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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
Ben McClung
Tenure of Service: 2013 Tishomingo County Superintendent of Education
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
Tracie Langston
Tenure of Service: 2004 Prentiss County Businesswoman
Vance Witt
Tenure of Service: 2007 Union County Businessman
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Jonathan Webster
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Dustin Jones
Mike Markuson
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Athletic Support Staff David Robbins Dean of Students Athletic Director
Matt Werner Athletic Facilities/ Head Equipment Manager
Chassie Kelly Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Students/Athletic Director
Blake Long Sports Information Director
Hope Barnes, ATC
Karri Davis
Head Athletic Trainer
Cheerleading Coach
Jeremy Kennedy
Don Knowles
Voice of the Tigers WNAU 1470 AM
Operations Manager Sodexo, USA
Bus Drivers Phillip Moore (left) Marvin Ozbirn (right)
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2013 Northeast Tiger Football Roster
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Head Coach: 9 Ricky Smither 10 (6th year - Delta State University) 11 12 Defensive Coordinator: 13 Travis Macon (6th year - University of Mississippi) 14 15 Offensive Line: 16 Mike Markuson 17 (1st year - Hamline University) 18 19 Wide Receivers: 20 Dustin Jones (1st year - Liberty University) 21 22 Defensive Backs: 23 Jonathan Webster 24 (2nd year - Arkansas Tech University) 25 27 Defensive Line: 28 Greg Davis (2nd year - Stephen F. Austin 29 University) 30 34 Head Equipment Manager: 38 Matt Werner 44 (1st year - NEMCC) 45 48 Managers: 50 Tyler Mills, Austin Emerson, Janard Williams, Will Burns, Cody Friga, 53 Devin Sowell 54 56 President: 59 Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D. (9th year - Mississippi State University) 62 68 71 Athletic Director: David Robbins 73 (1st year - Millsaps Univeristy) 74 78 Sports Information Director: 79 Blake Long 80 (1st year - University of Mississippi) 81 90 Athletic Trainer: Hope Barnes 92 (2nd year - University of Southern Miss) 93 94 Student Trainers: 97 Audrianna Green, Jamal Gray, Diamond Abney-Reeder, Rico Coggins 98 99 6
Name Jeremy Liggins Martice Buckley Antwan Wilson Jaquille White Marcus Robinson Jerrard Randall LaVontis Smith Demarrion Haynes Gregdrecus Leland Brady Allen Raymond Gee Ricky Parks Khalil Stinson A.J. Jackson Dequinten Spraggins Je’Tavious Turner Johnny Smith Rashad Turner Jonathan Bobo Miguel Graham Shaquille Bush Elisha Wilson Jamel Dennis Matthew Belue Mitchell Cunningham Marquis Allen Tez Lane Corbin White Nick Johnson Chris Cooper Hunter Bull Daniel Ross Antonio Ryland Martavis Ford Romia Wilson Lakendrick Preston Martize Mitchell Damien Rayford Jabari Edwards Michael Davis Kortilous Ellis Jeremiah Dent Justin Barksdale Sean Rogers Robbie Gale Ross Smith Chandler Dexter Ralph Green Dequan Ivery Anthony Peters Parrish Huddleston Justin Coleman Razean Prather Nhigel Phillips Lemetrius Hollins
Position DL DB DB DB LB QB WR WR DB QB WR TE WR TE DB LB DB WR DB DB WR DB LB TE RB DB RB RB LB K TE DL LB LB OL OL OL OL LB OL OL DL OL OL OL OL TE WR DL DL DL DL DL DL DL
Class Fr. So. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr.
Height 6’4” 5’8” 6’0” 6’2” 6’4” 6’1” 5’10” 5’8” 5’8” 5’10” 6’3” 6’4” 6’1” 6’6” 6’1” 6’0” 6’0” 6’4” 6’3” 6’1” 6’0” 6’0” 5’11” 6’0” 5’8” 5’8” 5’11” 5’11” 5’11” 5’10” 6’4” 6’4” 6’0” 6’0” 6’2” 6’6” 6’0” 6’4” 6’0” 6’0” 6’0” 6’4” 6’2” 6’1” 6’5” 6’6” 6’5” 6’3” 6’1” 6’3” 6’0” 6’0” 6’0” 6’4” 6’0”
Weight Hometown High School 295 Oxford Lafayette County 170 Charleston Lake Cormorant 180 Charleston Charleston 190 West Point West Point 230 Memphis, Tenn. Memphis East 188 Miami Gardens, Fla. Chaminade-Madonna 170 Maben West Oktibbeha 177 Rosedale West Bolivar 175 Batesville South Panola 180 Corinth Corinth 195 Renova Cleveland 265 Hogansville, Ga. Callaway 205 College Park, Ga. Westlake 265 Riverdale, Ga. Lovejoy 185 West Point West Point 175 Batesville South Panola 180 Starkville Starkville 185 Bruce Bruce 195 Bruce Bruce 190 Maben East Webster 180 Bruce Bruce 180 D’Iberville D’Iberville 220 Oxford Lafayette County 260 Golden Red Bay 220 Ecru North Pontotoc 190 Tupelo Tupelo 160 West Point West Point 220 Nettleton Nettleton 180 Olive Branch Olive Branch 190 Madison Madison Central 235 Southaven Southaven 310 Louisville, Ky. Jeffersontown 255 Brooksville Noxubee County 215 Okolona Okolona 305 West Point West Point 285 Gulfport West Harrison 280 Macon Noxubee County 315 Batesville South Panola 255 Columbus Columbus 305 Kilmichael Montgomery County 270 Charleston Charleston 310 Columbus Tupelo 285 Courtland South Panola 275 Batesville South Panola 310 Hernando Hernando 305 Booneville Booneville 250 Iuka Tishomingo County 195 Ripley Ripley 305 Miami, Fla. Columbia 235 Pontotoc Pontotoc 295 Dorsey Baldwyn 255 Renova Cleveland 240 Ripley Ripley 330 Griffin, Ga. Griffin 290 Madison Madison Central
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Wilson wants to lead Tigers to postseason Jones County (Ellisville) Date: September 5
Northeast-Jones County History Last 10 meetings
