Academies at Roxborough
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Sports
Special Olympics
We are proud to announce that 20 students from both our general education classes and our special education classes, will be inclusively participating in our first sport, Track & Field, with the Special Olympics Organization this Spring. We will compete with other high schools from throughout the city in 3 main track meets. Roxborough High…
March Madness Semi-Finals
Article by: Mrs. Arnold What a way to end the week! Two competitive games kept the crowds dummy lit. In the first game the Freshman Academy took on the defending champs, Kinesiology. The game ended 45-44 and the freshmen got the dub. Not gonna lie, my money’s on the freshmen to win it all…no cap. …
March Madness Business Round One Game
Fesnak Beats Heleniak Article By: Mrs. Arnold Another competitive game is in the books. Mr. Fesnak’s Business team beat Mr. Heleniak’s team by a score of 40-37. It was a tight game from start to finish. The MVP would have to go to Malik Nelson who barreled through his opponents to rack up a lot…
March Madness Round 1
Freshman and Film & Video Teams Advance!!!! Wow! Two competitive games were played after school today and the crowd was extra hype. The Freshmen team defeated the Biotechnology team 73-63. Mr. Q and Mr. McKenna led by example as they battled for victory. They both had their share of 3s. Sean Robinson was a crowd-pleaser…
Coach of the Year & All Public Players
Congratulations to Jeff McKenna on being named Coach of the Year for the American Division in basketball! The team finished Overall 18-5 Conference 11-0. Also, two of our players were named All-Public for Basketball. They are James Jones (1st team) and Sean Robinson (3rd team).
100th WIN!!
The Academies @ Roxborough Football team celebrating Coach Micheal Stanley this year with his 100th win! The team also won the Liberty Division this year with standings of Overall 7-4 Conference 5-1
Academies @ Roxborough Football WINS Division
Roxborough’s Football teams won the Liberty Division on October 30th with a 30-6 victory over Palumbo.
Academies @ Roxborough attends Penn Relays
The Penn Relays is a track & field competition from April 26-28, 2018 held at the University of Pennsylvania. This year was the 124th running of the PennRelays and featured athletes from more than 200 colleges, 1,000 high schools & professionals competing in the three-day festival. Coach John Quirus brought the Roxborough and Saul track…
Academies @ Roxborough Track Meet
The first meet for the Academies @ Roxborough Track team was held at Northeast High School. Coach Quirus trains the team here on Roxborough’s track. The team participates in multiple events including the 100, 200, 1600 relay and the 4 by 1. We also have two students who competed in the long jump competition. The…
Academies @ Roxborough Varsity Baseball
The Academies @ Roxborough Varsity Baseball team played Carver E&S on Wednesday, April 11th at the Pearlman fields on Port Royal Avenue in Roxborough. The team was faced with a difficult game and was losing 18 to 5 in the third inning but a 9 run rally brought the score to 18 to 14. Pictured below…