**Trojans Travel To Wesson To Face Co-Lin** The Mississippi Delta Community College Trojans are hoping to play their second game of the season Thursday night when they travel to Wesson to take on the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolves at 7 p.m. Last week’s game against Southwest Community College in Summit was cut short midway through the first quarter when the referees sent both teams to their locker rooms due to lightning in the area. The game was declared “No Contest” after more than an hour-and-a-half and will not be rescheduled unless the outcome would affect the final standings. This leaves the Trojans with a 1-0 record as they take on the Wolves who were ranked No.3 in the nation after handing Itawamba Community College a 37-13 loss in the first game of the season. They dropped to No. 11 this week after East Mississippi showed why they are Ranked No.1 in the nation by handing Co-Lin a 46-10 loss. The Wolves are expected to fill the air with football Thursday night against the Trojans. Sophomore quarterback Daniel Fitzwater (6-6, 235) of Shreveport, LA. is one of the hottest passers in the state hitting over 64 percent of his passes and averaging 339 yards per game through the air with four TD’s and two interceptions. Fitzwater also has a pack of capable targets to throw to including wide receiver Donald Gray (5-11, 180) freshman from Memphis who is averaging 139 yards per game (19.9/reception) and has all four TD receptions thus far this season. He is joined by sophomore wide receiver Germaine Martin (6-1, 180) of Bouge Chitto who is averaging 49.5 yards per game. Two more wide receivers, Koy McFarland (5-11, 175) of Wesson and Courtney Foy (5-10, 195) of Birmingham, AL. are both averaging just over 28 yards per game. On the ground, the Wolves are averaging just 87.5 yards per game with the lion’s share of that coming from sophomore running back DeLance Turner (5-11, 205) of New Augusta who is racking up 72.5 yards per game and has scored Co-Lin’s other two touchdowns this season. The Trojans enter game averaging 214 yards per game with 148 yards of that coming through the air and 66 yards coming on the ground. Defensively, the Trojans are giving up 320 yards per game while the Wolves are giving up 368 yards per game. Across the state, the Lions of East Mississippi (2-0) remain ranked No.1 in the nation with Gulf Coast CC (2-0) and Jones Junior College (2-0) ranked fourth and fifth respectively. Co-Lin is 11th and Pearl River CC (2-0) is No. 18 nationally. In the MACJC North Division East Mississippi is first, the Trojans (1-0) are in second and Holmes CC (1-1) is third. Itawamba CC, Coahoma CC, Northwest CC and Northeast CC are all 0-2 for the season. North Division play begins this week for every team except the Trojans. Delta begins conference play next week against Coahoma Community College at home in Moorhead.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:25:43 +0000
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