Freshmen Michael Raimondo’racing in breaststroke and Dorian Bristol anchoring the B 200 medley relay. Gavin Lewis’23 sprinting the 100 Butterfly. (Julia DeVore’22/News) Our boys swim team nabbed its first victory of the season beating Bexley 95-71 at home On Friday, January 8.  Sophomores Luke Boltz and Gavin Lewis along with juniors Cyrus Hannallah and Drake Bellisari led…

Senior Nate Roush fights for the puck on the boards. (Courtesy/Mark L’Hommedieu) After a small Coronavirus-related hiccup and a subsequent break in the early weeks of the season, the Columbus Academy ice hockey team continued on per usual. The squad came into the weekend having started the season with four wins and five losses, securing…

Our wrestling team has been fighting injuries all season, unable to field a full team in its first few meets. This resulted in losses on December 10 against Olentangy and North Union and another loss against Gahanna, Walnut Ridge, and Big Walnut on December 19. The team is more optimistic about its performance against Cardington…

Tanner Compton’22 drives to the net (Courtesy of John Hulkenberg, 270 Hoops). Like all other sports, the boys basketball team has had to make adjustments in order to have a season. So far the team has not confronted any quarantine road blocks, punching in a total of 7 games thus far.  On Saturday, January 10,…

Design by Andrew Barren’22. Academy’s girls basketball team started practices on November 30 and had its first game on December 18, striving for a strong start–after falling in last year’s playoffs.  The girls defeated the Grandview Heights Bobcats 36-30 at home on Tuesday, January 5. On Friday, January 8, the Vikings had a harsh game on enemy…

Having met the 28th place regional cutoff, senior Regan Cornelius individually advanced to states on Saturday, November 7 at Fortress Obetz. With splits of 88th in 6:09 and 81st in 12:46 at the first and second mile, Cornelius finished in 20:24, placing 77th out of 177 Division 2 runners and rounding out the girls cross…

(Courtesy/Lorn Spolter)   Continuing the Vikings outstanding run, our girls made the trek out to Berlin Hiland for the regional semi-finals on Tuesday, November 3. CA stayed tough, but so did the Hawks, with both teams having opportunities but neither able to capitalize.   The score remained 0-0 throughout the 90 minutes of regulation and the…

xx (Josh Tu’21/Staff) The CA boys soccer team left the Hondros pitch on Wednesday, November 4, disheartened after surrendering a set-piece header at the 10-mark of the first overtime against Botkins. The Vikings dominated all aspects of the game, with multiple shots careening off the opponents’ goal posts, and it seemed certain CA could sneak…

Seniors Jake Huddleston and Luke Nester (Julia DeVore/Staff)   Seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston competed against the top Division 2 runners in Ohio at the Fortress Obetz states on Saturday, November 7    Nester nabbed 16th place and an All-State medal and podium spot, finishing in 16:13.0. Huddleston clockied at 17:41.6, securing 107th out of…

The squad mourns its loss. (Ethan Weiser’22/Staff) On Thursday, November 5, the field hockey squad traveled to Thomas Worthington High to take on the Eagles, the only team to defeat the Vikes this season.  With huge crowds coming out and on top of the pressure of a knockout match, both the Eagles and Vikes were…