Region News

From staff reports


Published: July 16, 2008

Forty golfers 18 years and under competed in Wednesday’s opening round of the Central Virginia Junior Golf Championship at London Downs Golf Club. More than half of those played in the 15-18 division, including Appomattox graduate Adam Marshall, who is tied with Corbin Pillow for the lead with a first-round score of 74.

George McDaniel is third after carding a 75 and 12-year-old Austin Inman, who won Monday’s final Central Virginia Junior Golf Tour event at Poplar Grove with a 75, sits in fourth with his 77.

Today’s second and final round takes place at Colonial Hills, also in Forest, with the first players teeing off at 10 a.m.

Colby Francis leads a nine-player field in the 13-14 age division with his 79, Josiah Singleton is in first place out of seven players in the 11-12 division with a 33 through eight holes, and 7-year-old Jacob Aultice, the only player in the 11-under division, fired a 47.

Cassidy England (93) leads Lauren Brooks (95), the only other player in the girls open division. Another female, Victoria Davidjohn, shot a 43 and is third in the 11-12 division behind Singleton and Matthew Stanley (38).

All of the players are from the Lynchburg area, with a number from Falling River in Appomattox, a few from Winton in Amherst, some from London Downs, Colonial Hills and Ivy Hill in Forest, and others from Bedford and Hat Creek in Brookneal.

LC grabs track awards

NEW ORLEANS — Lynchburg College’s Travis Wray (Newburg, MD/La Plata), Scott Decker (Clifton, VA/Robinson) and Ricky Flynn (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) were recently honored on the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Men’s Academic Track and Field Team.

To qualify for the All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met the NCAA Division III Indoor or Outdoor automatic or provisional standard in their respective event.

w NEW ORLEANS — The Lynchburg College women’s track and field team was recently honored by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for academic and athletic accomplishments. LC had a team grade-point average of 3.28 as the Hornets tied for 30th place in Division III.

“I am tremendously proud of all the women on the team,” said Lynchburg coach James Goss.

“At Lynchburg we really emphasize academic success and this accomplishment is proof of that. These ladies are the ideal example of true student-athletes.”

There were 93 Division III women’s track and field programs recognized as 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Teams. The Centennial Conference, the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference each had six member schools represented on the All-Academic team list.

The selection of the All-Academic Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Teams of the Year award is based on a combination of academic and athletic achievements, with the top honor going to the team that had the combination of best overall finish at the Division III Indoor and/or Outdoor National Championships and cumulative GPA.