Northeast MS Community College Football Game Day Program against Coahoma

Game Day Program

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H O M E C O M I N G

October 16 vs. Coahoma

Tiger Stadium Booneville 2 p.m.

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Letter from the President 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 performances 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 enjoyable 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

Board of Trustees

T. Jack Ramsey

Chairman Tenure of Service: 1983 Tishomingo County/ Banker

Wayne Butler

Troy Holliday

Vice Chairman Tenure of Service: 1964 Tippah County Businessman

Danny Dilworth

Tenure of Service: 2007 Alcorn County Retire Educator

Tenure of Service: 2006 Alcorn County Retire Businessman

Sam McCoy

David ‘Bubba’ Pounds

Tenure of Service: 1988 Prentiss County Businessman

Tenure of Service: 2009 Prentiss County County Government

John O. Cunningham Secretary Tenure of Service: 1995 Prentiss County Businessman

Douglas Jackson

Tenure of Service: 1995 Tippah County Retired Educator

Stacy Suggs

Tenure of Service: 2008 Alcorn County Superintendent of Education

Ken Basil

Tenure of Service: 2008 Union County Superintendent of Education

Malcolm Kuykendall Tenure of Service: 2006 Tishomingo County Superintendent of Education

Luzene Triplett

Tenure of Service: 2002 Prentiss County Retire Educator

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Bill Breedlove

Tenure of Service: 1999 Prentiss County Businessman

Tracie Langston

Tenure of Service: 2004 Prentiss County Businesswoman

Vance Witt

Tenure of Service: 2007 Union County Businessman

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2010 Northeast Tiger Football Roster

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Brynden Trawick Jonathan Johnson Michael Poole Donte’ Barksdale Steve Smith Bryan Steele Josh Jarboe Deion Belue Jamarcus Goodloe Devin Lindsey Jeremy Spikner Bo Brown Diante Curlee Jeiron Jones Marvell Taylor Matt Cook Jaquise Cook Anthony Knox Ryan Jones Justin Suggs Macerell Hickinbottom Taylor Earhart Trey Pegues Deshaun Kimble Jonathan Bates Tarondal Phillips Ryan Richardson Stevie Davis Pat Moore Cortney Sutton Anthony Brown Frankie Lee Arthur Gardner Derryan Ryce Nathan Kendrick Zack Brooks Brandon Avant Jerryn Napier Reycardo Bradford Hunter Walton Chanston Jeter Steve Johnson Antario Knight Dustin Winsted Scott Hollowell Cash Lovett Robert Arant Kyle Davis Jonathan Braddock Kendall Kelly Ky’Vari Bolden Antonio Foster Markie Dukes Willie Grady Cody Woodiel McAuther Leatherwood Carlos Warren Cayse Copeland Devin Slate Anthony Payne

Position DB/WR WR RB WR DB QB WR DB RB DB DB WR WR WR LB RB RB DB DB DE LB K LB DB DB DB LB P DE LB LB DB DB OL OL DB OL DE OL DT OL DT OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DT OL WR WR TE DL DL DL DL DL

Height 6-3 6-0 5-8 5-8 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-1 5-5 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-3 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-7 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-4 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-6 6-1 6-4 5-10 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-1

Weight 210 175 155 170 190 215 205 180 220 190 185 220 175 170 180 175 205 175 190 240 200 170 205 175 170 200 205 180 245 220 230 160 180 265 265 170 290 220 255 250 315 255 265 305 260 300 290 285 280 305 290 300 180 200 250 330 240 275 290 300

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President: Dr. Johnny L. Allen Athletic Director: Ricky Ford Head Coach: Ricky Smither Assistant Coaches: Brad Boyette, Jeff Carter, John Darnell Student Assistant Coaches: Travis Macon, Freddie Weinke Managers: Jacob Coffman, Colton Garrett, Danny Wilson, Derrick Gann Videographers: Maury Billingsley, Wesley Gray Team Physician: Dr. Erik Dukes 4

