BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Albuquerque is gaining an additional high school football stadium with lights this fall. For one night, at least. One of the highlights of the upcoming 2021 prep football season in the metro area is the experiment Albuquerque Academy is attempting on Saturday, Oct. 2. The private school will […]

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER John Butcher has added Albuquerque Academy aquatics to Charger Aquatics. The 34-year-old is the private school’s new head swimming coach, replacing the legendary Dave Barney, who led Academy to a combined 42 boys and girls state team championships in his magnificent career before retiring earlier this year. Butcher […]

Anya Parasher capped her season with a dramatic playoff victory over teammate Callia Ward in the 4A state finals to win her first career state title. The ABQ Academy freshman posted a round of 69 in the final, tying Ward. Read more. 

BY JAMES YODICE / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER New Mexico on Wednesday mourned the loss of a coaching icon. Mike Brown, the Hall of Fame boys basketball coach who was the architect of one of the state’s great dynasties at Albuquerque Academy, died early Wednesday morning. Read more.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Albuquerque Academy garnered another national athletic honor, being named the top high school athletic program in the state of New Mexico since 2018 by MaxPreps. Since 2017, the Academy has finished in the top 25 of the MaxPreps Cup national standings, a ranking system developed to determine the nation’s best overall high school sports programs. […]