
Welcome to the web site for the Northwood High School Swimming and Diving Team. Northwood High School is located in Silver Spring, Md., part of the Montgomery County Public Schools. The Gladiators participate in Division IV of MCPS Swimming and Diving. The team is coached by Stephanie Vukovich.
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Swimming/Diving Team Members Honored for Academics and Athletic Feats
Four members of Northwood High School’s coed swimming and diving team received the Scholar Athlete Award and an amazing 23 team members earned the Minds in Motion Award at the school’s Winter Sports Awards Night on Wednesday (Feb. 29).
Northwood used the occasion in the school auditorium to shine the spotlight on its top performers in the classroom as well as on the playing fields.
Hailed as Scholar Athletes – the evening’s highest honor for student-athletes -- for attaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the winter season were Gabriella Cottilli, Emerson Milam, Chelsea Vanderweele and Anna Zastrow.
In addition, 23 swimmers and divers were cited with the Minds in Motion Award for recording at least a 3.25 average during the second marking period of 2011-12 at Northwood. The recipients were Dawit Blackwell, Jake Blakely, William Bbravo, Ricardo Francis, Nicholas Gunnison, Luis Gutierrez, Anthony Jannotta, Moises Morales, Evan O'Neill, Ross Ogden, Neil Sauter, Christopher Stubbs, Andrew Vanderweele, Gabriella Cottilli, Jenny Eisenhuth, Amanda Frew, Lauren Gunnison, Emerson Milam, Alexandra Moser, Lara Skibbie, Chelsea Vanderweele, Anna Zastrow and Morgan Kershner.
Stephanie Vukovich, coach of the swimming and diving team, presented her awards for accomplishments in the pool: MVP (boys), Austin Moore; MVP (girls), Chelsea Vanderweele; Unsung Hero, Nolan Jannotta; and Rookie of the Year, Shannon O'Rourke.
Chelsea Vanderweele received some major recognition from USA Swimming, being named to the SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM -- high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event.

Northwood Swim and Dive Team's 2012 photo gallery can be viewed here
Northwood Pair Take 1st Titles at Maryland State Swimming and Diving Championships
Results from 2/25/12 at University of Maryland, College Park, Md.:
Northwood swimmers showed their class, determination and spirit in the first ever State Championship. As a team, the Northwood girls finished 12th and the boys finished 13th.
All of our individual swimmers scored points for the team. Austin Moore and Chelsea VanderWeele became the first individual State Champions in swimming for Northwood. Austin in the 200 Free and Chelsea in the 200 Free and 100 Back. Austin also finished 2nd in the 100 Fly. Andrew VanderWeele placed 8th in the 500 Free and Emerson Milam finished 11th in the 500 Free.
The boys 200 Medley Relay (VanderWeele, O'Neill, Moore, Jannotta) finished 12th and the 400 Free Relay (VanderWeele, Jannotta, O'Neill, Moore) finished 11th, both scoring points for the team. The girls 400 Free Relay (VanderWeele, Collins, O'Rourke, Milam) finished 13th and scored points as well for the team.

(February 22, 2012)
Read the feature article on Northwood's own Chelsea VanderWeele in this week's Gazette.
Senior puts Northwood swimming on map--VanderWeele wins 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke at 3A/2A/1A region meet "" ""
Regional Results: In the first ever regional swim meet for Montgomery County and Northwood, Northwood placed 9th out of 13 teams in the 3A,2A,1A West Region. Austin Moore and Chelsea VanderWeele have automatically qualified for States. Chelsea won both the 200 Free and the 100 Back. Austin won the 200 Free and placed 2nd in the 100 Fly. The top 3 swimmers in each event automatically qualify. The next fastest 12 in the state will also qualify.
***Based on results in other regions, the following swimmers have qualified for individual events. Emerson Milam- 500 Free and Andrew VanderWeele- 500 Free
Additionally, the following relays have qualified to swim at the State Championship; Mens 200 Medley Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay;
Womens 200 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay. Congratulations to all of the Northwood swimmers who have qualified for the state meet.
METROs Update: Northwood came in 30th place out of 47 teams represented at METROs. Congratulations to all of our swimmers who participated in this prestigous event.
