Beat Asheville School: The Battle For The Fayssoux-Arbogast Trophy.

In the small town of Arden, North Carolina, lies a college prep school called Christ School.  Christ School provides a full college preparatory curriculum for the 215 boys enrolled. Hallmarks of the Christ School experience include small classes (10-12 boys per class); Advanced Placement and honors courses in all subjects; extensive extracurricular opportunities; and, an outstanding faculty.  The athletic program features 17 teams in 11 sports with an emphasis at the Junior Varsity level on mastering fundamentals and with the emphasis for Varsity on providing a level of play competitive within our athletic conference. Graduates attend leading national universities. 

For one week out of the school year, Christ School becomes a different place.  Seniors playing pranks.  Teachers becoming more understanding and not giving as much homework or exams.  Students excited about getting up and going to assembly or chapel.  It's the last week of October but students know it's something special.  It's Asheville School Week.  You won't see anything blue during this week and you'll see a lot of "funny" out fits and a ton of green.  Asheville School is the dreaded rival to Christ School, another college prep school across town.  The two schools battle it out every year for the Fayssoux-Arbogast Trophy.  One of the best memories of the week, was waking up to Asheville School's bell.  These sorts of pranks happen all week long.  

This is the last regular season football game for Christ School.  Most students would say that would rather loose all their games but beat Asheville School than win all the games then loose to Asheville School.  This rivalry is as big to these students as Michigan beating Ohio State.  This is a game where Alumni who graduated 50 years go come back and Alumni that graduated 1 year ago come back to cheer the Greenies on.  The game is so big that the players aren't even allowed to sleep in their own dorm rooms then night before the game.  The players are sent to sleep in either the wrestling room or other faculty member's rooms.  During that week the players, whether they are starters or even freshman that probably won't see the field, practice harder than they have all season.  It's a game where the winners are the happiest kids on earth, where the loosers are the saddest.  It's a game where you can see young men cry over a football game. 

I am proud to say I was apart of this tradition on and off the football field.  Though I didn't recieve much playing time, I didn't mind as long as we won.  The only time I ever cried because of a defeat came my final game of my senior year.