By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Gallup beat Kirtland Central in last season’s state final, and those two, neither of whom lost much in graduation (this is slightly more true of the Broncos) are clearly the two teams at the top of the pecking order this season. Could that duo be joined by Albuquerque […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer CLASS 4A: Three metro-area teams — Albuquerque Academy, Moriarty and Bernalillo — are on the road, while No. 2 St. Pius (8-1) is home Friday night at Nusenda Community Stadium to No. 7 seed Grants (7-4) at 7 p.m. No. 5 seed Academy heads to Taos on Friday […]

  By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Albuquerque Academy has at least three D1 signees: recent Class 4A state cross country champion Nicholas Ponte (Harvard), girls standout cross country runner Anna Hastings (Brown) and Nartey Brady, who is going to Stanford to compete in men’s gymnastics. Brady is one of the top junior gymnasts […]

Saturday’s Class 4A boys soccer state championship is a rematch from last year, although St. Pius and defending champ Albuquerque Academy took distinctively different routes to the final. In Wednesday’s semifinals, the top-seeded Sartans dominated Artesia 5-0, while the third-seeded Chargers went on the road and eliminated Santa Teresa in a six-round, penalty-kick thriller. The […]

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 […]