The dream for any high school athlete or coach is to win a state championship.

It can be a lofty goal for some, yet others can be something expected.

Some coaches and athletes go their entire careers without even being able to participate in a state tournament.

While it can be a goal some never achieve, Community's coach Robbie Davis has now joined an elite fraternity of coaches who have guided teams to the state tournament in two different sports.

In 2014, Davis, who also coaches baseball at Community, guided the Vikings to the Class A state baseball tournament.

In basketball, the Vikings had reached the state sectional three times with Davis at the helm before finally breaking through and reaching the state tournament this season in Class AA.

While teams have reached the state tournament with Davis coaching, he was quick to credit the winning culture embraced by the entirety of the community.

"It's a total buy in from all parties. Our administration is supportive, the teachers go above and beyond to help our student-athletes," he said.

During Thursday morning's state quarterfinal, Community filled its allotment of ticket sales and Davis says with the support of the Unionville community, could have sold even more.

"The community-there's nobody left in Unionville today. I truly believe if there were no restrictions, we would have sold 1,000 tickets for this game. It does mean a lot. All of our programs are starting to go the right direction," he said.

In addition to the two teams that reached the state tournament under Davis' guidance, Community is knocking on the door in several other sports.

During the 2020 fall season, Community saw its volleyball and girls soccer teams reach the state sectional round.

"Our girls soccer team was a sub-state team, our volleyball team was a sub-state team, our girls basketball team was in the state final four a couple of years ago. We're there," he said.

Having reached the state tournament, the goal now focuses on taking the next step towards capturing a state title, which Davis says starts at the middle school and elementary levels.

"I'm hoping the younger kids that are in junior high and junior pro look up to these guys and say, "I want to be a Will Reed." Our saying is tradition never graduates. You pass it to the next group," he said.

Over the last two seasons, the Vikings posted a 55-10 record.

This season marked the fourth state sectional the Viking basketball team reached and Davis was quick to credit his team for coming together in January which sparked the run to the Class AA state tournament.

"This was my fourth sub-state. We thought eventually we could knock the door down. With these guys, you could tell, once we got on that run in January, it was going to be a special end. We didn't know how it was going to end, but with these guys, you felt like we had a chance with everybody," he said.

Having coached the majority of the team from their middle school years, Davis knew the potential led by the group of seniors on the roster.

While the basketball season ended in an overtime loss to Kingston in the state quarterfinals, now the attention turns to baseball, which Davis hopes can be highlighted by a postseason run.

"I've been around these guys since they were in junior high. It's a special group and the great thing is, in my deal, we have another season that's already started. We've got to head to the diamond now," he said.