Austin Moore and Chelsea VanderWeele both scored points by qualifying for finals in individual events. Austin placed 11th in the 100 butterfly;
Chelsea placed 13th in the 100 back and finished 2nd in the 500 free. Congratulations to Austin and Chelsea.
The following swimmers qualify and are heading to Metros on Friday and Saturday, February 10th/11th! Congratulations!!
Nicholas Gunnison: 200 free relay, 200 medley relay,
Nolan Jannotta: 200 free relay, 400 free relay
Austin Moore: 500 free, 200 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay,
Evan O'Neill: 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay
Andrew Vanderweele: 500 free, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay
Jessica Collins: 400 free relay
Emerson Milam: 400 free relay
Shannon O'Rourke: 400 free relay
Chelsea Vanderweele: 500 free, 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 free, 100 back, 400 free relay
MCPS Division IV Championship: Northwood, Clarksburg, Einstein, Paint Branch, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill February 4th, 9:30 AM
Event # 1 Men 200 Medley Relay
1:52.83 A Relay Northwood 2nd
Andrew Vanderweele Evan O'Neill Austin Moore Sam Cook
Event # 2 Women 200 Medley Relay
2:07.47 A Relay Northwood 1st place
Emerson Milam Lauren Gunnison Chelsea Vanderweele Gabby Cottilli
Event # 3 Men 200 Free
Moore, Austin 1:48.33 2nd
Vanderweele, Andrew 2:02.25 3rd
Milam, Connor 2:37.46 15th
Event # 4 Women 200 Free
O' Rourke, Shannon 2:32.06 4th
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 2:38.14 7th
Kershner, Morgan 2:42.97 11th
Event # 5 Men 200 IM
O'Neill, Evan 2:34.43 6th
Jannotta, Nolan 2:34.94 7th
Gunnison, Nicholas 2:42.77 8th
Event # 6 Women 200 IM
Gunnison, Lauren 2:55.11 6th
Collins, Jessica 3:02.23 9th
Maupin, Gabriell 3:21.35 13th
Event # 7 Men 50 Free
Cook, Sam 26.28 5th
Penate, Diego 27.81 11th
Blackwell, Dawit 29.09 16th
Event # 8 Women 50 Free
29.82Y F Cottilli, Gabby 8 11 0.48
33.45Y F O'Connor, Katherine 15 2 -0.22
36.13Y F Skibbie, Lara 19 --- 1.82
Event # 11 Men 100 Fly
Moore, Austin 54.42 2nd
Cook, Sam 1:11.64 8th
Stubbs, Chris 1:27.88 16th
Event # 12 Women 100 Fly
Vanderweele, Chelsea 1:03.86 1st place
O' Rourke, Shannon 1:24.28 8th
Maupin, Gabriell 1:31.27 14th
Event # 13 Men 100 Free
Jannotta, Nolan 59.07 5th
Penate, Diego 1:04.90 12th
Sauter, Neil 1:09.62 17th
Event # 14 Women 100 Free
Collins, Jessica 1:11.61 9th
Eisenhuth, Jenny 1:20.49 13th
Skibbie, Lara 1:21.01 14th
Event # 15 Men 500 Free
Vanderweele, Andrew 5:22.77 2nd
Event # 16 Women 500 Free
Milam, Emerson 6:02.21 3rd
O'Connor, Katherine 8:04.26 13th
Kapstein-Obrien, Emma 8:42.04 15th
Event # 17 Men 200 Free Relay
A Relay 1:41.40 3rd
Sam Cook (SR) Nolan Jannotta (SO) Evan O'Neill (JR) Austin Moore (SR)
Event # 18 Women 200 Free Relay
A Relay 2:00.67 3rd
Gabby Cottilli (SO) Shannon O' Rourke Morgan Kershner (JR) Lauren Gunnison (JR)
Event # 19 Men 100 Back
Francis, Rico 1:28.78 13th
Stubbs, Chris 1:29.43 14th
Sauter, Neil 1:34.45 15th
Event # 20 Women 100 Back
