Female competitors will take the spotlight for the remainder of the 2024 Virginia High School League golf season.
Beginning Monday (Oct. 21), players throughout Northern Virginia and across the commonwealth will participate in state-tournament qualifying events. The following Monday (Oct. 28), those who earned berths will play in the Girls State Open for all enrollment classifications combined at Heritage Oaks Golf Course in Harrisonburg.
They fell short of their ultimate goal, but the Robinson Rams still had another strong golf season.
The fall campaign ended when defending champion Robinson finished second in the Virginia High School League’s Class 6 state team tournament, played Oct. 15 on a chilly and windy day on the par-72 Norman course at the Lansdowne Resort in Loudoun County.
In recording a repeat performance for the first time in decades, Owen Love won his second state championship.
The Edison Eagles sophomore golfer shot a 2-under-par round of 70, then won the individual title outright with a birdie putt on the second playoff hole to defeat Robinson Rams’ junior Raquel Walker (also with a 70) to defend his Virginia High School League Class 6 state golf tournament crown.
Their time without a state championship was short-lived for the Langley Saxons.
Motivated by last season’s disappointing third-place finish in the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 6 state golf tournament, Langley returned to the throne by winning this year’s crown with a 303 team score. The defending champion Robinson Rams finished second this year with a 308 total.
The players and teams are ready and the tee times set for the Class 6 state golf tournament.
The one-day, 18-hole Virginia High School League event will be played on the Lansdowne Resort course in Loudoun County on Oct. 15, beginning at 9 a.m. when the first of 15 foursomes tee off.
Three Fairfax County Public Schools teachers will now be able to pursue unique arts projects with their students, thanks to financial assistance from the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
A nonprofit that supports and programs Wolf Trap National Park, the foundation announced on Feb. 20 that it has awarded 13 grants from an annual program for D.C. area educators who teach music, dance or theater at public schools.
More than two decades after he graduated, astronaut Dr. Kjell Lindgren has been drawn back into Robinson Secondary School’s orbit.
The Fairfax school will welcome its Class of 1991 alum back this afternoon (Friday) for a student assembly, where Lindgren will be joined on stage by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.
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