By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer The Hope Christian girls soccer team has regularly been beating district rival Albuquerque Academy for years. The Huskies, to be fair, have been regularly beating everyone on their schedule for years, across all classifications. Friday, New Mexico’s longest and probably most impressive prep winning streak was stopped. Junior […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer If you were setting out to identify the most volatile of New Mexico’s prep football districts, the league that is least predictable, you would lock onto the chaotic plight of District 2-4A. In Week 6, an unranked and winless Portales team went on the road and beat up […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer St. Pius scored the first 21 points. Albuquerque Academy scored the final 21 points. In this case, it was better to be last than first. Academy scored three touchdowns in the final 6 minutes and 52 seconds, including two in the last 24 seconds, and the unranked Chargers […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer This was a scene you’d more likely witness in a 100-meter dash final at the state track meet. As it was, it was the defining moment from Saturday’s Albuquerque Metro Cross Country Championships, as La Cueva’s Nikko Mihan and Albuquerque Academy’s Nicholas Ponte combined for what was possibly […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Varsity high school volleyball is predominantly a night sport. But it’s never looked like this. Not in New Mexico, anyway. Not until Tuesday night. The state’s inaugural prep outdoor night match was, by and large, a resounding success, as Albuquerque Academy and La Cueva became the first two […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Albuquerque Academy’s girls and the boys from Hobbs were crowned champions at Academy’s annual soccer tournament on Saturday. The Chargers blanked Los Alamos 3-0, while the Eagles scored a flurry of goals late in the second half to overcome Academy with a 5-3 victory. Sophomore Amelia Barnes had […]

Academy sports continue to earn recognition from MaxPreps, making its latest honor rolls for most state championships and the longest win streaks in the U.S. With 200+ state championships (203 per MaxPreps, 209 per Academy records, the Chargers are #15 on the list. View the full list on MaxPreps. And Charger tennis made the list […]

Here are the Sept. 2 coaches top 10 polls for high school football teams in New Mexico. The number in parentheses is how many points the team received — and how many first-place votes, if any. Class 4A 1. St. Pius X, 2-0 (113 – 7) 2. Bloomfield, 1-1 (112 – 5) 3. Bernalillo, 2-0 […]

Journal Staff Report Here are the Sept. 2 coaches top 10 polls for high school volleyball teams in New Mexico. The number in parentheses is how many points the team received — and how many first-place votes, if any. Class 4A 1. St. Pius X, 2-0 (100 – 9) 2. Albuquerque Academy, 2-0 (86 – […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Defending 4A state champion Albuquerque Academy graduated 14 players, leaving the Chargers somewhat in transition. But they’ll lean on players such as sophomore forward Cruz Tomori, senior defender Joshua Ma and senior goalkeeper Alex Saiz. “We’re asking players that are fresh in the pool to step up and […]