BOONEVILLE, Miss. – Northeast Mississippi Community College men's golf team will be the first spring sports team to tee it up when the Tigers make their initial appearance of the spring on February 2-3.
Northeast's golf team is slated for a two-day event on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to start the 2013 season.
Northeast opens the year at the Diamondhead Country Club's Pine Golf Course on February 2-3 before taking a month off before its next event.
Under first-year head coach Nick Coln, the Northeast golf team is scheduled for a two-day event at the Eagle Ridge Golf Club on March 2-3 before embarking on a one-day stop at the Wolf Hollow Golf Course in Wesson on March 17.
Northeast's stop at Wolf Hollow will be a long day for the Tigers as the one-day stop will see the Tiger linksters play a 36-hole one-day affair.
Coln's crew returns to north Mississippi for its fourth tour stop of the year when the Tigers make the short trek over to Southaven and Olive Branch on March 25-26.
On March 25, the Tigers will play an 18-hole affair at the North Creek Golf Club before heading over to Wedgewood Golf Course in Olive Branch on March 26 to wrap up the two-day event.
Northeast's fifth Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) tour stop of the year will see the Tigers stay above the Interstate 20 corridor as Coln and company head to East Mississippi for two days on the Mississippi State University Golf Course in Starkville April 7-8.
Following its tour stop on April 7-8, the Tigers will have a week to prepare for the MACJC State Tournament hosted by Jones County Junior College.
This year's state tournament is slated for April 14-15 at Dixie Golf Course in Laurel with the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XXIII Tournament following the next week on the Azaleas Golf Course at the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club in Philadelphia.
Following the Tiger golf team's lead, Northeast spring sports season will be in full swing in the middle of February.
Northeast's state-runner up women's softball team is set to open its season on February 12 as the Lady Tigers host Calhoun (Ala.) Community College at Booneville City Park. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. of the doubleheader.
Northeast's baseball team will open with a three-team doubleheader on February 17 at Harold T. White Field at Booneville City Park as Kent Farris' Tigers open the season with Southeast (Iowa) Community College at 1 p.m. followed by a single game against Arkansas Baptist College at 4 p.m.
Northeast's tennis team under the guidance of first-year head coach Ben Shappley will be the final spring sports squad to serve up a season opener as the Tiger and Lady Tiger tennis teams travel to Itawamba to being the 2013 season.
Northeast's season opening match was originally set for a home date against the Indians and Lady Indians but a change of venue was requested and the Tigers and Lady Tigers will now host Itawamba on March 25.
Northeast's first home tennis match is set for a 1 p.m. showdown against Hinds Community College on March 4.