Honaker
| Honaker High School | |
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| Location: Honaker, VA | |
| Coaches | Charlie Perkins (2015-Present) Alex Zachwieja (1998-2014) |
| State Championships | VHSL 1A 2014 |
| Program Status | Active |
| School Size | ~400 Students |
Honaker is a team from deep southwestern Virginia that mostly plays in the Virginia High School League. They are known as the dominant team over the Group A Black Diamond District for the past sixteen years, and usually also Region D Champions. They have been VHSL state tournament competitors almost every year since the launch of VHSL ScoBowl in its current format. In 2010, after attending 9 VHSL State Competitions, Honaker finished runner-up in Group A, followed by two more runner-up performances in 2011 and 2013. After the 2013-14 reassignment of VHSL Academic Teams based on school size, Honaker took home the first 1A VHSL State Championship, as well as the first state title in the program's history.
2009-2010
Records
- Roanoke College Fall Invitational: 5-2, Second Place
- Cave Spring Invitational IV: 4-4, Ninth Place
- VHSL Black Diamond District Tournament: 3-0, First Place
- VHSL Region D Tournament: 4-0, First Place
- VHSL Group A State Tournament: 3-2, Runner-Up
- VHSL Record: 34-3
2008-2009
Records
- VHSL Record: 25-4 (Overall), 8-0 (District Reg. Season)
- Cavalier Classic XIII: 6-3, 6th place
- EQUINE II: 6-3, 5th place
- Cave Spring Invitational III: 6-2,5th place
- Robinson Invitational IV: 5-2, (tied) 5th place
- VHSL Black Diamond District Tournament: 3-0, 1st place
- VHSL Region D Tournament: 4-1, 1st place
- VHSL State Tournament: 2-2, 4th place
2007-2008
The 2007-2008 season was the first year for Honaker at Non-VHSL tournaments. The team attended the Cave Spring Invitational II and the EQUINE II, the latter of which featured Honaker A in second place after the final tournament rankings. At the VHSL State Tournament, the team had a similar performance to the previous year, finishing 0-2 with losses to the soon-to-be champions Radford High and Rappahannock County, who would finish 4th.
2006-2007
Honaker High only had one senior in the 06-07 season; despite this, the team finished the season with a 19-7 record, becoming Black Diamond District Champions for the tenth consecutive year, and they were also Region D Champions. Honaker finished the 2007 VHSL State Tournament with an 0-2 record after losses to Mathews High and Rappahannock County.
Other Notes
- Former Honaker coach Alex Zachwieja was a member of the VHSL Scholastic Bowl Advisory Committee. He took up the position in 2009, and currently has over 400 VHSL regular season victories along with an eight-year undefeated streak in the Black Diamond District/now Crooked Road District and six straight Regional-level titles. Zachwieja retired from Honaker High School after the 2014 state championship season, bringing an end to his 16-year tenure as head coach (1998--2014).