Vanderweele, Chelsea 1:01.79 1st place
Cottilli, Gabby 1:23.07 9th
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 1:23.73 10th
Event # 21 Men 100 Breast
O'Neill, Evan 1:12.91 3rd
Gunnison, Nicholas 1:19.07 8th
Milam, Connor 1:23.60 14th
Event # 22 Women 100 Breast
Gunnison, Lauren 1:26.88 7th
Nguyen, Allyson 1:30.37 9th
Kershner, Morgan 1:31.53 11th
Event # 23 Men 400 Free Relay
A Relay 4:07.63 5th
Nolan Jannotta (SO) Nicholas Gunnison (SO) Diego Penate (JR) Andrew Vanderweele (SO)
Event # 24 Women 400 Free Relay
A Relay 4:14.37 1st place
Emerson Milam (SO) Jessica Collins (FR) Shannon O' Rourke Chelsea Vanderweele (SR)
Scores - Women
1. Einstein 425
2. Watkins Mill High School 405
3. Northwood 318.5
4. Seneca Valley High School 283.5
5. Clarksburg High School 272
6. Paint Branch Swim and Dive 168
7. Wheaton High School 29
Scores - Men
1. Watkins Mill High School 416
2. Clarksburg High School 388
3. Einstein 383
4. Northwood 290
5. Seneca Valley High School 230
6. Paint Branch Swim and Dive 207
7. Wheaton High School 25
Meet 6: Northwood, Seneca Valley, Watkins Mill @ Germantown. January 28th, 11:30 AM
Northwood wins the meet against Seneca Valley!
Event # 1 Men 200 Medley
A Relay 2:09.84 4th place
Neil Sauter Nicholas Gunnison Sam Cook Diego Penate
B Relay 2:23.76 5th place
Ross Ogden Connor Milam Chris Stubbs Dawit Blackwell
Event # 2 Women 200 Medley Relay
A Relay Northwood 2:12.02 3rd place
Emerson Milam Lauren Gunnison Chelsea Vanderweele Morgan Kershner
B Relay Northwood 2:37.38 5th place
Lara Skibbie Allyson Nguyen Gabriell Maupin Jenny Eisenhuth
Event # 3 Men 200 Free
Vanderweele, Andrew 2:01.03 1st place
Milam, Connor 2:41.87 6th place
Morales, Moises 2:59.63 7th place
Event # 4 Women 200 Free
Milam, Emerson 2:16.50 1st place
O' Rourke, Shannon 2:38.59 3rd place
O'Connor, Katherine 2:55.00 8th place
Event # 5 Men 200 IM
Gunnison, Nicholas 2:44.01 4th place
Sauter, Neil 3:21.96 6th place
Event # 6 Women 200 IM
Vanderweele, Chelsea 2:22.71 1st place
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 3:11.69 5th place
Skibbie, Lara 3:40.75 7th place
Event # 7 Men 50 Free
Cook, Sam 25.81 2nd place
Jannotta, Nolan 26.72 4th place
Penate, Diego 29.20 8th place
Event # 8 Women 50 Free
Cottilli, Gabby 30.14 4th place
Collins, Jessica 30.78 5th place
Kershner, Morgan 33.02 8th place
Event # 11 Men 100 Fly
Cook, Sam 1:06.81 3rd place
Penate, Diego 1:24.51 6th place
Stubbs, Chris 1:30.95 7th place
Event # 12 Women 100 Fly
O' Rourke, Shannon 1:25.90 2nd place
Maupin, Gabriell 1:28.58 3rd place
Event # 13 Men 100 Free
O'Neill, Evan 57.57 2nd place
Ogden, Ross 1:11.53 5th place
Blackwell, Dawit 1:15.81 6th place
Event # 14 Women 100 Free
Skibbie, Lara 1:22.72 6th place
Eisenhuth, Jenny 1:24.28 7th place
Moser, Alex 1:26.16 8th place
Event # 15 Men 500 Free
Moore, Austin 5:04.46 1st place
Jannotta, Nolan 6:34.00 3rd place
Event # 16 Women 500 Free
Gunnison, Lauren 7:20.51 3rd place
O'Connor, Katherine 8:06.88 4th place
Kapstein-Obrien, Emma 8:43.19 6th place
