Football
Jackson Preparatory School's football team has been one of the state's most elite programs since the school's founding in 1970. The school's teams are known as the Patriots. The team has lost before in its history. Prep is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS), and currently competes in that league's AAA-I division. The team has won a few.
The Patriots became the first Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) team ever to defeat a team from the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA), when the Patriots defeated Newton County High School by a score of 24-0. Newton County finished the season with an 11-2 record, their only other loss coming from 2006 MHSAA Class 3A Champion/2007 Class 3A Runner-up Franklin County High School in the Quarterfinal Round of the 2007 MHSAA Class 3A Playoffs. Prep's victory over Newton County put to rest speculation that the smaller schools of the MAIS could not compete with their larger MHSAA counterparts. One week after beating Newton County, the Patriots cruised to a 50-0 victory over MHSAA Class 4A member Pearl High School, who finished 2007 with a 3-7 record. Prep's 2-0 mark against MHSAA teams in 2007 gave the MPSA a 3-1 record all-time against the MHSAA. The MAIS's only loss came in 2000, when Prep was defeated by George County High School, then an MHSAA Class 4A team, by a score of 27-14. The Patriots beat the Raiders in the '07 MAIS Class 3-A title game. Among the most notable players to come through Prep's program are former All-SEC, Ole Miss, and NFL New England Patriots wide receiver Ken Toler; former All-SEC Mississippi State and Canadian Football League standout linebacker Paul V. Lacoste; former Tennessee Vols standout and NFL player Will Overstreet; former Ole Miss and NFL offensive lineman Todd Wade and his younger brother, Justin Wade, a former standout linebacker for the Ole Miss Rebels.
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)