Stephen Ma ‘23 watches his drive. (Courtesy/Craig Yakscoe)   The boys golf team has been busy, starting on Tuesday, September 22, when it secured a win against New Albany 159-180.    On Wednesday September 23, the boys won their 5th consecutive MSL title with a score of 315. Junior Aditya Reddy won MSL’s Player of the…

Drake Bellisari’23 breaks free of tacklers for a first down. Sophomore Gyvnn Mendenhall topples Lion’s running back for a huge stop. Mendenhall celebrates after toppling Liberty Union’s running back. (Josh Tu’21/Media) Our Academy football team ended the #1 ranked Liberty Union Lions’ undefeated season in convincing fashion on Friday, September 25, winning the MSL title in…

Charlotte Adams’21 presses on a restart. Avery Mitchell’22 stares down the opposition. Regan Cornelius’21 dribbles the ball into the circle  Zoey Black’21 splits two defenders. (Courtesy/BJ Ranji)   Coming off a strong 8-1 start to the season, the field hockey team hosted its undefeated archrivals, Thomas Worthington, on Carlin Field on Tuesday, September 22.  Our…

Lead runners Regan Cornelius, SamanthaFrickel, and Caitlynn Hinds persevere to the finish line. (Courtesy/Carey Yi) Our girls cross country placed 8th out of 10 teams at Pickerington Central’s Tiger Invitational on Saturday, September 26. Senior Regan Cornelius took 3rd place at 20:33. Sophomore Samantha Frickel, Caitlynn Hinds’24, and Julia DeVore’22 clocked in at 23:31, 24:33, 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…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg served on the United States Supreme Court for more than 27 years. (Wikimedia Commons) On September 18th, 2020, our nation lost a hero in Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  I could use this article to expound on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s response to her death. Within an hour of the announcement of…

Looking back: Can you find 2 of our current upper school teachers in this 1980’s yearbook and 1990’s insert? (Courtesy/The Caravel)     A Q & A with Mrs. Bening, by Stephen Ma   Could you tell us about Service at Academy: when it was founded and your role as its chair?    In 1997…

(Pixabay) COVID-19 has forced us to make mask-wearing, constant sanitizing, and limiting our social interactions part of our routine. It is dangerously easy for us to fixate on how our lives and school experience have become limited since the onset of Coronavirus, yet after a few weeks of hybrid-learning benefits can be found in unexpected…

Charlie Tuckerman’23 Slams Ball Toward the Net. (Staff photo) The Vikings defeated Jonathan Alder at Hondros Field on September 16. The Pioneers appeared bewildered throughout the majority of the contest, as the Viking’s use of an overwhelming offensive barrage led to a 6-0 victory. The Pioneers withered as five Vikings found the net before Jonathan Alder…

Linebacker Chris Sugar’21 wraps up Bexley quarterback for a first-quarter sack. (Josh Tu/Co-editor) The Vikings Football team beat rival Bexley 31-7 on Thursday, September 16th, blowing out the Lions for the fourth year in a row and keeping the Mayor’s Cup. Offensively, Academy took full advantage of the Lion’s soft secondary, with wideouts Durell Moultrie…