Four years ago, New Life Academy kicked off its football program. This season, they’re continuing to move the chains — one yard at a time.
From 2004 through 2007 New Life Academy — a faith-based school in Woodbury with an enrollment of 207 from ninth grade through 12th grade — had a cooperative with host-school Concordia Academy in Bloomington. In 2008, however, NLA began its own program. Then, last year, NLA became the host school in a three-school cooperative, combining with Bethany Academy in Bloomington and St. Croix Preparatory Academy in Stillwater. This fall NLA is taking another step forward, joining the Tri-Metro Conference.