Atlantic Christian Spikeball tournament crowns boys' and girls' winners

Atlantic Christian School turned a spring afternoon into a true bracket day on Friday, May 15, as its Spikeball tournament brought students outside, filled the campus with energy, and ended with two pairs standing atop the boys’ and girls’ brackets. Organized by PE Teacher Kaylee Breunig, the event gave the school a fast-moving roundnet competition with clear winners, runners-up, and plenty of cheering from classmates watching around the courts.

In the boys’ bracket, Isaac Kelley and Caden Kim finished first after outlasting Robbie Jackson and Ben Kelley, who placed second. That result gave Atlantic Christian a clean competitive finish in a format built for quick swings and constant movement, with each point carrying extra weight in a short school tournament.

The girls’ side produced its own decisive result. Gianna Flynn and Maddy Neill took first place, while Abby Kelley and Isabella Santos finished as runners-up. With both brackets settled, the tournament gave the school a straightforward list of champions and finalists, the kind of result that makes a campus event feel like a real sporting stop rather than just an activity on the calendar.

The setting mattered as much as the scorelines. Atlantic Christian described the afternoon as one of friendly competition in beautiful weather, with students gathering to compete, cheer one another on, and spend time together as a school community. The tournament fit neatly inside a broader athletics culture at the school, which fields multiple varsity and club sports and has built its identity around more than a single game or season.

That larger backdrop gives the Spikeball event more weight. Atlantic Christian has operated since 1971 and has graduated nearly 600 alumni, a reminder that the school’s athletic moments sit inside a long-running community tradition. Roundnet also fits the moment: the sport has grown steadily since its invention in 1989, and organized college competition has existed since 2017, giving school-level play a link to a wider competitive network.

For Atlantic Christian, the tournament did what a strong campus sports event should do. It crowned winners, brought students together, and showed how Spikeball can work as both a competition and a shared school experience.