The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is accepting applications through Oct. 23 for its 16th annual Student-Athlete Achievement Awards.

Student-athletes from Virginia’s public high schools will have to wait until December to begin sports competition for the 2020-2021 school year.

Julie Shin shot a 1-under par 70 on the first day of the 95th Virginia State Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championship to earn the stroke-play medal and claim the top seed for the match play portion of the tournament.

Reiley Fitzpatrick, a sophomore at Independence High School, enjoyed the experience of a lifetime earlier this winter.

A combined 96 points were scored between the Independence Tigers and the host Park View Patriots on Friday night in Sterling. The Tigers accounted for 88 of those points on their way to earning their first victory in program history.

The Independence Tigers shot a four-player total of 286 at Greene Hills Club in Stanardsville on Wednesday to run away with the team championship at the Class 3 Region B golf tournament.