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Eagle’s Landing Christian 49, Pace Academy 0
Boys Varsity Football
Updated on 06/10/2022
|S. Thomas Coleman, AJC
Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy sent a message Friday night, and it was not subtle.
The Chargers, the four-time defending Class A private school champions, put the state on notice that they are still the best bet to win another title in December, as they rolled over Pace Academy, ranked No. 6 in Class AAA, 49-0.
While it was far from a perfect game for ELCA – the Chargers committed 14 penalties – it was nonetheless a dominant win over a sure playoff contender two classifications higher.
A brief stretch in the second quarter summed up Pace’s night. Midway through the second quarter with ELCA already up 14-0 after two short touchdown runs by seniors Keaton Mitchell and Gabe Wright in the first quarter, ELCA appeared to snuff out its own scoring drive by committing consecutive false start penalties on third-and-2 near midfield. Now facing third-and-12 from Wright lofted a pass down the near sideline and Justin Robinson outfought two Pace defenders
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ELCA showed no signs of weakness in blowout over Morrow High
Boys Varsity Football
Updated on 06/10/2022
|Darius Goodman, Sports Editor Henry Herald
McDONOUGH - Eagle's Landing Christian Academy opened up their season in traditional fashion unique to their program.
A dominating 55-13 victory over Morrow High School came with the program scoring 35 points in the first half against the Mustangs' six. Morrow added another touchdown in the third quarter but ELCA carried on to the 55-13 victory with another 18 points in the final half.
"It went good," ELCA head coach Jonathan Gess said about the game. "Our kids played good but we have to clean up mistakes. We struggled with Morrows athleticism."
In the victory for ELCA Gabe Wright was 16/20 for 230 yads and four passing touchdowns. Wright also carried eight times for 83 yards. Keaton Mitchell was limited to just 13 carries for 145 yards. Devon Dorsey had two receiving touchdowns on the night while Justin Robinson and Trent Hosford each had one.
ELCA hosts Pace Academy at home next Friday while Morrow High travels to face Forest Park High at T
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PERFECT EFFORT: SCRIMMAGE
Boys Varsity Football
Updated on 06/10/2022
|Jonathan Gess — August 16, 2019
Charger Nation,
First off, it’s Dee’s birthday. She had no intentions on ever being a coaches wife, and to make it worse, her birthday falls during football season, basically every week we scrimmage. I told Dee last night that I don’t do anything to extravagant and post it all over Facebook because basically I consider that fake and Dee’s birthday is everyday. We have personal relationships with the man who deliver her Amazon goods. They have come into our house for cookies and dinner. One even stopped by the other day asking Dee if she was the lady who made the good cookies; his friend had told him about her. ANYWAY, love you Dee and Happy Birthday! Everyone, she is 40! And I will do something nice, sweet and extravagant.
Also, as I write this year, I am using my own style. When I was in the Air Force, they had the way they wanted things written. When I got my MBA I had
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Jonathan Gess on ELCA in 2019: 'I don't think about winning on Friday night'
Boys Varsity Football
Updated on 06/10/2022
|By Darius Goodman
McDONOUGH — Where many teams took time out to get their preseason scrimmage out of the way and set a tone for their final week of preseason practice, state championship program Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy took a different route.
With a program that’s set the tone in Class A-Private with four straight state titles and a tradition to drool over, head coach Jonathan Gess hasn’t changed much for 2019. The Chargers began their work at the start of August, a simple timeframe of two weeks to get a program ready for the season. There was no film study either that went into the past week following their opponents’ scrimmages.
“I didn’t watch anybody’s scrimmage,” Gess said. “We always practice for two weeks and then scrimmage so that’s the way we do that. Some people, scrimmage and want two weeks to prepare for an opponent but we’re excited to scrimmage this week.”
There will be some things to watc
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ELCA softball coach Doug Campbell back in the game after quadruple bypass in 2018
Girls Varsity Softball
Updated on 06/10/2022
|By Darius Goodman
McDONOUGH - Looking back at the 2018 softball season, there was a perennial state playoff team out of the state tournament mix earlier than normal and it may have been enough to save Doug Campbell’s life.
The Eagle's Landing Christian Academy Lady Chargers were out of the Class A state playoffs in the Sweet 16, and the days after can be counted as a blessing with the postseason stress out of Campbell’s life. A mere three days after the final game of the Chargers' season, Campbell had quadruple bypass heart surgery, a scary situation that gave him new perspective.
Looking at Campbell this year on the softball diamond, it's hard to tell he had the surgery. He coaches the same as always, and his players don’t see much of a difference in him.
"I'm still as grumpy and loud as ever," said a smiling Campbell, realizing the stress of the playoffs last year may have had scary consequences for his health. "It's just one of those thing
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ELCA forward India Bellamy to play basketball at Rice University
Girls Varsity Basketball
Updated on 06/10/2022
|Staff Reports
McDONOUGH — Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy basketball player India Bellamy announced her commitment to Rice University last week.
Bellamy, who played at Dutchtown last season, averaged 14.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game to help the Lady Bulldogs reach the Class AAAAA Elite Eight. Bellamy played at ELCA as a sophomore. She has been a First Team All-County selection in each of the last two seasons.
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