Co-Lin captures fourth at the MACCC State Golf Championship

WESSON - The Co-Lin Wolves captured fourth place in the Mississippi Association of Community College Conference State Golf Tournament held at Wolf Hollow Golf Club in Wesson. The Wolves posted a two-day total of 629 (324-305) and earned a trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association's (NJCAA) District Tournament on April 25 and 26.

"We played a lot better today, as the winds died down," said Co-Lin head coach Allen Kent. "We had the second lowest team score, but just had too big of a deficit to overcome yesterday's scores. I'm proud of our guys for scoring a lot today. This helped us solidify us a spot in the regional tournament. Today's round should give us some momentum going into the regional."

Meridian Community College captured the State Championship firing a 614 (304-310), 10 strokes ahead of second place Mississippi Gulf Coast 624 (322-302). Northeast Mississippi, last year's state champion, shot 626 (318-308) three shots ahead of the Wolves. Rounding out the field are Pearl River at 662 (362-324) follow by Itawamba 686 (362-324), East Central 711 (361-350), Southwest Mississippi 718 (360-358) and East Mississippi 727 (366-361). The top five teams qualified for the regional tournament.

Individually, Co-Lin's Alex Navarro finished in fifth place with a two-day total of 152 (78-74). Navarro was named to the All-Tournament Team. Teammate Navid Mousavi finished in sixth place with a 154 (79-75) followed by Tanner Harrison 159 (81-78), Ty Nelson 164 (83-81) and Chandler Byrd 174 (89-85). Navarro and Mousavi were named MACCC Second Team All-State.

Medalist for the tournament was Meridian's Ethan Dyess with a 146 (75-71). Northeast Mississippi's Tate Dickerson finished in second place at 149 (77-72) followed by Diego Leslie of Meridian at 151 (83-68).