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Monthly Archives: January 2019

Sports

Boys Swimming Conquers Academy Invitational

Vikes take home gold and silver. (Andrew Barren’22/Media) On Friday, January 18, the AquaVikes hosted their annual Academy Invitational, facing off against Bexley, Chillicothe, Worthington Christian, Hamilton Township, and Licking Heights. The boys team took the competition by storm, placing first with 154 points, over twice the score of second place. The Vikings placed both…

Sports

Girls Basketball Splits Matchups

Sophomore Kayla McClendon breezes by her defender. (Riley Hennessy’20/Media) Coming into last week with a 4-7 record of the season, the Academy girls basketball team took on Delaware Christian and Horizon Science Academy after a matchup against league rival Worthington Christian was postponed. On Tuesday, January 15, the Vikes traveled to Delaware, looking to stay…

A&E

Review: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

 Artwork for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Flickr   As I watched yet another Nintendo Direct come to a close, this being the one streamed live on March 8, 2018, I was left with a feeling of discontent. Something was missing. Sure, plenty of deluxe editions of games that had previously been released for the Wii…

Opinion & Editorial

A Tribute to Academy’s Junior Speeches

The Junior Speech is a long-standing Academy Tradition with a continued purpose. (Pixabay) Exiting the theater this past Thursday, January 17, I know I wasn’t the only Academy student moved by the four speeches I had just listened to.   And I also know that this wasn’t the first time I had left Schoedinger feeling…

News

Franklinton’s Gravity: Who Gets in, Who Does Not

Rendering of Gravity when it opens this spring. (gravityproject.com)   The landscape of Franklinton District has changed drastically in just the past year due to the rise of some major revitalization projects, including the Scioto Peninsula Development’s new Veterans Memorial and COSI’S 6.5 acre park, with an underground parking lot.   More recently, Gravity, a $70 million…

Sports

Wrestlers Split Super-Tri

Keir Gorospe’21 spirals his opponent. (Kayla Podgurski’19/Media) On Tuesday, January 15, the Columbus Academy wrestling team went 1-1 in its Super Tri-match versus Linden-McKinley and Liberty Union. Opening up the evening versus Linden-McKinley, the Vikes ran away with an easy victory over the Panthers, finishing at 42-14. Highlights of the match included victories from Thomas…

A&E

Harvest Pizza: Classic with a Modern Twist

(House Pepperoni Pizza. Courtesy/Flickr) For many of us, pizza is a comfort food, but sometimes the greasy varieties don’t hit exactly right. So when something new and fresh comes along, that kind is hard to turn down. Harvest Pizza, with five locations in central Ohio, is an upscale, modern pizza restaurant that serves 15 different pizzas, including…

Sports

Girls Swimming Takes Win, 14th

Inji Kang’19 races in the 200 meter. (Andrew Barren’22/Media) While we were on Winter Break, the Viking’s swim squad wasn’t resting, with triumphs over Olentangy Berlin on Saturday, December 15, and Granville on Thursday, December 20, and Dover on Saturday, January 5. The AquaVikes began the new year with a bang, starting on Thursday, January…

Sports

Wrestling Takes Home Wins

Christopher Sugar’21 holds off opponent. (Sarah Neltner’20/Media) The Columbus Academy wrestling team improved its record over the past two weeks, racking up wins over St. Charles, Beechcroft, Fredericktown, and Centerburg. The Vikes opened up Winter Break with a dual match against St. Charles and Beechcroft on Thursday, December 20th, taking home the victory in both.…

News

Consumer Electronic Show: Ingenious and Eccentric

The gateway to a world of innovation and creativity. (Flickr, CC0)   This past week, Las Vegas hosted the annual Consumer Electronic Show (commonly abbreviated as CES), which features more than 4,500 exhibiting companies that look to prove that their technology is both innovative and cutting-edge. The show is spread throughout 11 different venues and…