson GuardKristie Webb Trumpet/Front EnsembleT’Keyah Westbrook DancerRichard Westmoreland ManagerBrandon White PercussionParis Wilbanks DancerCarly Wilbanks DancerMarteshia Williams DancerAmanda Willingham Flute/PiccMary Wilson DancerMolly Wimbish Guard/TrumpetRobyn Witt DancerLauren Wren DancerKwawnoshia Wren GuardMorgan Wright Percussion/GuardSarah Wroten DancerRory Young Drum Major/Saxophone

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2011-12 Cheerleaders

Aeriel ArmstrongSophomore

Blue Springs

Cheerleaders for the 2011-12 academic year include (front row l-r) Alyssa Moon of Tuscumbia Ala., Chelsea Stacks of Saltillo, Robbin Hamilton of Columbus, Becky Burk of Pontotoc, Kam-ryn Tucker of Amory along with (back row l-r) Emily Flemming of Booneville, Aerial Armstrong of Blue Springs, McKenzie Smith of Vardaman, Casey Davis of Booneville and Rebecca Col-lier of Ackerman. Jodie Stenson of Booneville will serve as ‘Spir-it the Tiger’ mascot.

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Becky BurkFreshmanPontotoc

Rebecca CollierSophomoreAckerman

Casey DavisSophomoreBooneville

Emily FlemmingFreshmanBooneville

Robbin HamiltonFreshmanColumbus

Alyssa MoonFreshman

Tuscumbia, Ala.

McKenzie SmithSophomoreVardaman

Chelsea StacksFreshman

Saltillo

Kamryn TuckerFreshman

Amory

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2011 Tiger Football ScheduleDate Opponent Site Time

September 1 East Central Booneville 7 p.m.

September 8 Southwest Booneville 7 p.m.

September 15 Mississippi Delta* Moorhead 6:30 p.m.

September 22 Holmes* Booneville 7 p.m.

September 29 Northwest* Senatobia 6:30 p.m.

October 8 East Mississippi* (HC) Booneville 3 p.m.

October 13 Coahoma* Clarksdale 6:30 p.m.

October 20 Itawamba* Booneville 7 p.m.

October 27 Copiah-Lincoln Wesson 7 p.m.

* Represents MACJC North Division contest

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NEMCC 2011 Web Football Media Guide