SLOW sort of up in my brain mentally has been fed to me by my dad, and probably from some sort of German philosopher philo loso lo soph so pher way back whe hen. Xander Xa Schauffele Sch chau auff ffel ele No. 5-r Wor 5-rank 5-ranked anked ank ed gol golfer fer Xander has licked his wounds from round of The Players Championship and ready to get back on the horse this week at the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida. held a one-stroke lead after 54 holes at the PGA event and still remained in front by the same margin with six holes to go, but he made two late bogeys and missed a 7-foot birdie putt at 17 to tie en route to one stroke behind Players champ Scottie That makes winless the last six times been in the pairing. When asked for his re- action to giving on social media more ammunition to the contention that he close, said, probably join them in the Haterade at this moment.
But it is what it is. These suck. When I went to bed last night, not exactly how I envisioned walking the 18th green. lick my wounds and right back to it next has had a few days to on his lat- est close call and has found some positives. He had struggled to out TPC Sawgrass since the tour- nament shifted from May (where he second in 2018) to its March date and so while he get it he was proud of his performance and noted that he rated his ballstriking in the round when he shot 70 to be superior than a day earlier when he shot 65.
chasing, you can pile up those bird- ies and get into a nice rhythm. When up front, just watching it he said. dad sent me a text to try to be as proactive as possible and not Xander Schauffele marks his putt on the third green during the round of The Players Championship on Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. DAVID TODAY SPORTS; ILLUSTRATION BY MARC TODAY NETWORK hoping info drip will make major Adam Schupak Golfweek USA TODAY NETWORK See VALSPAR, Page 3B 2024 Valspar Championship WHEN: Thursday-Sunday WHERE: Innisbrook Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Florida NOTES: Taylor Moore is the defending champion, returning to the place where he got his Tour win Also in the are Xander Schauffele and Brian Harman, who T-2 at the Players, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau and numerous others making this one of the best in tournament history. The Copperhead Course ranks No.
8 on Best list of public-access courses in Florida. The purse at the Valspar is $8.4 million, with $1.512 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points. The News Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 1B SPORTS SOCCER Stuarts Draft girls soccer improved to 2-0 with its second consecutive 8-0 shutout, beating Alleghany Tuesday night. Angela Hibshman, Maddie Baska and Kennedy Wood all scored a pair of goals in Draft's win.
Hibshman and Baska also added an assist each for the Cougars. Izzy Coyner and Morgan Spradley also scored goals and Kristi- na Rodgers had an assist for Draft. Draft is at home Thursday in a re- match with Alleghany. The Stuarts Draft boys fell 1-0 to Alleghany in Tuesday night soccer. The loss dropped Draft to 2-1 on the season.
"Our lads played very well, just we are struggling with in the third," said Draft coach Placide. "We have been working on possession and moving the ball which we capitalized on (Tuesday)." Jaime Loya had 10 defensive stops and Michael Herrera had eight stops for the Cougars. Draft keeper Dylan Al- exander the night with saves. In other boys soccer Tuesday, Fort fell to Turner Ashby 6-0 and Monticello beat Waynesboro 4-2. In girls soccer, Turner Ashby blanked Fort 5-0.
SOFTBALL In baseball action Tuesday, Allegh- any beat Riverheads 2-1, Fort De- fell to Turner Ashby 6-2 and Page County edged Stuarts Draft 4-3. In softball, Alleghany beat River- heads 15-1, Turner Ashby stopped Fort 14-3 and Page County blanked Stuarts Draft 7-0. TENNIS Fort lost 9-0 to Turner Ashby in girls tennis Tuesday. Fort coach John Edgecomb said no coach wants to lost 9-0 but he wasn't disap- pointed. "We made too many unforced er- rors," he said.
"But none of the players gave up. I saw improvement in many areas, and we did a lot of things In other girls tennis, Central Wood- stock beat Stuarts Draft 8-1 and Waynesboro topped Staunton 9-0. Fort lost in boys tennis, fall- ing to Turner Ashby 8-1. Patrick Hite is The News Leader's education reporter. Story ideas and tips always welcome.
Contact Patrick at er.com and follow him on Twitter Subscribe to us at new- sleader.com. TUESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP Hibshman, Baska, Wood lead Draft girls soccer Patrick Hite Staunton News Leader USA TODAY NETWORK SOCCER FISHERSVILLE Wilson Memorial and Spotswood in a 2-2 draw in double overtime in girls soccer Monday. Spotswood scored on a corner kick before Wilson's Adelie Condra tied the match at 1-1. Spotswood went up a goal again on a penalty kick early in the second half, but with minutes remaining Wilson crossed the ball into the box and it de- a Spotswood defender to tie the match 2-2. It was the season-opening match for the Hornets, who travel to Turner Ashby Thursday.
In boys soccer Monday, Staunton beat Heritage 4-0. Stuart Love had four saves in goal for the Storm. Junior Ash- ton Barrett, junior Marc soph- omore Andrew and senior Alex Kuntz all scored goals in the win. Staun- ton got assists from senior William Cor- mier, and Staunton is now 2-0-1 with a trip to Charlottesville on Wednesday. The Wilson Memorial boys soccer team lost to Spotswood 8-0 Monday.
TENNIS Riverheads beat Stuarts Draft 9-0 in boys tennis Monday. Mason Mays, Jacob Terry, Isaac Grimm, Payton Snell, Landen Higgins and Joel Maybush led the Gladiators by sweeping the singles matches. Then, in doubles, Mays and Jackson Smith, Grimm and Charles Glenn, and Terry and Snell teamed up to complete the shutout. Riverheads is now 2-0 and hosts Wil- son Memorial Thursday. Spotswood beat Wilson Memorial Monday in boys tennis 6-3.
In girls tennis, Wilson fell to Spot- swood 8-1, while Riverheads edged Stuarts Draft 5-4 to improve to 2-1 on the season. In Shenandoah District baseball Monday, Waynesboro beat Charlottes- ville 16-0 to improve to 2-1. Staunton won its second game in a row, topping Mountain View 9-3. And Wilson Me- morial lost to Spotswood 12-2. Waynesboro softball is also 2-1 after an 18-0 win over Charlottesville Mon- day.
Staunton lost to Mountain View in a slugfest 30-20. Wilson Memorial fell to Spotswood 11-1. (Please send scores and stats to Patrick Hite is The News Leader's education reporter. Story ideas and tips always welcome. Contact Patrick at and follow him on Twitter Subscribe to us at newsleader.com.
MONDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP Staunton boys soccer, Riverheads boys tennis win Patrick Hite Staunton News Leader USA TODAY NETWORK.
