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Dear Friends of Northeast:

Thank you for your support of the athletic efforts of Northeast Mississippi Com-munity 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

Letter from the President

Board of Trustees

T. Jack RamseyChairman

Tenure of Service: 1983Tishomingo County/

Banker

Troy Holliday Vice Chairman

Tenure of Service: 1964Tippah CountyBusinessman

John O. CunninghamSecretary

Tenure of Service: 1995Prentiss County

Businessman

Ken Basil Tenure of Service: 2008

Union CountySuperintendent of

Education

Bill Breedlove Tenure of Service: 1999

Prentiss CountyBusinessman

Wayne Butler Tenure of Service: 2007

Alcorn CountyRetire Educator

Danny Dilworth Tenure of Service: 2006

Alcorn CountyRetire Businessman

Douglas Jackson Tenure of Service: 1995

Tippah CountyRetired Educator

Malcolm Kuykendall Tenure of Service: 2006

Tishomingo CountySuperintendent of

Education

Tracie Langston Tenure of Service: 2004

Prentiss CountyBusinesswoman

Sam McCoy Tenure of Service: 1988

Prentiss CountyBusinessman

David ‘Bubba’ Pounds

Tenure of Service: 2009Prentiss County

County Government

Stacy Suggs Tenure of Service: 2008

Alcorn CountySuperintendent of

Education

Luzene Triplett Tenure of Service: 2002

Prentiss CountyRetire Educator

Vance Witt Tenure of Service: 2007

Union CountyBusinessman

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No. Name Position Height Weight Class Hometown1 Brynden Trawick DB/WR 6-3 210 Soph. Atlanta, Ga. 2 Jonathan Johnson WR 6-0 175 Fresh. West Helena, Ark 3 Michael Poole RB 5-8 155 Fresh. Ripley 4 Donte’ Barksdale WR 5-8 170 Fresh. Southaven 5 Steve Smith DB 6-0 190 Soph. Jackson 6 Bryan Steele QB 6-3 215 Fresh. Olive Branch 7 Josh Jarboe WR 6-3 205 Soph. Atlanta, Ga. 8 Deion Belue DB 6-0 180 Fresh. Tuscumbia, Ala. 10 Jamarcus Goodloe RB 5-9 220 Fresh. Leighton, Ala. 11 Devin Lindsey DB 6-2 190 Fresh. Baldwyn 12 Jeremy Spikner DB 6-0 185 Fresh. Olive Branch 14 Bo Brown WR 6-1 220 Fresh. Booneville 15 Diante Curlee WR 5-5 175 Fresh. Corinth 16 Jeiron Jones WR 5-9 170 Fresh. Booneville 20 Marvell Taylor LB 5-10 180 Fresh. Charleston 21 Matt Cook RB 5-10 175 Soph. Kossuth 22 Jaquise Cook RB 5-9 205 Soph. Ripley 23 Anthony Knox DB 6-0 175 Fresh. Olive Branch 24 Ryan Jones DB 5-11 190 Fresh. Muscle Shoals, Ala. 25 Justin Suggs DE 6-1 240 Soph. Coffeeville 28 Macerell Hickinbottom LB 5-10 200 Fresh. Oxford 30 Taylor Earhart K 6-0 170 Fresh. Olive Branch 32 Trey Pegues LB 5-10 205 Soph. Oxford 33 Deshaun Kimble DB 5-9 175 Fresh. Charleston 34 Jonathan Bates DB 6-0 170 Fresh. Tuscumbia, Ala. 35 Tarondal Phillips DB 6-0 200 Soph. Holly Springs 37 Ryan Richardson LB 5-10 205 Fresh. Ripley 39 Stevie Davis P 5-10 180 Fresh. Tishomingo 40 Pat Moore DE 6-3 245 Fresh. Southaven 44 Cortney Sutton LB 6-0 220 Fresh. Southaven 45 Anthony Brown LB 6-3 230 Fresh. Cairo, Ga. 47 Frankie Lee DB 5-8 160 Fresh. Charleston 48 Arthur Gardner DB 5-10 180 Fresh. Columbus 50 Derryan Ryce OL 5-10 265 Fresh. Shannon 54 Nathan Kendrick OL 5-10 265 Fresh. Amory 55 Zack Brooks DB 5-7 170 Fresh. Okolona 56 Brandon Avant OL 6-0 290 Fresh. Maben 58 Jerryn Napier DE 6-1 220 Fresh. Muscle Shoals, Ala. 59 Reycardo Bradford OL 5-10 255 Fresh. Charleston 60 Hunter Walton DT 6-0 250 Fresh. Fulton 61 Chanston Jeter OL 6-4 315 Fresh. Ripley 62 Steve Johnson DT 5-11 255 Fresh. Charleston 63 Antario Knight OL 5-11 265 Soph. Corinth 66 Dustin Winsted OL 6-1 305 Fresh. Tuscumbia, Ala. 67 Scott Hollowell OL 5-10 260 Fresh. Oxford 68 Cash Lovett OL 6-2 300 Soph. Southaven 69 Robert Arant OL 6-4 290 Soph. Oxford 72 Kyle Davis OL 6-3 285 Fresh. Olive Branch 74 Jonathan Braddock OL 6-4 280 Fresh. Ripley 75 Kendall Kelly OL 6-6 305 Fresh. Gainsville, Fla. 76 Ky’Vari Bolden DT 6-1 290 Soph. Hoover, Ala. 78 Antonio Foster OL 6-4 300 Soph. Valdosta, Ga. 80 Markie Dukes WR 5-10 180 Fresh. Oxford 85 Willie Grady WR 6-1 200 Soph. Okolona 89 Cody Woodiel TE 6-4 250 Soph. Hernando 93 McAuther Leatherwood DL 6-4 330 Soph. Ripley 94 Carlos Warren DL 6-2 240 Soph. Hernando 95 Cayse Copeland DL 6-2 275 Soph. Baldwyn 97 Devin Slate DL 6-0 290 Fresh. Oxford 99 Anthony Payne DL 6-1 300 Fresh. Leroy, Ala.

