After the Meridian High School golf team’s big State Finals championship two weeks ago, several of the Mustangs’ additional squads now look to join them with some postseason success. One of them, the field hockey unit which earned the top seed in the District playoffs, did just that this past week, beating Brentsville 3-0 on Tuesday and then Fauquier 1-0 on Thursday to take the District title while earning the right to remain at home throughout Regionals.
A couple of teams completed their regular seasons, including the boys’ volleyball team wrapping up its inaugural one. They finish with a record of 8-10 after beating Langley 3-0 on the road last Monday and then losing to Herndon in five sets at Marshall High School last Wednesday, and now they’ll await their opponent in the Regional playoffs on November 6th. The girls are still playing, and are on fire right now as they’ve won six in a row to improve to 13-9 on the year. This week they beat Skyline 3-0 on Monday and Brentsville 3-2 the next night – both on the road – before coming home to take down Skyline again, this time in four sets.
Cross country also finished up its regular season, and did it in style as both the boys and girls took team wins over Osborn and Manassas Park respectively. William Anderson finished second overall in the boys’ race to lead the way as they placed seven runners in the top 15, while the girls were dominant with Michelle Malheiro, Ally Campbell, and Wendy Abstone sweeping the podium and ten different Mustangs finishing in the top 15. Both squads will now travel to Millbrook for the District Championship on Tuesday.
Finally, the football team took another tough home loss, falling 27-15 to Skyline. It was a game in which the Mustangs were competitive but simply found themselves on the wrong side of a few crucial big plays, which has been the story of their season. Now 2-6 for the year, they’ll head back on the road to play Warren County on Friday. Both of their wins this season have been road games, so perhaps this could be number three.
