Athletics News

RABUN GAP, Ga. – Coming off one of his best games of the year, Wes McAven ’27 had another Tuesday. 

Wearing a new jersey number (No. 81) instead of his usual No. 8, Christ School’s faceoff specialist was perhaps the biggest difference-maker in a 7-6 road win at Rabun Gap (Ga.). 

Sidewinder Alex Cocklin ‘27 came in late Tuesday to shut the door on Rabun Gap (Ga.). 

Even with the bases loaded, Alex kept deceiving the Eagles with his motion and location until the very end, earning a save with three strikeouts in the seventh inning. 

Alex and two other pitchers limited Rabun Gap to four hits and Christ School managed all but one of its runs in the first three innings of a 6-4 win that clinches at least a share of the Carolinas Athletic Association championship.

BOONE – Noah Clancy ’26 went on a solo mission Saturday.

Not only did Noah not have any teammates to pace him for a longer race, the 5,000 meters at Appalachian State University’s John Weaver Invitational was run at higher altitude against college competition. 

A Spring Family Weekend gem worth revisiting. 

Patrick Robichaud ’27 throws hard, and he threw well throughout Saturday’s 6-1 win over visiting Charlotte Latin. 

High Point University’s Sportsman of the Year?

We know him!

The HPU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voted for Mac Kimel ’22 to receive its annual sportsmanship award during Monday night’s Pawscars Awards Ceremony. 

Personal records galore for North Carolina’s top distance program. 

Ten Greenies mixed it up with premium competition at this weekend’s Carolina Distance Carnival, running some of Christ School’s best-ever times in the 800-meter run, 1-mile, and 3,200 meters. 

HENDERSONVILLE – No distance points, no problem. 

Christ School track & field won Thursday’s Parks Ford Invitational purely on the strength of the team’s hurdlers, jumpers, sprinters, and throwers. 

Imagine how formidable a backcourt would be with Bryson Cokley ‘24 and Dacen Petty ’26 running the floor at the same time?

They missed each other by one year at Christ School.

No further need for imagining in high school what will soon be a reality in college – Dacen announced his verbal commitment to play college basketball for Elon University on Wednesday through his social media.  

Every senior wants a signature moment from their final high school season. 

For Christ School second baseman Cade Graning ’26, there was no better time for his first home run of the year than Tuesday with the bases loaded. 

Character, scholarship, and athletic excellence come in that order and progression for Jon Lantzy.

He saw the same values in Christ School teams, further identifying with the emphasis placed on meaningful, lasting relationships here.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Brooks Barbee ’27 ran in a different time zone Saturday, in more ways than one. 

Brooks hung with some of the country’s best runners to record North Carolina’s best-ever time by a junior in the 3,200-meter run (8 minutes, 40.79 seconds) at the Arcadia (Calif.) Invitational. 

The Wichita Wind Surge is a name that rolls right off the tongue. 

Minor league baseball teams are undefeated when it comes to quirky mascots and William Fleming ’17 has a new organization for his sixth season of professional baseball. 

FLAT ROCK – Golfers of all ages pick up club speed and putt more accurately this time of year. 

No one can dispute that Masters week brought out the best in Hudson Hatch ’28 on Thursday. 

SWANNANOA – Nineteen unanswered runs will break open any and every game. 

It was close until it wasn’t Tuesday at Asheville Christian Academy – Patrick Robichaud ’27 and Henry Tutera ’28 each drove in four runs and doubled twice, while Will Ray ’27 and TK Wright ’27 matched them with three hits in Christ School varsity baseball’s 22-3 road win. 

Back-to-back wins ahead of Easter Break will do a lot to uplift a Christ School varsity tennis team being fueled largely by a youth movement.  

SPARTANBURG, S.C., - Golf ate good on the eve of Easter Break, only after handling business Thursday.

The Greenies defeated Spartanburg Day, 302-314, in a dual match played at the Country Club of Spartanburg.

Congratulations to Trent Rash ’27 on his verbal commitment to play lacrosse for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, announced earlier this week through his Instagram. 

Congratulations to William Robinson ’26 on his verbal commitment to play basketball for Milligan University, announced earlier this week through his Instagram. 

Long-awaited homefield advantage was a lock. Christ School varsity lacrosse methodically turned everything else in its favor Wednesday night.

Palo Miles ’27 scored the first of his game-high five goals just 3 minutes and 11 seconds in, and the Greenies as a whole played their best game of the season in taking down Hough, 10-6. 

MATTHEWS – The first cut may be the deepest, but it was the last ones from Christ School varsity baseball’s lineup that stung Covenant Day the most Friday night. 

What looked like an apparent save situation for the Greenies after six innings morphed into a runaway 12-2 road win.