Sep 24

Written By Chelsea Grobelny

*From the MS Crusader Sports Desk | Neil Grepke

RECENT SCORES

6th Grade Boys Flag Football
Faith Maroon 25
Adelson 0
6th Grade Volleyball
Faith Black 25, 25
Legacy Southwest 9, 23
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Faith Maroon 2
Meadows Silver 0
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Doral Saddle 25, 25
Faith Black 21, 12
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Las Vegas Day School 2
Faith Gray 0
Girls Flag Football
Legacy Cadence 28
Faith 6th Grade 13
6th Grade Boys Flag Football
Faith Gold 18
Alexander Dawson 6
6th Grade Boys Flag Football
Faith Maroon 12
Faith Gray 0
6th Grade Volleyball
Faith Maroon 2
Cornerstone 0
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Faith Gray 2
International Christian Academy 0
12u Tackle Football
Wolverines 12
Faith 8
13u Tackle Football
Wolverines 24
Faith 0
6th Grade Flag Football
Faith Gray 18
Faith Gold 6
6th Grade Flag Football
Faith Gray 13
Dawson 6
6th Grade Volleyball
Rosemary Clarke 7/8 B-Team 2
Faith Maroon 0
6th Grade Flag Football
Faith Gold 13
Adelson 0
6th Grade Volleyball
Faith Black 2
Doral Cactus 0
6th Grade Flag Football
Faith Maroon 24
Green Valley Christian 0
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Faith Black 2
Doral Cactus 0
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Faith Maroon 2
TCMI 0
7th/8th Grade Volleyball
Faith 2
Dawson Red 0
12U Tackle Football
Nike Darkside 32
Faith Lutheran 0
6th Grade Volleyball
Faith Maroon 2
Dawson 0
13U Tackle Football
Nike Darkside 26
Faith Lutheran 0

LATEST STORIES

10/1/26 | Crusaders host conference meet

Faith’s cross country runners dominated the regular season Red Rock Athletic Conference meet at home Thursday, October 1. Olivia Tobin won the 6th grade girls’ race. Robert Trares won the 6th grade boys’ race. Lyla Baumgart won the 7th and 8th grade girls’ race. And Roman Calvo finished third in the 7th and 8th grade boys’ race.

Other results for the 6th grade girls: Sadie Ault (2nd), Savannah Ault (3rd), Rosalie Matthew (5th), Lia Campanale (7th), Eden Hutton (11th), Parker Cohen (12th), Gemma Nicolan (21st), Penelope Sanderson (22nd), Reagan Brandt (32nd), Celia Mossman (33rd), and Marley Pappas (34th).

Other results for the 6th grade boys: John Carter (2nd), Keiji McLemore (3rd), Antonios Pytikakis (6th), Andrew Abraham (10th), Tyler Chan (24th), Luke Jordan (44th), and Diego Rundell (46th).

Other results for the 7th and 8th grade girls: Mary Hansen (3rd), Morgan Stelmachowicz (4th), Ayla Lorenz (6th), Sadie Sanders (7th), Harper Schwartz (11th), Kelsey Miranda (13th), Peyton Garcia (15th), Vivian Jivapong (16th), Megan Phelps (22nd).

Other results for the 7th and 8th grade boys: Dylan Trares (4th), Carter Wada (6th), Cam Poteete (7th), Jayden Lee (9th), Zach Franks (11th), Jonah Kebede (12th), Caden Teter (15th), Judah Meyer (16th), Luke Pappas (17th), Daniel Douglass (18th), Max Kirch (19th), Austin Moore (21st), and Reza Mohommed (24th).

The cross country team is back in action Saturday in the CSN Invitational at Floyd Lamb State Park. The first race is at 10:20 a.m. The Crusaders host the conference at 4:30 on Wednesday, October 14.

9/30/26 | 6th grade girls flag football falls to Legacy Cadence

Battling in the 7th and 8th grade league, the Faith 6th graders dropped a contest, 28-13, vs. Legacy Cadence at Alexander Dawson Wednesday, September 30.

Faith is back in action Saturday at 4 p.m. at Doral Red Rock.

9/30/26 | Maroon seventh- and eighth-graders sweep Meadows Silver

After a rough start, falling behind 4-0 in Game 1, Faith’s 7th-8th grade Maroon team bounced back to sweep Meadows Silver in two games Wednesday, September 30 at home.

The Maroon team travels to Las Vegas Day School to play their Navy team Monday, October 5, at 4:30 p.m.

9/30/26 | Doral saddles 7th-8th Crusader Black with first loss

At Faith, Game 1 had 13 lead changes and an 18-12 Crusader lead, but Doral Saddle defeated 7th-8th Crusader Black 25-21, 25-12.

In the first game, Gabriella Gillis served Faith to a 4-0 lead, but Doral bounced back with five straight to start a string of back-and-forth scores until a Kelyn Dylan tip gave Faith a 10-8 lead. Gianna Porter would extend Faith’s lead to 13-9 at the service line until a Doral side-out followed their timeout.

