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EMCC to host defending state champion Gulf Coast in MACJC championship
Thursday, 05 November 2009
SCOOBA – The seventh-ranked Lions of East Mississippi will bid for a school-first state football championship by playing host to two-time defending state champion Mississippi Gulf Coast Saturday afternoon on the Scooba campus.  Pitting the respective regular-season champions of the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges (MACJC), Saturday’s kickoff for the 2009 MACJC state football championship is set for 2 p.m. at EMCC’s Sullivan-Windham Field.

Tickets for Saturday’s state title game will be available for purchase on the day of the game at a cost of $10 for adults and $5 for students.  Pre-game tailgating will run from 10 a.m. until game time on the grounds of Aust Hall.

With a two-year overall composite record of 17-3 under the guidance of head coach Buddy Stephens, the 9-1 EMCC Lions are presently ranked seventh nationally in the NJCAA/JCFootball.com poll but jumped four notches to No. 3 in the current JC Grid-Wire National Top 25.  In the Grid-Wire rankings, East Mississippi sits behind top-rated Navarro College of Texas and Mississippi Gulf Coast.  MGCCC is ranked third in this week’s NJCAA/JCFootball.com poll behind No. 1 Navarro and Fort Scott of Kansas.

Featuring unblemished 6-0 MACJC North Division records each of the last two seasons, EMCC has become the first junior college football program in Mississippi to post back-to-back unbeaten divisional marks since Northwest Mississippi registered three consecutive perfect North Division records during the 1998, 1999 and 2000 campaigns.  In addition, this year’s EMCC squad is the first North Division program to be represented in the state championship football game since Holmes claimed the 2002 state title.        

Competing in back-to-back MACJC state football playoffs for the first time in school history, Saturday will mark EMCC’s first-ever appearance in the state championship game.  Prior to Stephens’ arrival on the Scooba campus, the Lions had appeared in one prior state football playoff (1984) since the MACJC implemented the state playoff system in 1970.

Riding a current six-game winning streak, including last week’s 26-16 home triumph over Jones County in the state semifinals played in Scooba, the Lions will be looking to avenge their lone loss of the 2009 campaign during Saturday’s state championship contest.  On Sept. 17, the visiting Bulldogs of MGCCC posted a 43-26 road triumph over then-No. 2 East Mississippi.  Prior to this year’s setback to Mississippi Gulf Coast, EMCC had previously beaten the Bulldogs 10 straight times on the gridiron dating back to the 1987 campaign, including last year’s come-from-behind 27-23 upset road triumph over then-No. 2 Gulf Coast in Perkinston.

Saturday’s clash of divisional champions pits two of the nation’s most potent offenses, as MGCCC and East Mississippi are averaging 40.8 and 35 points per outing, respectively.  In addition, Mississippi Gulf Coast and EMCC rate second and third, respectively, among the nation’s total offense leaders in averaging better than 470 yards of total offense per game.

Individually, the Lions showcase Preseason NJCAA All-American Randall Mackey at quarterback.  The 6-foot, 185-pound Louisiana native tops the NJCAA in completion percentage (174-of-258 for 67.4%), along with ranking third in passing yards per game (266.4) and fourth with 22 passing touchdowns on the year.

As for the visitors, Mississippi Gulf Coast features the nation’s second-best ground attack, averaging 316 rushing yards per contest.  Sophomore running back Vick Ballard leads the NJCAA with 1,469 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns on the season.  Having dropped their season opener at home to Northwest Mississippi (30-25) back on Aug. 27, the 9-1 Bulldogs have since reeled off nine straight victories, including last week’s 58-21 home win over Coahoma in the state semifinals.

While East Mississippi aims for the school’s first-ever state football championship, MGCCC has claimed 14 state titles through the years, including each of the last two seasons.  Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Steve Campbell, the Bulldogs have put together a 50-12 composite record, including a 2007 co-national championship, the two state titles and a current string of three consecutive MACJC South Division crowns.

Saturday’s state championship contest will be made available online through WFCA-FM’s website at www.wfca108.com with Jason Crowder and Glen Beard set to call the play-by-play action during the audio-streamed broadcast.  The game can also be heard online by logging onto EMCC’s athletics website at http://athletics.eastms.edu.

The winner of Saturday’s state title game will earn an invitation to compete in next month’s Mississippi Bowl in Biloxi.  In its second year, the 2009 Mississippi Bowl will be played on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Biloxi Indian Stadium.  Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m.
Last Updated ( Monday, 23 November 2009 )
 
 
 
 
Great job West Point Green {champions} Waves football
players, coaching staff, and community. I have returned home so i am looking forward
to enjoying another winning season. Go Greenies 2010!!! - Minister Joe (Butch) Smith
 
Congrats.. to the players, parents, coaches, student body,
teachers and staff of West Point Hight School for the 2009 Ms. Football
Championship.  This shows us what can happen when a community stands together.  Best
wishes from Jesse Pulliam class of 1972. - Jesse Pulliam

 
There sure does seem to be limited news of the Green Wave in
this paper these days.... That's unfortunate, but GO GREENIES AND
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! - Luke Robataille
 
We would like to congratulate the West Point Green Wave for
their season victory.  We support our family and we always support anything that our
family is a part of.  We would like to say for you to continue the hard work, keep
your grades up, and keep GOD first.  Congratulations to Coach Pickens as well as all
the other coaching staff for your hard work. - Pickens Family

 
It had been a long time coming, but the WP Green Waves have
done it again. I am very proud of you all and look out Miss.. State you got some
wonderful players headed your way! God Bless everyone. - Demetrius Jefferson

 
Congratulations to WPHS football team and coaches on winning
the 5A state championship - Nash D. Montgomery, Virginia Beach, Virginia - WPHS
class of 1972! - Nash Montgomery
 
Congratulations Greenies, 5A State Champs!!!
- Mavis Jackson Williams, WPHS Class of 1979 

Big congratulations to the greenwave from the Gulf Coast.
- Robert L. Wright, Daphne, Alabama - WPHS class of 1977

Green wave spirit all the way from iraq great job greenies - TC Harris
 
I would like to wish the coaching staff and the West Point
High School Football team GOOD LUCK and a SAFE TRIP as they travel to the 5A State
Championship in Jackson!!! - Mrs. Antwaunette Jones Taylor
 
West Point Green Waves, we ready to take that ride to Jack
Town. Wish you all nothin but the best. C/O 2005 P.S. Lookin foward to seeing you
Lil Bro #22! - Jarvis Jefferson Sr.
 
 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits a dollar, All for the Greenwaves, Stand up and Holler!  Lets Go Greenwave! - Kahla Thomas

Just like 2005, I have my reservations made for Jackson.
Lets get it done again Green Wave! - Woa Townsend

Win,win,win,see you in Jackson Ms, for the playoff. - Rev Nudennie Moore

GO BIG GREENWAVES! LETS BRING HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP. - Anthony Tallie
 
I wish u guys the best season - Joshua Lee

 Go green waves and win, win, and win. - Rev Joe Smith

  GOOD LUCK WEST POINT SWIM TEAM!!! I hope yall have a great
season this year! Even though I'm not there, I'm cheering ya'll on up here! - Brandon Berry

Go Green Wave! Keep up the good work. - Robin Birmingham C/O '96
 
 
 
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