Wednesday was a great day to be part of Colonial Forge golf as the Eagles dominated the field, winning the Commonwealth District Championship at Augustine Golf Club in Stafford.
The par-71 course proved to be no problem for both Matt Hartley and Makayla Grubb, leading the field by shooting a 3-under 68 and 2-under 69, respectively.
Hartley earned Medalist honors with the low score for the district. Fellow Eagle Jacob Hartley rounded out a 1-2-3 finish for Colonial Forge with a 2-over 73 on the day.
As a team, the Eagles shot 19-over, finishing with a foursome score of 303. That mark was 19 strokes better than Riverbend, who finished in second shooting a 322, or 38-over, as a group. Will Wexler led the Bears, shooting a 3-over 74, good enough for fourth among individuals.
Mountain View and Stafford rounded out the top three in team competition, both shooting 62-over (346) on the day. Stafford’s Ariel Evans was fifth among individuals in the tournament, shooting a 5-over 76.
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Wednesday’s district tournament results meant that both Colonial Forge and Stafford automatically qualified for the Virginia High School League Region 5D tournament while Riverbend and Massaponax, who finished sixth among seven schools, qualified for the VHSL Region 6B tournament.
Both regional tournaments are set to take place next week, with the VHSL state championships held from Oct. 14-16.
Colonial Forge (303): Matt Hartley 68, Makayla Grubb 69, Jacob Hartley 73, William Calder 93.
Riverbend (322): Will Wexler 74, Dyllan Bell 80, Ben Neal 83, Matt Bell 85.
Mountain View (346): Caden Brown 82, Makenly Tidwell 86, Richie Frampton 89, John Gallagher 89.
Stafford (346): Ariel Evans 76, Ashton Shifflett 87, Trevor Willis 90, Carter Haymes 93.
North Stafford (378): Zach Carter 82, Collin Merk 95, Fabian Perez 100, Jackson Reed 101.
Massaponax (417): Ethan Greene 94, Avery Amidon 106, Josh Obenhein 108, Ethan Dotto 109.
Brooke Point (460): Colin Martin 104, Jordan Rendon 112, Lexi Halston 119, Lizzy Hastings 125.
GOLF
Tommy Stallings earns the individual Medalists Honors with a score of 71 to lead Culpeper in the 3B Sub-Regional quad-match at Greene Hills Golf Club.
Matthew Amos shot a 72 for the Blue Devils who fell short with a team score of 318 to the Goochland Bulldogs who shot a 314, led by Dawson Handy with a 75.
Caden Goerge shot a 74 for William Monroe who totaled 324, and Matthew Tran had a 81 for Maggie Walker who scored a 348 team total.
Culpeper will advance to the Region 3B finals on Tuesday at Shenandoah Valley Golf Club.
Goochland (314): Dawson Handy 75, Kasey Cronin 78, Lance Coleman 80, Will Johns 81.
Culpeper (318): Tommy Stallings 71, Matthew Amos 72, Brett Richardson 86, Lucas Smith 89.
William Monroe (324): Caden Goerge 74, Carter Knick 82, Ainsley Ford 83, Landon Kullnat 85.
Maggie Walker (348): Matthew Tran 81, Anusha Rathi 83, ,Cal Vellozzi 92, Samuel Freeman 92.
FIELD HOCKEY
Chancellor 6, King George 0: Adelyn Watkins had a hand in all six of Chancellor’s goals as the visiting Chargers defeated the Foxes in a Battlefield District game.
Watkins scored three goals and had three assists as Chancellor improved to 6-0 in the district, and 6-1 overall. The Chargers also got goals from Hailey Waurio, Trinity Mason and Sofia Vivas. Ellen Gallagher assisted on three of the goals and Waurio had one assist.
Chancellor hosts Culpeper on Thursday in a battle of teams that are undefeated in the District. King George ( 0-6, 2-7) travels to James Monroe.
