The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi (2024)

September 3, 2016

Publication:

The Vicksburg Posti

Location:

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Issue Date:

Saturday, September 3, 2016

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11

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WWWVICKSBURGPOSTCOM SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3 201 6 B3 Cornerbacks a concern for MSU as season begins STARKVILLE (AP) Preseason camp kind to Mississippi veteran cornerbacks In the span of a few days the Bulldogs lost senior Tolando Cleveland to a tom ACL in his left knee and senior Cedric Jiles to a broken right arm Cleveland is out for the season while Jiles is likely out at least half the year That means some young players are going to get a bigger than expected oppor tunity in Mississippi season opener against South Alabama on Saturday IfBull coach Dan Mullen is concerned about the inexperience at comer STAMPS back he shown it the opportunity and you need to take advan tage of your Mullen said work hard in our program We like to play a lot of Junior Jamoral Graham is among those who Missis sippi State needs to improve in a hurry Graham came to Mississippi State as a receiver but converted to defense last season and made 21 tackles Junior college transfer Lashard Dun is listed as the other starter at comer back while redshirt freshman Chris Stamps and sopho more Chris Rayford are the primary backups Stamps redshirted last season while recovering from a shoulder injury he had played through since he was a sophom*ore at Warren SOUTH ALABAMA AT MISSISSIPPI STATE Saturday 1 1 am TV: SEC Network Radio: 1055 Central Senior defensive end AJ Jefferson said the losses in the secondary make putting pressure on the quarterback even more important If the quarterback has less time to throw the cornerbacks have to defend for as long the end of the day going to make us better" Jef ferson said going to be out there trying harder RIVALRY Continued from Bl since it won 1 1 in a row from 1991 2001 really take it game by game and year by year We just try to be as best we can very proud to be on the win ning side of this game Vicksburg played a very good game It was a slugfest there for a little Warren Central coach Josh Morgan said Indeed it was Vicksburg (2 1) struck first scoring on a 40 yard pass from Joe Johnson to James Allen with 4:11 left in the first quarter The extra point was blocked and Warren Central (3 0) answered with a 25 yard TD pass from Wilson to Demarcus Jones on its next possession to take a 7 6 lead Vicksburg came right back with John son connecting with Raheam Moore for a 16 yard score and a 14 6 lead after the two point conversion Moore finished with nine receptions for 1 13 yards and two touchdowns Johnson completed nine consecu tive passes at one point in the first half and finished 25 of 40 for 252 yards and three touchdowns His receivers how ever dropped five passes including one that resulted in pick six in the fourth quarter The Gators were also hampered by an injury to leading rusher Marlon Hodge He sprained his knee in the first half and did not return His absence all but elimi nated the running game from the offense Hodge went down on the series where Johnson hit Moore for the TD that gave the Gators a 14 7 lead rom then on it was almost all Warren Central Vicksburg had three first downs and committed two turnovers in a span of six possessions still trying to turn a comer got to eliminate the drops It was at least six or seven drops And the zrun game is key When we lost Marlon Hodge our leading rusher that hurt Vicksburg coach Marcus Rogers said thought we had some receivers out there where we could have made some plays and we just execute PAUL THE VICKSBURG POST BIG GAME: Warren Central running back joe Shorter (7) tries to escape the grasp of Vicksburg defender Shorter ran for a game high 150 yards as the Vikings won 42 21 Wilson hit Walton for a 20 yard touch down with 1:59 left in the half to tie it On the other side of halftime the Vikings took the kickoff and went on a 1 2 play 70 yard drive capped off by 9 yard run to take the lead for good Warren next possession was highlighted by a power failure that delayed the game for about 1 5 minutes A circuit breaker was tripped and it caused the lights on the side of the sta dium to go out Wilson tossed a 28 yard TD pass to Walton on the first play once the game resumed to put the Vikings ahead 28 14 had to respond It was one of those Morgan said told them at halftime that we needed to pick things up and still a lot of places we could have been a lot sharper at Espe cially Our second half drives we were really hurting ourselves with penalties and things we needed to stay away The final nail in the coffin was interception return Trailing by two touch downs but with the ball at the Warren Central 31 yard line and enough time to still mount a comeback the Gators were trying to drive Johnson threw a hitch pass to the right side that tipped off the hands of Allen and into the hands of Shaw He zipped up the sideline for the score helped These games right here you never know Momentum is a son of a gun in this game and that really gave us breathing Morgan said Vicksburg got a touchdown back on its next possession when Johnson hit Moore for a 12 yard score with 6:01 left It was the only offensive highlight after their promising first half however They turned it over on downs at their own 5 in the last two minutes and Wilson scored on a 3 yard run with 5 1 seconds left to put an exclamation point on the victory played the same We just execute late in the game" Moore said guess we got too high on ourselves and forgot the game and harder because in the back of our mind we know a bunch of guys down in the secondary: sure all of them can hold their own but we just want to make it as easy as we can for Besides trying to find players to fill out the second ary Mullen is also still set tling on a quarterback Mullen said use at least two quarterbacks in the season opener sophom*ore Nick itzgerald and junior Damian Williams itzgerald was Dak primary backup last season and com pleted 11 of 14 passes Wil liams made one start in 2013 as a true freshman Depend ing on how the game goes redshirt freshman Nick Tiano might also play was hoping to have complete clarity in there being a definite No 1 and I think there is one Mullen said want to say guy is going to be the and series two another guy comes in and plays better and mess it up that way I plan on us play ing more than one in the first REE YET HOPPER 20 Ijf (ainAsn ol Qimai wZr fil 5'lf 8t lsf rf QUEST EATURES Doing the job right starts with using the right tools So if you want professional grade cut quality and performance in a premium residential zero turn nder start with the Exmark Quest It offers more commercial grade features more comfort and more value Exmark 452tx or 7O8cc engines cutting deck 2 9 gallon fuel capacity Grounds speeds up to 7 0 mph 3 year Consumer or 30 Lley Commercial warranty COOKTRACTORCa Mowers Tractors and Equipment We will be dosed Labor Day Monday Sept 5th wwwcooktractorcocoin 680 Hwy 80 Vicksburg 60 1 636 464 1 Our amily Taking Care tOf Your amily's Eyes aa Prescriptions illed Lenses Duplicated Safety Glasses Contact Lenses rames Replaced 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