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Atlanta, Ga. West Helena, Ark Ripley Southaven Jackson Olive Branch Atlanta, Ga. Tuscumbia, Ala. Leighton, Ala. Baldwyn Olive Branch Booneville Corinth Booneville Charleston Kossuth Ripley Olive Branch Muscle Shoals, Ala. Coffeeville Oxford Olive Branch Oxford Charleston Tuscumbia, Ala. Holly Springs Ripley Tishomingo Southaven Southaven Cairo, Ga. Charleston Columbus Shannon Amory Okolona Maben Muscle Shoals, Ala. Charleston Fulton Ripley Charleston Corinth Tuscumbia, Ala. Oxford Southaven Oxford Olive Branch Ripley Gainsville, Fla. Hoover, Ala. Valdosta, Ga. Oxford Okolona Hernando Ripley Hernando Baldwyn Oxford Leroy, Ala.

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2010 Coahoma Tiger Football Roster

Name Fred Plummer Colton Jackson Tony Jefferson Garrick Jones Charles Harris Devon Perry Jakovis Stewart Jazy Parker Martin Robinson Artavis Gregory Ceasare Johnson Jarvis Pigue Keith Reynolds Derrick Murrell Rishunn McCaled Christopher Mosby Hollis Moore II Jerry Richardson Courtney Vaughn Robdreck Little Nepolean Brewer Anthony McLean Byron Gaston Marquette Dockery Edward Goldsberry Michael Heisser Trent Williams Henry Hampton Marcus Wesley Nikko Hammer Jeremy Smith Gerald Oriol Jr. Paul Medders Chester Horne Zachary Jefferson Zavier Johnson Larry Richarson DeAndre Ward Justin Thomas Devon Walls Rickey Morton Adam Williams Cameron Clark Antrale Newson Glenn Mason Darone Bailey Jr. Brandon Cathy Rico Jenkins Maurice Brooks Dewayne Harris Zemarion Meeks Tracy Peters Bondevia Cosby Ivory Jones Courtney Peters

Position WR WR RB QB SS WR DB QB WR RB DL WR OLB WR WR WR WR DB RB WR DB DB DB FS FS DB K RB SS SS LB DE OLB RB K LB LB LS OL OL DE DE DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DL OL TE DL OL

Height 5’10 5’10 6’0 6’4 6’2 5’9 5’11 6’1 6’0 5’3 6’6 5’8 6’0 5’5 6’2 5’10 6’3 5’10 5’10 6’0 5’10 5’10 5’8 6’3 6’1 5’9 5’10 5’9 5’11 6’4 5’11 6’1 6’0 5’10 6’2 5’11 5’11 6’1 6’5 6’7 6’3 6’3 6’3 6’4 6’0 6’6 6’6 6’5 6’1 6’0 5’11 6’5 6’2 6’4 6’8

Weight 185 181 185 195 190 180 170 175 177 180 265 181 190 153 190 155 195 170 180 160 185 175 165 205 210 165 148 178 200 210 218 240 200 209 170 240 210 215 310 290 240 230 265 285 260 305 290 290 300 315 260 290 220 290 320

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High School Kirby Broadstreet Whitehaven Whitehaven Charleston Ridgeway West Bolivar East Coahoma Aggie Fairley Kirby West Talley Woodale Fairley Gentry Broadstreet Whitehaven Charleston Tunica Rosa Fort Charleston Whitehaven Dorman High Coahoma County Hillcrest Central McComb Lee Academy West Talley Senatobia Ridgeway West Bolivar Vince West Bolivar Pearl Broadstreet Gentry Charleston Clarksdale Kirby Abraham Lincoln Oakhaven Tunica Rosa Fort Senatobia Clarksdale McComb Cleveland Eastside East Kirby Charleston Whitehaven Charleston Houston Charleston Bolton Freedom Village Academy 5

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Player Feature: The Smitherines These are the Smitherines.

