Cornerstone Christian Academy in Jonesboro is in its first year as a member of the Association of Christian Educators League (ACEL). As a result, the school, located at 773 Walker Road in Jonesboro, on the campus of Full Gospel Temple Church, is not eligible for league honors this year; however, the girls and boys volleyball teams are proving to be a thorn in the side of those who are battling for the league titles.
This past week, the CCA Lady Eagles continued to show that they are one of the top teams in the league by taking wins over The Brighton School out of Baton Rouge (25-22, 25-10, 25-18) and Mt. Olive Christian School from Athens, LA by scores of 25-9, 25-6, and 25-7. The two victories improved the girls’ season record to an outstanding 10-1 mark. The CCA junior varsity girls team also won their match over Mt. Olive by scores of 25-6 and 25-17. In boys’ action, CCA beat First Baptist Christian School from Shreveport 25-11, 25-22, and 26-24 to move to 3-4 on the year.
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Gracepoint Christian Academy
It has been a historic year at Gracepoint Academy in Jonesboro, as this fall they introduced an athletic program for the first time in the school’s history, with girls and boys volleyball teams. Like Cornerstone Christian Academy, the Guardians are first-year members of the ACEL sports league.
As always, when starting a sports program, GCA has taken its lumps this season but is playing competitively and continuing to show improvement each week. GCA lost to Mr. Olive Christian School earlier in the week in girls varsity action to fall to 1-8 for the season, but the promise of future success was shown through the junior varsity as they beat MOCS 20-25, 25-18, and 15-13 in the tie-breaking set.
Upcoming Schedule
Both of the Jonesboro, LA, based schools will head to Natchitoches, LA, this coming Tuesday for girls varsity volleyball contests as GCA will play Freedom Life Academy and CCA will visit Psalms Christian Academy for the only games scheduled this week. ACEL play will conclude on October 9th.