The ACS Middle School Boys’ Basketball Team is off to a memorable start, making school history on December 14 by winning the championship in the Dixie Howell Junior High Basketball Tournament in Ocean City, the first time for an ACS middle school team competing in that tournament. Congratulations to the team and to two ACS players who were recognized for outstanding achievement in the tournament — 8th grader Ethan Costello was named Tournament MVP and 8th grader Micah D’Anna was named MVP of the championship game.
To advance to the championship round, our Cougars first beat Margaret Mace Middle School in Middle Township 40-32 on December 10 and then beat Richard Teitelman Middle School in Upper Township 26-10 on December 12. The tournament featured eight local boys’ middle school teams and seven local girls’ middle school teams and was sponsored by the Ocean City PBA Local #61 and the City of Ocean City. All games were played at the Ocean City Intermediate School.
The 18 members of the ACS middle school boys’ team are: Colton Carney, Gabe Correa, Carson Costello, Ethan Costello, Micah D’Anna, Zion Dawkins, Jude Gibbs, Caedyn Hahn-Chaney, Xavier Johnson, Jason Kelley, Alex Newall, Luke Odell, Christian Pineo, Tommy Potenski, Justice Settles, Luca Sullivan, Caleb Wilson, and Billy Winkel. Congratulations to head coach Josh Clark and assistant coach Charlie Costello. We look forward to an exciting season with this talented team.
Both the boys’ and girls’ middle school teams will kick off their regular season the first week of January, competing in the Atlantic Cape Junior High League. ACS will play The Pilgrim Academy at home on Thursday, January 5, with the girls’ game beginning at 3:45 p.m. and the boys’ game at 6:15 p.m. Four games are scheduled for the week of January 9 — at home against Estell Manor on January 9; away at Assumption Regional Catholic School in Galloway on January 11; away at Doane Academy in Burlington, NJ on January 12; and at home again on January 13 playing Pleasantville Middle School.
Come on out and cheer our Middle School teams to victory.
