The Meridian Community College golf team continues to earn more postseason honors as Jake Stirling was named a member of the 2012 All-Nicklaus Team as the 24 honorees for the 2012 All-Nicklaus Team have been announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

    The All-Nicklaus Team was created in 2008, and is not only named for history’s greatest player but also a long-time supporter of collegiate and amateur golf. Jack Nicklaus, a Big Ten and NCAA Champion at The Ohio State University, helped inspire and create the Jack Nicklaus Awards in 1988. The Nicklaus Award is annually given to the top collegiate men’s golfer in Divisions I, II, III, the NAIA and the NJCAA.

    Stirling secured the 2012 NJCAA Division I individual national championship and this marked the second time in school history that a player has accomplished this task.

    The All-Nicklaus team is comprised of Nathan Anderson of Texas Wesleyan, Jake Argento and Jimmy Kozikowski of South Mountain, Auburn’s Blayne Barber, Trevor Blair of CSU-Stanislaus, TCU’s Julien Brun, Clark Collier of Oklahoma City, Josh Creel of Central Oklahoma, Dylan Frittelli and Jordan Spieth of Texas, Chattanooga’s Stephan Jaeger, Anthony Maccaglia of Oglethorpe, Guilford’s Noah Ratner, Patrick Rodgers of Stanford, West Florida’s Carlos Rodriguez, Joe Sakulpolphaisan of Darton, Chico State’s Kyle Souza, Stirling, Nova Southeastern’s Ben Taylor, Justin Thomas of Alabama, Cumberlands Aaron Watkins, Chris Williams of Washington, Oregon’s Eugene Wong and Derek Zachman of La Verne.

— from school reports

LOCAL GOLF

9-year-old Hinson records ace

    Hayes Hinson, 9, hit a hole-in-one Wednesday at Northwood Country Club. While playing with Andrew Entrekin and witnessed by Britt Pollock, Hinson used a 9-iron to ace the seventh hole.

— from submitted reports

LOCAL BASEBALL

McCleon Sports enjoys big week

    McCleon Sports swept its two games this week in the Magnolia Youth Baseball League at Magnolia Baseball Field, edging All in One Barbershop 12-11 in extra innings Tuesday before beating Shoe Carnival 10-2 on Friday. All in One Barbershop beat M&T Cleaning 20-8 Friday, while Shoe Carnival edged M&T Cleaning 10-9 Tuesday.

    In Tuesday’s nightcap, Grace and Parker each had two hits to lead McCleon Sports to the win. All in One Barbershop was led by Bland and Mclelland, each recording two hits as well.

    Mclelland continued his hot hitting in Friday’s action, getting three hits and a pair of home runs, while Bland added three hits.      Chism and Grace each had two hits for McCleon Sports on Friday.

— from staff reports