Event # 17 Men 100 Back
Vanderweele, Andrew 1:07.51 2nd place
Francis, Rico 1:29.31 6th place
Sauter, Neil 1:47.25 8th place
Event # 18 Women 100 Back
Vanderweele, Chelsea 1:06.31 1st place
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 1:24.66 5th place
Cottilli, Gabby 1:25.78 6th place
Event # 19 Men 100 Breast
Moore, Austin 1:08.97 1st place
O'Neill, Evan 1:14.19 2nd place
Gunnison, Nicholas 1:18.50 4th place
Event # 20 Women 100 Breast
Gunnison, Lauren 1:27.45 4th place
Nguyen, Allyson 1:30.75 5th place
Kershner, Morgan 1:35.19 6th place
Event # 21 Men 400 Free Relay
A Relay 3:47.59 1st place
Andrew Vanderweele (SO) Nolan Jannotta (SO) Evan O'Neill (JR) Austin Moore (SR)
B Relay 4:58.25 5th place
Ross Ogden (SR) Dawit Blackwell (JR) Chris Stubbs (FR) Jake Blakely (SR)
Event # 22 Women 400 Free Relay
A Relay 4:40.81 2nd place
Shannon O' Rourke Lauren Dremaline-Bragonier (SO) Gabby Cottilli (SO) Emerson Milam (SO)
B Relay 5:14.06 5th place
Katherine O'Connor (SR) Gabriell Maupin (SO) Jenny Eisenhuth (SO) Jessica Collins (FR)
C Relay 6:04.18 6th place
Emma Kapstein-Obrien (JR) Amanda Frew (SO) Sarah Baez (JR) Alex Moser (SR)
Final Scores:
Men – NHS 90, Seneca Valley 76. NHS 74, Watkins Mill 88
Women – NHS 84, Seneca Valley 72. NHS 71, Watkins Mill 88
Meet 5: Northwood and Wheaton @ Montgomery
College January 14th, 11:30 AM
Northwood wins the meet!
Event # 1 Men 200 Medley Relay:
Northwood A 1st place 1:57.00
1)Vanderweele, Andrew 2) O'Neill, Evan
3) Moore, Austin 4) Cook, Sam
Northwood B 2nd place 2:23.53
1) Ogden,Ross 2) Sauter, Neil
3) Stubbs,Chris 4) Blackwell, Dawit
Event # 2 Women 200 Medley Relay:
A Relay Northwood 1st place 2:12.60
1) Vanderweele,Chelsea 2) Gunnison, Lauren
3) Milam, Emerson 4) Cottilli, Gabby
B Relay Northwood 3rd place 2:32.88
1) Skibbie, Lara 2) Nguyen, Allyson
3) Collins,Jessica 4) Eisenhuth, Jenny
Event # 3 Men 200 Free
Moore, Austin 2:03.76 1st place
Jannotta, Nolan 2:14.72 2nd place
Milam, Connor 2:36.34 3rd place
Event # 4 Women 200 Free
Vanderweele,Chelsea 2:04.43 1st place
O' Rourke, Shannon 2:40.35 2nd place
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 2:46.90 3rd place
Event # 5 Men 200 IM
Vanderweele, Andrew 2:26.25 1st place
Penate, Diego 3:04.15 2nd place
Event # 6 Women 200 IM
Milam, Emerson 2:38.69 1st place
O’Connor, Katherine 3rd place
Event # 7 Men 50 Free
Cook, Sam 26.81 1st place
Gunnison,Nicholas 27.69 2nd place
Ogden, Ross 31.38 3rd place
Event # 8 Women 50 Free
Cotilli, Abby 30.22 1st place
Frew, Amanda 37.75 4th place
Baez, Sarah 31.81 5th place
Event # 10 Women 1 Meter 6 Dives
Moser, Alex 27.65 exhibition
Event # 11 Men 100 Fly
Cook, Sam 1:10.79 1st place
Stubbs, Chris 1:31.44 2nd place
Blakely, Jake 1:47.25 3rd place
Event # 12 Women 100 Fly
Vanderweele, Chelsea 1:07.03 1st place
Collins, Jessica 1:26.43 4th place
Maupin, Gabriell 1:34.01 5th place
Event # 13 Men 100 Free
Jannotta, Nolan 59.15 1st place
Penate, Diego 1:05.85 2nd place
Morales, Moises 1:20.21 5th place
Event # 14 Women 100 Free
