Graphic/Andrew Barren Girls soccer improved to 5-0-1 after a win against Whitehall-Yearling on Saturday, September 18. Last week on September 11, the girls won on the road against Jonathan Alder. After a Pioneer goal in the first half, the Vikes struggled  to convert despite  surges of offense and domination of possession.  With 10 minutes left,…

(Graphic/Andrew Barren) Academy boys soccer decisively beat Beechcroft on Hondros Field on September 18 in the first half with David Wunsch and Omar Drissi  both netting goals. At the beginning of the second half, the team quickly gained momentum with Arden Preza scoring back-to-back goals. Wunsch, Preza, and Drissi each scored another goal to close the…

Graphic/Andrew Barren The varsity football team dominated on Friday, September 17 in front of a home crowd and crushed Bishop Ready 28-14 during the televised event.  CA started off the game with a bang, closing out the first quarter with a 14-0 lead. Carter James ran for 6 yards to secure the first touchdown while…

The Seniors celebrate their Senior Day (Credit/Lia Hempel’23). Following a disappointing loss in last year’s state-semifinals, the Columbus Academy field hockey team looks sharp to start the season.  The team began the season 2-0-1, with impressive 7-0 and 9-0 wins against Oakwood and Summit Country Day, respectively. The team’s only tie came in a frustrating…

September 11 was also a memorable day for Coach Mealick and the CA runners at their Pataskala meet. (Courtesy/CAXC parents) While many enjoyed the first three weeks of August before this school year resumed, some US students were “off and running” as the CA boys and girls cross country teams were pounding the pavement in the…

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(Regan Cornelius and Luke Nester/Courtesy Bob Lee) (Zach White/Courtesy Josh Tu’21) Our baseball team shined in district semifinals with a 10-0 victory versus Northmor, yet ended its season at districts on Wednesday, May 26 districts, losing 0-4 to Liberty Union. Winning districts in doubles, seniors Jack Madison and Arie Tuckerman secured second at states in…

(Courtesy/The Ohio State University) On May 24-May 25, Patricia J. Zettler ‘98 joined Dr. Lester’s ninth-grade biology classes for Q&A sessions about Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), a family of gene sequences transforming gene therapy.  Zettler, who earned a BA and JD from Stanford, pursued law school because of her interest in science…

Seniors Ellie Vasilkov, Sona Santry, Chloe Gouhin, Evelyn Olexio, Tsega Seleshi, and Olivia Pierre-Louis participate in the the Senior Scavenger Hunt in downtown Columbus. (Courtesy/Olivia Pierre-Louis’21). Because our seniors missed many traditional activities, such as the Senior Lock-in, PACA parents planned enjoyable events for our class of 2021, called Senior Sundays and included a movie…

(Courtesy/Rachael Gorsuch)   With the fate of having a prom uncertain this year, once Ms. Izokaitis approved the dance, students were thrilled to attend the 2021 “Starry Night” and socially reconnect with classmates.   The prom committeee took critical precautions in its planning: the event had to be on campus, masks were required at all times,…