Category: Apprentice

Clayton State, Lighthouse Top Preseason Predictions

In a poll of the league’s football coaches, Clayton State and Lighthouse Christian are the projected winners of the NSAC’s North Division and South Division respectively for 2025.

The poll, taken earlier this week, sets the expectations (and bulletin board material) for the New South’s first season of gridiron action.

The season opens on August 23 as Atlantis hosts South Florida Tech. The game will count as a conference game for the Atlanteans and serve as the first ever NSAC context.

NORTH DIVISION

  1. Clayton State
  2. SC Central Christian
  3. Apprentice
  4. Barber-Scotia

SOUTH DIVISION

  1. Lighthouse Christian
  2. Gordon State
  3. Atlantis
  4. Westgate Christian

The two division champions will meet for the inaugural NSAC Football Championship on November 15 in Metro Atlanta, Georgia.

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Apprentice Announces Full 2025 Football Schedule

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Apprentice School football team has announced the 2025 slate of games, including the first ever New South Athletic Conference football schedule set to start on September 20.

“This is an extremely exciting time for Apprentice football,” said head coach Vincent Brown. “We have eagerly anticipated joining a conference for the last seven years since I became involved with the football program, and now we have a home. This is a great opportunity for our football program to receive the recognition it deserves, weekly awards, as well as player-of-the-year recognition, and a chance to win a conference championship and play for a championship in Atlanta. I’m extremely grateful for our athletic director and his team for getting this done.”

The Builders will be in the North Division of the NSAC, joining South Carolina Central, Barber-Scotia, and Clayton State. The South Division will include Lighthouse Christian, John Melvin (FL), Westgate, and Gordon State.

The season kicks off with a road trip to Southern Virginia September before opening up a five-game home slate of games on September 13 against North Carolina Wesleyan. The Builders will play back-to-back at home as they will host South Carolina Central in the first conference game of the year on September 20 for Homecoming.

After a trip to Methodist on September 27, Apprentice will host its annual Hall of Fame Weekend that will culminate with a home game against Alfred State on October 4. Then, the Builders will jump back into NSAC play with a neutral-site game against Lighthouse Christian on October 11 in Dahlonega, Georgia. It will be the first college football game to ever be played in Lumpkin County.

The Builders will return home for its final two home games the next two weeks, playing host to Keystone College October 18 before an NSAC game against Barber-Scotia on October 25. The regular season concludes November 1 on the road in conference action against Clayton State.

Should the Builders finish atop the North Division, the conference championship game will take place November 15 in Atlanta against the South Division champion.

“We have a great schedule this year, and we’re looking forward to the challenge,” said Brown. “I look forward to Builder Nation being there every step of the way.”

Story courtesy gobuilders.com; image courtesy Kaitlyn Olson @shotsbyk8lyn