The team posed with the ­trophy in the middle, a mess of red jerseys and greedy hands.

"Everybody get a hand on it!" one player yelled.

"Don't drop it!" another said.

The soccer program at The Heights has a proud history of talented teams, but none of them had a season end like this. None of its players had held a conference trophy in their arms.

So on Sunday afternoon at Catholic University, following a commanding, 3-0 win over Paul VI, every Cavaliers player was focused on the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference hardware.

"In the past, it would be over after our senior game. Now we've earned this, and it feels so great," senior defender Mac Malloy said.

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