Kenston Forest School’s (KFS) varsity girls volleyball team orchestrated a remarkable 2017 season that featured historic and first-time accomplishments. The Lady Kavaliers finished the year with an 18-7 overall record, which included a 12-3 mark in the Virginia Colonial Conference (VCC). They were VCC co-regular season champions with Southampton Academy. The Lady Kavs met Richmond Christian School in the VCC tournament championship match after defeating Amelia Academy 3-1 in the semifinals and topping Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School 3-0 in the semifinals. KFS lost 3-2 in the championship, but its season was not over. The Lady Kavaliers had earned a No. 9 seed in the 12-team Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division III state tournament and defeated No. 8 Tandem Friends School 3-2 in the first round. The win enabled the Lady Kavs to compete in the second round for the first time in KFS history. The Lady Kavaliers fell 3-0 in that round to No. 1 StoneBridge School, the eventual state champion. KFS team members pictured above include, from left, front row, Indigo Dougherty, Cierra Fuller, Katie Suggs, Josie Epperson, Cassie Beane, Taylor Berkley, Ally McComas; back row, Assistant Coach Chuck Beale, Assistant Coach Brooke Mason, Leslie Walker, Samantha Gunn, Caroline Moore, Rachel Moore, Macie Coley, Lydia Szafranski, Peyton Clary, Kara Edmonds, Statistician Diane Fuller, Assistant Coach Matthew Norton and Head Coach Jannon Coley.