List of 5 news stories.

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  Challenge Accepted: Volleyball Badgers Open Their Season on the Road at Monticello

  8/26/2026
  Girls Varsity Volleyball

   

  Every time we walk across the street to compete against Monticello High School, people ask the following questions:

   

  1."Wait, isn't Monticello a public school?" Yes, in fact they are.

  2. "Isn't their student body much bigger than Tandem's?" Yes, they have 1,185 students enrolled - more than 11 times larger than our upper school.

  3. "Are you sure you can compete with them? Shouldn't we just play schools our own size?"

   

  I was reflecting on that third question during the second set this afternoon. The Badgers trailed early, 6-5, before Maya had a sequence of perfectly placed hits right into an empty spot in the back corner. Between the power and the precision, well, those balls easily could have caused an earthquake. The team trailed 10-8 when Emory extended her arms for a block - taking in all of the force from a powerful hit, containing it, and returning it, skillfully, to the opposing middle hitter. Zella followed that up with an ace on a snazzy jump serve, and then Confident Claire dove to dig out a pancake - sending the ball to Aoife who redirected it right behind Monticello's front line. Claire also had several aces in the third set!

   

  The Badgers took the lead, 11-10, when Aoife dove to her left, got a hand on the ball, and somehow sent it over to Maya who snapped her wrist and delivered a vicious hit at the opposing libero, who wanted nothing to do with all that force. Who could blame her? I speak for most folks - we would have ducked and covered our faces. Monticello would respond, eventually scoring five straight to go up 15-11.  
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• Badgers Win Big in 2026

  6/29/2026
  If you have ever received Tandem's weekly Friday Letter, you know that Athletic Director Dave Levy writes engaging, detailed synopses celebrating our student athletes after each game, match, or contest. To celebrate a great year of athletic achievement, we asked him to share his top 5 highlights from this year in Tandem Athletics.

  In no particular order:

  Boys Cross Country Wins Third Consecutive VISAA State Championship. The Badgers posted the fastest time in Virginia across ALL divisions for the third straight year.

  Boys Varsity Soccer Qualifies for State Tournament. After winning just one game in 2024, the Badgers had an exceptional turnaround season and earned a spot in the state tournament.

  Girls Varsity Volleyball Advances to GPAC Championship. The Badgers defeated Quantico 3–1 at home in one of their strongest performances of the season, advancing to the conference final in front of a packed crowd.

  Girls Middle School Basketball Wins Grymes Invitational. Led by five eighth graders, the team defeated Summit in the semifinals and Grymes 25–17 in the championship game. Hadley and Zoey were both named to the all-tournament team!

  Boys Varsity Basketball Wins GPAC Tournament Title. The Badgers secured the GPAC Tournament championship with a thrilling 57–55 road victory over Wakefield.

  Well done to all of our student-athletes, and GO BADGERS!
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  Week #37: "Now That's The Way You Finish A Season!"

  5/21/2026
  Varsity Track and Field - "Now that's the way you finish a season," Jason remarked as BOTH the Girls and Boys 4x400 teams broke the Tandem Track and Field 4x400 school records! Running strong as the lead leg, Claire ran an impressive 1:12, her final 400 meters in a Tandem uniform. Aoife, who has had an exceptional rookie season, ran a blazing 1:05 - setting up the team in a strong position as she made an excellent pass to Eve, who ran a strong 1:25. Lucy brought it home, running another 1:11, as the squad finished in a blazing 4:52.74, beating Fluvanna by 12 seconds and running 3 seconds faster than any Tandem Girls 4x400 Relay ever has before!

   

  Gabriel, who ran a lightning fast 53 seconds for his fourth 400 in a row, got the Boys 4x400 meter relay started! Miles, with a :54 second leg, moved the team squarely into second place, and set up Hayes who went stride for stride with Western Ablemarle, before passing his opponent on the home stretch. Peter W, who is the definition of an elite anchor leg, gave it everything he had - finishing in an impressive 3:40.67 and achieving a new school record as well! That's eight new Tandem athletes on the wall!
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  Week #37: Four Senior Athletes Sign to Play College Sports

  5/20/2026
  On Tuesday, students, faculty, family members teammates and friends gathered in the Community Hall as we celebrated four Tandem senior student athletes as they officially signed to play college sports. Congratulations to Jack B, cross country for Denison University; Sin F, basketball for Cheney University of Pennsylvania; Quis T, basketball for Wheeling University; and, Sean T, basketball for Virginia Wesleyan University (soon to be Batten University). It was wonderful to listen to their coaches and to Athletic Director Dave Levy recount the amazing careers and stats they built up at Tandem as well as honor their deep commitment and dedication to their sports. Well done, Badgers!
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  Week #37: Lightning Fast: Varsity Track and Field Puts on a Show at VISAA States

  5/20/2026
  Dave Levy, Athletic Director
  Varsity Track and Field - "And in first place, from Tandem Friends School, your Boys 400 Meter Dash VISAA State Champion, Gabriel Simon." Dropping a full two seconds off his previous time - which was also a school record - Gabriel dusted the field in a time of 53.01, earning a gold medal in his final VISAA State Championship meet. Gabriel has always come through on the biggest stage - and his ten points in the 400 set Tandem up to do something we had never done before: finish in the top five in the overall team score.

   

  There was little rest for our talented senior! He had already run an incredible 4x100 Meter Relay with Ian (who had an epic start out of the blocks), Nari (who has been elite all season) and Kemaan, who ran an excellent anchor leg. Following his relay and open 400, the meet was nearly complete, and the Badgers were in a great position - and leaned on Gabriel again as he got into his blocks to start the 4x400 Meter Relay. Gabriel delivered again - running yet another 53 second 400 - and positioning the team of Miles (:55), Kemaan (:58) and Peter W (:57) to earn 6th place, adding a few more critical points to our final total.
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