Crusader News

List of 6 news stories.

  • Four Crusaders Sign NLI

    Congratulations to four Faith Lutheran athletes as they signed their NLI on Wednesday, November 13th. Kade Gerboc-Chun is headed to Hawaii Pacific to  play baseball, Ace Hansen will attend Wofford College to play baseball, Riley Renteria has committed to University of Evansville for soccer and Jacey Phillips will attend Western Kentucky for soccer.  Congratulations to all these athletes and their families!
  • Faith Lutheran stops 2-point try in OT to return to title game

    Top-seeded Faith Lutheran stopped a 2-point conversion in overtime to pull out a 35-34 home victory over No. 3 Shadow Ridge in the Class 5A Divsion II Southern League title game Friday. Read more
  • Faith Lutheran girls beat Liberty in OT for 5A soccer title!

    Faith Lutheran girls soccer coach Carl Cort said his team was a “bit dejected” going into overtime in Saturday’s Class 5A state championship match. The Crusaders were minutes away from a win until they conceded a goal to Liberty in stoppage time to set up a sudden-death overtime period.
     
    “I was wrong,” Cort said. Read more
  • No. 3 Faith Lutheran stays perfect, shuts down Green Valley

    Faith Lutheran’s football team scored through the air, on the ground and via special teams in the first half against Green Valley.
    With how dominant the Crusaders’ defense was Friday night, it was fitting that they helped put some points on the board. Read more
  • Big plays in 2nd half power Faith Lutheran past Shadow Ridge

    Faith Lutheran’s football team was outgained by more than 130 yards in the first half on Friday night at Shadow Ridge. Then the Crusaders got a spark from an unlikely source: baseball standout Rouselle Shepard.
     
    Shepard caught a 52-yard touchdown pass and had a 49-yard kickoff return to set up another score, and Cale Breslin rushed for three TDs as Faith Lutheran, No. 5 in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings, rallied for a 35-20 road win over the No. 7 Mustangs.  Read more
  • Faith Lutheran sweeps Sierra Vista in girls volleyball

    Faith Lutheran rolled to a 25-20, 25-17, 25-16 road win at Sierra Vista in a girls volleyball match Wednesday night.
    Leah Hernandez had 17 digs for Faith Lutheran (8-5, 3-1 Class 5A Desert League). Parker LaFontaine had eight kills and three aces, and Andrea Romero-Agosto added six assists for the Crusaders.
     
    Faith Lutheran next plays at Basic at 6 p.m. Sept. 19, and Sierra Vista (14-6, 3-2) plays at Shadow Ridge at 6 p.m. Monday.

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Crusader Elite

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  • Emma Kwok & Bianca Richardson

    Emma Kwok (senior) and Bianca Richardson (junior) were named the 2022-23 Co-High School Female Athletes of the Year.  Emma has excelled at track & field for the Crusaders.  Emma signed with NW Nazarene and compete for their track and field team. Bianca has excelled at volleyball for the Crusaders.
  • Rylan Walter

    Rylan Walter was named the 2022-23 High School Male Athlete of the Year.  Rylan excelled at football, basketball and track for the Crusaders.  Rylan signed his letter of intent to play football at South Dakota School of Mines.

Tradition of Excellence

Faith Lutheran boasts a proud tradition in athletics. Our teams have earned 56 State Championships and 41 State Runner-Up banners in our school’s history. We have won the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics, and Citizenship an impressive eight times. Former Crusader athletes played on teams at The Naval Academy, USC, University of Kansas, Auburn, LSU, Duke, Boise State, Princeton, University of Minnesota, Northern Arizona, Denver University and Concordia University to name a few. Our athletics program is constantly growing and improving, boasting a state of the art strength and conditioning center to help our hundreds of student athletes accomplish even more.

  • 56 State Championships and 41 State Runners-Up
  • 21 Varsity level sports at the 4A and 5A levels
  • Full time Director of Athletic Performance recognized with NSCA 
  • ‘Strength of America’ Award Winner
  • 53 Academic State Championship Awards 
  • 8 NIAA Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics, and Citizenship
  • Greenspun Cup for Academic and Athletic Excellence recipient 

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