VGCC golf team loses first home match to Louisburg

In the first home match of its inaugural season, the Vance-Granville Community College golf team lost to area rival Louisburg College on March 24 by a score of 357-321. Lawton Perry’s 80 was the lowest score for the Vanguards, while Louisburg College’s best score was Kenny Wilkinson’s 79.

In addition to Perry, Phillip Hicks, Tommy Overcash, Michael Reese and Joshua Lorenzo also played for VGCC.

The event was VGCC’s first at its home course, the Henderson Country Club.

VGCC’s next home match, also at Henderson Country Club, will be versus teams from Johnston Community College and Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute on Thursday, April 9 starting at 1 p.m.

For more information, visit VGCC’s web site .

Above: The VGCC golf team poses before playing their first home match at the Henderson Country Club. From left, coach Frank Hester of Henderson, Tommy Overcash (a Criminal Justice major), Michael Reese and Joshua Lorenzo (both College Transfer students), all of Henderson; Phillip Hicks of Butner (a Web Technologies student); and Lawton Perry of Creedmoor (College Transfer). (VGCC photo)