Massaponax High School

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Massaponax High School is a public school in Spotsylvania County, VA. It is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools and is located on 8211 Jefferson Davis Highway

Location

Massaponax High School is located in Historic Spotsylvania County, consisting of 416.1 square miles (1,078 km²) located in eastern Virginia, midway between the nation's capital of Washington, D.C., and the state capital of Richmond; both of which are approximately 50 miles (80 km) distant. Both capital cities are readily accessible by rail and highway. Spotsylvania County is bordered by Caroline County to the south and east, Louisa to the west, and Hanover County to the southwest, along the North Anna River. Culpeper borders the northwest, and Stafford County to the north, while the City of Fredericksburg lies to the east and Orange County to the west, along the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers.

Athletics

Massaponax High School is part of the AAA Commonwealth District and AAA Northwest Region, and offers soccer, tennis, cheerleading, cross country, lacrosse, football, golf, volleyball, basketball, field hockey, swimming, wrestling, baseball, softball, track and field, and gymnastics .

Massaponax's football team reached the State Finals in 2003 following an undefeated regular season, but lost.[1]

The Massaponax Maniacs is a student organization dedicated to cheering on school teams.

Marching band

The marching band is known as the Massaponax Marching Panther Pride (MP²).

Notable alumni

• Caressa Cameron, beauty pageant titleholder, winner of Miss Virginia 2009 and Miss America 2010
• DeAndre Houston-Carson, NFL player for Houston Texans
• The Head and the Heart bandmates Jonathan Russell and Tyler Williams attended MHS.
• Greg Slaughter, Filipino-American professional basketball player
• Kelvin Jones, professional soccer player

See also