Junior Julia DeVore paces the course. Freshman Caitlynn Hinds. Senior Regan Cornelius advances to regionals (Courtesy/TomDeVore) On Saturday, October 24, our girls cross country team continued its stellar postseason performance at districts, hosted by Hilliard Darby. Senior Regan Cornelius bolted to 7th place in with outstanding 19:53, clearing the 12th place individual cutoff to qualify for…

District champ; senior Luke Nester. (Julia DeVore’22/News) On Saturday, October 24, the boys cross country team had a heartbreaking 4th place finish out of 8 teams just two points behind third at districts at Hilliard Darby (only 3 teams advance from districts). Seniors Luke Nester and Jake Huddleston qualified individually. Nester dominated the field, with…

Senior Katie Schiano. (Sari Shocket’22/Media)   Our girls started off the postseason facing off against Madison Plains on Monday, October 19, on Hondros. The sixth-seeded Vikes were fired up for the first round and came out strong, with goals by Zoya Arnold’24, sophomores Claire Cahall and Jasmine Evans, junior Diana Ulbrich, and senior Katie Schiano.…

Warm-up: Ella Morris and Claudia Klingbeil (Courtesy/Mark L’Hommedieu) On Tuesday, October 20, our girls played their first game in the postseason following a strong regular season showing that gave the team the one-seed in its division.  This game was on Carlin Field against Dublin Coffman, the 18-seed. Even though the squad was expected to steamroll…

Cydney Platt’21 serves. Olivia Pierre-Louis’21 tipsnet. Sophia Constantine’23 follows on a serve. (Courtesy Mr. Ahern) On Tuesday, October 20, the Columbus Academy girls volleyball team fell to Northridge 3-0 in the first round of districts.  The Vikes fought hard but were outlasted with set scores of 25-14, 25-10, and 25-11.  While this was the last…

Ellie Vasilkov’21 serves the ball. (Courtesy Mr. Ahern) The Columbus Academy girls volleyball team wrapped up the regular season with two final matches before the district tournament.  The Volleyball Vikes faced Worthington Christian on Thursday, October 15. Our girls fought hard, but they ultimately fell to the Warriors 7-25, 21-25, and 13-25.  On Saturday, October…

Yasmin Bilgin’24 winds up. Arya Chabria’24 looks to return. Lauren Motta’21 prepares for power serve. (Emily Motta’23) After a clean sweep at the sectional tournament, the Columbus Academy girls tennis team looked to continue its winning streak by sending three individuals and two doubles duos to the district tournament on Thursday, October 15, and Saturday,…

Senior Maggie Walther. Junior Emma Yakam cuts to space (Lorn Spolter/ Courtesy) Our girls soccer team kicked off a busy week on Tuesday, October 13, facing off against rival Wellington at home. Junior Sophie Spolter played her way to a shutout, while goals by senior Katie Schiano and junior Emma Yakam propelled the Vikes to a 2-0…

Senior Jared Kass. ((Josh Tu’21) Our boys opened up the week with a 4-5 loss to powerhouse Bloom-Carroll on Monday, October 12, at Hondros Field. The game was hard-fought, with both teams having continuous chances on the other’s goals. Charlie Tuckerman’23 had a standout game, knocking in two goals and two assists, one to Leo…

Quarterback Brady Hess ’21 weaves past defenders for a touchdown. (Josh Tu’21) The 4th seeded Columbus Academy Vikings hosted the 13th seeded Coshocton Redskins on Saturday, October 17th, in Round 2 of the State Playoffs. This was Academy’s first home playoff game in 17 years, the last one from Academy’s State Title run in 2003. Academy…