Over 400 alumni, students, and their families gathered at the ACS campus on Saturday, October 23 for Homecoming 2021, which featured two exciting Varsity vs. Alumni Soccer games, the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen and presentation of their court, and a new 5K Cross-Country Race.
Congratulations to our 2021 Homecoming Court — Homecoming King Quinn Schrag, Homecoming Queen Caeli Barbour, and Homecoming Princesses Elizabeth Alford and Amber Ramos. The King and Queen waved to the crowd as they took the traditional ride around the track in a converted jeep, driven by school parents Michael and Kelly Flynn.
The Homecoming events began in the morning with open volleyball and basketball and a 5K Cross-Country Race on a new course created on the ACS campus. Six ACS students competed in what Athletic Director Pam Hitchner hopes will become an annual Homecoming event. Senior Shane Schweeppenheiser won 1st place overall and senior Caeli Barbour placed second overall and in 1st place for the girls. Four middle school students competed in the race: Ashlee Alford, Liam Aspenberg, Christian Pineo, and Kalee Tardiff.
For the second year in a row, the ACS Varsity Soccer teams faced off in two very competitive and fast-paced games against an ACS Men’s Alumni Team and an ACS Women’s Alumni Team. The Alumni Men won their game against the ACS Varsity Boys by a score of 5-4. The game was tied 4-4 at the end of regulation and the game went into overtime, with the Alumni winning the penalty shoot-out by 1.
For the Alumni Men’s Team, Brendon Keller scored four goals, assisted by Varsity Boys’ coach Andres Tortola, and Tortola scored one goal. Scoring for the ACS Varsity Boys team were junior Manny Johnson with 2 goals, assisted by senior Aaron Glancey; sophomore Noah Gibbs with 1 goal, assisted by Johnson; and sophomore James Papanikolau with 1 goal. The players on the ACS Men’s Alumni team were: Ben Chapman (’13), Billy Chapman (’10), Elijah Chapman (’19), Josh Clark, JJ Jacoby (’21), Luke Johnson (’19), Brandon Keller, Carl Phillips (’18), Dan Roland (’20), Jacob Rosie (’21), Mark Rosie (’20), Tommy Tillis (’10), Andres Tortola, and Nate Wallace (’07), who played in goal.
The ACS Women’s Alumni Team beat the ACS Varsity Girls team 4-1, a reversal of last year’s Homecoming game where the Varsity team won 5-2. For the Alumni Women’s Team, DJ Hitchner scored 2 goals, one assisted by Sydney Pearson; Chloe Vogel scored 1 goal; and Sarah Vogel Laury scored 1 goal, assisted by Carly Harper Witherow. Junior captain Paige Noble scored the one goal for the ACS Varsity Girls’ team.
The players on the ACS Women’s Alumni team were: Kaylee Breunig (’12), Olivia Chapman, Shelby Einwechter (’21), who played in goal, Leah Vogel Glancey (’15), DJ Hitchner (’17), Casey Harper Hopwood, Naomi Glancey Johnson (’18), Sarah Vogel Laury (’11), Sydney Pearson (’21), Abigail Vogel Shivers (’18), Jamie Zalman Tortola (’13), Chloe Vogel (’21), Cristen Winkel (’21), and Carly Harper Witherow (’08).
At half-time during both alumni games, family members and friends in the crowd had the opportunity to compete for Wawa gift cards by taking a 50-yard shot on goal.
