wear the school colors of maroon and gray. Baseball: Following a 2007 District Tournament Championship, the 2008 team went 20–3 on their way to a regular-season and tournament crown. The 2009 team again won the regular-season championship and advanced to the regional semi-finals before a close loss to Deep Run. Football: Thomas Dale won their first state football championship on December 12, 2009, defeating Lake Braddock. Soccer: In 2005, the Knights varsity boys soccer team won the Virginia State AAA soccer Championship. They successfully defended that title in 2006. Tennis: The Thomas Dale Boys tennis team claimed five titles in 2010: Coach of the year, Player of the Year and Boys Singles titles, Boys Doubles title, and Team District Champions. The 2011 season gave the Knights their 3rd straight district title, ending the year with a 14–0 record. Volleyball: The Thomas Dale 2007 boys volleyball went 26–0, losing only three sets all season, on their way to Thomas Dale's third team state title in three years (Boys soccer 2005, 2006). Wrestling: The wrestling team won the Central Region Championship in 1975, 1988, 1990, and 2008. Notable alumni Will Bates (2009), former MLS player Roger Bothe (2006), former professional soccer player Melissa Harris-Perry (1991), former MSNBC TV host, professor of politics and African-American Studies at Wake Forest University William Henderson (1990), retired NFL player Rudi Johnson (1998), retired NFL player Ken Oxendine (1994), retired NFL player C. J. Reavis, NFL player Lacey Waldrop (2011), pro softball player References External links Thomas Dale High School Thomas Dale Specialty Center for the Arts Public high schools in Virginia Chesterfield County Public Schools Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in Virginia