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Varsity Basketball Player Olivia Chapman Honored for Pulling Down 500 Career Rebounds

ACS recognized and honored forward Olivia Chapman, a 4-year member of the Varsity Girls’ Basketball team, for pulling down 500 rebounds during her high school career with a special ceremony during the January 30 home game in the ACS gym.  Olivia grabbed her 500th rebound in the first two minutes of the game against Veritas Christian Academy.

Game play stopped temporarily as ACS cheerleaders, Olivia’s parents, Chuck and Donna Chapman, and fellow players celebrated her accomplishment. Olivia is just the 14th ACS Varsity basketball player in school history to reach this milestone.

During a brief ceremony,  Varsity Girls’ Head Coach Kaylee Breunig presented Olivia with a commemorative basketball and described her as “the heart and soul of the team.”

“I have been coaching Olivia for the past three years and I believe she is one of the most naturally, God-gifted athletes to play for our girls’ program,” Breunig said.  Olivia has been a starter on the ACS Varsity Girls’ team for the past three years. She has led the team in rebounds for the past two years and usually leads the team in steals each game.

ACS went on to beat Veritas Academy 49-32, with Olivia pulling down a total of 18 rebounds during the game.

 

High School Basketball Season Off to a Great Start

The ACS High School Basketball teams are off to a great start, playing three different teams this week and posting wins in all but two games played during the first week of competition.  Due to COVID-19 restrictions, spectators are not allowed to attend the games in person, but all home games are being live streamed on the ACS YouTube Channel.

The Varsity Boys’ and Girls’ teams won their January 25 scrimmage games against Buena High School and then played the following day at home against Calvary Academy, posting their first Tri-State Christian Athletic Conference wins of the season. The Varsity Girls beat Calvary 52-9 and the Varsity Boys played strong to beat Calvary 61-53. The JV Boys tied their game 37-37.

On Wednesday, the ACS teams traveled to Sparta, NJ to play Veritas Christian Academy in a non-conference game. The ACS Varsity Girls lost a close match in overtime to Veritas 57-50, and the Varsity Boys lost their game as well, 43-56.  The two schools will face off again this weekend at ACS on Saturday, January 30. Four games will be played on Saturday — JV Girls at  2 p.m.; Varsity Girls at 3:30 p.m.; JV Boys at 5 p.m.; and Varsity Boys at 6:30 p.m.

Subscribe to the ACS YouTube Channel to watch the Saturday games live and all upcoming High School and Middle School home games each week. Away games are also being live streamed by the host schools.

The 14 members of the 2021 ACS Varsity Boys’ Basketball team, led by head coach Dan Carney and assistant coach Ben Chapman, are: Robby Barberio, Jake DeNick, Noah Gibbs, Aaron Glancey, Sam Glancey, Malachi Green, Joshua Jacoby, Manny Johnson, Cruz Lewis, Evan Pearson, Jacob Rosie, Joshua Schlundt, Devin Tridente, and Caleb Vogel.

The 13 members of the 2021 ACS Varsity Girls’ Basketball team, led by head coach Kaylee Breunig and assistant coach Dara Kimmerley, are: Daniella Ajayi, Olivia Chapman, Kami DeNick, Maddie DeNick, Shelby Einwechter, Becca Kelley, Evangelina Kim, Ryleigh Martin, Paige Noble, Sydney Pearson, Chloe Vogel, Eden Wilson, and Cristen Winkel.

CLICK HERE for the online link to watch the ACS home games on YouTube.