Warm-up: Ella Morris and Claudia Klingbeil (Courtesy/Mark L’Hommedieu) On Tuesday, October 20, our girls played their first game in the postseason following a strong regular season showing that gave the team the one-seed in its division. This game was on Carlin Field against Dublin Coffman, the 18-seed. Even though the squad was expected to steamroll…
Cydney Platt’21 serves. Olivia Pierre-Louis’21 tipsnet. Sophia Constantine’23 follows on a serve. (Courtesy Mr. Ahern) On Tuesday, October 20, the Columbus Academy girls volleyball team fell to Northridge 3-0 in the first round of districts. The Vikes fought hard but were outlasted with set scores of 25-14, 25-10, and 25-11. While this was the last…
(Courtesy/dreamstime) The ditty of “In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue,” has echoed throughout elementary-school hallways in America for decades, introducing young students to the overwhelmingly Eurocentric and egregiously flawed narrative–too common in American curricula. What the above phrase fails to address is Christopher Columbus’ acts of racism, murder, enslavement, and rape of the rightful…
(Courtesy/Christy Bening) Food Drive 2.0 begins this Wednesday, October 21st. Thanks to Lauren Motta ‘21, Tsega Seleshi ‘21, and Hannah Clay ‘21 who organized the Food Drive box making event after the PSAT, there are more than 100 boxes around campus to place donations. Over 30 families will be fed if every CA community member…
Social distancing: vital to on-campus life (Pixabay). CA requires several measures to enforce social distancing: seating is spaced six-feet apart, one-way hallways, disinfecting desktops. As carefully planned as these policies are, some groups of students are not following procedures. It’s up to us to keep our community safe.
Ellie Vasilkov’21 serves the ball. (Courtesy Mr. Ahern) The Columbus Academy girls volleyball team wrapped up the regular season with two final matches before the district tournament. The Volleyball Vikes faced Worthington Christian on Thursday, October 15. Our girls fought hard, but they ultimately fell to the Warriors 7-25, 21-25, and 13-25. On Saturday, October…
Yasmin Bilgin’24 winds up. Arya Chabria’24 looks to return. Lauren Motta’21 prepares for power serve. (Emily Motta’23) After a clean sweep at the sectional tournament, the Columbus Academy girls tennis team looked to continue its winning streak by sending three individuals and two doubles duos to the district tournament on Thursday, October 15, and Saturday,…
Senior Maggie Walther. Junior Emma Yakam cuts to space (Lorn Spolter/ Courtesy) Our girls soccer team kicked off a busy week on Tuesday, October 13, facing off against rival Wellington at home. Junior Sophie Spolter played her way to a shutout, while goals by senior Katie Schiano and junior Emma Yakam propelled the Vikes to a 2-0…
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