Giles held of Galax to win the Group A state golf tournament in Midlothian. Zeke Shaffer of Radford came away with the individual title.
Out in Scruggs, Westfield (617) held off James Madison (628) to win its first state golf title. The individual winner was Andrew Lister of Battlefield, who edged Chris Valianos of Frank Cox by a stroke. First-round leader Ji Soo park of Chantilly tied for third.
MONETA -- Ji Soo Park of Chntilly shot a 1-over-par 71 and leads after the first round of the VHSL Group AAA state golf meet at The Waterfront Country Club.
Park leads four others -- Andrew McCracken of First Colonial, Noori Hyun of Centreville, Tim Ritter of Westfield and Joe Moloney of James Madison -- by two shots going into Tuesday's final round.
Westfield (312) leads James Madison by two stroke in the team competition. James River and Loudon Valley are tied for third at 327.
Franklin County's Josh Neal, the lone Timesland golfer to qualify for the meet, shot an 84 in the first round.
Drew Weaver discusses his tee shot on the 13th hole Friday at the U.S. Open with his caddie C. Damian Velaquez
Former Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver shot a 1-under-par 69 Friday morning and shared the lead for a while at the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.
When play concluded on the course Friday, Weaver was tied for 12th place. The amateur is tied with Phil Mickelson, David Duval and two others at 1-under. Lucas Glover leads at 6-under.
Some golfers -- including the top 11, Mickelson and Glover -- played part of the second round Friday. But Weaver won't tee off for his second round until 9:11 a.m. Saturday. NBC will begin its telecast at 10 a.m.
It's too bad that Weaver finished his first round Friday morning, because the golf course became easier to play as the day wore on.
Of the 25 players who shot par or better in the first round, only seven came from the first wave of tee times. Graeme McDowell and Weaver were the only early starters to break par. The course played almost two strokes harder in the morning — averaging 74.8 to 72.9 for the afternoon players.
Weaver, who played in the 2008 Masters, was 2-over through 10 holes Thursday when play was suspended by rain.
On Friday, he made birdies on the par-5 13th, par-4 16th and par-3 17th holes. His round consisted of five birdies and four bogeys, including three straight on holes five through seven. He needed only 21 putts.
Weaver recently finished his collegiate career with a 12th-place finish in an NCAA regional tournament.
For an interview with Weaver about his round, read the newspaper Saturday or read the story online Saturday.
Never mind on the TV listings update. The final round today (Monday) of the Pebble Beach golf tournament has been rained out.
TV listings update: The Golf Channel will air the rain-delayed final round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Randy King reports that Roanoke's Larry Gray came close, but missed his putt for $1 million Thursday night in Las Vegas. Randy will have more from Larry on this story in Saturday's paper.
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