List of 5 news stories.

• Week #25 - Varsity Boys Advance to Finals

  2/19/2026
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Varsity Boys Basketball - The Tandem Badgers trailed 55-46 with just under five minutes to go in the game. Randolph Macon had just taken their largest lead of the game when their point guard scored off an offensive rebound. The old adage tells us that it's very difficult to beat a team three times in one season. This is true, but tonight, it was more about the following question: how badly did the home team want it?

   

  The Badgers worked the ball inside to Sean, who spun to his left. As soon as it  came off the rim, Isaac was there for the tip-in. The deficit was down to 7. The next time down, Sean got doubled on the block and looked to the opposite wing, where he found Tre, who drove the ball to the basket. Tre made a smooth bounce pass to a cutting Sin, who finished among the trees in traffic. The deficit was down to 5. 
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• Week #25 - Varsity Girls Wrap Up Special Season!

  2/19/2026
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Varsity Girls Basketball - "I think we can win four games this year," Ginger shared with her 11th grade teammates before the season began. Maya, Catriona, Juli, Elisabeth and Madeline have all been on the team since their 9th Grade season, and the improvement has been enormous. During the 23-24 season, the Badgers came away with one victory. Last year, the Badgers won twice, including a 23-point game from Maya on the road at Stuart Hall. This season, the Varsity Girls Basketball team won SEVEN TIMES, more than tripling their win total from last season. The team swept both Foxcroft and WCDS, and also beat RMA, Quantico, and Fredericksburg Academy on the road in the playoffs! And with a roster that features only two seniors, plus reinforcements from the Middle School tournament champions on their way, the sky is the limit.

   

  Tonight's GPAC Semi-Final at Highland was the third time the two teams have met this season. The Girls Varsity Badgers earned the right to play this afternoon by winning - and winning big - yesterday at Fredericksburg Academy. The team scored a season high of 52 points!!! Aoife had 14 and Annie 11 in the first quarter, on pace for 72 and 44 points respectively! I have exciting news - they're both just ninth graders!
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• Week #25 - Varsity Girls Win and Advance to the Semi-Finals!

  2/18/2026
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Varsity Girls Basketball - It's been one month and four days since the Varsity Girls Badgers last played Fredericksburg Academy. Tandem gave up 49 points that afternoon, a game they played without Aoife and Hadley. It was also a day when Annie was not feeling her best. The team lost by 19. Since then, the Badgers have put in a ton of work and have improved enormously. 

   

  Fast forward to February 17 and the quarter-Final Match Up between #4 Fredericksburg Academy and #5 Tandem Friends. Aoife won the opening tip, batting the ball ahead to Annie, who scored the first basket of the game on a strong drive through multiple defenders. On the other end, Aoife got the rebound, and she went coast to coast with perfect footwork. Moments later, after Juli stole the ball, Maya found Annie cutting to the rim off of beautiful execution - and the Badgers were up 7-0.
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  Week #25 - Champions!! MS Girls Win Inaugural Grymes Tournament Title, MS Boys Win Big to Take Third!

  2/17/2026
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Middle School Girls Basketball - Congratulations to the Tandem Middle School Girls Basketball Badgers, Champions of the Inaugural Grymes Invitational Tournament! The last two days were an absolute blast, and was such an extraordinary way to wrap up a magical season! The team has improved SO MUCH, and to illustrate that, please indulge me as I share a short timeline below.

   

  November 12, 2025

  With crutches at her side, Hadley sat in a chair at the elbow, setting up her teammates in passing drill. We moved her chair around - sometimes she was a passer, or a ball handler, or maybe a rebounder. The team looked different then. Sunrise, despite my daily invitations, had not joined the team. Cora had not become the incredible rebounding force she is now, and Cypress had not yet scored six straight points in practice. Zuri had not yet added a plethora of post moves. Hattie already had an amazing basketball IQ, but the full version of her aggressiveness had not yet arrived. Zoey had not yet led the team in scoring for three consecutive games, Raquel had not made a barrage of jump shots, and Sam had not yet become a confident point guard.
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• Week #24 - Medals Galore: Indoor Track and Field Excels at VISAA States!

  2/13/2026
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  It was seven degrees outside last Saturday at 9:00 in the morning when Tandem's Varsity Indoor Track and Field team gathered to work out at UVA. Undeterred by the weather, the Badgers have continued to train hard - logging heavy miles, doing yoga with Sofia and flying at a very difficult to sustain threshold pace.

   

  One of the most decorated athletes in Tandem Friends School history, Hayes took gold in the 3200 meters, winning the race by 16 seconds in a blazing time of 9:42. To describe Hayes as an elite distance runner does not even scratch the surface of what he has accomplished. This is Hayes' second state title this school year - he also won the VISAA State Cross Country Championship in the fall (and in 2024). Additionally, Hayes won the 3200 at the 2025 Outdoor Track and Field VISAA State Championships. This performance gives him his fourth individual state title at times that most college runners could only dream of.
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