By Laurie Dornak, Seahawks Sports Boosters
photos by South Lakes Athletics and Beth Shaw
Outstanding performances by South Lake High School students and student athletes on and off the field took place this school year. From the football program’s first 10-0 regular season to the girls indoor track and field and boys basketball VHSL Class 6 State championships, the Seahawks launched into the spring sports season with gusto, putting up another banner season in the regular and postseason.
South Lakes Girls Lacrosse executed their most successful season in school history, finishing overall 15-6-1 and second in the Northern Region. The Seashawks finished with the most wins in school history and defeated Madison and Oakton for the first time in 25 years. Topping off that record, the Seahawks earned the program’s first Concorde District title since 1998 and VHSL Class 6 State tournament run. The Seahawks were Regional finalists and competed in the state quarterfinals for the first time ever.
South Lakes Boys and Girls Outdoor Track teams continued their tradition of excellence and competitive successes during the regular season with many District, Regional, and State qualifiers early in the season, and setting new school, state and national records. The Seahawks sent 19 athletes to the Penn Relays for some national level competition, and the girls 4x800 relay team brought home a Penn Relay wheel for their third-place finish. The boys and girls teams finished strong, each with back-to-back Concorde District championships.The girls team brought home more hardware as Northern Region champions. Both teams sent strong teams to the VHSL Class 6 State meet where the girls finished third. These teams will be sending athletes to Nike Outdoor Nationals again this month to finish off an outstanding trio of cross-country and track and field seasons.
South Lakes Softball, under the leadership of third-year Head Coach Casey Shieda, put down a season of consistent results, advancing deep into the postseason and making the program’s first appearance in the VHSL Class 6 State tournament. After demonstrating strong pitching and offense and a challenging defense, the Seahawks finished their season 16-11-1 overall. A team with terrific chemistry, grit, and determination, a number of underclassmen stepped up this year, competed, and grew playing together. The Seahawks finished the Concorde District and Northern Region as finalists (to Madison in both tournaments). Playing in their first VHSL Class 6 State tournament, the Seahawks defeated Lake Braddock (2-0) in the quarterfinals, and competed in the semi-final game against Osbourn Park.
Last week, VHSL announced the class 6 standings for the National Guard Cup (the Cup) which represents the best Virginia high schools have to offer in athletic and academic activities. First awarded in 1990, the Cup represents excellence with cups presented, one for academic activities and one for athletics in each of the VHSL’s six enrollment classifications. Winners in each class are those schools who have achieved the best overall record in VHSL state-level competition across the 27 sports and 12 academic activities – the state champions’ state champion.
Winners of the National Guard Cup are determined by a point system based on performance in VHSL state competitions which are awarded for all sanctioned sports, plus sportsmanship, and schools can earn academic activity points for outstanding participation in scholastic bowl, creative writing, theatre, forensics, debate, film festival, broadcast, newspaper, yearbook, and magazine. As the spring state tournaments were beginning, South Lakes Athletics learned they were ranked first in class 6 with 135 points for the winter total and they hope to hold that position as they finish up the spring season.
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