🌱 How Clinton Christian Academy is thriving after its eight-man football return

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• How Clinton Christian Academy is thriving after its eight-man football return

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📰 News we're reading

• CCA Football Finding Success in Return to Eight-Man Game (theclintoncourier.net) — Clinton Christian Academy's football team in Clinton is thriving after switching back to eight-man play, opening the 2026 season with a 4-0 record and a high-scoring offense. Despite being ineligible for the playoffs this year, the young Warriors squad is using this independent schedule to gain experience before rejoining full MAIS eight-man competition next season.
   

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