Kinsley Coxon served three straight points to give Faith its biggest lead, 18-12, but then Doral began a comeback, tying things at 19 before Faith briefly edged ahead by one. From there, Doral would tie and take the lead for good, unfazed by a Charlie Ford kill to keep it close, 21-22.

Doral rode its momentum through the second game, capping it with a 6-point run to close out the night.

Crusader Black hosts Doral Red Rock on Monday, October 12, at 6 p.m.

9/30/26 | 6th grade Crusader Black dispatches Legacy Southwest, 25-9, 25-23

At Faith Lutheran, September 30, Legacy Southwest took a 2-0 lead in Game 1 and would never lead again. Faith’s Avery Vejabul rattled off five straight points, including four aces to give the home team a 6-3 lead. The Crusaders would never trail again, winning the match 25-9, 25-23.

Lillyana Abrao served 10 straight points to extend a 14-8 to 24-8 before pulling just wide left. Legacy surrendered Game 1 on a short serve.

Game 2 was much closer, though Vejabul served Faith to a 3-0 lead, then Paige Seifman served five straight to make it 10-3. Legacy would scratch back into it, drawing to within one, 10-9. Valentina Capdevila stepped up for faith and served three straight points to give the Crusaders a 14-9 cushion. Faith would slowly extend that lead to 24-17 before a strong serving run from the other side pushed the Crusaders into a nail-biter, 24-23. Faith triumphed in a long rally to finish the game and match, 25-23.

Crusader Black hosts Meadows Blue A at 5 p.m. on October 12.

9/29/26 | 6th Grade Maroon vs Adelson Lions

The 6th grade Maroon flag football team continued its roll at Adelson Tuesday, September 29 with a 25-0 victory.

On Maroon's first defensive drive, Gunnar Netski intercepted a deep pass.

On the ensuing offensive drive, Netski connected with Matthew Blumberg for a 12 yard reception, then Netski would keep one for 13 yards, before the drive ended with a 5 yard touchdown pass to Johnny Davood. The Crusaders led, 6-0, at halftime.

Coming out of half, Gunnar Netski found his brother Ryder Netski for a 30-yard gain. The Crusaders would then score on a reverse pass from Blumberg to Landon Stilley, with the conversion good on a pass from Gunnar Netski to Sawyer Kofoed. After a 4 & out, turnover on downs, Gunnar Netski would find Aison Tsitsinakis for a 21-yard touchdown.

On the first play of Adelson's next drive, Stilley would get an interception of his own, and on Maroon's first offensive play, Gunnar Netski found Rone Knox for a 24 yard touchdown.

Maroon is back in action October 7 against Crusader Gray.

9/28/26 | Volleyball notches wins at two levels

6th grade Maroon volleyball beat Cornerstone, 2-0, on Monday, September 28, and 7th-8th Gray followed with a 2-0 sweep over International Christian Academy.

The later match started with a lot of back and forth for the short-handed Crusaders. There were 5 lead changes before a 7-point run pushed Faith out to a 15-9 lead which they would never surrender.

On Wednesday, September 30, the 7th-8th gray team travels to Las Vegas Day School at 4:30 p.m. 6th grade Maroon plays at Day School Navy on October 5 at 4:30 p.m.

9/28/26 | Gold and Maroon win in 6th grade boys flag football

Maroon team defensive back Gunnar Netski had an interception on Gray’s opening drive. On the first offensive play play, Netski ran a quarterback keeper for 13 yards before throwing a touchdown to Landon Stilley for 20 yards.

Gray team threatened to tie or go ahead late in the first half, reaching the Maroon 10 yard line before giving up another interception to Netski had another interception as time expired.

On the opening drive of second half Gunnar Netski connected with Ryder Netski for a 22 yard gain, then Gunnar ran it for another 20 yards, before Landon Stilley took a screen pass 38 yards to the endzone.

Maroon won, 12-0, in game shortened slightly by lightning.

Elsewhere in 6th grade flag football play, Gold team beat Alexander Dawson, 18-6.

Maroon plays again Sept. 29 at home. Gray and Maroon have rematch October 7 at 6:30 p.m.

9/28/26 | Robert Trares shines among Crusader cross country runners

Monday, September 28, at James Regional Park, four Faith Lutheran cross country teams competed against a large conference field with 6th grader Robert Trares notching the top Faith Lutheran finish, taking first in the boys’ race.

Olivia Tobin had the next-best finish for the Crusaders, coming in 4th in the 5th and 6th grade girls’ race out of 106 runners. Lyla Baumgart had the next-best finish amongst all grades for Faith, taking sixth place in the 7th and 8th grade girls’ race out of 101 runners. Dylan Trares paced the Crusader 7th and 8th grade boys, finishing 21st out of 131 runners.

