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CommunityBankwinsWarrior Golf Classic Community Bank took home the championship ~ phy but area students were the real winners following the 12th annual East Central Community College Warrior Golf Classic held June 27, at the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club in Choctaw. Sponsored by the ECCC Alumni Association, this

.by IN Sports, Inc. (GregNow– ell and Jlm Eakes, both of Philadelphia; Wes Kight, Louisville; 8lldAndyWoidtke, Canton), 62; Tyson Foods, Inc. in Forest (Eddie McDill, Hal Patterson 8lld Shelby Patter– son, all of Forest; Steve Lang– ford, Lena), 62; Prince Oil Company Team II (Joey Wal– ters, Michael Grahamand J .B. Ware, all of Union; Jacob Hedgepeth, Philadelphia), 62; and Industrial Training Solu– tions (Chris Crawford, Ridge– land; Joe Barrett and Chris Clark, both of Decatur; Roger Whitlock, Union), 63. First Financial BankCorpo– rate Team I won the Second Flight with a 65. Team mem– bers included Jerry Bullard and Chris Hegl., both of El Do– rado, Ark.; and Brad Ogletree andVan RayBowman, both of Carthage. Valley Food Services, Inc. (Tau losia, Meridian; Ken Ricketts 8lld Randy Roberts, both of Brandon; and Tony Myers, Madison) finished sec– ondwith a 66, followedbyPolo Custom Products, Inc. (Tan– ner Long, Tyler Maffit, Chris Covington and Jack Edmon– son, all of Louisville), 68; La– Z-Boy South Corporate Team IT (Danny Simoneau, Louin; Dustin Yeager, Little Rock; Chris Davis, Decatur; and Brian Waddell, Philadelphia),

68; Sequel Electrical Supply (Artie Foreman and Vll'gil Rigdon, both of Little Rock; Duane Ashmore, Collinsville; and Tim Pilgrim, Philadel– phia), 70;La-Z-BoySouth Cor– porate Team I (Don Mather and Tom Keith, both of De– catur; Kevin Rigdon, Union; and Randy Loper, Rose Hill), 72; and Neshoba County Gen– eral Hospital (Dale Joyner, Philadelphia; Johnny Cren– shaw, Union; and Dr. Billy Stewart and Ronnie West– brook, both of Decatur), 7 4. Will Whittington of Carthage made the "shot of the day" by recording the sec– ond hol~in-one in tournament historyand obviously claiming closest-to-th~pin honors. He aced the 135-yard #4 andwas presented a Taylor Made golf bag provided by the ECCC Golf Team. Also winning closest-to-the– pin honors were Dr. Billy Stewart of Decatur, on #13; Larry Waggoner of Carthage, on #7; and Bob Jordan of Kosciusko, on# 16. Gage Walker of Brandon won the Birdies for Charity closest to the line driving con– test. Tau Iosia of Meridian won the top door prize - a re– cliner donated by La-Z-Boy South, Inc., in Newton.

ham, all of Union) .finished Championship Fight runners– up with a 55, followed by Cox and Associates (Aubry Cox, Jimmie Bell and Jimmy Brown, all of Carthage; and Bob Jordan ofKosciusko), 56; Southern Pine Electric Power (Ken McBroom, Michael Tol– bert and Jason Siegfried, all ofBrandon, and Will Whitting– ton, Carthage), 56; 'I'rustmal'k National Bank (Larry Wag– goner, Randy Carson, Frank Rhea and Matt Gregory, all of Carthage)\ 57; Glynn Griffing and Associates (Milton Walker, Brent Walker, Gage Walker and Joel Ross, all of Brandon), 58; and Prince Oil Company Team 1 (Neil Petti– grew andWayneHielbronner, both of Kosciusko, and Ben Peebles and Mark Fleming, both of Philadelphia), 59. First Financial Bank Team II captured First Flight honors with a 61. Team members in– cluded Gayden Bell and Ty Johnston, both of Carthage; and Melissa Jerry and Steve Cameron, both of El Dorado, Ark The Chris Harris/Stifel Nicholas team (Chris Harris and Robert Thompson, both of Decatur; Rickey Chaney, Lit– tle Rock; Barry Boatner, Meridian; and Joey Smith, Quitman) finished First Flight runners-upwitha 62, followed

~ year's four-person scramble t netted $11,300 for student scholarships, according to Stacey Hollingsworth, execu– tive director for Foundation and Alumni Relations. Since the tournament's in– ception in 2001, more than $40,000 in scholarships have been awarded to students re– sidingin the College's district, which includes Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winstoncounties. Scholarship presentations are made dur– ing the annual ECCC/AT&T Scholarship Awards Lunch– eon held in June. CommunityBankcardedan 1&under par 54 to claimover– all and corporatedivision hon– ors in the 1&hole event, held on the Azaleas course. Team members included Steve Gib– son of Forest, Tim Leitaker of Carthage and Ray Riley and Gary Jolly, both of Madison. The Sean Mowdy team (Sean Mowdy, Jody Blount, Tim Cleveland and Eric Gra-

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