Anonymous wrote:Is this a down year for NoVA high school field hockey? The traditional powers: Fairfax, Yorktown, Woodson all look fine; but certainly not dominant. Oakton is the only team that looks really strong. My daughter plays for Lake Braddock and we look like contenders without any D1 commits.

Yes, Oakton and Independence are very strong and clearly stronger than the rest of NOVA.

Is this a down year for NoVA high school field hockey? The traditional powers: Fairfax, Yorktown, Woodson all look fine; but certainly not dominant. Oakton is the only team that looks really strong. My daughter plays for Lake Braddock and we look like contenders without any D1 commits.

The St. James has a lot of potential with the two stars being their male their male coach who played on the Ghana national team, he’s newer but shows a lot of
promise in his coaching ability. And the goalie coach who coached a long list of top 10 d1 (think Maryland and duke) and national team goalies. She really knows how to get her players seen and provides them with great technical skills. There is another coach who coaches the younger girls who is really good but unfortunately it doesn’t seem like she is there all the time.