2015

MCC, ECCC nationally ranked

men's golf team is the No. 5 ranked program in the nation in the most recent National Junior College Athletic Associa– tion Men's Golf Division II poll. The Warriors also are ranked No. 7 in the nation among all NJCAA Division II programs in the most recent Golfstat Relative Rankings com– piled by golfstat.com. The Warrior golfers, coached by Chris Clark, have participated in three Mississippi Associ– ation of Community and Junior Colleges tourna– ments this fall , finishing third in two tournaments and fourth in the other. MACJC members Meridian Community College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the NCJAAMen's Golf Division II poll and No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, in the Golfstat Relative Rankings. The Warriors are back in action Oct. 26-27 at an MACJC Conference Event at Grand Bear Golf Club in Saucier and hosted by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

3, which was hosted by Copiah-Lincoln Commu– nity College. Sophomore Grant Renegar also received individual honors from Golfstat.com by being ranked 29th among all junior college players and eighth overall among players in the strong start to his 2015 season for the Eagles by placing on the All-Tour– nament Team twice in two separate events for MCC. MCC has captured three straight tourna– ment victories during its 2015 fall season and will return to action on Oct. 25-27 at the Arkansas State University Beach Bash at the Peninsula Golf Course in Gulf Shores, Ala. The tourna– ment at the end of the month for MCC will also mark its final event of the 2015 fall season. MCC is under the direc– tion of head coach Ronnie Key. ECCC golf ranked Nos. 5, 7 The East Central Community College Division II ranks. Renegar has had a

From combined school reports

MORE INFORMATION Former Lamar School star Lance Strickland was ranked the No.2 player in the country among all divi– sions of community and junior colleges and first among all Division II players. player among all Divi– sion II schools. Strick– land has had a superb start to his freshman campaign at Meridian Community College by receiving medalist honors in two events this fall and earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team in a separate event. Strickland captured his first tournament championship at the MACJC Event No. 2, which was hosted by Northeast Mississippi Community College, and took home top honors at the Pinnacle Trust Invi– tational, which was hosted by Belhaven Uni– versity. Strickland most recently finished in second place after another strong showing at the MACJC Event No.

The Meridian Com– munity College golf team has enjoyed success during its fall season, and the squad can add one more honor to its resume for 2015. The Eagles learned on Thursday afternoon they have been voted as the No. 1 team in the nation according to the latest golf poll released by Golfstat.com among all Division II junior col– leges. MCC was followed by South Mountain Commu– nity College in the second position among all Division II teams in the nation. Mississippi Gulf Coast was ranked third in the poll to join MCC as the only two schools in the State of Mississippi to be ranked in the top five. Meridian also had a pair of players receive individual honors among all players in junior col– lege golf, according to the website. Former Lamar School star Lance Strickland was ranked as the No. 2 player in the nation among all divi– sions of junior college and the top ranked

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