By Paul Frommelt
Content Manager, Prince William County
pfrommelt@digitalsports.com
The Loudoun Valley golf team added a AAA Cedar Run District Tournament title to their 2008 resume with a seven-stroke victory over defending champion Battlefield at the Loudoun Golf and Country Club on Monday afternoon. The Bobcats, runners-up to the Vikings for the regular-season title, advanced to the Northwest Region tournament with their second-place finish.
“We were playing on our home course and we were undefeated on the year here. We definitely needed the keep this momentum going into the region tournament,” said Valley head golf coach Gary McKay on whether he thought that his team would perform considering that their region tournament berth was already locked up. “That was enough motivation right there.”
Junior Zach Bosse needed no extra motivation as he went for his second-consecutive Cedar Run individual title. Bosse birdied his final hole of the round to come in with an even-par 72, tying Battlefield sophomore Andrew Lister to force a sudden-death playoff.
“To shoot even par on this golf course today with the wind and wet conditions was just huge,” said McKay of Bosse’s performance. “To go into that playoff, he is a pretty good match play player and that is pretty much the situation that you have to look at going into a playoff like that. My money was on Zack all the way.”
It was Lister, however, that nearly ended things on the first hole. While Bosse out-drove the Bobcat off the tee, Lister’s approach shot set him up for a birdie opportunity and the win. After Bosse missed his birdie put, Lister readied himself.
“I knew that his was going to be close because he is a great putter,” said Bosse. “As soon as he hit it, I thought that it was in.”
Lister’s putt caught the high lip, circled around the hole, but never dropped, sending both golfers to the next hole.
The result of the second hole was the same — both golfers finished with par.
It was the third hole, however, that Bosse was able to take advantage of his strength off the tee. The Viking again out-drove Lister and placed his ball two feet from the hole on his second shot. Lister also found the green in two strokes, but he missed his subsequent putt and settled for par. From two feet out, Bosse sank his putt.
“Don’t blow it,” Bosse remembered thinking as readied himself for the putt. “Usually it’s pretty easy, but under the circumstances…”
As Bosse walked off the green, he was met by the other members of the Loudoun Valley team, ready to celebrate yet another victory for the Vikings.
Lister’s teammate, Jordan Pastor finished in third with a 75, while Bosse’s teammate Austin Kaseman took fourth, also with a 75 on the day. Drew Smith (Fauquier, 76), Scott Davidson (Loudoun Valley, 76), Brandon Deleonardis (Loudoun Valley, 76), Brian Hickey (Loudoun Valley, 77), Justin Riley (Battlefield, 78) and Greg Pappas (Fauquier, 78) rounded out the top ten.
AAA Cedar Run Tournament — Team Standings
1. Loudoun Valley Vikings (300)
2. Battlefield Bobcats (307)
3. Fauquier Falcons (322)
4. Osbourn Park Yellow Jackets (335)
5. Liberty Eagles (337)
6. Osbourn Eagles (338)
7. Culpeper County Blue Devils (374)
AAA Cedar Run Tournament — Individual Standings
1. Zack Bosse, Loudoun Valley, 72 (35,37)
2. Andrew Lister, Battlefield, 72 (38, 34)
3. Jordan Pastor, Battlefield, 75 (39, 36)
4. Austin Kaseman, Loudoun Valley, 75 (34, 41)
5. Drew Smith, Fauquier, 76 (37, 39)
6. Scott Davidson, Loudoun Valley, 76 (36,40)
7. Brandon Deleonardis, Loudoun Valley, 77 (38,39)
8. Brian Hickey, Loudoun Valley, 77 (36, 41)
9. Justin Riley, Battlefield, 78 (38, 40)
10. Greg Pappas, Fauquier, 78 (36, 42)
11. Zack Lauzon, Osbourn Park, 80 (38, 42)
12. Ryan Simon, Osbourn Park, 80 (37, 43)
13. Peter Desing, Osbourn, 81 (41, 40)
14. John Williams, Battlefield, 82 (42, 40)
15. Eric Mehiel, Liberty, 82 (40, 42)
16. Blake Forst, Battlefield, 83 (40, 43)
17. Monica Carlson, Osbourn, 83 (40, 43)
18. Stephen Massei, Liberty, 83 (38, 45)
19. Tanner Welsh, Loudoun Valley, 84 (45, 39)
20. Lisa Combs, Fauquier, 84 (42, 42)
21. Sam Owens, Liberty, 84 (39, 45)
22. Colin Price, Fauquier, 84 (40, 44)
23. Inmoo Shon, Osbourn, 85 (45, 40)
24. John McDonald, Fauquier, 86 (42, 44)
25. Will Jones, Osbourn Park, 87 (43, 44)
26. Pierce Bishop, Battlefield, 88 (45, 43)
27. Chris Drerenberger, Fauquier, 88 (44, 44)
28. Walker Riley, Liberty, 88 (42, 46)
29. Josh Freeland, Osbourn Park, 88 (42, 46)
30. David Westley, Osbourn Park, 88 (41, 47)
31. Johhny Nettles, Liberty, 88 (40, 48)
32. Jake Mitchell, Osbourn, 89 (46, 43)
33. Tommy Jocz, Culpeper County, 90 (44, 46)
34. Brad Johnson, Culpeper County, 91 (45, 46)
35. David Harvey, Liberty, 91 (41, 50)
36. Derek Orshoski, Culpeper County, 96 (45, 51)
37. Shane Griffin, Culpeper County, 97 (45, 52)
38. Greg Corder, Osbourn Park, 98 (47, 51)
39. Tim Jocz, Culpeper County, 100 (45, 55)
40. David Wood, Osbourn, 110 (51, 59)
41. Morgan Green, Culpeper County, 118 (55, 63)
42. Brendan Howell, Osbourn, 124 (56, 68)
43. Dylan Guyton, Stonewall Jackson, 125 (60, 65)
*Note: Back nine score breaks tie
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