O' Rourke, Shannon 1:07.53 1st place
Kershner, Morgan 1:14.91 2nd place
Eisenhuth, Jenny 1:23.78 4th place
Event # 15 Men 500 Free
Moore, Austin 5:14.28 1st place
Vanderweele, Andrew 5:18.97 2nd place
Event # 16 Women 500 Free
Gunnison, Lauren 7:20.90 1st place
O'Connor, Katherine 8:15.28 2nd place
Milam, Emerson NS --- --- ---
Event # 17 Men 100 Back
Sauter, Neil 1:37.88 1st place
Francis, Rico 1:31.18Y DQ --- --- ---
Ogden, Ross 1:31.25Y DQ --- --- ---
Event # 18 Women 100 Back
Cottilli, Gabby 1:25.03 2nd place
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 1:26.22 3rd place
Skibbie, Lara 1:34.10 5th place
Event # 19 Men 100 Breast
O'Neill, Evan 1:13.22 1st place
Milam, Connor 1:24.90 2nd place
Gunnison, Nicholas 1:20.69 DQ --- --- ---
Event # 20 Women 100 Breast
Gunnison, Lauren 1:28.25 1st place
Nguyen, Allyson 1:29.88 2nd place
Kershner, Morgan 1:36.70 3rd place
Event # 21 Men 400 Free Relay
A Relay Northwood 4:21.57 1st place
Nolan Jannotta (SO) Diego Penate (JR) Nicholas Gunnison (SO) Evan O'Neill (JR)
B Relay Northwood 5:13.38 2nd place
Connor Milam (SR) Rico Francis (SO) Jake Blakely (SR) Neil Sauter (JR)
C Relay Northwood 5:19.85 3rd place
Dawit Blackwell (JR) William Bravo (FR) Luis Gutierrez (SR) Moises Morales (SO)
Event # 22 Women 400 Free Relay
A Relay Northwood 5:02.90 1st place
Shannon O' Rourke Lauren Dremaline-Bragonier (SO) Morgan Kershner (JR) Jessica Collins (FR)
B Relay Northwood 5:37.77 2nd place
Katherine O'Connor (SR) Jenny Eisenhuth (SO) Gabriell Maupin (SO) Lara Skibbie (SR)
C Relay Northwood 5:45.75 3rd place
Alex Moser (SR) Amanda Frew (SO) Sarah Baez (JR) Allyson Nguyen (SR
Final Scores:
Men – Northwood 110, Wheaton 26
Women – Northwood 107, Wheaton 42
Meet 4: Northwood and Clarksburg @ Olney
January 7th, 9:15 AM
Northwood's Women win the meet! Still more 1st place finishes!
Event # 1 Men 200 Medley Relay:
Northwood A 1st place 1:56.06
1)Vanderweele, Andrew 2) O'Neill, Evan
3) Moore, Austin 4) Cook, Sam
Event # 2 Women 200 Medley Relay
A Relay Northwood 1st place 2:10.90
1) Milam, Emerson 2) Gunnison, Lauren
3) Vanderweele,Chelsea 4) Cottilli, Gabby
B Relay Northwood 3rd place 2:34.87
1) Skibbie, Lara 2) Nguyen, Allyson
3) Maupin, Gabriell 4) Kapstein-Obrien, Emma
Event # 3 Men 200 Free
O'Neill, Evan 2:20.04 2nd place
Blakely, Jake 3:10.35 5th place
Event # 4 Women 200 Free
O' Rourke, Shannon 2:36.94 1st place
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 2:42.12 2nd place
Eisenhuth, Jenny 3:17.72 5th place
Event # 5 Men 200 IM
Moore, Austin 2:13.16 1st place
Vanderweele, Andrew 2:26.25 3rd place
Jannotta, Nolan 2:35.19 4th place
Event # 6 Women 200 IM
Vanderweele, Chelsea 2:19.00 1st place
Gunnison, Lauren 3:04.50 4th place
Event # 7 Men 50 Free
Cook, Sam 26.15 2nd place
Penate, Diego 28.85 3rd place
Penate, David 31.28 6th place
Bravo, William 34.61 exhibition
Event # 8 Women 50 Free
Collins, Jessica 31.75 2nd place
O'Connor, Katherine 34.03 3rd place
Frew, Amanda 38.66 5th place
Baez, Sarah 40.22 exhibition
Event # 10 Women 1 Meter 6 Dives
