Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jackson Academy hired David Duggan as its new football coach after he resigned as Kent State defensive coordinator.
Wednesday night at A.E Wood Coliseum, the Jackson Academy boys and East Rankin Academy girls won the 2024 MAIS Overall basketball tournament.
The MAIS football state championship schedule is set. Here are the scores for the 2023 MAIS title games. Class 6A. Jackson Prep (10-3) vs. Hartfield Academy (13-0), 6 p.m., Saturday at Mississippi ...
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. [2] Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, [3] [4] but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.
The championship site for the 1A thru 5A football title games is usually at Jackson Academy. The 6A championship game is usually held at Mississippi College. In most non-football playing sports, the MAIS is organized into five classifications. Class 6A, like football, is represented by the six largest schools in the organization.
Jordan attended Jackson Academy in Jackson, Mississippi, where he played baseball and football. [1] As a senior he was named the Mississippi Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year after he hit .524 with 16 home runs and 57 runs batted in (RBI). [2]
Jackson Academy boys basketball hold on to beat Jackson Prep 54-43 to win the MAIS Class 6A state title in the final possession of the game.
Jackson Preparatory School (Jackson Prep) is a private school in Flowood, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, with a controversial history as a segregation academy. [2] The school is coeducational and serves preschool through grade 12.