Lorton, from. – In recent decades, the development of scholastic field hockey players with unusual skills, power and, more importantly, have seen the agency and wisdom to use both.
Yesterday, in the 10th annual Stallion Stick-Off in Lorton South County (va.), Kira Takahashi-Trader, a senior attacking midfielder for defending VHSL class 3A champion Yorktown Tabb (Va.) Was beautiful in a 6-0 win over Fairfax GC Woodson).
One goal, worn of individual sparkle, summarized the skills of Takahashi-Trader. Starting about 40 meters from the goal, she stopped with the ball to an open space about 20 meters from the goal. With a sudden eruption, she took the space and unleashed a shot that hit the back board loud enough, so that it might have received the attention of the large birds of prey that have built a nest in a lamp in the nearby football stadium.
Golazo!
The Tigers, under head coach Wendy Wilson and her staff, started the 2025 season in the right way with three wins in 24 hours at the stick-off.
“Coach Wilson says that every team we are playing is trying to get to us and do their best to beat us,” says Takahashi-Trader. “For us we take that and run with it. Many teams respect us, and we appreciate that. We always get the best from every team, and we love that.”
Tabb is not only looking for the fifth straight state title, but is not only in the midst of a 93 game winning streak, currently the fifth longest of all time.
“We just try to get out and do our best,” says Takahashi-Trader. “I think that’s more about what the pressure is; doing our best for each other.”
This year Tabb started the regular season away from the Hampton Roads area competition. The site of this week’s games was only 25 miles from where Tabb’s 54 game Win Streak was broken in the middle of the 2010 season.
At that time, Wilson saw the loss of that profit streak as a blessing; The Tigers would win the AA/A title class that season. The three victories this weekend were of the non-doubt-over-the variety.
“We only played together for a few weeks,” says Takahashi-Trader. “On the field we really, very well connected. We got very close this weekend and it turned out that you can see on the field.”
The senior will go to Penn State on Scholarship next year, but there are business to do for the Scholastic season 2025, including a run on the state title.
“Every day is great for us,” says Takahashi-Trader. “What we try to do is raise each other. We are all so different for us, but we are still like sisters. Over the years we have grown to love each other and act as best friends.”
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