Best High School Players, Moments of 2011-'12
Compiled by Pilot staffers Jami Frankenberry, Chris Carlson, Larry Rubama, Paul Eldert and Ray Nimmo

MALE RUNNER-UP

WILL MASON
Cape Henry

A four-time National Prep School All-American, the 120-pound wrestler won his fourth consecutive Tidewater Conference title, fourth VISAA state championship and finished his career 202-22. Mason, headed to Virginia, also won a prestigious Beast of the East Tournament championship.

Cape Henry Collegiate
The Dolphins won eight VISAA state championships and nine Tidewater Conference regular-season titles. And 25 senior athletes in 10 different sports signed or committed to play in college.

This year’s Virginia Independent Schools state champions:
Cape Henry field hockey
Cape Henry girls tennis
Cape Henry girls volleyball
Cape Henry boys basketball
Cape Henry girls basketball
Nansemond-Suffolk golf
Cape Henry baseball
Cape Henry boys tennis
Cape Henry girls lacrosse
Greenbrier Christian softball

Tanner Baine and Brittany Pilkington, Cape Henry
Baine and Pilkington, both headed to George Mason on tennis scholarships, finished their high school careers in style by going undefeated and leading their teams to VISAA state titles.