ACS athletes got fired up for Soccer Playoff Games this week as students and staff wore green-and-white and cheered for them at middle school and high school Pep Rallies on October 31. The Middle School Boys’ Soccer Team played and beat Pilgrim Academy on November 1 to become this year’s 1st place champions in the Atlantic Cape Junior High League. The Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team handily beat Cumberland Christian 11-0 at home on November 1 in a Tri-State Christian Athletic Conference quarter-final playoff game. The ACS Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team, which finished the regular season in 2nd place, will play Thursday at home at 2 p.m. against Pilgrim Academy in a semi-final TSCAC playoff game.
The Varsity Girls’ Soccer Team now advances to the TSCAC semi-finals and will play away on Thursday against Gloucester County Christian School, start time at 2:30 p.m. The Middle School Boys savored their victory on Tuesday, after going into the game tied for 1st place with Pilgrim Academy. Both teams had a record of 9 wins and 3 ties.
At Monday’s Pep Rallies, athletes competed in two skills contests to win Wawa Gift Cards and played several short scrimmages. Winners in the soccer ball juggling contest were: 11th graders Alicia O’Donnell and Manny Johnson and 8th graders Jason Kelley and Ashlee Alford. Three Varsity Boys’ Soccer players were also winners in the 50-yard kick to go over the goal line in the air — Noah Gibbs, Manny Johnson, and James Papanikolaou. Come on out to this week’s games and let’s cheer our Cougars on to victory!
