Behind a co-individual champion effort from Andrew Jacobs, Woodberry Forest golf won the VISAA Division I title Monday at Meadowbrook Country Club.
Jacobs carded a 70 to tie St. Anne’s-Belfield golfer Sam McNamara for the individual champion and the state’s player of the year honor.
The Tigers held off Prep League rival St. Christopher’s by just four strokes, with Woodberry logging a 293 as a team while St. Chris checked in with a 297 to earn the runner-up spot. Woodson Smith’s 73 and Benny Haggin’s 74 played a big role in the Tigers’ win and earned the tandem, along with Jacobs
Full Results
11th annual Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Monday, May 21
Meadowbrook CC
Richmond, VA
18 holes, par 71 (boys 6596 yds; girls 5723 yds)
Division I
1. Woodberry Forest School 2932. St. Christopher’s School 2973. Trinity Episcopal School 3144. Collegiate School 3184. Norfolk Academy 3186. Cape Henry Collegiate School 3247. Bishop O’Connell High School 3288. Paul VI Catholic High School 331
All-State (Top 10 & ties)
1. Andrew Jacobs, Woodberry Forest School – 701. Sam McNamara, St. Anne’s-Belfield School – 703. Connor Johnson, St. Christopher’s School – 714. Caleb Choe, Cape Henry Collegiate School – 734. Woodson Smith, Woodberry Forest School -736. Clifford Foster, St. Christopher’s School – 746. Benny Haggin, Woodberry Forest School – 746. Kevin Smedley, Norfolk Academy – 746. Tatum Walsh, St. Catherine’s School -7410. Drew Brockwell, St. Christopher’s School – 7510. Rory Wienfurther, St. Catherine’s School – 75