Our week-long fall high school preview steams into its final installment with a last grouping of state powerhouses spanning the country from Vermont to Washington state. From a pair of Virginia private school powers to a D.C. boys juggernaut’s return to prominence, TopDrawerSoccer.com brings it home in style.

Tennessee (girls only)
Farragut (Knoxville) (23-1-1): The 2012 season had been nearly perfect for Farragut until the bottom dropped out in the Class AAA semifinals. Brentwood scored in the 21st minute to end Farragut's unbeaten streak at 24 games, sending the Tennessee program into a painful offseason of soul-searching. After the game, then-junior midfielder Katie Beuerlein, who played the game on cracked ribs, told the Knoxville News Sentinel, "We're coming back with a vengeance next year." The state should take heed, as Farragut brings back a glut of talent. Troublingly, senior defender Josie Jennings, who's staying home to play at Tennessee, has a stress fracture in her foot and could be out until mid-September.

Utah (girls only)
Viewmont (Bountiful) (19-1-0): Viewmont won the Class 5A state title in 2012 for the first time since 1998 and for just the third time in program history. It was fitting that coach Emalee Tate was the one to lead them there in just her second season at the controls, as Tate is a former Viewmont player. The program has built a major postseason resume over the past three seasons with three consecutive trips to the state title game. A double-overtime win in the final over Alta in 2012 got them over the hump, and with All-State midfielder Abbie Flandro back for her senior season, a fourth straight isn't out of the question.

Vermont
Boys
Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg) (16-0-1): CVU has a hammerlock on Division 1 boys soccer in the state of Vermont. With a 2-1 win over No. 2 seed Essex in last season's finale, the Redhawks won their sixth straight state title and seventh in the last nine years. The school is commonly referred to a "Soccer Central" in Vermont for good reason. CVU coach TJ Mead was a player on the 1999 squad that snapped a six-year drought without a title. Now, CVU will go for an incredible seventh straight title in 2013 with Mead at the helm.

Girls
Essex (Junction) (15-1-2): For the second season in a row, Essex brought home the girls Division 1 championship trophy. There's no question that the Hornets have been the program of record on that level over the past two seasons, and they'll track a three-peat this season as play resumes in September. Bill O'Neil coaches three sports at the school, including soccer, and has racked up more than 1,000 total wins and more than 20 state titles in over 40 years.

Virginia (private schools only)
Boys
Norfolk Academy (20-1-1): It had been 10 years since Norfolk ended the season with a win. Last year was the icebreaker. The Bulldogs stonewalled St. Christopher's in a shootout to win their first VISAA title since 2002, which rounded out a superb season for the eighth-oldest secondary school in the country. While the VHSL goes in the spring, Norfolk took every honor it could in the fall, winning the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools and the Virginia Prep League in addition to its final plaudit. In both the VPL and VISAA, Norfolk bested nemesis St. Christopher's. 

Girls
Bishop O'Connell (Arlington) (14-2-2): O'Connell competes in the rugged Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, where elite girls teams from around the D.C. area practically grow on trees. O'Connell was unstoppable last season against everyone except giant Good Counsel, which was responsible for both of O'Connell's losses. The final one of those was in the WCAC final, which snapped an 11-game unbeaten run. Sophomore Stephanie Page was a breakout star last season and scored the first goal in O'Connell's big win over Holy Cross. 

Washington (girls only)
Skyline (Sammamish) (18-1-3): Over the last couple years, Skyline has undoubtedly formed one of the better girls soccer rivalries in the country with district nemesis Issaquah. Last year, Skyline got the better of Issaquah in a rugged 1-0 final to win its second straight Class 4A state title and its fourth in five years. Junior Isabella Marshall scored the game's only goal, and she'll try and make it a three-peat this fall. The teams are guaranteed at least one meeting in the regular season, which should be juicy. Washington State pledge Jordan Branch is a name to remember.

Washington D.C.
Boys
Gonzaga (18-1-1): The storied Eagles scored one of the biggest wins in program history last season in the Washington Catholic Athletic Association title game. They not only won their 11th WCAC title, but they also snapped fellow power DeMatha's 62-game unbeaten streak with a shootout victory following a 1-1 draw. Last year's team was the first Gonzaga team to win the title since 2009, and the centerpiece was Ian Harkes, son of former USMNT great John Harkes. With Harkes off to Wake Forest, Gonzaga will have to look to its deep pool of talent if it's to repeat and muscle past DeMatha for a second straight WCAC title.

Girls
Sidwell Friends (16-2-2): Girls high school soccer in D.C. is on rocky purchase. Only four of the 15 traditional public high schools consistently field a girls team, which often thrusts the focus onto the private schools in the Independent Soccer League. Few teams have had more success there than Sidwell, which is perhaps known most prominently as the school home for President Barack Obama's two children. On the field though, Sidwell is always one of the elite programs in the district, and last year they went 16-2-2 with a 3-0 loss to NCS finishing the year in the ICS tournament. Expectations are high again in 2013.

West Virginia
Boys
Hurricane (23-0-1): West Virginia's boys soccer discussion typically begins with Parkersburg, which has a state-best seven state titles. Indeed, Parkersburg was the only team to even tie Hurricane last year. But the Class AAA title game was a different story. Behind eventual West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year Felipe Thompson (the Chilean is now at Marshall), Hurricane dropped Parkersburg 2-0 in the final to avenge a loss in 2011. As good as Hurricane was last year, the loss of leaders like Evan Miles, Alex White and Thompson will be tough to overcome.

Girls
Winfield (20-1-2): When West Virginia organized the state's soccer under the banner of the WVSSAC in 1995, Winfield won the first three. Then a drought ensued, which included a crushing loss in the last second of the title game in 2010 and a shootout loss in the title game in 2011. The General finally found the breakthrough in 2012 with a 4-2 win over George Washington that fittingly came in overtime. The Generals bring back most of that team, including junior Layne Lawman, who had 31 goals last year. 

Wisconsin (boys only)
Milwaukee Marquette (23-1-2): Bringing back five starters for most teams might be cause for at least some moderate concern. It's not remotely an issue for Marquette, which boasts a handful of players who are Division I locks and depth like the Mariana Trench. That list already includes Brown pledge Quinn English and Marquette commit Danny Jarosz, and it will undoubtedly balloon with more names before the season's end. Coach Steve Lawrence has put his stamp on the program in recent years, as Marquette has won the last three state Division 1 titles. A fourth is within reach.

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