The Notre Dame Academy Dragons defeated Greenbrier Christian Academy, Chesapeake 5-3 to claim the Virginia Independent Schools Division II State Championship. The title showdown was played May 29 at Shepherd Stadium, Colonial Heights.

The Dragons, coached by Mike Lockhart (third season), completed one of the most successful seasons in its, finishing 36-8 overall.

Conor McFadden's first inning RBI scored Cameron Scott which gave NDA a 1-0 lead.

Smoot Carter and Carlos Rivera collected second inning RBI's which gave the Dragons a 3-0 lead. (Shawn Redwine and Mike Russo scored the runs).

Jeremy Thompson's third inning RBI scored Conor McFadden for the decisive run of the game to bolster NDA's lead at 4-0.

McFadden's RBI also scored Carlos Rivera in the fourth inning for the Dragons final run of the contest.

Greenbrier Christian scored three runs in the sixth inning to narrow the deficit but got no closer.

Senior pitcher Artie Snyder picked up the win in the championship game as well as in the Dragon’s 10-0 quarterfinal win versus NorthCross on May 25.

"Both my curve and my fastball worked well today. This win means a lot to the senior class and to the entire school. This is the first time that Notre Dame Academy has won a baseball championship," said Snyder.

Senior pitcher/outfielder Carlos Rivera picked up the win in NDA's 3-2 semi-final win versus Brunswick Academy on May 27.

"We consistently had good pitching all throughout this three game tournament. Offensively, we got some clutch hits today and we kept pecking away. We're going to graduate six very good players (Artie Snyder, Jeremy Thompson, Carlos Rivera, Mike Russo, Greg Daughenbaugh and Tres Wolfford). We're going to need our younger kids to step up next season," said Lockhart.