Monthly Archives: January 2017

(Photo/Whitney Dankworth’17) When confronted with adversity and struggle, people can choose to harbor a pessimistic outlook and traverse the road to despair to which it leads—or look at even the toughest of circumstances through a positive lens—resolving simply to fight and not allow such adversity to affect us negatively. On January 23, Mr. Jake Counts,…

(Photo/Maggie McCann’17) Conga lines, crowd surfing, solo dancers in a circle. Decorations celebrated the Year of the Rooster in Academy’s new Dining Hall on Saturday, January 28. The highlight of Winter Formal’s entertainment was senior Andrew Leader as the night’s DJ. Leder’s playlist included some of his favorites such as “Bad and Boujee.” Leader also…

Tori Abell’18 shoots a free throw. (Photo/Olivia Ryan’18) The girls basketball team had a rough week, suffering four defeats out of its five games. Although they continued to improve their skills, the Vikings could not keep pace with their fierce opponents. On Tuesday, January 24, our girls traveled to Wellington. The JV team kept a…

Coming off a big win in its five-team tournament on January 21, the boys wrestling team traveled to Amanda Clearcreek  to take on multiple opponents in the OHSAA state duals regional quarter final on Wednesday, January 25th. Unfortunately for the Vikes, this meet didn’t go as well as they hoped. Each wrestler only had one…

This spring, Academy’s theatre program will present The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical about an asocial man who attempts to cure his sadness by playing a recording of his favorite musical as it comes alive around him. Through a reading committee comprised of students, this musical was chosen with intent to provoke laughter from the audience and attain…

(Photo/Olivia Ryan’18) The CA boys basketball team is red-hot. After beating Whitehall, Patriot Academy, and West Jefferson this past week, the Vikes have extended their winning streak to 8 games. Academy is now 13-3 on the season and looks ready for a difficult last stretch of the regular season. On Tuesday, January 24, the Vikings…

(Photo/Chris Heerman’18) At the  MSL meet Saturday January 28, Academy broke six records, with both the girl and boys teams reaching first place. The meet started out with an intense 200-yard medley relay. With a 1:37.22, Max Dreisbach ’18, Nate Goldfarb’17, Jacob Eismann’19, Jack Campbell’19, shattered the pool record as good competition and excitement filled…

For both the boys and girls bowling teams at Academy, this last week was a busy one. Both teams bowled four matches over four days, facing Northland, Columbus International, Linden-McKinley, and Bishop Hartley. The boys went 2-2, picking up victories over Columbus International and Linden-McKinley. Senior captain Nick Smith and seniors Hamza Kashubeck, Jacob Taub, …

The boys wrestling team hosted a five-team tournament on Saturday, January 21. Coming off a week of two matches, they knew winning would be difficult. The Vikes endured some tough battles, headlined by junior co-captain Josh Pearson’s final match. After falling behind 2-0, Pearson stormed back to win, leading him to first place in the…