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ALSO INSIDE:

ALSO INSIDE: Cross Country Runners Win Pacers Reunite

New Strategic Plan

“Little Mermaid” Makes A Splash One School, Many Books

If you were stuck on an Island, what person in your grade would you want with you and why?

If you were a character from a movie, who would you be and why?

“Zach or Cody cause they are in a hotel”- Chance Lovertich

“I don’t want to answer this.”- Mary Rogers Merrell

“The cat in the hat”- Anna Kate Williams

“Maddy Mazzaferro”- Cooper Carroll

“Shaggy from Scooby-doo”- Sam Mills

“Sam Mills because he would die quicker”- Reese Friday “Wesely Williams because he is a country boy who is strong.”- Kennedi Pass “Taylor Wallace because his mom tracks his phone”- Zachary Gay “Sam Mosley, because he can cook”- Jake Ray

“The brave little toaster”- William Garrard “Sharkboy, so I could flirt with Lavagirl”- Lee Meena “Spiderman, so I could shoot webs out of my hands”- Drew Kincaid

Favorite Childhood T.V. Show Hays Dubberly- Hey, Arnold Brittany Wilkinson- Suite Life of Zack and Cody Gracie McCranney- Full House Matthew Clay- Jimmy Neutron Lee Meena- Fresh Prince of Bel Air Healy Vise- Ned’s declassified Ellis Abdo- Blue’s Clues Holman Buchanan- Ed, Edd n Eddy Chatham Kennedy- Drake and Josh Brendon McLeod- Dragon Tales Elliot Weill- That’s So Raven Sam Mosley- Law & Order

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RJ Green- Cops John Keeler- Tom and Jerry Tanner McCraney- Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles Russell Roberts- Power Rangers Ann Clardy Byrd- Kim Possible Michael Wilson- Family Matters Blair Stockett- Hannah Montana Haynes Horsley- Scooby-Doo Paul Andress- The Wiggles Patrick Phillips- Rugrats Mr. Hughes- The Electric Company

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Prep Launches New Strategic Plan MATTHEW CLAY On September 8, Dr. Walton and members of the Board of Directors introduced the student body to Prep’s latest strategic plan, known as #PrepJourney.

A special guest speaker, Grant Lichtman, author of the influential

book

#EdJourney, spoke to students (and later parents and faculty) about the need to redesign education for the modern age. Lichtman created quite a stir during the Tuesday forum by arriving onstage in the Fortenberry Theatre in a Toyota Prius, reminiscent of the one he used to travel around the nation while conducting the research for his book.

“The two main things stopping schools from moving forward are inertia of tradition and fear of taking risks,” Lichtman told students.

The task of explaining the new strategic plan to students fell to head of school, Dr. Jason Walton.

Every 5 to 10 years, Jackson Prep makes a strategic plan.

The

first

step

in

the

plan

is to analyze how the school is doing; the committee decides what problems must be addressed, and what extra goals would

be

beneficial.

This

was

done through an abundance of data that mainly consisted of reviews by Prep alumni, parents, and students.

Next, the committee decided which goals are practical. Generally, there are a maximum of 5 major goals per strategic plan. This assures that there are not more goals than the school has capacity for.

This

is

known

is

finding

the

“whats.”

Over the summer and most of last year, Prep created its strategic plan draft. The committee in charge of forming the draft consisted of faculty members, board members, Dr. Walton, and even several BY

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“One School, Many Books” Returns

GRACIE MCCRANEY One School Many Books returned to Jackson Prep on September 1. It was created

by English teachers, including department chair Dr. Lisa Whitney. Students chose a book from an online list during the summer, read the book, then met with a small group with the teachers who recommended the book for a small quiz and discussion.

After the groups met the students celebrated on Patriot Avenue with cookies.

One School Many Books was redesigned for its return to Jackson Prep. This year the books all contained the common theme of diversity. The reading ties into the strategic plan happening this year.

One goal of the strategic plan is to make Prep more diverse. According to Whitney, “this was a good place to start talking about diversity”.

Teachers recommended books again for students. Unlike last year, this year teachers recommended books that were relevant to the theme and not their favorite books.

Dr. Luke Nealey’s goal was to have smaller groups. As a result, groups were closed after a certain amount of students chose a book. This kept the groups small and allowed for more discussion and for each student to be heard.

This year special guests attended One School Many Books. Mississippi State Athletic Director Scott Stricklin, former Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat, along with the authors of I Ain’t Coming Back, (Dolphus Weary) and Same Kind of Different as Me (Ron

Hall).

