The first round of the Blue Ridge District golf tour of “mini-matches” was held at Ole Monterey in Roanoke last week and Lord Botetourt got off to a great start. The Cavaliers won the round and had three of the top four scores on the day, including medalist Alisa Davidova.
“I’m definitely happy to start off the district season with a good win and hopefully we can keep getting better each week,” said LB coach Todd Smith. “It always helps your team score when you throw a 66 in there, so happy for Alisa. She played great.”
Davidova had the low score of the day with a five-under par 66. That was six strokes better than LB teammate Jeremy Simmons, who carded a one-over 72 to finish second. William Byrd’s David Foster was third with a 73 and Aidan Mitchell of LB was fourth with a 76. Also scoring for the Cavaliers was Hayden Firestone, who tied for seventh at 80. Garrett Honts carded an 81 and Jaxon Turner had an 84.
Teamwise, the Cavaliers had a 294 to beat second place William Byrd by 35 strokes, as the Terriers came in at 319. Other scores included Franklin County at 325, Northside at 340 and Staunton River at 369. Host William Fleming did not field a team.
This week the Cavaliers have an 18-hole district match at Copper Cove on Tuesday, hosted by Franklin County High, and a nine hole match at the Botetourt Golf & Swim Club against Rockbridge County on Thursday.
