2023 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC WRITING AWARDS Several Academy students were honored as the regional winners of the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The awards help identify students with exceptional literary talent and give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. Students in grades 7-12 nationwide entered works in 11 different writing categories. Gold Keys Poetry […]
Prep tennis: La Cueva, Academy extend team dominance
BY PAT NEWELL / FOR THE JOURNAL Albuquerque Academy and La Cueva aced their final exams Saturday afternoon at Jerry Cline Tennis Center. The Academy boys captured their 20th straight team championship, giving up nary a team point, while the girls’ burgeoning program garnered a fourth straight team title. The Bears, too, built on dynastic […]
Prep tennis: Wild card Lorenz wins unexpected singles championship
BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Last into the field. Last one standing. Technically, Albuquerque Academy sophomore Oliver Lorenz did not even quality for this week’s high school state singles tournament. But on Thursday afternoon, it was the 6-foot-5 Lorenz towering over the field with a Class 1A-4A championship at the Jerry Cline courts. […]
DECA Takes Two Top-10 Finishes at Nationals
AJ Rivera ’23 and Felipe Canaca ’24 medaled in Food and Restaurant Management and Sports and Entertainment Marketing, respectively, at the 2023 DECA Nationals in April. AJ and Felipe were top-ten finishers out of more than 200 competitors in each of their events. Twenty-five DECA team members traveled to Orlando for the competition, and 16 […]
Seventh Grader Wins Jackie Robinson Essay Contest
Mekhi Bradford ’28 threw out the first pitch at the Albuquerque Isotopes’ Jackie Robinson Celebration on April 18. He was given the honor for winning an essay contest about Robinson’s life. Following tradition, every Isotopes player and coach wore the retired number 42.
Prep track and field: The three most impressive performances at Metros
BY RANDY HARRISON / JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR Cleveland’s boys and Albuquerque Academy’s girls won team titles Friday night at the Albuquerque Metro Track and Field Championships at Nusenda Community Stadium. The Storm, led by the meet’s high-point athlete, Nic Trujillo (17½ points, including the high jump title Friday), easily outdistanced rival Rio Rancho (100-66). The […]
Prep golf: Sonnenberg wins individual metro title
BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER At least a part of Clark Sonnenberg probably had to be wondering, how did I end up here? The Albuquerque Academy junior, by his own admission, stumbled down the stretch Monday afternoon at the Albuquerque Metro Championships at Ladera Golf Course. Missed a short putt at 16, he […]
New Mexico Philharmonic wraps up its Afternoon Classics series with ‘Exuberant Beethoven!’
BY KATHALEEN ROBERTS / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The New Mexico Philharmonic wraps up its 2022/23 Afternoon Classics series with “Exuberant Beethoven!” at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 114 Carlisle Blvd. SE. The orchestra will share the stage with winners of the Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. The featured winners for this […]
HOSA Club Quadruples in Second Year, Takes Top Spots at State
Twenty students from the Academy competed at the HOSA State Leadership Conference (SLC) in 14 different events. This year’s SLC was the largest New Mexico has ever hosted, with close to 500 students taking part. Top finishers included: 1st Place, Creative Problem Solving – A team of Emma Eden ’24, Becca Faber ’24, Lucy Lott […]
National History Day Club Documentary Wins Awards
The documentary Making Waves with the Microwave, created by the Academy’s National History Day Club, took first place at the NHD regional competition in February and won the History of Technology – Senior Division Award at the state competition in April. It was the first year the team of five juniors — Sammy Ma’ayan, Nate […]
