Courtesy/CAFlickr On Friday, February 14, girls swimming traveled to the Ohio University Aquatic Center to compete in districts. The Vikings excelled, taking home district runner-up for the second time in the past four seasons. Both relay teams had podium finishes and qualified for states. The 200-yd freestyle team captured gold with a time of 1:38.14…

(Courtesy/@academyvikings Instagram) Q: How is Elle V. better than the Kansas City Chiefs?    A: She just secured a three-peat championship. Facing a crowd of fourteen competitors on Tuesday, February 11, senior Elle V. dominated the Division II Central District diving championships inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State University to clinch her third…

Harmon G. holds the follow-through against Bishop Ready. (Courtesy/Sunil S.) If there was any doubt going into this week regarding who was the best in the Central Buckeye League, it was silenced. The Vikings made light work of their opponents and now look to make a playoff run.  In the title-clinching game against Bishop Ready,…

Katie N. ,Morgan S., and Kyndal S. (ColumbusAcademy/Flickr)  In the first round of the playoffs, girls basketball travelled to Fredericktown to face off against the Freddies. The Vikes struggled from the start, only putting up two points on the Freddies strong defense. Fredericktown took full advantage of the Vikes shortcomings and jumped ahead to a…

(Courtesy/@academyvikings instagram) On Friday, February 14, the varsity boys bowling team placed 25th in the Division II sectionals at HP Lanes. Craig E. bowled a 505 across three games making him the team’s leading scorer. Phinn B-M. and Nathan M. added 458 and 435 across three games. Marc D. scored 403 across three games, while…

Jason S. throws down against Grandview Heights (Courtesy/Sunil S.) Three games, three wins. Buckeye Valley, Beechcroft, and Horizon Science were the next three victims of the Red Hot Vikings. Thanks to a Franklin Heights victory over Bishop Ready, Academy can secure the top spot if they win one of their last two games of the…

(ColumbusAcademy/Flickr) Kyndal S. Columbus Academy started out its week with a tough matchup against Buckeye Valley, hosted in the Mack on February 4. Both defenses were relentless in the first quarter, with both teams scoreless within the first minutes. Morgan S. got it started for the Vikes knocking down a layup to put the Vikes…

(via @academyvikings instagram)  The boys swim team competed in sectionals at home on February 8 and took home the victory tallying 198 points which bested Granville’s 183, Wellington’s 124, Watterson’s 109, and St. Francis Desales’ 108 respectively.  Freshman Andy L. placed second overall scoring 29 points for himself and the team. He gathered three golds,…

On Saturday, February 8, the girls swim team travelled to Columbus School for Girls to compete in the Division 2 Sectional Championship meet. Lillian B. and Olivia L. led with podium finishes in multiple events. Lillian earned first in the 200-yd IM with a time of 2:14.50 and swam a 1:01.06 in the 100-yd butterfly,…

(Courtesy/Lynn Y.) The Vikings faced Hilliard Bradley on Tuesday, February 4. The boys team lost 1665 to 2269 while the girls team lost 949 to 1799.  On the boys team, lead scorer Craig E. totaled 367, Phinn B-M. scored 328, and Mark D. added 261. Jon P. and Nathan M. scored 210 and 183 respectively.…