Some

filming

of Hall’s movie took place at Prep.

Whitney says, “Logistically it went better this year”.

She has exciting ideas for the future in store for students.

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students. The main committee was split into small groups – each small group was assigned to a single goal in order to propose “how” the goal would be achieved. The committee had 3 hour meetings at least once a month, but small groups met more

often.

A

consulting

firm

specializing in school planning was also employed.

After groups pitched the “hows” of the plan, members of the committee decided what was practical and what wasn’t.

Then they made a draft for the plan. The plan was presented to the board for approval this summer, and was approved.

TOP: (L-R) Dudley Wooley, President of the Board of Trustees, special guest speaker Grant Lichtman, Dr. Jason Walton, Head of School, and trustee Lawrence Coco, who spearheaded the strategic planning committee.

BELOW: Grant Lichtman explains some of his ideas about how education

The end result is these 5 goals: 1. Diversify and grow our global leadership platform and efforts.

2. Create a more diverse and externally connected Jackson Prep.

3. Develop a culture of continuous innovation.

4.Enhance and integrate our excellent academic and co-curricular program 5.Enhance

our

financial

sustainability.

Prep has done many strategic plans before; the consultation

firm

in

charge

of

guiding

the strategic plan constantly repeated “Prep executes everything that they take on.” It is very common in other schools for a strategic plan to be made, but

not

fulfilled.

This

is

not

how

our school works. Historically, Prep

sets

goals,

finds

out

how

to achieve them, and follows through.

The next few years promise to be exciting as the elements of the plan are put into effect.

The Sentry

In Case You Were Wondering...

What Goes Into Preparing for a Pep Rally?

NEVIN WELLS Preparing for Friday pep rallies may look simple, but it’s very complex. Cheerleaders, Pacers, band members, and parents put in work every day each week preparing for the pep rally.

It all starts as early as the summer, when the cheerleading squad decides the theme for each pep rally. “We paint all of our signs in this summer so during the week, we can focus on practicing the dances and cheers” said Leigh Ashley Courtney. Anything needed for the pep rally is also ordered during the summer like; tank tops, props for pep rally, balloons, and pom poms. The cheer squad then picks out the music for each pep rally and begin to put playlists together.

“On Thursdays, we feed the football players and then decorate for the pep rally” said Leigh Ashley Courtney. Thursday’s are known as “Burger Days” where the cheerleaders BY

prepare the football team for friday with post practice snacks of Wendy’s cheeseburgers and a dessert. “Burger day is our favorite because it’s relaxed and we get to eat,” said Leigh Ashley Courtney.

The cheerleaders meet in the gym after school for “set up.” “It is really important that everyone helps because hanging all of the signs signs and lights can take a long time” said Leigh Ashley Courtney.

They hang all of the signs for that pep rally and then start to tackle the lights. The lights are much work, because you must have extension cords in order for the lights to reach and be able to wrap around the signs.

Lights are also used to light the bleachers up. The lights then must be secured with zip ties; this take quite a long time.

Moms are big help in setting up the for the pep rally’s.

The tunnel that the football players walk through has to be laid

out

on

the

gym

floor.

This

requires heavy duty and even more extension cords. Mats then have to be placed under the tunnel to protect the gym floor

from

being

scratched

up.

After all signs have been hung, lights been arranged and the tunnel prepared, the cheerleaders then begin to practice for the pep rally. They begin practicing their dance or routine for the pep rally several weeks before, mostly in the mornings before school. The cheer moms are then to be at the gym Friday morning 6 a.m. sharp to blow up balloons to put around the campus, this process takes around an hour. Cheerleaders then double check to make sure nothing

has

fallen

down,

and

finally the week of preparation is over.

Sophomore cheerleaders Sara Thomas Easley and Emme Aldridge talk about their feelings for the week of preparation, “It takes a lot of time and effort

but

it

is

definitely

worth

it on Fridays. It’s a lot of work,

but it is always fun, especially burger day.”

The Pacers also spend countless hours perfecting their dance and formation for during the pep rally. “Getting ready is somewhat

stressful,

and

definitely tiring but it’s all worth it on Friday” said Sophomore Pacer Katie Walker. “Pacer is life there is nothing I would rather do” said Senior Pacer Mollie Merrell.

The band members also prepare day in and day out.

They perform frequently during the pep rally. Primarily the drum line prepares the most, knowing they have their own section of the pep rally and are expected to rock it out.

