The boys and girls track team had a strong start to their season today with both teams finishing second place an away meet against Bloom Carroll, Whitehall, and Bexley!

Academy girls faced a challenging opponent in today’s match as they contended with D1 New Albany. After leading the whole game, the Vikes fell to the Eagles in the final minutes. The final score was 16-15.

Written by Maddie Vaziri’16 April 3, 2015 In fewer than two weeks, Indiana governor cracks under public pressure to correct the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Amendments to the laws meant to assure that RFRA will allow no discrimination. While the original gave businesses a window for selective service, the updated law prevents them, “from using…

Written by Maddie Vaziri’16 April 2, 2015 Let the Indiana government keep the Religious Freedom Restoration Act because we Ohioans would love to reap the benefits of the bill’s stupidity. Let the businesses disturbed by RFRA seek comfort in the open-minded markets of Columbus. Let the musicians appalled by now legalized backwardness exchange their Indiana…

On Saturday, March 7th, the boys were down 31-23 at halftime against Grandview, the number one seed. But in the third quarter, the Vikings put everything they had into the game and started to score like crazy.

In its first tournament game, the Vikings defeated Bishop Ready 64-52. Halftime was close at 26-25. But Academy turned it around and scored 26 points in the 3rd quarter. Freshman, Solomon Pierre-Louis’s dunk ended the game.  The boys face Grandview (at Grandview) at 5PM on Saturday March 7th.

With regular season over, CA’s wrestlers headed into the sectionals on Saturday, February 28. These matches were heavily contested, because of the concentration of wrestlers.

On February 28th, the girls team placed 6th overall, and the boys tied for 20th, their highest placement since 2012!

The Academy’s  lack of recognition for “American Sniper” was surprising, considering the film was a smash hit by any estimation. As of Oscar Sunday, it had grossed north of $320 million, accounting for more than half of the combined earnings of all eight Best Picture nominees. Reception to the film was markedly positive among military…

Today, February 25th, 9th grader, Esther Lawrence competed in the Division II State Diving championship and finished 4th! She was one of Central Ohio’s top finishers.