BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER With one crack of his bat, Devan Johnson simultaneously walked off both the St. Pius Sartans and this COVID-tinted high school sports year. The final game in this sprint of a New Mexico spring/summer prep calendar yielded one of its most indelible and jaws-agape moments. Johnson’s one-out, three-run […]
4A Golf: Academy Wins Pair of Team Golf Titles
Belen’s Cox Secures Playoff Win, Prevents Academy Sweep BY GLEN ROSALES / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The eight-foot par putt for Belen’s Grady Cox touched just about every part of the lip on hole No. 22 — the fourth playoff hole — before dropping to give him the Class 4A boys individual championship Monday. And it […]
Coach Wiese Returns to Academy
BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The chance to return home was irresistible to Andrew Wiese. Late last week, Albuquerque Academy named Wiese as its new girls soccer coach. The 52-year-old Wiese was filling that same role at Eldorado; he replaces Peter Glidden who recently resigned. Wiese not only attended and played at the […]
Junior Chosen for Selective Bronfman Fellowship
Nina Sandman ’22 is one of 26 students nationwide to be selected as a Bronfman Fellow. In 2021, the yearlong fellowship includes virtual meetings, an immersive summer experience, a winter retreat, and a spring seminar during which they will study major issues in contemporary Jewish life, build a pluralistic community, and meet with some of […]
Tennis Teams Sweep District Titles
Academy Student Wins Art Contest
BY RYAN BOETEL / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER An Albuquerque high school student’s painting of a coyote howling at a bright moon with red and yellow sand as the backdrop will hang in the U.S. Capitol building for the next year. Melinda Modisette, a senior at Albuquerque Academy, won the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for New […]
Academy Attempting to Win 18th Straight Boys Tennis Title
By JP Murrieta When it comes to boys tennis, Albuquerque Academy is one of the most dominant high school sports programs, not only in New Mexico, but in the country. The Chargers have won 17 state championships in a row. “We have a pretty good team,” said sophomore Josh Simon. “Everyone is playing really well […]
Speech & Debate Heads into Nationals with Numerous Honors
The 50 members on the Academy’s speech and debate team — as well as their coaches — have racked up significant honors as they head into nationals in June. Over the course of the year, the team participated in 15 national circuit tournaments and six regular season local tournaments. (Watch the video to hear the […]
ABQ Academy Teacher Answers Jeopardy’s Call
BY ADRIAN GOMEZ / JOURNAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Life has changed for Jason Zuffranieri since his 19-game win streak on “Jeopardy!” nearly two years ago. After his nearly four-week run on the hit game show, the Albuquerque Academy math teacher tied for fourth place on the all-time “Jeopardy!” consecutive games list. He won $532,496 […]
Game Developed by Senior Being Released June 1
qubo, a mathematical puzzle game, developed by Jacob Roberts-Baca ’21, will be released on iOS, Android, and PC devices on June 1. qubo challenges you to reimagine space and perspective with 72 puzzles to solve. Each puzzle involves manipulating a three-dimensional solid into a particular shape by rotating it in two dimensions. Each level’s three-dimensional […]
