Athletics News

March has been some kind of month for Christ School varsity baseball and Mickey Meguiar ’21.

The Greenies are 7-0 overall and averaging 13.3 runs per game, thanks in no small part to their cleanup hitter.

Florida Gulf Coast University basketball is best-known for a Cinderella run to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Matt Halvorsen ‘17 evoked that team in announcing Wednesday over Twitter that he is joining the Eagles next season as a graduate transfer.

Wednesday was a reminder that Christ School track & field remains the most dominant boys program in the Carolinas Athletic Association.

The Greenies stacked up 165 team points to easily top meet host Asheville School (108), Rabun Gap (45), Asheville Christian Academy (14), and Carolina Day (12).

Mind you, it is only March. However, Christ School varsity lacrosse is already digging down for the championship-type grit and tenacity that coach Benjie Colberg hopes to see in the coming months.  

Baseball has returned to Christ School with a bang.

The JV team had a lot to live up to Tuesday, hosting the first on-campus baseball game in nearly two years. And the Greenies gave the home fans what they wanted and more, with all nine starters scoring at least one run in a 18-3 rout of the Greenville (S.C.) Hurricanes.

Dawson Reeves ’24 has committed himself to running full-time this year and the Christ School record book may never be the same.

Christ School tennis players won’t be taking any game, set, or match for granted this season.

Along with track, tennis was one of two sports which never got started in 2020 due to COVID-19. So naturally, head coach Jameel Brenneman said his Greenies are eager for Wednesday’s first varsity match – home against Carolina Day at 4 p.m.

Golf did its part to uphold the Christ School athletic department’s winning streak over Spring Break, defeating Asheville Christian Academy in a match Wednesday at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove.

Christ School cross country runners have turned their attention to track at the moment, but their efforts from 2020 have not gone unnoticed in local media.

The Greenies are tied for the most runners (two) on the Asheville Citizen-Times All-Western North Carolina Team, which was announced Thursday. Dawson Reeves ’24 and Jackson Burch ’22 are first-time honorees, while Rocky Hansen ‘23 received honorable mention.

Christ School's baseball and lacrosse teams have two big things in common over Spring Break – undefeated records and a flair for the dramatic in their latest wins.

The Christ School Athletic Department has announced its award winners for the 2020-21 Winter Sports Season, as determined by each team’s coaching staff.

Last year it was snow. Friday it was rain. Christ School has proven to be an all-weather lacrosse team no matter how bad the conditions are for its home opener.

Michael Posse ’22 was mowing down everyone in sight Thursday. He was just as unforgiving when it became his turn to hit.

Michael struck out nine Cannon School batters in four innings before giving way to Christ School’s bullpen, and the junior’s bases-loaded triple in the seventh helped seal a 9-3 road win.

Without an official inning in the books yet, Wesley King already knows that his first baseball team at Christ School has two things which cannot be taught – coachability and speed.

The Greenies travel to Cannon School on Thursday for their season opener at 4 p.m., just 48 hours after winning their only preseason scrimmage (9-5 at Southside Christian, S.C.). 

Face-offs are normally a gimme for Christ School lacrosse, all because of Lehigh University recruit Sean Dow ’21.

While that was not the case Tuesday night, Sean still won more (13) than he lost against Hough junior George Kalos, who has committed to North Carolina. The visiting Greenies were the superior team on the scoreboard as well, winning their season opener, 13-7. 

Regardless of who was pushing the ball up the floor, Christ School’s chances for a successful possession went up greatly if Drew Redmond ’21 or Donavon Fitzgerald ’22 were involved.

The backcourt tandem has been named to the All-Carolinas Athletic Association team.

Physical ability is not a question mark with this year’s Christ School varsity lacrosse team.

It should come as no surprise that the Greenies are stacked once again. After all, they have set the standard for NCISAA Division I lacrosse with state championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Christ School swimming has been steadily progressing the past four years. The proof was in the pool Monday at the NCISAA Division I state meet.

Buoyed by 10 individual qualifiers and three relay teams, the Greenies placed seventh out of 16 teams in the Greensboro Aquatic Center with 127 points. This marks the best team showing for Christ School at the state level since the 2016-17 season.

Emotions were soaring in the Christ School locker room Thursday night and rightfully so.

The JV Greenies ended the 2020-21 season on a high note, saving some of their best basketball yet for a 70-35 home win over Bethel Christian Academy's varsity team. 

Christ School freshman Dawson Reeves ’24 holds the distinction of being one of only two western North Carolina runners named to the HighSchoolOT all-state cross country teams.

Dawson is a third-team selection, it was announced Saturday.