Moser, Alex 43.45 exhibition
Event # 11 Men 100 Fly
Moore, Austin 57.87 1st place
Cook, Sam 1:10.81 2nd place
Stubbs, Chris 1:21.03 4th place
Event # 12 Women 100 Fly
Collins, Jessica 1:27.10 2 nd place
Cottilli, Gabby 1:32.41 3rd place
Maupin, Gabriell 1:37.53 4th place
Event # 13 Men 100 Free
Jannotta, Nolan 1:02.25 3rd place
Gunnison, Nicholas 1:05.35 5th place
Penate, Diego 1:06.19 6th place
Morales, Moises X 1:20.37
Event # 14 Women 100 Free
O' Rourke, Shannon 1:06.65 2nd place
Kershner, Morgan 1:13.50 3rd place
Eisenhuth, Jenny 1:27.37 6th place
Event # 15 Men 500 Free
Vanderweele, Andrew 5:23.40 1st place
Event # 16 Women 500 Free
Vanderweele, Chelsea 5:26.81 1st place
Milam, Emerson 6:12.57 2nd place
O'Connor, Katherine 8:04.44 4th place
Event # 17 Men 100 Back
Sauter, Neil 1:32.60 4th place
Stubbs, Chris 1:34.06 5th place
Event # 18 Women 100 Back
Dremaline-Bragonier, Lauren 1:26.25 2nd place
Cottilli, Gabby 1:27.03 3rd place
Skibbie, Lara 1:34.03 4th place
Event # 19 Men 100 Breast
O'Neill, Evan 1:14.28 1st place
Gunnison, Nicholas 1:19.50 2nd place
Milam, Connor 1:26.28 4th place
Event # 20 Women 100 Breast
Gunnison, Lauren 1:26.50 1st place
Nguyen, Allyson 1:30.44 3rd place
Kershner, Morgan 1:38.28 4th place
Event # 21 Men 400 Free Relay
A Relay Northwood 4:29.94 2nd place
Nolan Jannotta (SO) Diego Penate (JR) Connor Milam (SR) Nicholas Gunnison (SO)
B Relay Northwood 5:07.50 4th place
Neil Sauter (JR) Jake Blakely (SR) Ross Ogden (SR) David Penate (FR)
C Relay Northwood 5:12.91 5th place
Dawit Blackwell (JR) Moises Morales (SO) Luis Gutierrez (SR) Chris Stubbs (FR)
Event # 22 Women 400 Free Relay
A Relay Northwood 5:04.25 1st place
Shannon O' Rourke Morgan Kershner (JR) Lauren Dremaline-Bragonier (SO) Jessica Collins (FR)
B Relay Northwood 5:28.25 2nd place
Lara Skibbie (SR) Jenny Eisenhuth (SO) Emma Kapstein-Obrien (JR) Katherine O'Connor (SR)
C Relay Northwood 6:04.75 4th place
Gabriell Maupin (SO) Alex Moser (SR) Sarah Baez (JR) Amanda Frew (SO
Final Scores:
Men – Northwood 72, Clarksburg 89
Women – Northwood 97, Clarksburg 68
Swimmers and Divers Enter Season With High Hopes
The Northwood varsity swimming and diving team will compete in seven meets in 2011-12, which includes two contests in the Martin Luther King Pool in White Oak, considered the home facility for the Gladiators.
The season is the third for Stephanie Vukovich at the helm of the Gladiator aquatics teams.
The regular season schedule kicks off on Dec. 3. All meets take place on Saturdays through the final weekend in January. The Gladiators do not face neighborhood rival Montgomery Blair HS in swimming competition.
Northwood continues to compete as a Class 3A school in the state’s West Region. Several other familiar opponents, such as Clarksburg HS, were moved up to Class 4A because of their growing enrollment. Every two years, the state reclassifies high schools based on student enrollment gains and losses. Northwood, with roughly 1,400 students, is one of the smallest schools in the 3A West.