By Sean Reider / Journal Staff Writer As the sun set on another season, the loudspeaker at Jerry Cline Tennis Center crackled to life and for another year, the most dominant sound in New Mexico high school sports casually warbled over the courts: ”… Congratulations, Albuquerque Academy Chargers …” Not much else needed to be […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer There was a repeat state champion. There was a tremendous comeback story. One school produced a state champion for the first time. The state singles tennis championship matches Thursday at the Jerry Cline courts offered quite a variety. A freshman, Savannah Reiman, gave Organ Mountain its first-ever tennis […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer The team standings at the Albuquerque Metro Track and Field Championships followed exactly the standings from the previous week, at least at the top as Cleveland’s boys and Albuquerque Academy’s girls claimed the gargantuan metro trophies. The Storm put up a huge number, 125 points, which was 49 […]

Austin Curtis ’25 / Journal Staff Writer An Albuquerque Academy senior is headed to college on a scholarship to play flag football. At a recent showcase in Houston, Emanee Cerda caught the eye of Mars Hill coach Max Switzer, who offered her an opportunity to be on the Division II college’s inaugural women’s team. Cerda […]

Academy sophomore Grace Erinle, coming off a high-point performance at her home Harper meet, made her final attempt in the long jump her best, soaring 17 feet, 5 inches. Her sister, Funmi, an eighth-grader, finished second. Read the full article in the Albuquerque Journal.

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer Call her a weapon, call her an asset, call her completely invaluable to the cause. On Tuesday, Melissa Purcella fit all those descriptions in bulk. The Albuquerque Academy senior has a Division I career awaiting her on the East Coast, at Rider University in New Jersey, but she […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer A birdie binge sent a Manzano freshman to the Albuquerque Metro Golf Championship on Tuesday. Isaiah Schmedes overcame a poor start and finished with a flourish to shoot a 2-under par round of 70 — the only player in the field to finish in red numbers — and […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer The thing about a good short game is that it translates just about everywhere. On Monday afternoon at Ladera Golf Course, consider the dilemma facing sophomore Addy Haas of Albuquerque Academy: In the second hole of a playoff with West Mesa’s Alyssa Rodriguez, Haas turned a perfect tee […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer One of the athletes who found herself surprised at her victory was junior Antonella Begay, the daughter of former Academy athlete and New Mexico golfing legend Notah Begay III. Begay, a Charger like her dad, was among the final three in the girls high jump, along with Highland’s […]

By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer The difference Saturday afternoon between an outright team championship for the Albuquerque Academy girls track and field team, and a first-place tie with Los Alamos, was this: 0.08 seconds. The Richard A. Harper Memorial meet at Academy was in doubt — at least for the girls — until […]