Another week of fall sports is complete at Meridian High School, and every Mustang squad has officially now put a marker in the win column thanks to the new boys’ volleyball team picking up its first wins (plural) in program history. They earned their maiden victory at Centreville on Tuesday, sweeping their opponent in three sets, and then backed it up with their first home win on Thursday against Langley in five sets. At 2-6 on the season now, they’ll try to keep the momentum going in a busy week in which they face Marshall tonight.

The girls’ team also saw some success, bouncing back from a 3-0 loss at home to Kettle Run on Tuesday as they turned the tables on Manassas Park on the road Thursday, sweeping them 3-0. Then they took two of three matchups on Saturday in tournament play, beating Justice and Gar-Field but falling to Westfield. That brings their record to 6-7, and they’ll try to move above .500 this week when they travel to Millbrook tonight.

Football was back in action this week, finally playing its home opener against Culpeper County on Friday and falling 30-22. The boys competed hard and fought until the end, but ultimately dropped to 1-2 on the season. They’ll continue their home stand this Friday when they welcome Brentsville to town, looking to even up their record.

Field hockey continues to be the class of the field for Meridian’s fall programs, and after entering the week undefeated, they were able to keep it that way… sort of. After holding serve against Fauquier in a 1-0 slugfest on Tuesday, they played to a draw at Sidwell Friends on Thursday, tying 1-1. That brings them to 7-0-1 for the season, and tonight they’ll play Washington-Liberty.

Cross Country raced in the Oatlands Invitational on Saturday, a highly competitive event against nearly 100 other schools. Both the boys and the girls had some standout performances, with Michelle Malherio leading the girls in 205th place individually while William Anderson was 266th for the boys, but neither team was able to place very highly with the girls coming in 58th and the boys 85th.

Golf saw some action this week as well, competing against a handful of schools at Shenandoah Valley on Thursday. They’ll enter postseason play this week, competing at Shenandoah again Tonight.

Finally, the competitive cheerleading squad saw its first action this week on Wednesday.