Sophie Spolter(’22) clears the ball after blocking a shot. (Charlie Belford’22/Media) On Tuesday, October 22, the CA girls soccer team defeated rival Wellington at home in overtime in the district semifinals, 2-1. The squad started off on the wrong foot, with Wellington’s Morosky scoring an early goal for the Jaguars. This was the lone blemish…

Academy gears for a punt. (Sarah Neltner’20/Media) On Friday, October 25, the CA football team earned a key win over Grandview, 28-7, in a game that was overshadowed by a threatening injury. The Vikes started with good field position following a Bobcats squib kick and immediately established the run with several handoffs to sophomore running…

(Max Walker’22/Staff)   This week’s recipe is my mom’s go to: better than Buffalo Wild Wings and made in your air fryer! Customizable, from naked to a blistering hot sauce, the chicken wing is a magnificent specimen that satisfies all taste buds. Also did I mention it only takes 15 minutes!   Ingredients:   6…

Seniors Sasha Ahern and Abigail Freytag jump for a block. (Courtesy/Shane Zhang) On Wednesday, October 23, the girls volleyball team played its district semi-final match against Cardington-Lincoln at Mt. Vernon Nazarene.  The Vikes were riding high, as the team had just made history by winning Academy’s first-ever volleyball postseason match against Africentric Early College in…

(Courtesy/ Chris Heerman’18) On Saturday, October 20, the Vikings competed in districts at Hilliard Darby. The top 28 runners for girls individually moved on to regionals, while the boys were split into two race sections, with the top 6 in our boys section automatically advancing, with the rest depending on times. The top 6 teams…

The new MacOS Catalina default wallpaper. (Apple) Announced at WWDC 2019, MacOS Catalina was released to the public on October 7. Although Catalina doesn’t bring many system-wide overhauls, a number of native apps has been revised and updated, and the connections between Apple devices have been improved. One of the new features brought by Catalina…

Sophomore Carolyn Vaziri maintains strong defense against Olentangy Berlin.  (Sari Shocket ’22/Media) On Tuesday, October 15, our girls faced off against Olentangy Berlin,  a second-year team seeded 18, at home in the first round of the state tournament. Following a game against Pioneer High School where the team conceded its first two goals of the…

Junior Katie Schiano intercepts in West Jefferson match. (Charlie Belford’22/Media) Our girls soccer team handled West Jefferson 4-0 at home in its first round of the district playoffs. The Saturday, October 19, match was headlined by a couple of two goal performances from juniors Olivia Archibald and Katie Schiano. Sophie Spolter ‘22 added three saves…

  (Wikimedia Commons)   Spoiler alert: Joker is not for kids.    The R-rating on this film did little to restrain parents who did not research the movie. Many brought children to the film, expecting something of a Marvel movie with DC characters. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Joker is only similar to a…

The Chainsmokers, along with 5 Seconds of Summer and Lennon Stella, perform at Schottenstein Center. (Vivian Bradner-Young’22/Staff) Stella performed the opening act followed by 5 Seconds of Summer at the October 13 perfomance by The Chainsmokers.  Lennon Stella sang “Bad” and “La Di Da,” in her angelic voice as three screens lit up behind her…