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Published 7:55 am Saturday, May 14, 2022

By Ernest Bowker

Meridian Community College golfer and Porter’s Chapel Academy graduate Luke Yocum has qualified to play in the NJCAA National Championship tournament May 17-20 in Joplin, Missouri.

Yocum also helped Meridian win the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference championship this season as the Eagles achieved a No. 7 national ranking.

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About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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