Anthony Kostelac’s first cross country victory came at last week’s Commonwealth District race. His second came Thursday on his home course. Albemarle’s cross country star ran 16:10 to capture the Northwest Region boys’ title.

The No. 3 Virginia women’s field hockey team defeated No. 14 Duke 3-1 Thursday night in the first round of the ACC tournament.

If God were to build the perfect mountain golf course, there would be temptation to borrow a few ideas from Donald Steel’s masterpiece, the Highland Course at Primland, one of Virginia’s hidden treasures.

Delayed from Friday due to field conditions Monticello and Western rumbled in Crozet with Western winning 28-6.

In a back-and-forth tilt in which each team had a number of chances to win, No. 2 UNC held off Virginia at the University Hall Turf Field to remain undefeated.

Orange turned over Monticello six times and picked up 362 yards of offense en route to the Hornets’ 35-14 trouncing of the Mustangs. With the win, Orange defeated Monticello for the first time since the 2001 season.

Burton had been at the sport for years, seven of them as a professional, and had one lousy win to show for all the pain and suffering, a pro-am title at the old Crown Royal event at Royal New Kent.
So, it was only natural that the locals were actually there to pull for Burton, a likeable, good-natured guy, who deserved better results.

Top-seeded Paul Kane has the most wins in the previous two Central Virginia Match Play competitions with a 4-2 record.

Paul Kane takes the No. 1 seed for this weekend’s Third Annual Central Virginia Match Play Championships at Spring Creek Golf Club.

Elizabeth Brightwell battled back to claim this year’s Reines Jewelers Ladies Championship at Meadowcreek Golf Club on Sunday, with a three-over 143 tournament score.

Nick Austin claimed the Jefferson Cup title by a stroke.

Weston Eklund survived the assault and claimed the 2009 Bill Battle Trophy, symbolic of the top amateur golfer in Central Virginia.

Whitney Neuhauser, a rising senior at Virginia and native of Barboursville, was eliminated from during the second round, falling to to Sydnee Michaels 3&2.

Weston Eklund and Mikey Moyers will continue their friendly rivalry during the opening round of the Jefferson Cup tournament at Birdwood Golf Club.

Eric Dobmeier, who has participated in The First Tee of Charlottesville program, won a $2,000 scholarship, and a trip to New York City in June where he and his father, Stephen, were given a personalized tour and a visit to the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black.

Meechai Padungsiriseth and Paveenuch Sritagul each shot a 4-under-par 68 after Monday’s opening round to lead the American Junior Golf Association’s Junior All-Star at Spring Creek.
Padungsiriseth of Bradenton, Fla., took a two-stroke lead in the boys division after the first day. Trevor

Fluvanna outlasted Albemarle Post 74, 4-3, in a game that was the polar opposite of the previous—small ball and strong pitching—to force a winner takes all American Legion District 12 championship tonight.

On a day where the golf course bit back, Castro put in a 4-under 68 to seize his first victory on the eGolf tour by two strokes.

Hours after former Virginia swimmer Matt Miller’s bike accident on the Blue Ridge Parkway, his parents, Mike and Nancy Miller, brother Michael, and girlfriend Emily Privette were numb. They looked for every positive sign they could.

Eighteen-year-old Mikey Moyers delivered his second consecutive round of 66 in the VSGA’s 96th State Amateur Championship at Cedar Point Country Club.
In doing so Wednesday, the Stanardsville resident set the championship’s 36-hole stroke play qualifying scoring record of 12-under 132.

Jess Daley fired a 7-under par 65 in Wednesday’s opening round of the four-day professional tournament at Spring Creek Golf Club near Zion Crossroads. He owns a two-stroke lead over a trio of pursuers, including Ryan Blaum, Chris McCartin and Daryl Chappell.

The Black Knights were unfazed by their opponent, scoring in the game’s first two minutes and putting together a calm and collected 3-1 victory over the Warriors.

Charlottesville senior Shawntae Payne is heading to a Division-I program Coppin State to continue her basketball career.

Albemarle brought some normalcy to a wild Commonwealth District baseball tournament, scoring six runs in the fifth inning to defeat Massaponax 11-1 in the semifinals on Wednesday night.

Playing on a difficult rain-soaked course, Eklund easily outpaced the field at the third annual Old Trail Team Invitational.

Over the years, the United States Tennis Association has seen the popularity of its sport overshadowed by the “big three” American sports - baseball, basketball, and football. Add golf, soccer, and lacrosse to the mix, and even factor in extreme sports such as skateboarding and motor sports that have been on the rise as attractive outlets for today’s youth.

After returning from a disappointing finish last year in the NCAA tournament’s Fullerton Regional, Virginia’s players scattered throughout the country to play in summer leagues.

When rain forced Sunday’s championship match against Ekaterina Bychkova to be moved indoors to the hard courts, Lindsay Lee-Waters responded in the same way she had met every other challenge thrown her way during the week — with an aggressive style and steely focus that suffocated her opponent.

Ranked 286th on the USTA pro circuit, the Oklahoma native who has lived in Atlanta for the past decade, has looked strong in her first two matches of the Boyd Tinsley USTA Women’s $50,000 Pro Tennis Championships.

As Virginia continues its emergence as a force to be reckoned within collegiate track circles, a few things have to become second nature for the Cavaliers’ athletes.