and 2011. The girls swimming team is also a powerhouse. They have won 8 straight district titles and in 2011 were Region III Champions. In 2008-2009, the boys basketball team was Massanutten District champs, Region III Champs, and were a state finalist. In the 2009-2010 season, the boys varsity basketball team were the Massanutten District Regular Season Champions, along with being the Region III Division 4 Runners-up, and advanced to the VHSL Division 4 State "Final Four", finishing with a record of 21-5. In the 2010-2011, the Blazers surprised many people by repeating their performance the previous year with a District Tournament Title, being Region III Runners-up, and again making an appearance to the VHSL Division 3 "Final Four". VHSL titles 1981 State AA Girls Softball State Championship 1981 State AA Girls Cross Country 1982 State AA Girls Tennis Spring Championship 1993 State AA Boys Basketball Team Championship 1995 State AA Girls Cross Country 1999 State AA Boys Outdoor Track 2005 State AA Girls Basketball Winter Championships Band Spotswood High School was named a Virginia Honor Band in 2007-2008. This is the first time the band program has received this honor since 2004-2005. The Spotswood Fine Arts Program has also been nominated for the VMEA Blue Ribbon Award, which honors programs in that have worked towards a superior rating for the Marching Band, Concert Band, and Choir-which Spotswood High School did in 2007-2008. Spotswood High School, in Penn Laird Virginia, has several musical groups, including concert band, wind ensemble, one percussion ensembles, a jazz ensemble, and the Marching Trailblazers, composed of winds, percussion, and the color guard. The band program at SHS has won numerous musical awards in many categories for each group, including nine Virginia Honor Band awards, which require a superior rating from each the Symphonic Band and the Marching Band. A Virginia Honors Band award requires that the marching band receive a superior rating (I) at the annual state marching festival, and the highest level concert band of the school also receive a superior (I). There are usually two or three 'stage' concerts, in some combination of Concert, Symphonic, and Jazz, at Spotswood per year; in addition, the two concert bands perform yearly at the VBODA District Band Festival. The marching band performs at every home football game on Friday nights, as well as various competitions throughout the fall. Controversy Spotswood made headlines briefly in 2000, when