The East Central Community College golf team opened the 2023-24 conference season with a bang this week as the team won the opening MACCC event by five strokes in a talented, 10-team field.  

The tournament, hosted by East Mississippi Community College, was held at the prestigious Mossy Oak Golf Club in West Point and is the first ECCC golf tournament victory since 2003.  

The Warriors kicked off the two-day event with a tournament-leading 306 and backed up the impressive round with a 313 on day two for a two-day total of 619.  

Northeast finished second with a 624, while Co-Lin posted a third-place finish with a 627 total.  

Individually, the Warriors were led by Will Thompson who carded a 147 after firing rounds of 74 and 73. Thompson fell in a playoff for medalist honors but posted a solo second-place finish. Ashley Head shot a 72, 80 (152) and tied for fifth, while Braxton Cornish shot a 78, 79 (157) and tied for 11th. Jamie Stace finished tied for 15th individually, while Paul Swanepoel tied for 21st. Hayes Nance posted a 32nd-place finish, Lane Moore finished 35th, and Peyton Herrington finished 46th.  

Thompson and Head earned All-Tournament Team honors for their top-five finishes.

The Warriors' next conference event will be hosted by ECCC at the Dancing Rabit Golf Club in Choctaw on October 2nd and 3rd.