October 3, 2016
The East Central Community College golf team had its best showing of the fall 2016 season over the weekend as the Warriors finished sixth in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Event No. 3, the Hinds Community College Invitational. The 36-hole event was held at Eagle Ridge in Raymond and hosted by Hinds.
East Central posted a team score of 613, its best two-day total of the fall by 27 strokes.
Posting the top score for ECCC for the second straight tournament was freshman David Barry of West Jones High School, who finished tied for 10th with a 148. Other Warrior golfers included freshman Bailey Threlkeld of Choctawhatchee High School (Shalimar, Fla.), who tied for 14th with a 149; freshman Bryant Jordan of Baldwin County High School (Ala.), who tied for 32nd with a 156; and sophomore Seth McCormick of Newton County Academy, who tied for 41st with a 160.
The Warriors will next compete Oct. 17-18 at MACJC Event No. 4, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Invitational at Grand Bear Golf Club in Saucier.
David Barry
