News Archive | Collegiate School

May

Unsung Senior Athletes, Spring 2019

5/22/2019

Welcome, friends! Please meet the latest class of Unsung Seniors, Collegiate athletes who represented their teams with distinction during the spring season but did so beneath the radar.

Spring Varsity Awards '19

5/22/2019

Continue reading for the awards distributed at the Spring Varsity Athletic Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 20, 2019.

Sports Wrapup, Spring '19

5/21/2019

Continue reading for season finishes for the spring

Collegiate Girls' Soccer Team Wins State Championship

5/21/2019

For the second year in a row, Collegiate's girls' soccer team has finished the spring season as VISAA champions. On their journey to the championship game, they beat Seton School, 6-0, and Norfolk Collegiate, 5-0. The final game was played Saturday, May 18, against Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School at Glover Park in Glen Allen. The Cougars came away victorious with a 3-1 win. Way to go, Cougars!

Collegiate Coach Assists USA Basketball Athletes

5/21/2019

Collegiate School Head Boys' Varsity Basketball Coach and Program Leader Del Harris is among seven high school coaches from across the nation seleccted to serve on the USA Basketball Men's U16 National Team coaching staff at training camp later this month.

Creating a Special Culture

5/13/2019

My college athletic eligibility expired years ago.

Paying It Forward

5/6/2019

For the two-plus decades that Andrew Stanley has been associated with the Collegiate boys lacrosse program, his focus has always been on transforming young athletes into responsible citizens while promoting the sport that has meant so much to him throughout his life.

April

Twenty Cougars Named to RTD All-Metro Teams

4/22/2019

Twenty Collegiate School athletes have earned Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro honors for their performances in their respective sports during the 2018-19 winter season.

Del Harris to Coach USA Basketball Squad

4/21/2019

Collegiate's Del Harris has been selected by USA Basketball to serve as a coach for the U16 national boys basketball training camp, which will be held May 22-30 at University High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Humble and Kind

4/18/2019

In the athletic arena, Maggie Bostain’s speed and talent are readily apparent.

Building a Strong Foundation

4/2/2019

It was a fulfilling – and, hopefully, transformative – year for Collegiate’s Cub wrestling program.

March

Honoring Collegiate's Athletic Trainers

3/26/2019

Athletic trainers tend nagging aches and pains. They treat pulls, strains, and sprains. They stabilize broken bones and, at times, apply salve to bruised egos.

For a Greater Purpose

3/6/2019

Their prep work was complete.

Winter Varsity Awards 2019

3/5/2019

Continue reading for the awards distributed at the Winter Varsity Athletic Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.

Five College Recruited Athletes Recognized

3/2/2019

Five Collegiate School student-athletes signed letters to commit to playing athletics in college next year. The students, along with their families, coaches, Collegiate faculty and friends, gathered to sign their letters donning the baseball caps of their respective future schools.

Unsung Senior Athletes, Winter 2019

3/1/2019

Meet the latest class of Unsung Seniors, an industrious and dedicated group of Collegiate athletes who made notable, if understated, contributions to the culture and success of their teams during the winter of 2018-2019.

February

Sports Wrap-Up, Winter '18-'19

2/28/2019

Continue reading for season finishes for the winter.

No Pretense, Just Excellence

2/25/2019

There was no hype. No fanfare. No cameras. No reporters. Certainly no crowded auditorium. No suspense, either.

Always at Her Best

2/12/2019

In a world where hyperbole seems the order of the day, what you’re about to read is anything but.

It's How You Respond

2/6/2019

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Albert Einstein

Ain’t fair. Definitely ain’t fair.

January

"Oh...you wrestle?"

1/30/2019

One day when Marcella Leonard-Jackson was shopping at the Walmart in Mechanicsville, a woman noticed her gray sweatshirt with COLLEGIATE WRESTLING imprinted across the front and asked her a question which, she well understands, comes with the territory.

Two Collegiate Coaches Inducted Into Their High School Halls of Fame

1/25/2019

Congratulations to two Collegiate School coaches, who will be inducted into their high school Athletic Halls of Fame.

The Cougars Will Be Just Fine

1/22/2019

There’s an old saying that sports don’t build character, they reveal it.

Finding That Silver Lining

1/16/2019

It’s been a journey – that’s for sure – and a long one at that.

The Sheer Joy of Team

1/11/2019

Induction into Collegiate’s Athletic Hall of Fame is a testament to sweat, perseverance, innate ability and, ultimately, splendid achievement.

Wrestling Program Day

1/10/2019

On Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, Collegiate School hosted a wrestling match and welcomed Model Secondary School for the Deaf, St. Christopher's School and the rest of the Collegiate wrestling program, including its youngest crowd, the MatCats.

True to Their Plan

1/2/2019

Years ago, there was this commercial that seemed to air every time you turned on your television where a guy smacked his face with his after-shave doused hand, smiled (or frowned or screamed, depending on the version), then exclaimed, “Thanks, I needed that!”