List of 5 news stories.

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  This Week in Sports - Week #29

  3/21/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Spring Sports are off to an awesome start! Lacrosse is now 3-0, with big wins this week over CHS and AHS! Girls Varsity Soccer won a 1-0 thriller against Quantico, and MS Soccer is also undefeated at 1-0-1. 
  
  Girls Varsity Soccer Wins on the Road!
  
  

  Tessa has spent the last seven months working on her Senior Project. As a youth soccer coach, she has done extensive research on the beautiful game - focusing on the best way to give feedback, the most effective drills and the best in-game strategies. She spent much of the fall and winter coaching a U15 soccer team. When the season began, I asked her if "Tessa Time" would be making a return for the spring. For those unfamiliar, "Tessa Time" occurs when Tessa gets into a zone - and dominates the game. For example, 15 consecutive service aces in volleyball or 5 consecutive baskets in basketball (both of which actually happened).

   

  The Badgers led 2-1 at halftime in a hard-fought, competitive game on the road - far away at King Abdullah Academy. Seeking a change in momentum, Coach Nemanja inserted Kaylee, Madeline and Bella into the lineup. They chased King Abdullah's striker, forcing her into the middle of the field, where Lili came way out of her position in the goal and kicked the ball back to midfield! Elisabeth made a smooth pass off one touch to Golden, who alertly played the ball ahead to Tessa. With nothing but green grass in front of her, Tessa got into the box, was one on one with the goalie, and fired a laser into the corner of the net!
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  This Week in Sports - Week #28

  3/15/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Congratulations to varsity boys basketball player Sean T, a junior, who was named to VISAA's All-State First Team this week. Way to go, Sean! Sean's honor was announced during the varsity team's evening banquet held on Wednesday night. At the banquet, the coaches, players and player families celebrated season highlights and outcomes, and each player received an award from the coaches (ranging from Rookie of the Year to Offensive/Defensive Player of the Year, and so many more). It was a great finale to a phenomenal season for this team! Check out some photos.
  
  Spring season is officially underway, as games began this week on our fields and on the road. The varsity girls soccer team led off with an away matchup on Wednesday, followed by Middle School girls at home last night. Three teams (varsity LAX, varsity girls soccer and Ultimate Frisbee) are on the road playing today. Go, Badgers!! 
  

  Defensive-Minded Badgers Win Their Home Opener!

  With two weeks of skill building and conditioning behind them, the Middle School Girls Badgers took the field for the first time this afternoon. Cypress, Aggie, Clara, Emma, Zaina, Sunrise and Emma all made their Tandem Soccer debut! Our sixth grade proved to be critical to Tandem's success! Nearly half the student body was outside on the front fields to witness the action. The Tandem students and an enthusiastic crowd on the hill were treated to a tight battle, with little margin for error.  

   

  About halfway through the first half, Bryn alertly cut off her opponent, clearing the ball ahead to Sam in the midfield. With a quick pass to Hadley, the ball began its path up the pitch, heading towards the box.  Positioned on the right side of the field, Annie picked up where she left off during basketball season - she made her way towards the goal. Despite multiple defenders in the box, and a talented goalie, Annie dribbled away from the opponent, created some space, and fired a shot past the outstretched arms of Waldorf's goalie. With 14:00 to go in the opening period, Tandem took a 1-0 lead.
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• This Week in Sports - Week #27

  3/7/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  We had a very successful first week of spring sports practices! Games are coming next week and the kids are all off to a great start. All games and practices are on the website calendar and the weather seems to be cooperating. Let's go, Badgers!
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  This Week in Sports - Week #26

  2/28/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  It was an epic week of basketball at both the conference and state levels. Please take the time to read the feature article at the top of the Friday Letter celebrating our varsity boys basketball team's accomplishments. And then there's more below about the other two games they played - the state tournament first round win against Kenston Forest School, and the GPAC finals matchup against King Abdullah Academy hosted by Tandem in the Badger Den (click on the headline above to see photos from that game). Spring sports officially begin on Monday! See you on the fields!
  
  Badgers Advance: Big First Round State Tournament Win!
  
  Tied at thirty-eight after three quarters, Sin had seen enough. He took a lot of contact tonight, but still gathered up the energy to beat his man into the lane, draw the help defender in and kick the ball out to Amir. While the defense scrambled to get out to Amir (13 points on 75% shooting from downtown) Sin relocated to the top of the key. Amir wrote the check, and Sin cashed it in - three of his twelve in the final period! 

   

  The next time down, it was Amir’s turn, hitting a corner three as deep as Lake Anna! On the ensuing possession, Kenston Forest brought the ball down the right side, and worked it inside to their top scorer. They didn’t see Shaan, who deflected and stole the ball away. Shaan got the ball ahead to Sin, who returned the favor when he saw Shaan open in the corner. Shaan drilled the three, Tandem led by 8, and the Badger crowd of seven people (which was louder than Kenston Forest's crowd the whole game) was on their feet! The home team called timeout, they really needed to regroup.

   

  Kenston Forest was able to cut it to five on an inside layup with a questionable foul call. They came out in a press, but once Tandem broke it, Sin intelligently held the ball just inside half court as the seconds ticked away. There were under three minutes left to go and Kenston Forest began to panic. They rushed towards Sin and he responded with a slick crossover, taking the ball to the rim and scoring with ease. Now facing a seven point deficit, Kenston Forest tried to get the ball into the corner for a three, but they had to get it over Quis... not an easy task. They threw it too hard and it went out of bounds. On the other end, Mason assisted Tre as he put his finishing touches on the game, hitting a corner three off the bench to give Tandem a ten point lead!
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• Winter All-Conference Basketball Honors

  2/28/2025
  We're proud to announce the Varsity basketball team members who were selected to receive All-Conference honors by the Greater Piedmont Athletic Conference (GPAC). In boys basketball. the boys finished their conference season with a record of 8-2, then continued in post-season play, hosting the finals and finishing as tournament runners-up (see The Week in Review above). All-Conference honors were announced following that game:
  

  • All-Conference Player of the Year - Sean T (22.3 PPG, 12.7 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.5 BPG)
  • 1st Team - Sin F, Sean T
  • 2nd Team - Quis T
  • Honorable Mention - Amir G, senior

  In Varsity Girls basketball, senior Tessa D received All-Conference Honorable Mention honors.