Athletics News

BRISTOL, TENNESSEE - Five different players in double figures and an early 19-0 run made a nice introduction to the Arby’s Classic for this Christ School team.

MARIETTA, GA. - Bigger isn’t always better.

Christ School varsity basketball overcame a program with nine times its enrollment (Walton, Ga.), and then another Atlanta-area school (Lovett, Ga.) to leave the Lemon Street Classic with a 14-0 record.

Bigger challenges await a Christ School varsity basketball team which has played its way onto the statewide and national radar, as the latest batch of rankings indicate.

All that seriousness could wait Tuesday night.

Nearly one-fourth of Christ School’s Class of 2023 was seated at a long row of tables Monday morning with college paraphernalia spread all around.

An extraordinary year for Greenie athletics called for the vast space of Mebane Field House to hold a special all-school Assembly.

SAN DIEGO - Rocky Hansen ‘23 ran well enough to earn All-American status Saturday at the Champ Sports national cross country meet.

Rocky challenged for the lead for the majority of the race and placed 11th with a time of 15:22 flat.

Homecourt advantage is a nice luxury to have. But it cannot really be quantified yet with this Christ School varsity basketball team.

The Greenies are winning big, no matter where they play, by an average of 22.8 points per game. And their record is 11-0 for only the fourth time in school history following another rout Saturday inside Mebane Field House.

North Carolina’s history in the Champs Sports national meet is not great. A boy from the Tar Heel state has never managed to place higher than fourth in what most runners consider the Super Bowl of high school cross country, an event which has taken place since 1979.

A Greenie has a real chance to alter those fortunes.

The best by a mile? Correction: North Carolina's best by 3.1 miles.

No further analytics or debate are necessary. Christ School cross country is the No. 1 team in the season’s final statewide rankings from HighSchoolOT and the Greenies had four of their top-seven runners named to the all-state team. 

Hand-eye coordination is clearly not a struggle for Colin Breiter ’25.

The sophomore from Morganton, N.C., emerged as the overall champion of the Western North Carolina Disc Golf Association High School League’s fall season which ended Sunday on Christ School’s course.

Strength in numbers.

Four basketball teams are the most the Christ School Athletic Department has ever offered. The motivation is to not only grow the program but offer boys more opportunity for playing time at their appropriate skill level.

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Make no mistake, the Greenie Dome offers a homecourt advantage like no other.

But it hasn’t been all bad for Christ School varsity basketball to play five consecutive games on the road or neutral floors.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Christ School players and coaches have openly talked about their aspirations to be one of the last basketball teams standing in the NCISAA 4-A state playoffs.

Games like Saturday make that path look entirely negotiable. 

Eleven days is the longest break between games that Christ School varsity basketball will have all season long.

The Greenies were largely unfazed by the extended time off Wednesday in High Point.

Aydan White ’20 has established himself as a cornerback to be reckoned with in his second season at N.C. State University.

The numbers don’t lie and neither do the awards.

CHARLOTTE - Rocky Hansen ’23 wore the usual grimace on his face Saturday as he gutted out the last bit of the Champs Sports South Regional.

Underneath the pained expression, the Greenie was already letting his mind drift to San Diego. 

Both from an individual and team perspective, NCISAA Division I football elevates its stature every year.

Which means that in 2022 it takes more than ever to be considered among the best of the best. Christ School defenders Cayden Jones ’24, Josh Harrison ’24, and Zack Myers ’23 have each been voted by coaches to the NCISAA Division I all-state team.

Christ School varsity football overcame a lot this season. The Greenies had just as much going for them when they were 100 percent healthy, as evidenced by all-conference selections for the CISAA (Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association), voted on by league coaches. 

GREENSBORO - Tiger Woods famously wears red in his wardrobe on Sundays.

The color choice worked like a charm for Christ School senior Taylor Kuehn ’23, too, as he repped his future college and bested a field of more than 100 other junior players to win the Carolinas Golf Association’s two-day Carolinas Collegiate Showcase.

CHARLOTTE - Some teams are an enigma. It could take a coaching staff an entire season to figure what makes their players tick.  

Fortunately, Christ School varsity basketball is not one of those teams.

Full-court pressure and shooting range are a potent combination.

Christ School varsity basketball’s defense made life uncomfortable for Covenant Day from the second the ball was inbounded Friday night. Turnovers and long rebounds led to plenty of open looks when possession changed.