Athletics News

The expectation does not change year to year.

Christ School lacrosse sets out every season to play for a state championship and the 2024 schedule should again prepare the Greenies for a possible run in the NCISAA Division I playoffs.  

Spreading the love of soccer is an all-weather, year-round mission for Christ School’s coaches and players.

The heightened competition, exposure from national TV, and scrutiny of being seen by the Alabama fanbase like never before.

Cayden Jones ’24 was poised and ready for everything thrown at him in Orlando.

Especially the football.  

RALEIGH – Mikey Wilkins ’25 put the Outstanding in Most Outstanding Player at the John Wall Holiday Invitational.

Fifty-one points in three games over four days, not to mention bushels of rebounds, blocks, and altered shots were enough to impress even those who watch Mikey on a daily basis.

RALEIGH - Madden Collins ’25 came off the bench with no lack of confidence or shooting stroke Thursday night.

By the time he was done, there was one less undefeated team in North Carolina high school basketball.

Day Student Proctor and fifth-year senior Jacob Wilde ’24 had the best kind of Blue Christmas.

Jacob verbally committed Monday to play baseball for Brevard College, whose predominant color is blue.

MARIETTA, Ga. – The Lemon Street Classic had been a sour experience for Christ School varsity basketball until the Greenies turned it around in a big way Saturday.

Mikey Wilkins ’25 powered in a team-high 19 points and the team rebounded from its first back-to-back losses since the 2021-22 season with a 94-58 rout of Cherokee (Ga.).

No one is looking forward to baseball in 2024 more than Reese Ballard ’24.

He only got four games under his belt last spring before losing the rest of his junior season to an injury.

Especially in the middle of bowl season, a college football legend can only be so many places.

Alabama coach Nick Saban chose to be in the living room of a Christ School senior on Thursday.

Let’s be honest: the novelty of staying quiet wears off quickly for 300 boys.

Christ School did not make the student section wait long Tuesday night – about 1 minute and 55 seconds to be exact. Lleyton Thomas-Johnson ’24 boarded a miss by Legion Collegiate (S.C.), raced back down the floor, and took a feed from Bryson Cokley ’24.

Lleyton’s shot from just inside the paint kissed off the glass for points No. 9 and No. 10, the latter being the magic number in the annual Christmas in the Greenie Dome or "Silent Night" basketball game. 

Not every tradition originates here at Christ School, but the boys make it their own.  

Taylor University in Indiana deserves credit for coming up with the “Silent Night” basketball game in 1997. It has since morphed into “Christmas in the Greenie Dome,” a nice release for students in the middle of exams and a holiday staple every December at Christ School.  

Saturday’s meet had a funny name and quirky prizes. Christ School swimming won it all the same with 16 personal records.

The Greenies (80 points) outscored three other teams in the Duck, Duck, Goose at the Buncombe County Schools Aquatic Center. 

At less than their best, but still pretty darn good.

Flu and sickness hit Christ School varsity basketball hard this week. The Greenies hit back Saturday night, storming past Gaffney (S.C.), 77-38, in the fourth and final game of the Asheville Classic showcase.

Smiles were contagious Friday as Christ School celebrated 12 seniors and their families with the year’s first Athletic Commitment Ceremony.  

The streak continues!

Dawson Reeves ’24 has been named the Western North Carolina Runner of the Year for the 2023 cross country season by the Asheville Citizen-Times. It is the third straight year that a boy from Christ School has won the award and the sixth time in the past seven years.

Christ School swimming had a pair of individual event winners in Jake Landis ’25 (500-yard freestyle, 5:44.37) and John Barton ’25 (100-yard breaststroke, 1:06.83), with 17 Greenies achieving personal records Wednesday in a Carolinas Athletic Association meet at Asheville School.

Christ School’s starters watched from the best seats in the house Tuesday night.

The Collins brothers did their best to keep everyone on the bench entertained.

Alabama football has been in the headlines a lot the past few days.

Here is a Crimson Tide piece of news without a bit of controversy: Cayden Jones ‘24 has as high a ceiling as any boy who has ever played football for Christ School.  

Everyone with a vested interest sees nothing but upside for the athletic future of Eyob Gill ’24.

Which would mean his college career will look very much like high school.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Well-traveled and well-tested.

Christ School varsity basketball has already gone to Charlotte for four games and was in South Carolina for the second time this week Saturday.