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By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer CLASS 4A: Albuquerque Academy swept the team trophies. For the boys, it was their 16th state championship, and first since 2017. Los Alamos had won five of the last six 4A titles, including the previous three, but the Chargers edged the Hilltoppers 50-54. “The difference in cross country […]
As Alex Jackson stepped up for what could potentially be the decisive penalty kick in a marathon Class 4A championship game, he called upon a technique he learned exactly for these types of moments. “Our coach calls it box breathing,” he said. “Just something she learned in the military where it’s four breaths in, hold […]
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Several Academy musicians were recognized for their talent and dedication at the 15th Annual Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival at the University of New Mexico. Chargers received prizes in statewide age-group and general divisions. Collaborative Piano Division Pianist Ida Shelton ’27, first prize, for her performance of a Tchaikovsky song with vocalist Alex Raskin ’25 […]
ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY 2, LOS ALAMOS 0: Academy midfielder Evan Chang scored both goals for the second-seeded Chargers (18-3-1), who persevered through intermittent rain and snow to defeat the No. 6 Hilltoppers (14-9). “(Playing for a championship) has been three years in the making,” Chang said. “We went to the quarters two years ago, the semis […]
ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY 2, LOS ALAMOS 0: At the Academy, behind two goals from Kai Gehres, the second-seeded Chargers (17-4-1) deflated No. 3 Los Alamos (15-6-1) and will return to the championship. “We were there last year and obviously, it didn’t go the way we wanted,” Gehres said. “But we’re excited to have another shot back […]
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Brian McTaggart | mlb.com news Third baseman Alex Bregman will hit free agency with a Gold Glove on his résumé. Bregman was named Sunday as the American League winner of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award at third base, which goes to the best defensive player in each league at the position. Bregman, a first-time Gold […]
By Brody Foster – Reporter, Albuquerque Business First Hub International has added a new leadership position to oversee its day-to-day operations in the Land of Enchantment. Eric Weinstein was named president for Hub International’s New Mexico operations on Sept. 16. He spent the last 24 years at Aon, an insurance brokerage firm in Albuquerque, where […]
By James Yodice / Journal Staff Writer In Class 4A, the host Chargers had the biggest haul of any school. Not only did Anna Hastings (18:23.50) and Nicholas Ponte (15:40.82) win individual Extravaganza titles, but the Charger boys beat rival Los Alamos 37-51 for the boys, and the girls finished second. “We were really pleased […]
To shine a light on the transformative power of tuition assistance, Alumni Council member Ted Alcorn ’01 is telling the stories of alumni who were grateful recipients during their Academy years. By Ted Alcorn ’01 When Chamiza Pacheco de Alas ’96 drops off her sixth-grader at the Academy, she sometimes thinks about arriving there herself […]
He Could Probably Design an Experiment to Explain It. Bravery has been brewing inside David Eagleman, Albuquerque Academy Class of 1989, for a long time. On a fall day in the 1980s, when he’d only been a sixth grader at the Academy for a matter of weeks, hot-air balloons touched down on campus, and one […]