Nathan Kendrick of Amory, Kyle Davis of Olive Branch, Kendall Kelly of Gainesville, Fla., Robert Arant of Oxford, Cash Lovett of Southaven, Chanston Jeter of Ripley, Antario Knight of Corinth, Dustin Winsted of Tuscumbia, Ala., Antonio Foster of Valdosta, Ga., Cody Woodiel of Hernando, Cayse Copeland of Baldwyn and Derryan Ryce of Tupelo.

Those 12 are your Dirty Dozen.

They put on their uniform every week and prepare for battle.

For Arant, Lovett, Knight, Foster, Woodiel and Copeland, those six have seen the battles fought in the trenches of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division and around the state.

Kendrick, Davis, Jeter, Winsted and Ryce are just getting their first battle scars while manning the front lines as the Tiger offense advance throughout the league.

Kelly, a redshirt freshman, joins Kendrick, Davis, Jeter, Winsted and Ryce (as new recruits) but has already seen the speed of the game in college.

It’s scary. It’s rough. Someone is bound to get hurt, but if they do their job right, Northeast will win the battle in the trenches.

For first-year linemen, they rank as privates who are working their way up the chain of command earning stripes for learning how to deal with the situations that are thrown at them in the MACJC. For the second-year athletes, it is a little more different. They are the leaders. They are the men that rookies look up to…they are the officers on deck.

Northeast head coach and commander-in-chief Ricky Smither – whose name gives the meaning to the Smitherines – and offensive line coach Brad Boyette along with Travis Macon have put the grunts through a boot-camp style obstacle course in order to get them ready for whatever the game may present to the infantry.

However, for an offensive lineman his job is more along the lines of a special ops commando instead of a front-line solider.

The last thing an offensive lineman wants to do is get caught or have recognition thrown on him. That gives away his cover and his alibi.

Very few stats are kept on offensive linemen. Their names won’t be found in the game-by-game summaries unless it is listing the starters at each position.

Only Woodiel, the team’s tight end, is mentioned more than once in the statistics – in the receiving category – and the sophomore wants to be more of a blocker than a pass catcher.

Offensive linemen follow the mantra of, “Anonymity is your name. Silence your native tongue. We are ‘Them.’ We are ‘They.’ We are the Offensive Line.”

Bad things happen when an offensive lineman is recognized – it is usually a penalty on a play or a coach screaming because of a missed assignment so the less people know about the offensive line the better.

However, for Northeast’s Dirty Dozen Smitherines…

Arant returns as a sophomore for the Tigers and anchors down the offensive line and wears No. 69.

Lovett played offensive line for three years at DeSoto Central High School before coming to Northeast and holds down the 6

right guard position in his No. 68 jersey.

Knight, No. 63, made the transition from center to the left side of the line in the offseason. Knight and his long hair have been getting used to the violent collisions the left side of the line takes during the course of a game.

“It is a lot more hitting, a lot more collisions,” Knight said. “I had a little struggle at the beginning of the year, but it is getting a lot better. It seems like we have been playing together for a long time.”

Foster, a Valdosta, Ga.-native, is used to the speed of the game coming from a Class 5A school – and perennial powerhouse -- Valdosta High School but sees improvement in the line from week-to-week. Foster’s theory of week-by-week improvement proved to be right when the Tigers broke loose for a seasonhigh 346 rushing yards and 49 points against East Mississippi in Northeast’s last game.

Woodiel, who played tight end for four years in high school, enjoys the physical nature of the position but realizes there is a difference between high school and junior college football “We’ve got grown men we are having to block this year,” Woodiel said. “I am a blocker. I am more of a physical type of person.”

Copeland, who has played three years in the offensive front, leads the way for the Tiger rushing attack from his h-back position (half back). Copeland opens the way for Northeast running backs as was evident than when Jaquise Cook (Ripley) broke loose for a career-high 267 yards and four scores against East Mississippi in the Tigers last outing.