Savannah Ault, Sadie Ault and Rosalie Matthew also had Top 10 finishes for the 6th grade Crusader girls. Keiji McLemore, John Carter and Antonios Pytikakis had Top 10 finishes for the 6th grade boys. Mary Hanson finished 8th for the 7th and 8th grade girls. Roman Calvo finished 23rd for the 7th and 8th grade boys.

9/26/26 | Wolverines sweep Crusaders

At Anne and Dana White Stadium Saturday, September 26, the 12u Crusaders marched down inside the Wolverine 10-yard-line with four minutes to play, but the drive stalled out on the 9 to leave the score 12-8. In the earlier game, the 13u lost to the Wolverines, 24-0.

Both teams return to action Saturday, October 3 at Cheyenne High School. The 13u Crusaders face the Henderson Punishers at 8:15 a.m., and the 12u plays the Northtown Wolfpack at 10 a.m.

9/24/26 | Gray upends Gold, 18-6 (6th Grade Flag Football)

Gray team kicked off the scoring with a 4th down conversion touchdown from Griffin Sutherland to Cameron Horn 40 yards down the sideline.

Sutherland added a second touchdown on a run up the middle after making a few defenders miss. Cameron Horn also scored for Gray on a motion run from about the 10 yard line. No extra point conversions were successful.

Horn finished the game with five receptions, two touchdowns, an interception and three tackles for loss. Sutherland had 130 yards passing.

9/24/26 | 6th Grade Girls Flag Football wins in overtime

In overtime, Mya Gushue ran a reverse and handed it off to Journi Northington for the winning touchdown and Katherine Todd caught the conversion pass to put the Crusaders ahead of Doral Saddle, 26-19. Tatum Kuhnwald finished the game with an interception at the goal line to seal the win for Faith in the 6th-8th grade flag football league.

Northington and Taylor Redmond contributed long runs on offense for the Crusaders. Jillian McDonnell and Ainsley Dunn both had big passes at quarterback and Rome DiGregorio made key receptions throughout the game. Kuhnwald and Keira Stromer both helped pace the Faith offense.

On defense Faith was led by a host of Crusaders and some big stops were made by Margaux McCauley, Everly Payne, Nina Pimenta, Emi Arias and Hazel Phillips.

9/22/26 | 7th-8th Maroon slays the Knights

The 7th and 8th grade Maroon volleyball team dispatched the TCMI Knights Tuesday, 25-14 and 25-17. The Crusaders got a great serving run from Chloe Raymond and Abbey Anderson nailed her passing in serve receive.

“They were the toughest competition we’ve seen so far, but the girls did a great job staying focused,” coach Meg Kinkenon said. “Our serving was really strong and helped us finish the night in two.”

9/22/26 | 6th Grade Volleyball (Maroon B Team) downs Dawson

The 6th grade Maroon team won its season opener at Alexander Dawson, sweeping both games by more than 10 points each. Coaches lauded the Crusaders’ communication and passing vs.the Bears.

9/22/26 | 13u Tackle Football defeats the Las Vegas Lights, 16-12

The Crusaders got touchdowns by Brady Kotake and Trevor Hallowell, both thrown by Davis McKay. Coming up big on defense was Dylan Letestu with two fumble recoveries.

Coach Derek Montomery attributed the win to the Crusaders buying into the slogan: "Don't Cheat The Grind"

9/22/26 | 6th Grade Flag Football Maroon Team defeats Las Vegas Day School, 13-6

The Maroon flag football team started the season 1-0 with a stalwart defensive effort at Day School, topping the Scorpions, 13-6.

With the game on the line, Brady Foppes broke up a deep pass on 4th-and-2 in the final minute, forcing a turnover on downs and giving the Crusaders the ball back, where they took over with just a minute left and successfully kneeled out the clock to secure the win.

In the first half, Ryder Netski came up with a big interception, giving the Crusaders momentum and setting up their first scoring drive, Netski and Sawyer Kofoed then caught consecutive 20-yard passes to move the offense down the field. Gunnar Netski added a 10-yard run before he connected with his twin brother Ryder Netski for a 4-yard touchdown, giving the Crusaders the lead 6-0.

After forcing a 3 and out, on the next drive, Gunnar Netski broke off a 20-yard run. Kofoed made another big play with a 20-yard deep-ball reception and Rone Knox added a 10-yard catch to keep the drive moving before Gunnar Netski finished the drive with a 5-yard rushing touchdown. Offensive lineman Sebastian Flores then caught the 1-point conversion, making the score 13-0.

“For our first game, I was satisfied with the way we played, especially against a long-time rival like LVDS,” coach Josh Lee said. “We made some mistakes that we need to clean up, but I was proud of how the team competed and stayed together.”

Matthew Blumberg led the Maroon defense with 3 sacks.

“Our defense really stepped up and made some big plays when we needed them,” Lee said. “There’s still a lot we can improve on, but getting a win is a great way to start the season”