Category Archives: Upper School

Player Highlight: Xavier Davis, Cougar Varsity Football Rising Star

By Ryder Bradley Collegiate Junior Xavier “Xay” Davis (‘25) is one of the top football athletes in the state of Virginia. Davis,…

Opinion: Two Nations, Two Lives

The opinions published by The Match are solely those of the author, and not of the entire publication, its staff, or Collegiate School. The Match welcomes…

Snapshot: The Work Of Jason Messick

By Sam Beckler and Brennan Heims Jason Messick started his engineering career building custom motorcycles at a shop in Washington, DC. He…

Snapshot: Sharp Café Coffee

By Harper Hope      If you are a member of the Collegiate Upper School community, then you must be aware of…

Snapshot: Abby Carley (‘26) Reviews The Great Gatsby

By Mary Ann Zyglocke and Oreoluwa Tokan-Lawal On a recent October morning, Abby Carley (‘26) was found reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The…

Collegiate Speech and Debate: Rapid Rise

By Claire Lareau In fall 2021, two Collegiate Juniors, Lila Rogers (‘23) and Hudson Neese (‘23), banded together with then-new Upper School…

Steve Hart: Collegiate’s Craftiest Coach

By Madison Lewis “Funny” and “relatable” are two words to describe Upper and Middle School woodworking teacher and track coach Steve Hart…

Sam Hahn (’25): Future Golf Star

By Rhodes Sinnott On August 4, 2005, a prodigy was born. Growing up in a family of four sisters, three of whom…

Dona Rehm-Robles: New College Counselor

By Mary Katherine Brost New Upper School college counselor Dona Rehm-Robles always loved the idea of being a college counselor. Her family’s…

Snapshot: Kickin’ with Nik

By Braden Bell and George Simonton Varsity football kicker Nikhil DePalma (’24) is known throughout the Collegiate community for his sniper-like accuracy…