BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The Albuquerque Journal each year selects an individual metro athlete of the year in prep baseball and softball. As the regular season enters its final 10 days, here are our top five candidates in both sports. Softball SARAH POST, sr., SS, Albuquerque Academy: Post, who has signed with […]

Boys Basketball All District First Team Kellan Gehres ’23 Joe Jack ’24 Second Team Dillon McCleskey ’24 Honorable Mention Justin Mask ’24 AJ Rivera ’23 All Metro First Team Kellan Gehres ’23 Joe Jack ’24 Third Team Dillon McCleskey ’24 Academic AJ Rivera ’23 All State First Team Kellan Gehres ’23 Second Team Joe Jack […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER During New Mexico’s 2021-22 high school sports calendar, there was only major team sport in which the metro area didn’t have at least one school in a state championship game: softball. It may take something special to change that in 2023. CLASS 4A: In District 6, both Albuquerque […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER It’s not March yet, but we’ve arrived at the Madness. The 160 participants in New Mexico’s high school basketball playoffs were revealed on Sunday, setting the stage for the state’s premier sporting event — best event period — which will unfold over the next two weeks. The first […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Academy’s girls in District 6-4A locked up a playoff bid with a 54-48 victory on the Huskies’ floor Saturday night. It was Academy’s first district tournament title since 2011. Noelani Montoya had 16 points, Addie Spratley 15 for Academy (13-15) as the Chargers’ inside players took advantage of […]

BY GLEN ROSALES / FOR THE JOURNAL Leave it to the Albuquerque Academy girls to find new ways to win a state high school swimming and diving championship. The Chargers came into the 2023 finals at their own pool having won six straight championships and 21 overall. Academy added to those totals Saturday by scoring […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER By the map, it’s about 1,600 miles, the stretch of interstate that connects Albuquerque to Charlotte, North Carolina. By any other metric, the contrast between those two cities, and those two distinct realms, is even greater for James Borrego. Borrego, who forged a longtime coaching career in the […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The architect of Hope Christian’s state championship defense in 2019, and the man who put together Albuquerque Academy’s stellar defense the last two years, is now the Chargers’ new head coach. David Lee, 49, replaces Shaun Gehres, who recently resigned. “Just to be at a school like Academy, […]

Congratulations to these student-athletes for receiving state, district, and metro honors at the close of the Fall 2022 athletic season! Boys Cross Country All-State Nate Klein ’23 – 6th place finish Girls Cross Country All-State Anna Hastings ’26 – 2nd place finish Addison Julian ’26 – 4th place finish Katie Patton ’23 – 5th place […]

(KRQE) – After four years as the head coach of Albuquerque Academy Football, Shaun Gehres told KRQE on Sunday morning that he is stepping down from his duties. Gehres says that he will stay at Albuquerque Academy and wants to have more time with his family. Gehres rebuilt this football team and, in his final […]