EMCC Football Tryouts Set For Feb. 11

Five-time national cham­pion East Mississippi Com­munity College is scheduled to conduct open football try­outs on Friday, Feb. 11, on the Scooba campus.

Following a 12:30 p.m. registration session, open tryouts will begin at 1 p.m. at EMCC's Sullivan-Windham Field for current unsigned high school seniors and re­cent high school graduates with NJCAA eligibility re­maining.

There will be a $20 regis­tration fee (cash or check) for all open tryout participants. Checks should be made payable to the EMCC Devel­opment Foundation.

Players are required to bring their own workout gear and cleats for participa­tion in EMCC's open foot­ball tryouts. All players must also provide an up-to-date athletic physical form to par­ticipate in the open tryouts.

Interested participants are strongly encouraged to download and complete the registration form from EMCC’s athletics website (www.EMCCAthletics.com) to bring with them to the Feb. 11 open tryouts. In ad­dition, a blank athletic phys­ical form is also available via the website that can be taken to a local doctor to have completed.

For additional information regarding EMCC’s sched­uled Feb. 11 open football tryouts, please contact EMCC assistant football coach Cade Wilkerson via office phone (662-476-8462) or email (dwilkerson@ ­eastms.edu).