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…

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…

Senior Elias Marquez. (Andrew Barren’22/Media editor) This week the CA boys soccer team had its first postseason game against River Valley on Tuesday, October 15, at Hondros.  The Vikes maintained possession and converted on the majority of the team’s opportunities. Senior Sam Massick struck first in less than ten minutes into the game, followed by…

Russell Ahmed’22 lands a 76 and 75 for the Vikes Third State Title. (Courtesy/Imtiaz Ahmed) On Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, our boys golf squad stormed the D-II State Tournament at Northstar Golf Club, nabbing its third consecutive state title. With a total score of 615, our boys won by a landslide, with…

Sydni Ratliff’22 heads to her 3rd state play-offs. (Sari Shocket’22/Media) After a victorious sectional tournament, the Columbus Academy girls tennis team continued its success by sending two individual players and one doubles duo to the state qualifying tournament on Thursday, October 10, and Saturday, October 12. On Thursday, Sydni Ratliff’21 breezed through tournament singles, winning…

Carter James ’22, zooms past defense at last week’s Bishop Reddy game. (Sarah Neltner ’20/ Media) On Friday, October 11, the Columbus Academy football team took down Buckeye Valley, 49-6.    The Vikes were never  threatened by the now 0-7 Barons and cruised to a 42-6 lead at the half. They were led by junior quarterback…

Sophomore Evie Gee helps score a goal. (Sari Shocket ‘22/Media)  Our girls soccer team went 2-0 this week, earning victories against top-ranked DeSales and Buckeye Valley.  On Monday, October 7, the Vikings pulled off a 1-0 away victory against a higher division team in the Stallions. Katie Schiano’21 scored the lone goal, and Sophie Spolter’22…

Annie Wimsatt’20 works against Michigan. (Sari Shocket ’22/Media) This week, the CA field hockey team played its final two games of the regular season. On Thursday, October 10, the Bexley Lions came to Carlin Fields to challenge our girls. With goals from Regan Cornelius’21 (3), Kiersten Thomassey’20 (1), Annie Wimsatt’20 (1), Sarah Klingerman’21 (1), Carolyn…