Golf: Dominion's Stillwell Gets More than a Kick out of His 66 -- He Captures the AA State Title! Valley's Hildebrand is 7th and W. Albemarle Takes Team Title

AA state medalist for 2011 (photo courtesy of Troy Mezzatesta/Loudoun Valley)

(Oct. 11, 2011) - Dominion High School junior Sam Stillwell trailed by five strokes after the first day of the Virginia High School League AA state golf tournament but the Titan turned in a Titantic-like second round of 66 to steal the individual state title with a 2-day total of 142.

Sam Stillwell: 2011 State Champ!

Stillwell, who helped Dominion to the school's first ever Dulles District regular season golf title this fall, edged Cave Spring's Nick Brediger (71-72) by one stroke for the low medal honors. Loudoun Valley's Ian Hildebrand was seventh with a 147.

In the team competition, Region II runner-up Western Albemarle took the title with a 2-day total of 606, six strokes ahead of Cave Springs. Stillwell is the third VHSL AA golf champion from Loudoun, joining Garrett Pike of Potomac Falls (2001) and Kenny Roseberry of Loudoun County (1999). In 2004, Dominion's Sara Hurwitch VHSL girls open state title.

View all the team and individual state titles in Loudoun's history.

More on Sam Stillwell from an article from the Dominion student newspaper

Team results:
1, Western Alebmarle 606
2, Cave Spring 612
3, Blacksburg 618
4, Jamestown 628
5, York 632
6, Monticello 642
7, Spotswood 662
8, Rockbridge County 664

Top 8 Medalists
1, Sam Stillwell (Dominion) 76-66=142
2, Nick Bredinger (Cave Spring) 71-72=143
3, Trevor Times (Jamestown) 71-74=145
3, Ryan Mondy (Blacksburg) 76-69=145
5, Landon Weis (Western Albemarle) 74-72=146
5, Alex O'Dell (Western Albemarle) 78-68=146
7, Ian Hildebrand (Loudoun Valley) 75-72=147
8, Matt Fazenbaker (Millbrook) 76-72=148
8, Harrison Scharf (E.C. Glass) 71-77=148

Compete results:



Western Albemarle Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Alex O'Dell 78 68 146
2. Brett Engle 78 83 161
3. Landon Weis 74 72 146
4. Brett Warnick 80 79 159
5. Hunter Weis 81 81 162
6. Kyle Landis 76 81 157
Team Totals: 306 300 606

Cave Spring Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Nick Brediger 71 72 143
2. Drew Board 78 74 152
3. Drew Lagan WD WD WD
4. TK Garrett 79 89 168
5. Meagan Board 86 84 170
6. Jessie Hart 78 76 154
Team Totals: 306 306 612

Blacksburg Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Ryan Mondy 76 69 145
2. Tyler Olinger 74 75 149
3. Mike Yourshaw 82 82 164
4. Kyle Stone 84 82 166
5. Sam Jones 85 76 161
6. Tobin Weiseman 86 90 176
Team Totals: 316 302 618

Jamestown Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Trevor Times 71 74 145
2. Emily Salamy 80 81 161
3. Christina Herbert 88 80 168
4. Trevor Tremps 79 80 159
5. Ricky Bell 85 82 167
6. Matt Meadows 87 79 166
Team Totals: 315 313 628

York Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Bryan Carter 78 78 156
2. CJ Dreyfuss 87 75 162
3. Connor Rinoski 76 78 154
4. Tyler Moore 80 80 160
5. Michelangelo Hooker 98 95 193
6. Austin Keifner 110 124 234
Team Totals: 321 311 633

Monticello Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Kevin Archer 79 75 154
2. Evan Childress 78 78 156
3. Carson Wilmar 90 90 180
4. Ryan Pace 86 86 172
5. Austin Yoon 82 78 160
6. Michael Comer 86 92 178
Team Totals: 325 317 642

Spotswood Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Robbie Failes 82 75 157
2. Daniel Wine 90 81 171
3. Clay Sowers 84 85 169
4. Cole Delucas 92 92 184
5. Jordan Kirkwood 101 85 186
6. Connor Jones 87 78 165
Team Totals: 343 319 662

Rockbridge Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Mason Woolley 81 83 164
2. Blake Smith 84 79 163
3. Pete Shaner 87 85 172
4. Mark Shaner 88 78 166
5. Dakota Balser 90 87 177
6. Connor Staton 97 84 181
Team Totals: 340 324 664

Region I Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Harrison Baker (New Kent) 77 76 153
2. Kyle Mathews (Warhill) 81 76 157
3. JP Gorby (Culpeper) 82 78 160
4. Joe Murphy (Eastern View) 76 85 161
5. Zach Weaver (Lafayette) 71 79 150
6. Rob Borden (Warhill) 86 83 169

Region II Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Ryan Douglas (Heritage) 79 81 160
2. Ian Hildebrand (Loudoun Valley) 75 72 147
3. Sam Stilwell (Dominion) 76 66 142
4. Erik Dulik (Dominion) 76 74 150
5. Adam Ochs (Briar Woods) 78 73 151
6. Matt Fazenbaker (Millbrook) 76 72 148

Region III Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Harrison Scharf (EC Glass) 71 77 148
2. Brandon Bailey (William Byrd) 83 73 156
3. Brennan Lloyd (Waynesboro) 78 80 158
4. Josh Vaughan (Jefferson Forest) 90 79 169
5. Clayton Forren (Rustburg) 75 74 149
6. Matt Shifflett (Harrisonburg) 79 78 157

Region IV Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. Matt Brittain (Abingdon) 76 74 150
2. Andrew Butts (Salem) 78 78 156
3. Matt Moschella (Christiansburg) 82 76 158
4. Tyler Presley (Abingdon) 75 81 156
5. Tim Yang (Hidden Valley) 86 80 166
6. Randy Gibson (Tunstall) 82 76 158