GameDay program for the NEMCC-Northwest football game

2012 Game Day Program

Sept. 20 vs. Northwest Miss.

Tiger Stadium Booneville, Miss.

7 p.m.

2012 Game Sponsor

If you would like to become a game sponsor, please contact Patrick Eaton at (662) 720-7165 or by email at peaton@northeast.ms.

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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

Bill Breedlove

Tenure of Service: 1999 Prentiss County Businessman

Tracie Langston

Tenure of Service: 2004 Prentiss County Businesswoman

Troy Holliday

Vice Chairman Tenure of Service: 1964 Tippah County Businessman

Randle Downs

Tenure of Service: 2012 Prentiss County Superintendent of Education

Sam McCoy

Tenure of Service: 1988 Prentiss County Businessman

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

Tonya Butler Farris

Tenure of Service: 2012 Alcorn County Businesswoman

Gina Smith

Tenure of Service: 2012 Alcorn County Superintendent of Education

Ken Basil

Tenure of Service: 2008 Union County Superintendent of Education

Douglas Jackson

Tenure of Service: 1995 Tippah County Retired Educator

Luzene Triplett

Tenure of Service: 2002 Prentiss County Retire Educator

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Alvie Blakeney

Tenure of Service: 2011 Tishomingo County Retire Businessman

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

Vance Witt

Tenure of Service: 2007 Union County Businessman

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2012 Northeast Tiger Football Roster

Name JaMarius Tallie Martice Buckley Antwan Wilson Kareem Brown Dennis Draper Pascal Desir III Donnell Chapman Jay Jones Nolan Genovese Brian Walker Raymond Gee, Jr. Xavier Amerson Matt Lipham Dequinten Spraggins Austin Ramsey Gregdrecus Leland Garrett Smith Shuntez Smith Antonius Dogan Jaquille White Nick Thomason Olajuwon Tanner Nick Johnson Robert Lee Johnson Jr. J.R. White Chris Cooper Trevoris Meeks Jaylon Wallace Jonathan Harrison Daniel Ross Timothy Hudgins Nicholas Johnson Romia Wilson Jonathan Braddock Collin Stubblefield Chris Wolfe Logan Hall Brandon Avant Carlton Howard Kortilous Ellis Travarius Love Sean Rogers Anthony Kibler Ron Taylor Demarrion Haynes Andrez Anderson Rusty Landry Logan Stokes Kerwin Harrison Maurice Booker Parrish Huddleston Lavon Hooks Justin Coleman Rezean Prather Ernesto Wynn

Classification Sophomore Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman

Pos. WR DB DB DB LB RB TE ATH QB DB WR WR QB DB FB DB ATH WR DB DB LB FB LB RB LB K LB LB P DL LB DE OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR WR TE TE TE DE DL DL DL DE DL

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

Weight 185 175 195 180 190 195 235 190 200 195 185 205 225 180 240 175 190 180 175 190 230 245 200 205 245 185 200 210 195 325 205 245 275 275 290 310 315 315 300 260 265 300 340 190 180 180 220 245 250 275 300 290 230 255 325

Head Coach: Ricky Smither Offensive Coordinator: Greg Davis Defensive Coordinator: Travis Macon Defensive Backs: Jonathan Webster Defensive Line: Deljuan Robinson President: Dr. Johnny Allen Athletic Director: Ricky Ford Sports Information Director: Joseph Miller 4

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Hometown West Point Charleston Charleston New Albany Batesville Jackson Batesville Horn Lake Corinth Cairo, Ga. Renova Orlando Fla. Slidell, La. West Point Belmont Batesville Starkville Southaven Charleston West Point Muscle Shoals, Ala. Coffeeville Olive Branch Olive Branch Tuscumbia, Ala. Madison Charleston Southaven Belmont Louisville, Ky. Columbus Batesville West Point Ripley New Albany Columbus Corinth Maben Batesville Charleston Charleston Batesville Okeechobee, Fla. Courtland Rosedale Horn Lake Thrasher Muscle Shoals, Ala. Lakeland, Fla. Leighton, Ala. Baldwyn Atlanta, Ga. Renova Ripley Augusta, Ga.

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2012 Northwest Ranger Football Roster

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Two-sport athletes balance time, pressure Northwest

Date: September 20 Northeast-Northwest History Last ten meetings

Kareem Brown

As Red so eloquently stated in the 1994 classic The Shawshank Redemption, “Geology is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes really, pressure, and time…”

Now, Red may have included an extra thing into the combination while describing how Andy exited the prison but a pair of Northeast football/ basketball players could become geologists when their athletic careers come to a close.

Northeast defensive lineman Lavon Hooks of Atlanta and defensive back Kareem Brown of New Albany know all too well about pressure and time.

Not only are Hooks and Brown standouts on the gridiron for the Tiger football team but they also are two-sport athletes adding to their pressure by donating their time to the Tiger basketball team when football season ends.

