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Both the boys’ and girls’ varsity teams from Campion had outstanding performances this year at Union Adventist University’s annual Basketball tournament.
After winning five games on Wednesday through Friday, the girls’ team entered the championship game Saturday night undefeated. However, they ended up placing second in the tournament after losing to College View Academy by one point. Even though the girls lost, it was the first time in ten years that the Campion’s girl’s team has made it to the tournament’s Championship game. The game was competitive with both teams taking turns in the lead throughout. However, at the end of the third quarter, Victoria Matthews and Liz Lopez-Morquecho, the top scoring players on the team, sustained injuries and had to sit out. Despite losing players, the rest of the team stepped up their defense and kept the game close. Lopez-Morquecho was able to make a comeback for the last few minutes of the game. Unfortunately, Victoria Matthew is expected to be out for an extended period while recovering from her injury. “I really appreciated the team spirit that we all shared together and how we held our own on the court despite setbacks,” expressed Addison Gann. The boys team led out strong winning their first four games. However, a loss against Sunnydale on Friday afternoon knocked them out of the championship game. During the Sunnydale game, the Campion boys were leading in points for the first three quarters of the game. However, in the fourth quarter Sunnydale began to take the lead. Then, with five minutes left in the game, Izuchi Nwankwo, a top-player, fouled out and Campion could not regain the momentum. Despite this, the team bounced back on Saturday night and won their final game to take third place overall. Izuchi Nwankwo and Victoria Matthews were honored with the team player of the tournament awards. The final game of the season will take place this Saturday night at Mile High Academy. Abigail Brown, Student News Team
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The Campion Academy teams flew through their tournament pool play games with ease, with both the boys and girls winning against Midland, Minnetonka, and Wisconsin by wide margins. The girls start Friday games as the #1 seed, and our boys are #2 as College View Academy also won three games and got the number one spot.
Campion Academy’s Symphony and Jazz Band traveled to Union Adventist University to perform with other student musicians from the Mid-America Union for their annual Music Festival, February 4-7.
Directed by Naomi Fernandez, 24 students were representing Campion Academy. Over half of Campion’s group were first-time festival attendees. Naomi Fernandez emphasized,“The Union Adventist Music Festival was very successful at connecting the values of hard work and personal investment with the outcomes of musical excellence and the highest artistry experiences.“ After three full days of practice, students got to showcase their performances by individual academy on Friday and as a united group on Saturday evening. “I am proud of the way our students presented themselves in their stand alone performances as well as in the collective groups.” Fernandez expressed. The students commented on how they enjoyed learning new music, performing, and traveling with friends. “It was a lot of fun to hangout with the kids from other schools and perform the songs that we worked so hard on!” Daniel Ortiz, Sophomore, stated. “Being at music fest really made me more confident in playing, and the directors really helped me and made sure I was confident and knew my part. It was also super fun to be able to hangout with my friends in our downtime. It was a very educational and fun trip,” concluded Moses Wullur, sophomore. Hannah A Manase. Students News Team International Students took a break from school for a three-day retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch to experience winter sports.
On Thursday, the students learned to ski and snowboard at Winter Park Resort with sponsors Jill Harlow and Steve Eickmann instructing them. It was a fun challenge for them, and the students encouraged each other to keep going even when they fell. Luca Lu, a senior from China, expressed “I really enjoyed spending time on the mountains, I didn’t realize how fun skiing is until I actually tried it!” With the unusually warm winter, the students didn’t get to go snow tubing at the YMCA, but they did get to go on a snowshoe hike and roller skated and played sports in the gym in the evenings. On the last day of the trip, the students went ice skating. For many of them it was the first time experiencing the ice. Gabriel Tostes, a sophomore from Brazil, shared, “It was my first time ice skating and I really enjoyed it. It was a great challenge for me to keep standing, and it was really difficult.” Campion Academy currently has 29 international students, including students from Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Germany, China and Japan. Bruno Lopes, Students News Team |
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