Athletics News

MONTREAT, N.C. – Big points in distance races and field events carried the day for Christ School track, as they have all season at the Carolinas Athletic Association Championship Meet. 

Eshoi Ewers ‘26 (long jump and triple jump), Dallas Reeves ‘27 (800-meter run and 1,600-meter run), and Dawson Thompson ’25 (discus and shot put) won multiple events for the Greenies (143 points) Wednesday, allowing them to overtake Rabun Gap (121) for their eighth straight conference championship. The upset-minded Eagles led with a handful of events to go.  

CANTON, N.C. - Over their shoulders, the sun was starting to set Tuesday as every Christ School golfer and coach held up an index finger.

Another photo opportunity for another conference championship team, now 17 years running. 

Almost one-third of Christ School’s senior class will continue their athletic careers at the next level.

Friday’s assembly featured a Spring Commitment Ceremony for the 17th, 18th, and 19th seniors to make their college decisions official: Luc Madesclaire ‘25 (Denison football), Jordan Edgecomb ‘25 (Colgate football), and William Hughes ‘25 (Sewanee cross country and track).

Jack West ’25 went out the perfect way on Saturday, April 26. Literally.  

Unselfishness, discipline, and leadership show up on Friday nights and every day in between. These intangibles are bigger than football and a truer measure of a team than wins and losses, Clint Alexander said. 

Saturday’s “Meet the Coach” program in Pingree Auditorium was the first chance for many Christ School parents and players to hear directly from Coach Alexander since his hiring as Program Director and Varsity Coach on April 9. He also spent time with the team earlier in the morning. 

MONROE, N.C. – Hank Bradley ’27 was in record form Thursday, shooting the lowest-ever Christ School score for 9 holes (5-under 31) on the back side of Rolling Hills Country Club.

The previous record (32) was shared by two alumni, Johannes Steegman '92 and McKay Tye ’12. 

Jonathan Reece ’25 went out the way every senior hopes to, in more ways than one. 

Christ School’s catcher was 3-for-3 with a solo home run Thursday in his final home game, a 9-4 win over St. Joseph’s Catholic (S.C.). 

Wednesday might be a glimpse into how next week’s Carolinas Athletic Association Championship track meet will go. 

Christ School liked the view.  

Two outcomes were likely on Tuesday: Either get caught looking ahead or turn it up another notch. 

Christ School varsity lacrosse chose the latter.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Optimism is warranted for the future of Christ School baseball, evidenced by 11 wins and counting for the JV Greenies. 

 Zach Byrd ‘28 was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs and Pablo Neme ‘27 went 2-3 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs in Monday’s 11-2 win at the Greenville (S.C.) Hurricanes.

The next pass that Aydan White ’20 bats down or intercepts will be as Christ School’s first NFL player in 43 years. 

Saturday saw the Greenie alumnus and Asheville native graduate to the very highest level of professional football, signing an undrafted free agent deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

Never let a captive audience go to waste. 

Christ School varsity lacrosse had a bigger-than-usual crowd Saturday for a Family Weekend home game against defending Georgia state champion Buford (Ga.). 

The mountains are calling and Nate Wilbderding ’25 must climb them.

Nate had never touched a rock face of any kind until the winter of his junior year, the kind of experimentation that is encouraged by Christ School’s Outdoor Program. He has progressed to the point where Nate has qualified for June’s USA Climbing National Bouldering Championship in Portland.

CHARLOTTE - Everything is coming up green tonight in Charlotte. 

Christ School varsity lacrosse had not beaten Providence Day in four years, and the outcome was very much uncertain with a 2-2 halftime score Thursday. 

Biltmore Forest Country Club and Christ School are roughly 8 miles apart. However, they might as well have been in two different worlds Monday. 

The golf course was everything campus was not – calm and quiet – on the same afternoon as a Head of School Holiday. Led by co-individual medalist Hank Bradley ‘27 (38), the Greenies kept rolling through the Carolinas Athletic Association with a team score of 156 in a 9-hole match, followed by Asheville Christian Academy (158), Carolina Day (171), and Asheville School (186). 

Baseball is the oldest sport at Christ School. Historical records show that a team came together quickly after the official opening of school on September 30, 1901. Three weeks to be exact, even though there were only 20 students at the time. 

And in all these years since, something happened Wednesday for the first time or one of the few times ever.

Championship culture comes before trophies in Clint Alexander’s playbook, with his essentials to success being the core values of discipline, leadership, and unselfishness.

Coach Alexander has built winning programs and taught, mentored, and coached adolescent boys into men of character everywhere he has been in 29 years with this as a foundation, from large public schools to small independent schools.

Following a competitive and nationwide search, Christ School is pleased to introduce Clint Alexander as our new Football Program Director and Varsity Coach.

Rain softened up Biltmore Forest Country Club on Monday, only to be offset by the wind.

Christ School golf was still able to find some favorable scores in a 9-hole Carolinas Athletic Association match. Led by Hank Bradley ‘27 (1-under 34) and Henry Wilhelm ’25 (35), the Greenies shot 150 as a team. 

The season’s first Carolinas Athletic Association meet bodes well for Christ School track.

Greenie athletes won eight individual events Friday and Christ School (221.5 points) easily beat host Asheville School (175.50) and the rest of the field in team competition. Thomas Vickery’s height in the high jump (6 feet, 6 inches) is the second-best by any NCISAA athlete so far this spring.

Varsity Tennis made quick work of visiting Rabun Gap (Ga.) on Tuesday, 9-0, for the team’s first win of the season.