ELLISVILLE – The Jones County Junior College Bobcats will end regular season play this week.
JCJC will host the No. 10 Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolves at 7 p.m. Thursday at Bobcat Stadium/Sim Cooley Field. The game will air on www.jcjc.tv and WLAU-FM, 99.3.
The Bobcats enter the game with a 2-6 overall record and 2-3 in the MACJC South Division. The Wolves are 4-4 overall and 3-2 in the division. Co-Lin had to forfeit two non-division games because they played an ineligible player.
The Wolves are tied for second in the division with East Central and Hinds. There are several playoff scenarios, but the team that finishes second in the South Division would travel to East Mississippi in the MACJC semifinals on Oct. 31. Mississippi Gulf Coast will host Northwest in the other semifinal match.
The Bobcats are on a four-game losing streak.
Last week, JCJC fell behind 25-0 in the first half to Hinds before losing 38-13.
The Bobcats battled back with a pair of scores in the fourth quarter. Tevin Moore scored on a 2-yard run and Stephen Cowan scored on a 20-yard run. Wide receiver Carlos Burse ended the game with nine receptions for 74 yards and Jarkice Davis rushed 17 times for 58 years.
Defensively, freshman end Markel Winters had four tackles, four quarterback sacks for minus 17 yards, recovered a fumble and blocked an extra point. He was named the MACJC Defensive Player of the Week.
Linebacker Ty Hill had eight tackles and continues to lead the MACJC in total tackles with 87. End Javarious Tanner had seven tackles, one quarterback sack and one tackle for loss, while Jamal Blackwell and Denver Magee had pass interceptions.
Co-Lin kept its playoff hopes alive with a 31-30 overtime victory over Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Wolves scored first in overtime and kicked the extra point. The Bulldogs then scored, went for two points and came up short.
Offensively, Co-Lin is led by quarterback Garrett Kruzcek, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound freshman from Winter Park, Florida, and running back Ladarius Galloway, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound freshman from Indianola. Kruzcek was 19-of-32 for 228 yards, three touchdowns and an interception last week, while Galloway rushed 16 times for 130 yards and a score. Wide receiver Dayall Harris had 10 catches for 125 yards and two scores. Harris is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound freshman from Jackson Callaway and is a transfer from Ole Miss.
On defense, lineman Paul James III, linebacker Michael Graham and end Deshon Cooper lead the Wolves. James, a 6-foot-4, 255 sophomore from Miami, Florida, has 3 tackles and 11 sacks, while Graham, a 6-foot, 230-pound freshman from Desoto Central, leads the team in tackles with 49. Cooper, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound sophomore from Decatur, Georgia, has nine quarterback sacks.
 

MACJC statistics

- JCJC is 10th in total offense (296.6 ypg) and Co-Lin is sixth (394.6 ypg).
- JCJC is 11th in total defense (337.4 ypg) and Co-Lin is second (301.9 ypg).
- JCJC is 11th in scoring offense (19.3 ppg) and Co-Lin is sixth (30.1 ppg).
- JCJC is ninth in scoring defense (27.7 ppg) and Co-Lin is fifth (23.3 ppg).
- JCJC's Jarkice Davis is 19th in rushing (43.5 ypg) and DeSherrius Flowers is 26^th (35.1 ypg). Co-Lin's Lakedric Lee is third (101.4 ypg), but is out with an injury. Co-Lin's Ladarius Galloway is 22^nd (43.3 ypg).
- JCJC's Thad Miller is seventh in passing in the MACJC and 28th in the NJCAA with 118-of-206 with six interceptions and three touchdowns for 1,207 yards (172.4 ypg), but he will not play Thursday because of an injury. Co-Lin's Garrett Kruzcek is third in the MACJC and 10^th in the NJCAA with 181-of-289 with 15 touchdowns and seven interceptions for 2,120 yards (265.0 ypg).
- JCJC's Carlos Burse is second in the MACJC in receiving with 44 catches for 477  yards (59.6 ypg) and two touchdowns. Co-Lin's Dayall Harris is fourth with 39 catches for 477 yards (59.6 ypg) and three touchdowns. Co-Lin's Lakedric Lee is sixth with 32 catches for 271 yards (38.7 ypg) and two touchdowns.
 - JCJC's Ty Hill leads the state and is seventh in the nation in tackles with 87 (10.9  per game).
- JCJC's Patrick Ponder is first in the MACJC and second in the NJCAA in punting (43.2 ypp). Co-Lin's Greg Nickles is 12^th (34.2 ypp).
- JCJC's Tevin Moore is tied for fifth in scoring (non-kickers) with 48 points. Co-Lin's Lakedric Lee is third with 60 points.
- JCJC's Michael Godley is ninth in scoring (kickers) with 31 points. Co-Lin's Greg Nickles is fourth with 59 points.

MACJC standings

SOUTH DIVISION
                                                Division                                 Overall
                                                W        L                                  W        L
*Miss. Gulf Coast                    5          1                                  6          2
Copiah-Lincoln                      3          2                                  4          4
East Central                           3          2                                  6          2
Hinds                                      3          2                                  5          3
Jones County                         2          3                                  2          6
Southwest                              1          4                                  3          5
Pearl River                             1          4                                  2          6
 
NORTH DIVISION
                                                Division                                 Overall
                                                W        L                                  W        L
*East Mississippi                   5          0                                  8          0
**Northwest                           4          1                                  7          1
Itawamba                               4          2                                  5          3
Miss. Delta                              2          3                                  2          6
Holmes                                   2          3                                  3          5
Northeast                               1          4                                  2          6
Coahoma                                0          5                                  0          8         
 
*-denotes clinched division title
**-denotes clinched playoff berth
 
Thursday's games
Coahoma at Northwest, 6:30 p.m.
Copiah-Lincoln at Jones County, 7 p.m.
East Central at Pearl River, 7 p.m.
Hinds at Southwest, 7 p.m.
East Mississippi at Mississippi Delta, 7 p.m.
Saturday's games
Itawamba at Mississippi Gulf Coast, 3:30 p.m.
Northeast Mississippi at Holmes, 4 p.m.