President: Dr. Johnny L. AllenAthletic Director: Ricky FordHead Coach: Ricky SmitherAssistant Coaches: Brad Boyette, Jeff Carter, John DarnellStudent Assistant Coaches: Travis Macon, Freddie WeinkeManagers: Jacob Coffman, Colton Garrett, Danny Wilson, Derrick Gann Videographers: Maury Billingsley, Wesley GrayTeam Physician: Dr. Erik Dukes

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No. Name Position Height Weight High School1 Fred Plummer WR 5’10 185 Kirby 2 Colton Jackson WR 5’10 181 Broadstreet 3 Tony Jefferson RB 6’0 185 Whitehaven 4 Garrick Jones QB 6’4 195 Whitehaven 5 Charles Harris SS 6’2 190 Charleston 6 Devon Perry WR 5’9 180 Ridgeway 7 Jakovis Stewart DB 5’11 170 West Bolivar 8 Jazy Parker QB 6’1 175 East 9 Martin Robinson WR 6’0 177 Coahoma Aggie 10 Artavis Gregory RB 5’3 180 Fairley 11 Ceasare Johnson DL 6’6 265 Kirby 12 Jarvis Pigue WR 5’8 181 West Talley 13 Keith Reynolds OLB 6’0 190 Woodale 15 Derrick Murrell WR 5’5 153 Fairley 17 Rishunn McCaled WR 6’2 190 Gentry 18 Christopher Mosby WR 5’10 155 Broadstreet 19 Hollis Moore II WR 6’3 195 Whitehaven 20 Jerry Richardson DB 5’10 170 Charleston 21 Courtney Vaughn RB 5’10 180 Tunica Rosa Fort 22 Robdreck Little WR 6’0 160 Charleston 23 Nepolean Brewer DB 5’10 185 Whitehaven 24 Anthony McLean DB 5’10 175 Dorman High 25 Byron Gaston DB 5’8 165 Coahoma County 26 Marquette Dockery FS 6’3 205 Hillcrest 27 Edward Goldsberry FS 6’1 210 Central 28 Michael Heisser DB 5’9 165 McComb 30 Trent Williams K 5’10 148 Lee Academy 31 Henry Hampton RB 5’9 178 West Talley 32 Marcus Wesley SS 5’11 200 Senatobia 33 Nikko Hammer SS 6’4 210 Ridgeway 34 Jeremy Smith LB 5’11 218 West Bolivar 36 Gerald Oriol Jr. DE 6’1 240 Vince 38 Paul Medders OLB 6’0 200 West Bolivar 40 Chester Horne RB 5’10 209 Pearl 41 Zachary Jefferson K 6’2 170 Broadstreet 42 Zavier Johnson LB 5’11 240 Gentry 44 Larry Richarson LB 5’11 210 Charleston 46 DeAndre Ward LS 6’1 215 Clarksdale 50 Justin Thomas OL 6’5 310 Kirby 51 Devon Walls OL 6’7 290 Abraham Lincoln 52 Rickey Morton DE 6’3 240 Oakhaven 55 Adam Williams DE 6’3 230 Tunica Rosa Fort 57 Cameron Clark DL 6’3 265 Senatobia 60 Antrale Newson OL 6’4 285 Clarksdale 63 Glenn Mason OL 6’0 260 McComb 70 Darone Bailey Jr. OL 6’6 305 Cleveland Eastside 71 Brandon Cathy OL 6’6 290 East 73 Rico Jenkins OL 6’5 290 Kirby 74 Maurice Brooks OL 6’1 300 Charleston 75 Dewayne Harris OL 6’0 315 Whitehaven 76 Zemarion Meeks DL 5’11 260 Charleston 77 Tracy Peters OL 6’5 290 Houston 80 Bondevia Cosby TE 6’2 220 Charleston 82 Ivory Jones DL 6’4 290 Bolton 90 Courtney Peters OL 6’8 320 Freedom Village Academy

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These are the Smitherines.Nathan Kendrick of Amory, Kyle Davis of Olive Branch, Ken-

dall 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 Ti-ger offense advance throughout the league.

Kelly, a redshirt freshman, joins Kendrick, Davis, Jeter, Win-sted 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 learn-ing 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 Smith-er – 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 of-fensive 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

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 get-ting 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 season-high 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 po-sition (half back). Copeland opens the way for Northeast run-ning 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 se-nior 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 pro-tecting 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 Cen-ter Hill High School in DeSoto County but moved out one spot in order to help the Tiger offense. At Center Hill, Da-vis 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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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 expe-rience 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 go-ing 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 ad-vancing 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.

northeaSt-Coahoma hiStory

Last five meetings2009 – Coahoma, 20-14 4OT

2008 – Coahoma 28-252007 – Northeast 36-6

2006 – Northeast, 44-162005 – 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 se-ries 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 av-erage margin of victory is by almost 26 points.

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2010 Tiger Football ScheduleDate Opponent Site ResultsSeptember 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 W 49-42

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