Golf: Loudoun County Edges Freedom at Cheers Sports Open Golf

Sterling - Loudoun County High School maintained its hold on first place in the Dulles District regular-season golf race with a one-stroke victory over Freedom Tuesday at the Cheers Sports Open at Algonkian.

The Raiders shot a 313 to the Eagles 314 to take the title with Sam Early posting an 80 in the last pairing to put LC into first by the stroke.

The tournament -- which included all seven Dulles District teams plus Heritage, Stone Bridge and a "B" team from Loudoun Valley -- served as the second Dulles mini-tournament. LC with wins in both mini tournaments is two-thirds of the way to the regular season title with a first or second in the dual meet schedule enough to clinch things for the Raiders.

Scott Trump of Potomac Falls won the tournament with a 73 -- two shots better than three players. See below for scores.

Heritage finished just five strokes back in third.

News and Notes from the Tournament: The Raiders were coached by the father-son combo of John and Jarod Brown as head coach John Laycock has taken ill again. Laycock missed part of the 2008 season with John Brown, former LC coach, stepping in and helping guide the team. We wish Laycock a speedy recovery! ... Jarod Brown will be stepping in as a head coach in volleyball as his sister, Raider head volleyball coach Jenica Brown is expecting her first child at the end of September. Jenica and Jarod have led LC to back-to-back state titles. The Raiders assistant coach Shannon Nicholson is already out on maternity leave so John Brown has stepped in to help out with the JV program ... truly a family affair at County ... Heritage's third place finish was impressive since the Pride were missing Katie Labgold, who normally scores in the top four, as she was out to have foot surgery ... From the category of "I Did Not Know That!": Broad Run assistant athletic directory Ryan Young coached new Freedom baseball coach Jason Treon at Potomac Falls as well as Freedom golf and Heritage baseball coach Ryan Price ... Finally speaking of Price, he and the Eagle golf team were sitting in a hot parking lot, along with the Briar Woods team, waiting for a late bus to show up after the tournament. With cutbacks, teams are doubling up and for the season-opening tournament, Freedom had to ride with two other teams to Front Royal, adding an almost extra two hours for the Eagles as they were first on and last off ... of course, if the school district wants to charge players $100 to participate this year in athletics, they may want to have a bus waiting after events! I think some Freeom and Briar Woods parents might want to ask for a partial refund if this becomes routine!

Scores from Cheers Sports Open at Algonkian

Loudoun County-313

Kushner 75 Tie 2nd place

Tommasone 78

Brenneman 80

Early 80

Freedom-314

Alex Choi 76 5th place

Jason Scrivo 79

Chris Kennedy 79

Tyler Blake 80

Heritage- 318

Douglas 75 Tie 2nd place

Connelly 75 Tie 2nd place

Pomerene 77- 6th place

Boyer 91

Potomac Falls- 320

Trump 73- 1st place

Fortier 78

Raven 84

Johnson 85

Briar Woods- 334

Ochs 81

Howard 82

Burcak 85

Vazzana 86

Stone Bridge- 339

Ashley 82

Vazquez 85

Coakley 86

Ward 86

Loudoun Valley- 341

Kaseman 78

Parker 83

Price 86

Shayka 94

Dominion- 345

Shote 82

Farmer 87

Cook 88

Backers 88

Broad Run- 346

Pittman 85

Visco 86

Cartee 87

Meadows 88

Park View- 348

Ryan 82

Flees 83

Leckemby 89

Himmelberger 94

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