The Varsity Boys’ and Girls’ basketball teams both enjoyed success at high school basketball tournaments held during the Christmas break. The Varsity Boys won their consolation game against Oakcrest High School on December 27 at the Boardwalk Basketball Classic in Wildwood and the Varsity Girls won the Doane Academy Spartan Classic Tournament held on December 30 in Burlington.

The Varsity Boys’ team was one of 44 high school teams from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia that played in the Boardwalk Basketball Classic held from December 23-31. ACS competed in the Dave Lewis Memorial Bracket at the tournament and played its first game on December 26, and lost 40-58 to Triton Regional High School.

In the consolation game on December 27, ACS played a hard-fought game and beat Oakcrest High School 53 to 45. Sophomore Noah Stokes led ACS with 20 points in that game. Senior Sam Glancey added 11 and junior Noah Gibbs had 8.

In the Doane Academy Tournament, the Varsity Girls’ team played their first game on December 29, beating Little Flower Catholic School of Philadelphia 43-38. They advanced to the championship game to beat Penn Tech High School in Pennsauken 53-26.

In the game against Little Flower, senior Paige Noble scored 11 and had 3 steals and junior Evangelina Kim scored 10 and grabbed 6 rebounds. Freshman Gianna Flynn scored 10 and had 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Senior Reyna Lewis had 7 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. Junior Becca Kelley scored 5 and had 3 assists.

In the championship game against Penn Tech, Reyna was the top scorer with 18 and pulled down 4 rebounds. Evangelina scored 15 points and had 6 steals. Paige scored 7 points, had 10 assists, and 3 rebounds. Freshman Sophia Costello scored 6 and Gianna and Becca each scored 4. Gianna also had 3 steals.