Seniors Luke Nester an Jake Huddleston qualify for states. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Saturday, October 31, seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston competed at Pickerington North for regionals, where the top 28 individuals and 7 teams qualified for states. Nester clocked in at 16:55.9 for 14th place, and Huddleston placed after 25th with a time of…

District champ; senior Luke Nester. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Saturday, October 24, the boys cross country team had a heartbreaking 4th place finish out of 8 teams just two points behind third at districts at Hilliard Darby (only 3 teams advance from districts). Seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston qualified individually. Nester dominated the field, with…

Senior Luke Nester and Junior Cy Richardson in homestretch. (Courtesy/Thomas DeVore)   On Saturday, October 17, our boys cross country team raced hard to snag the MSL runner-up title at Buckeye Valley High School. On the challenging course, our boys ran through gravel, mulch, mud, and trees to rack up 50 points, only 15 behind first-place…

Seniors Luke Nester, Calvin Wade, and Cooper Schnitzer (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Friday, October 6, our boys cross country team placed 6th out of 11 teams at the Hilliard Darby Dash, the last meet before the postseason. Our boys racked up 146 points on the flat 2-mile course. Senior Luke Nester flew through the course, with a split…

Peter Heerman’22 dashes to finish line. Cy Richardson’22 strides out to finish. Jake Huddleston’21 sprints. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Saturday, October 3, our boys cross country took home 9th out of 15 teams at the Berlin Bear Dash. On the flat course in the sub-50 degree weather, seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston finished first and…

Senior Luke Nester sprints to the finish. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Saturday, September 26, the boys cross country team took sixth out of 12 teams in a Divison I meet at the 25th Annual Tiger Cross Country Invitational at Pickerington Central.  In the boys’ biggest meet of the season so far, Luke Nester’21 sprinted to second…

Senior Cooper Schnitzer dashes to finish line. (Courtesy/Amy Huddleston) On Saturday, September 12, the boyscross country team toed the starting line with Bexley, Grandview Heights, and Newark Catholic for its second home meet. Luke Nester’21 dropped 19 seconds from last weekend’s race to finish second with a 15:55.49. Jake Huddleston’21 followed close behind with a…

(Senior Parade photos are Courtesy of Sandy Doyle Ahern and Mike Ahern) At 2:40 p.m. on May 1, dozens of faculty and staff members outfitted with face masks lined up at 8-feet apart on Campus Drive to bid the graduating seniors farewell as their families and the soon-to-be graduates circled Columbus Academy for the last…