Brown and Hooks know that to become a collegiate athlete, it is all about growing up and one part of growing up is learning how to manage one’s time in the most useful factor.

For some, learning good time management skills is a life-long venture while for others, time management is an attribute that is instilled into them at a young age.

For college athletes, managing one’s time is of the utmost importance because not only does one have to figure out when practice is or what time to show up for a game but somewhere in the mix, an athlete must manage to also be a student.

National organizations have placed an emphasis on the word “Student” in the phrase “StudentAthlete” and Northeast athletes are no different.

Not only do Northeast athletes have to learn to balance life on and off the gridiron, hardwood, baseball and softball fields, golf course or tennis courts, Tiger and Lady Tiger athletes must also find time for academics, a social life and for important events like eating and sleeping.

Some athletes take the pressure to a new level by accomplishing great time management skills while participating in more than one sport at Northeast.

Hooks clocked a season on the hardwood at 6

Lavon Hooks

Marion Military Institute in Georgia before coming to Northeast in the fall of 2011 as a member of the Tiger football team. Brown is completing his second pressure-filled season after graduating from New Albany High School.

“When you come to junior college, you have to be more mentally prepared and come every day to work,” Brown said. “There is always someone just as good as you – if not better than you – and if they are always working as hard as you, you have just got to come in every day and compete.”

Through three games, Hooks is the second leading tackler on the Tiger football team while Brown is the third leading tackler.

Hooks has 19 tackles through the first three weeks of the season including six solo stops and 13 assists but where Hooks has been the biggest factor is in the sack department.

Hooks currently has six sacks through the first three games for minus 17 yards and has a total of seven tackles for loss for minus 26 yards and one forced fumble.

Brown is not too far behind his teammate with 17 tackles – 13 solos and four assists – and the New Albany native has a half tackle for loss for minus two yards and three pass breakups on the season.

Hooks had his break-out performance in the Tigers 30-21 win over the Jones County Bobcats on Saturday, September 8 when the Atlanta native registered 10 tackles and four sacks in the Tigers first win over the Bobcats since 2005.

On the hardwood, the roles pressure is the same.

During the 2011-12 season, Brown and Hooks appeared in a combined 38 games for the Tigers. Brown clocked 20 games for David Robbins’ Tigers while Hooks appeared in 18 contests last year.

In his 20 games for the Tigers, Brown scored 48 points for Northeast with 18 of those markers coming via the charity stripe where the New Albany native shot 75-percent.

Brown hit 36.3 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc and was fourth on the team in assists averaging 1.25 assists per game.

2011 -- Northeast, 34-28 2010 -- Northwest, 26-6 2009 -- Northwest, 17-14 2008 -- Northwest, 50-28 2007 -- Northwest, 26-24 2006 -- Northwest, 31-14 2005 -- Northeast, 38-14 2004 -- Northeast, 19-16 2003 -- Northwest, 34-26 2002 -- Northwest, 27-3 Series: Northwest 33-17-2.

Hooks, on the other hand, appeared in 18 games for the Tiger basketball team but in his limited time, the Atlanta native made an impact.

Hooks tallied 184 points – good enough for a 10.22 points per game average which was third on the team in scoring behind solo sport stars Acie Vance (16.818) and Jermaine Hollimon (11.773).

Hooks also led the team in field goal percentage (59.81) connecting on 64 of his 107 attempts on the season and pulled down a team-leading 162 rebounds on the year.

Hooks’ nine rebound per game average not only led the Tigers but led the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XXIII in that statistical category.

In between all that time on the gridiron and hardwood, Brown and Hooks have found time to balance athletics, academics, social life, breathing and eating.

However, time is what is running out on the duo as well. Only six regular season games remain in the 2012 football season and while Brown is donning the Black and Gold for the Tiger basketball season one last time, Hooks will be looking for a new school.

After playing for Marion Military Institute during the 2010-11 season, Hooks is ineligible to play a second year with the Tiger basketball team so now the only pressure the Atlanta native will feel is the decision on where to further his football and maybe basketball career.

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2012 Tiger Football Schedule Aug. 30 7 pm

Sept.

8 7 pm

Sept.

13 6:30 pm

Sept.

20 7 pm

Sept.

27 7 pm

Copiah-Lincoln in Booneville

Jones County in Ellisville

Holmes* in Goodman

Northwest* in Booneville

Miss. Gulf Coast in Perkinston

Oct. 4 6:30 pm

Oct. 11 7 pm

Oct. 20 3 pm

Oct. 25 7 pm

Coahoma* in Clarksdale

East Miss.* in Booneville

Itawamba* (Homecoming) in Booneville

Miss. Delta* in Moorhead

* Denotes North Division Gold denotes Home Game at Tiger Stadium in Booneville

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