“I think we are doing good,” Copeland said. “We are mostly sophomores and have a year’s experience.”

Kelly made the trek from Gainesville, Fla., to join the Tiger offensive platoon. Kelly, who started in the trenches his senior year of high school protected the blindside for his Florida teammates but made the transition to the right tackle position for the Tigers and has gained more responsibility with protecting both passing and running plays since the Tiger signal caller is right-handed.

Kendrick came from perennial power Amory and had to make the transition from being a left guard and protecting the quarterback to actually snapping the ball and blocking nose guards in community college.

“It is a whole lot different and having to use that split second to snap the ball and being a little bit faster and heavier with these nose guards up here,” Kendrick said. “It is a lot faster. I didn’t figure junior college would be this tough. It is a whole lot different than playing 3A/4A teams at Amory.”

Davis stayed on the same side as his high school days at Center Hill High School in DeSoto County but moved out one spot in order to help the Tiger offense. At Center Hill, Davis manned the left guard position but transformed into a left tackle when Northeast called for his services. Davis also had the make the transition from a pass-oriented offense in high school to more of a running offense in junior college.

Jeter, a Ripley native, was used to blocking for the Wing-T offense in high school but at least he didn’t have to change his school colors or mascot when joining the Tigers.

“It’s different,” Jeter said. “The way I block and the pace and

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Tiger speed of the game. We had the Wing-T at Ripley but here it is pass blocking and getting set and using my hands but we work good together.”

Winsted was the benefactor of recruiting as the Tuscumbia, Alabama native saw some of his Colbert Heights High School teammates make the short trek to Northeast and decided to join the Tigers out of high school. Winsted has five years experience in the trenches but saw the change from left tackle to left guard when he started playing ball in college “It is a lot more fun,” Winsted said. “It is probably the best line I have ever played with.”

Ryce originally thought that the Tiger coaching staff were kidding when they asked, “What do you think about playing center?” For the Shannon High School right guard, he didn’t think too much about it until fall drills came and he was placed in the middle of the line.

“You got to change your stance, your blocking…lot of things you have to change from right guard,” Ryce said. “We have good communication and everything is working together. As we say, if the offensive line doesn’t do our job then who is going to stop those big boys up front?”

Ryce and the rest of the offensive line have it down – if they don’t do their job…who is going to keep the enemy from advancing and attacking the Tiger offensive headquarters.

For the Smitherines, the Dirty Dozen…it is their job and they take pride in the job they do.

Football Northeast-Coahoma History Last five meetings

2009 – Coahoma, 20-14 4OT 2008 – Coahoma 28-25 2007 – Northeast 36-6 2006 – Northeast, 44-16 2005 – Northeast, 30-14

Series: Northeast 26-8.

Notes: Northeast has been the dominate team in the se-

ries owning a 26-8 record against Coahoma since 1976.

However, Coahoma has taken the last two meetings in the series including a four-overtime thriller on Northeast’s 2009 Homecoming in Booneville last year. Prior to the last two meetings, the last time Coahoma won a game in the series was during the 1999 season when Coahoma captured a 17-3 win against the Tigers. When Coahoma is able to breakthrough, Northeast keeps it close allowing Coahoma only a 64-point margin in eight games while the Tigers average margin of victory is by almost 26 points.

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2010 Tiger Football Schedule Date

Opponent

Site

Results

September 2

East Central

Decatur

W, 34-6

September 9

Southwest

Summit

L, 16-20

September 16

Mississippi Delta*

Booneville

W, 26-13

September 23

Holmes*

Goodman

W, 35-20

September 30

Northwest*

Booneville

L, 6-26

October 7

East Mississippi*

Scooba

October 16

Coahoma* (HC)

Booneville

2 p.m.

October 21

Itawamba*

Fulton

7 p.m.

October 28

Copiah-Lincoln

Booneville

7 p.m.

* Represents MACJC North Division contest

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W 49-42