List of 5 news stories.

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  Week #11 - Girls Varsity Volleyball Season Ends With A Smash: Badgers Finish Second in the GPAC Tournament!

  10/31/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  With the Badgers trailing 23-24 in the second set, Lola got low for an incredible dig off Highland's middle hitter. The ball ricocheted to the back of the court, where Claire got a hand on it. Zella sprinted into position and sent it back over her head - nearly a mile - right over the net. Highland sent it back, but Althea delivered a beautiful hit right on the sideline to tie the game. The Badgers took the lead 25-24 on an ace from Maya, and with a chance to clinch the set, Lola did what she has done all season. With a killer instinct, Lola had nearly all of her body above the net as she smashed a weak return from Highland straight into the ground, giving Tandem the second set 26-24 and tying the match at 1!
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• Week #11 - Badgers Advance: 3-0 Victory for Varsity Volleyball

  10/29/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Opening the match with four consecutive aces, Sofia was intentional with her serve placement. Like a laser beam, Sofia launched serves at each player in Wakefield's back row. They did their best to return the serve, but at their best, they sent the ball into the bleachers instead. The Girls Varsity Volleyball team advanced to the GPAC Semi-Finals today with an exciting 3-0 victory in front of an enthusiastic Tandem crowd! Lola was especially sharp, swinging with all her might. She had eight kills in the first set alone, smashing the ball down the line. As Wakefield worked to defend the sideline, Lola smashed the ball across the court! On the other side of the floor, Maya gave the Badgers a 16-6 lead as she hit the ball right through the Wakefield blockers. Woosh! Tandem went on to win the first set 25-9!
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  Week #11 - Defending the Den: Volleyball Badgers Advance to the Finals!

  10/29/2025
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Quantico had tall, skilled blockers, and they started shifting their position towards the left side of the court once Sofia got the ball on two. Everybody in the gym knew where the ball was going: outside to #3. Lola started her approach, reared back, and put so much force into her swing that it made gravity reconsider its job. Quantico's blockers got their hands on the ball, but their return landed out of bounds right in front of Coach Anna, and the Badgers threw their hands in the air to celebrate a magical win!
  
  On the road at Quantico only twelve days ago, the Badgers won the first set 25-20. It wasn't easy, but Sofia and Maya were excellent from the service line, Claire was firing on all cylinders, and the Badgers gained confidence as they took on an undefeated opponent on the road. While Tandem played well for the rest of the match, the Badgers did not win another set. Some call it "the second set curse." But it's almost Halloween - and curses are off the table. More on that later.
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  Week #11 - Historic Effort for Tandem XC: Boys 1st With a Sweep, Girls Take 2nd at GPAC Championships

  10/29/2025
  When you truly leave it all out there on the course, you do more than just cross a finish line - you define what it means to be a Cross Country runner. On a cold, dreary afternoon at Darden Towe Park, the Tandem Varsity Cross Country team completed a challenging 5K course with their legs on empty, but with a full heart, knowing they gave absolutely everything that they had.  

   

  It was 35 degrees on Saturday morning, and the Cross Country team gathered to do an incredibly challenging workout: "The Badger." With only four days before the GPAC Championships, our athletes put in some serious hard work - a brutal interval workout with no rest to speak of, only more speedy running in between each repetition. It was very cold, which served as excellent preparation for this afternoon, and not a single runner complained. Instead, they extended their stride, focused on their splits and moved one step closer to their goals. 

   

  How do we know if these athletes met those goals today? Well, how about this: EVERY SINGLE TANDEM GIRL RAN THEIR BEST TIME EVER TODAY. EVERY. SINGLE. FEMALE. RUNNER. AND THE TANDEM BOYS SWEPT THE MEET - earning 1st, 2nd, 3rd AND 4th place for the best possible score of 10 points.  Between the two squads, the Tandem's Varsity Cross Country Team brought home 11 all-conference medals, two plaques, one GPAC runner-of-the-year, super proud coaches, and some very happy (and tired) Badgers.
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• Week #10 - Tandem Cyclist Wins Race

  10/23/2025
  Tandem sophomore Grace Muehlman has been a competitive mountain biker for several years. She is a member of the local Charlottesville Racing Club, which competes as part of the Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League (part of the league). Last weekend, Grace won the Sophomore Girls title in the second race of this year's series, held at Monticello High School. Her time of 38:30:12 (see full results here) was 90 seconds faster than in her first race of the season, in which she placed fourth. Way to go, Grace!