Avie Smith’19 races down the sideline (Riley Hennessy’20/Media) Following a devastating loss against rival Thomas Worthington on Tuesday, September 19, Academy’s field hockey team trained hard to bounce back. It paid off: the girls earned two hard-fought victories. On Tuesday, September 26, the Vikings clashed with Bishop Watterson at home. At the start of the…

Sophomores Kiersten Thomassey, Lauren Bernaki, Abby Yakam, and goalie Alex Phelps defend their corner. (Riley Hennessey’20/Media) Academy’s field hockey team traveled to CSG on Monday, September 18, and visited Thomas Worthington on Tuesday, September 19. The Vikes beat the Unicorns 1-0, but the Cardinals squeaked out a victory and handed CA its second loss of…

Kiersten Thomassey’20 fights off a defender. (Riley Hennessy’20/Media) Coming off of its first loss of the season, Academy’s field hockey team was ready to get back on track. Playing on their home turf for the first time in almost a month, the Vikes had battles against Bishop Hartley and Olentangy Liberty, and came away from…

A team bonding event. (Courtesy/Coach Sherine Hood) The Columbus Academy field hockey team endured its first loss of the season against Granville on Wednesday, September 6. Although the game ended in defeat for Academy, the Vikings put up a great fight. During the game, it seemed as if CA had possession of the ball at…

Academy maintained its winning streak, beating two very different opponents this week. One, Worthington Kilbourne, fought hard against Academy, but was no match for the Viking’s stellar offense. The other, Oakwood, was down a few players, so the Vikings’ primary goal was to boost team morale during the game. Academy still came away with stellar…

After last year’s devastating loss at the district finals to rival and state-champion Thomas Worthington,  this year’s field hockey team was ready to start its season with a bang. The team went to its annual clinic at University of North Carolina over the summer, and for the first time since 2012, placed first in the…

Jessica Griffin’17 at Regionals. (Chris Heermann’18/Media) After a stellar first place at districts, Academy’s girls were eager to compete at regionals this week. The competition was tough, but the team fought hard and won an impressive fourth place out of 43 teams. If a competitor places fourth or above in any individual event, she will…

Annalise Grammel’20 starts strong. (Chris Heerman’18/Media) This past week, the Vikings competed in districts at Watkins. The meet took place over 3 days because of its magnitude, so preliminaries and finals were often run separately from each other. Our girls had strong showings each day, leading to a marvelous first place. Those who placed fourth…

Samantha Kass’19 hands off to Jessica Griffin’17 in the 4×800 (Chris Heermann’18/Media) This past week, the girls track team competed in the MSL championship meet, kicking off their postseason. After a strong showing at the preliminaries and field event finals on Tuesday, May 9, the girls took home a close second place in the running…

Ryan Milbourne’19 in the 1600 home stretch. (Chris Heermann’18/Media Team) The girls track team had another successful run, maintaining its streak of high placings in meets at CSG on Tuesday, May 2, placing 3rd—and ranking  second Mt. Gilead’s Invitational—on Saturday, May 6. In the cold and rain, Vikings competed at Kirk Campus on the Unicorns’…