NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 9-- There was plenty of time for reality to set in, but still no one on the Jefferson boys' soccer team could believe it.
The 10th-ranked Colonials had been awarded the AAA state championship trophy. Hundreds of their red-clad fans had rushed the field to celebrate the victory. They posed for pictures, hugged and high-fived. And still, they could hardly comprehend that their magical late-season run culminated Saturday with a 1-0 victory over No. 1 Osbourn Park in the state championship at Christopher Newport University.
Harry Beddo's goal in the 51st minute lifted Jefferson (17-1-5) to a championship that few thought was possible early this season. The Colonials finished below .500 and missed the Northern Region tournament last season, and they started this year 4-1-5 before winning 13 straight to claim the Liberty District, region and state titles.
"It's like we just robbed a bank and no one knows where the money went," Coach Sean Burke joked. "We're rich!"
The victory capped one of Jefferson's finest athletic seasons since it became a magnet school for science and technology 22 years ago. The Colonials have won state team titles in boys' and girls' swimming and diving, boys' cross-country and girls' indoor track, but this was their first title in a sport with no individual competition. ...Read more here...
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