Three-peat: TENNIS WINS 5TH STATE TITLE
​Boys beat Covenant for third time this season.

“They drenched me with an ice bucket. Jacob shaved his head! Christian shaved his head also. We just worked hard with each other because the teams really were bad. We played for each other and focused on our reps. Drills and competitive games. # 3 seems so fast. It is our goal every year to win State.  Three-peat and 4 in a row conference was a great feeling, accomplishment.” - Head Coach Jim Schaefer 

Boys tennis: 
won third straight VISAA DII chamionship when they defeated Covenant 5-1 on May 20 at home; 
won Doubles No. 2 George Lugar and Tyler Bloomfield 8-1;
won Doubles No. 3 Sam Schaefer and Christan Lang 8-1;
won three sets of singles: No. 3 Jacob Juneau 8-2, No. 4 Tyler Bloomfield 8-2, No. 6 Christan Lang 8-5;
won fourth straight conference championship when they defeated Covenant 7-2 on May 10 at home; 
finished the season 16-1-1.

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showerade: Tyler Bloomfield gives Coach Schaefer an ice water congratulations

Getting pumped for prom

Although this is a stressful time, you can always wind down and listen to music you like at the end of the day to get your ears ready for prom as ‘Ziel Hart ‘26 and Nate Hayes ‘26 do while lifting after school.
Students like to relax to their own music. We asked a few students what they would like to hear at prom and most said “hype music,” which refers to mostly rap including 
The most popular homecoming song “Fein” by Travis Scott which was played about six times, while a few took more of a classical take, such as “Love Story” by Taylor Swift and wanted to slow dance to the music. 

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​Team of one: Henry Schumm represents NCS in VHSL and wins the varsity race at Miller School

Henry Schumm gets air over a jump on the course at Miller School on April 13. Schumm said that he felt good on the second lap, so he broke away and rode away from the pack. According to the official report on Instagram, “He rode the final laps of the race solo and finished with a very comfortable 31 second margin over the second place rider. This was Henry’s 19th interscholastic race win, and his first race officially representing North Cross. . . . The next race of the VAHS series will be on Saturday, April 20th at the Stokesville Campground in Mount Solon, VA. Henry will be wearing the blue jersey of the VAHS Series Leader.” Racing photo by Jack Looney. Team tent photo by Chris Berry, Schumm’s coach.

3 Raiders commit to Division I Football Programs, 1 to DI golf and 1 to DIII baseball

​International players help Raiders go back-to-back

International players scored 75 points including 48 point-after kicks, one field goal, and four touchdowns;
Moritz Schmoranzer: University of Pittsburgh Commit, First-team All-State Offense, First-team All-Timesland Defense; 
Eason Zhou: Coaches Award, First-team All-State Defense, and First Team All Timesland, set school record with 14 sacks, one scoop and score;
Moritz Mittendorfer: Two TDs despite limited playing time;
Danny Phung: Nine tackles, 
Sander Frogner: First-team All-State Defense; led defense with 135 tackles, eight tfl, two sacks, two caused fumbles;
Daniel Skoog: Second-team All-Conference Defense: 62 total tackles, nine tfl, three sacks, and one scoop and score; kicked 48 PATs, one field goal and caught one TD in state game;
Jeroen Van der Elst: Second-team All-Conference Offense;
Kimmy Vilahur: 23 tackles, 1 tfl

Photos from football team's championship and semifinal games

Boys, Chaney win home Xc race on new course

Girls Tennis beats Covenant 6-3

No. 1 AB Cullen, No. 2 Cate Cook, No. 3 Anna Ciccozzi and No. 6 Akali Koeda won their singles matches and then No. 1 doubles Cullen/Ciccozzi and No. 2 doubles Cook/Koeda won to seal the match for the Raiders at home on Sept. 14.