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: