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Jacksonville Christian, ASDB to begin combined football season

Jacksonville Christian Academy and the Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind are joining for their first season as one football team.

Pope County Arkansas DeskSeptember 25, 2026
Jacksonville Christian, ASDB to begin combined football season

Key takeaways

  • Jacksonville Christian Academy and ASDB are forming one football team.
  • The coming season will be the team’s inaugural season.
  • The arrangement joins the two schools for football competition.

A new combined team

Jacksonville Christian Academy and the Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind are preparing to begin an inaugural season as a combined football team. The arrangement marks the first season in which the schools will compete together as one team.

What the change means

The two schools will share a football program for the new season. Jacksonville Christian Academy and the Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind remain the institutions named in the combined-team arrangement.

The development creates a new football program involving both schools. The team’s season will be its first under the combined structure.

What comes next

The start of the inaugural season will put the combined team into competition for the first time. Details about the team’s schedule, opponents and opening game were not included in the announcement.

What to watch

  • The combined team’s first scheduled game.
  • The season schedule and opponents.
  • How the schools describe the football partnership as the season begins.

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