Antwan Wilson Antwan Wilson is quite familiar with the concept and definition of being a leader. He led Charleston High School as a senior to a 14-2 record, the only losses coming at the beginning of the season to programs that were two classifications and nearly 500 students bigger than his school. His team also captured the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 3A state championship with a victory over Hazlehurst High School. “I told myself I had to be a leader in high school because I was the quarterback and my coach (Tony Vance) also told me I had to lead my team,” said Wilson. “So I had to be a great leader.” Two years after playing on the biggest stage of prep football and coming out a victor, Wilson wants to do the same at his new home and knows to do so he must again be in command just as he was in high school. The sophomore is one of only 16 players that return from Northeast Mississippi Community College’s 55-man roster of one year ago. With so many new faces, Wilson knows the responsibilities that he and his teammates that possess a season of experience at the junior college level have entering the 2013 campaign. “It’s a big role,” he said. “Every sophomore that we have on this team has to be leaders, not just one person. The freshmen are looking up to us as leaders.” It’s a challenge that the starting defensive back has embraced both on and off the playing and practice field. After watching him progress for a full year, Northeast head 8
2012 -- Northeast, 30-21 2007 -- Jones County, 39-9 2006 -- Jones County, 31-10 2005 -- Northeast, 23-7 2004 -- Jones County, 24-14 2002 -- Jones County, 15-0 2000 -- Northeast, 21-12 1999 -- Jones County, 28-0 1998 -- Jones County, 30-0 1995 -- Jones County, 40-24 Series: Jones Co. 24-8-2.
“(Antwan) has come in here and taken care of his classwork. What he does on the field, I mean he’s a tremendous leader. You ask the team to do something and he’s right in the middle of it. He’s making sure it’s getting done.” Ricky Smither NEMCC Head Coach coach Ricky Smither knew he had found one of the torchbearers for his team. “What can I not say good about that kid?” said Smither. “Antwan is just a tremendous kid to be around. You don’t even know he’s on campus other than getting calls from teachers saying what a great job he’s doing. “He has come in here and taken care of his classwork. What he does on the field, I mean he’s a tremendous leader. You ask the team to do something and he’s right in the middle of it. He’s making sure it’s getting done.” Defensive backs coach Jonathan Webster echoed what the Tiger headman had to say about one of his top players in the secondary. “Antwan is a guy that exemplifies everything that we preach on a daily basis,” Webster said. “He is dedicated to his profession both on and off the field. He’s a guy that when he speaks, guys listen and they know without a doubt that he is one of the leaders on this team.” Wilson led Charleston at quarterback
and defensive back. The dual threat runner and passer accounted for 2,644 yards and 32 touchdowns for the Tigers as a senior in their state title run. His stats on defense were less noticeable with 27 tackles and one interception in 16 games. But that side of the football would be where Wilson focused his football career on upon his arrival at Northeast. There was a period of adjustment during his freshman season, according to Webster, but the 6-0, 180-pound Wilson steadily increased his skills. “It was a learning curve for him at first, especially being committed to only the defensive side of the ball,” said Webster. “But in my experience, quarterbacks tend to make good defensive backs. When you take a guy that’s used to leading from a quarterback position and used to being in charge, it kind of transitions well when you ask them to come to the back end and play DB.” Wilson recorded 14 tackles and one interception in 2012, but he started this year See Wilson, on page 9
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with a bang. He picked off a pass in the end zone to save a touchdown in Northeast’s opening game at then-No. 9 Copiah-Lincoln Community College last week and added four tackles for a defense that steadily improved as the contest progressed. “The focus was on the ball. Once it was thrown my way I just had to get it,” said Wilson. “I had to get my feet wet. Everybody was a little rusty so we just had to come together.” While Wilson exemplifies the persona of a positive athlete, suffering defeat is something he takes very seriously. “I don’t like losing, but you have to bounce back and be ready for the next game,” he said. “I just have to prepare myself, don’t try to be down and just keep my head up.” Smither sees that attitude of a champion every time Wilson steps onto the field, whether it is the practice turf or game time. “He’s the type of kid like the other night when we lost, he had tears in his eyes,” Smither said. “He’s a high character kid that’s going to succeed. He is definitely a winner.” While the Tigers didn’t win in the first game of Wilson’s final season in Booneville, he still believes Northeast can challenge for the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) state championship if the team stays together. “We’ve just got to keep working hard and don’t be down,” said Wilson. “Just believe in ourselves that we can do it because I know we can do it.”
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2013 Football Schedule Aug. 29 7 pm
Copiah-Lincoln Wesson
Sept. 5 6:30 pm
Jones Booneville
Sept. 12 6:30 pm
Holmes* Booneville
Sept. 19 6:30 pm
Northwest* Senatobia
Sept. 26 6:30 pm
Miss. Gulf Coast Booneville
Oct. 5 3 pm
Coahoma* (Homecoming) Booneville
Oct. 10 7 pm
East Mississippi* Scooba
Oct. 17 7 pm
Itawamba* Fulton
Oct. 24 6:30 pm
Miss. Delta* Booneville * Denotes MACJC North Division
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