Normalizing a game like next Saturday keeps the focus on football, where it should be for every Christ School player and coach.

Still, there is an acknowledgement by one of the linebackers having the biggest impact on the defense that the 100th playing of “The Game” will be different for everything off the field. 

Congratulations to Kole Kripas '28 on his verbal commitment to play lacrosse for Stony Brook University, announced Thursday on his social media. 

Kole is a junior defender from Odessa, Fla., and plays in the offseason for Team 91 South. 

Six goals will win a lot of matches. 

Right now, Christ School varsity soccer is the proof. For the third consecutive evening, six was the magic number for the Greenies in Thursday’s 6-0 home victory over Erwin.

SWANNANOA – Sixteen straight wins in the Carolinas Athletic Association and counting. 

Oliver King ’28 pieced together his second hat trick (three goals) in as many weeks and Christ School varsity soccer extended a streak in conference play that dates back to 2024 with Tuesday’s 6-0 win at Asheville Christian Academy. 

Intermittent rain made it difficult for both offenses Saturday, between slick footballs and a slippery playing surface. 

Christ School found all the grip and traction it needed. And Ryan Taylor ’27 and the defense were not budging. 

Fayssoux Field’s scoreboard read: Greenies 47, North Cross (Va.) 7. But for all intents and purposes, Varsity Football continued its best start to a season since 2017 with a shutout. North Cross got on the board with 26.6 seconds to go, long after Ryan and other starters had played their final down of a game with a running clock for Christ School (4-0). 

Leaders of the pack, leaders of the nation!

Christ School cross country received two No. 1 national rankings Thursday from authoritative sources in the sport – MileSplit and RunnerSpace.