MHS wins Region A golf championship


by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

From left, Lancaster High’s Ben Pittman putts on hole #18 to finish with an 85 as the runner-up in last week’s Class 1 Region A tournament at the Golden Eagle. Lining up their putts are Middlesex’s Peyton Lambert and Northumberland’s Chase Fisher. Lambert was the individual medalist, winning the tournament with a low 81. Photo by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Peyton Lambert shot a 9-over-par 81 as the individual medalist to lead the Middlesex High School Chargers to the Class 1 Region A golf championship at Golden Eagle Golf Course in Irvington on Tuesday, April 13. Middlesex edged host Lancaster by four three strokes.

The Chargers finished with a 381 and sent its entire team to the Virginia High School League Class 1/2 tournament April 19 at Virginia Tech’s Pete Dye River Course. The top region team and top three individuals not on that team qualified for the state championship match.

Lambert shot a 40 on the front nine and a 41 on the back to edge runner-up Ben Pittman of Lancaster by….

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