Gloucester High School field hockey players pulled out a 2-1 double overtime victory over Deep Run Saturday to win the VHSL Class 5 State Championship at South County High School in Lorton.

“I’m still floating on cloud nine, it still hasn’t fully sunken in yet,” GHS head coach Mike Miller said on Monday. “It was a good run and we had a blast.”

Prior to reaching the final, Gloucester outplayed Atlee, 9-1, in the state quarterfinals at GHS last week before shutting out Stafford, 2-0, in the semifinals Friday at South County.

Stafford had not been shut out all season and had only one loss before meeting the Dukes. H.P. Johnson scored in the first half, assisted by Kessa Romero, and Ali Goodwin scored in the second, assisted by Farren Winter, while the Gloucester defense stood strong once again.

Goodwin and Tally Vaughan combined in the midfield to turn away any forward advances by Stafford. “We played most of that game in the rain, so I ...