Countless hours from all three groups go into making sure that every pep rally is the type of event that students will remember for years to come.

New Photography and Digital Design Class Debuts ANN CLARDY BYRD This year Prep has collaborated with Mississippi State in the new Photography and Digital Design class. This class introduces innovative software application programs for interior design students to create graphic presentations, portfolios and digital illustrations.

Dr. Miller and Ms. Pentecost are the two teachers for this class. Ms. Pentecost teaches the students how to use the Adobe Systems. The class has already done one project; each student had to create their own movie poster modeled after an old classic movie and present it to the class.

The Digital Design part of the class is taught 1st semester and the Photography part of this class is taught by Dr. Miller during 2nd semesBY

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ter. During the 1st semester the students will learn how to use three of the Adobe Systems.

The students are now working on learning how to use Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator is a program used by both artists and graphic designers to create vector images. These images will then be used for company logos, promotional uses or even personal work, both in print and digital form. The students will spend about 2 weeks per system so that they can learn the basics of it.

Photography, taught by Dr. Miller, is second semester.

Each student will have their own individual cameras and will go around the campus and take photos. They also will be able to use photos that they have taken out of school. “Digital Design is such a great expe-

rience for me, I really enjoyed learning how to use Photoshop,” said Jordan Davis.

Jordan Davis and Kendall Causey work diligently in their digital design class.

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Global Leadership Institute Brings Speakers, Activities CHATHAM KENNEDY The Jackson Prep Global Leadership Institute is looking forward to an exciting new year. Since Dr. Cindy Townsend moved to become Executive Director - Treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union and Women’s Ministries of Mississippi, the GLI is run by Ms. Susan Hydrick as well as various Prep teachers. Junior High counselors Ms. Reta Haire and Ms. Maret Watson are the new seventh grade Global Leadership rotation teachers. The 20152016 school year is packed with exciting events and leadership opportunities.

The initial seventh and ninth grade Big Sis/Little Sis meeting occurred on Tuesday, BY

September 15th.

Sixty-two bright-eyed seventh graders eagerly awaited to see who their big sister would be. The ninth graders are extremely excited to finally

have

their

“littles”.

Miss

Wheelchair Mississippi, Lauren Compere, will be speaking at the next meeting on October 20th. The girls will also be collecting canned goods as part of their service project.

Prep Students, Faculty to Travel The World in 2016 JACOB ARON Prep will be offering many travel opportunities in the next year, including trips to Iceland, London, Spain and China.

The trip to Spain will last from June 29 to July 17, and will be based in Salamanca, Spain. All Prep students who have taken at least two years of the Spanish language class are eligible to go on the trip. The two sponsors for this trip are Mr. Hunter Upchurch and Ms. Katie Fatherree. “We are excited to take a group of Spanish students to Spain to use their Spanish and learn about the culture” The Global Leadership Institute program will also be taking a trip this year; they will be going to a leadership summit in Iceland sponsored by Mrs. Norma Cox. Prep students will be learning about the future of energy and how to be part of the solution they will also go sightseeing and which include

The tenth grade class recently attended a luncheon as part of their strengths assessment test.They broke up into groups based on their top two strengths. Jackson Prep faculty members led these breakout sessions. On September 29th, the seniors will be attending a strengths luncheon at Table 100. Barry Cannada will be the guest speaker.

The

first

GLI

forum

was

held on Thursday, September 24th.

Zach Hunter, author of three books and founder of Loose Change to Loosen Chains, was the lead speaker. Unleash, Prep’s monthly Bible study, will kickoff on Thursday, October

29

with

a

free

Chick-­fil-­a

breakfast. Senior High Mentor/ Mentee Breakfast Celebrations

begin the week of November 2.

Norma Cox will be leading the annual GLI trip. This year, the Senior High student have the opportunity to go to Iceland during spring break. Students will be touring sites such as the Blue Lagoon and Hofdi House.

There will also be a two-day leadership conference in Reykjavik.

Hydrick states, “It’s gonna be a fun and exciting year. We have some great things in store for the students.” The GLI is expecting great things to take place!

Prep to Come Alive with The Sound of Music

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the Northern lights. They will wrap up the trip with a leadership conference on the future of renewable and global energy and will collaborate with students from across the world on solving real world energy issues.

The drama department will also be going over spring break; they will be going abroad to London, England. The Drama department and Mr. Kenneth McDade will be visiting many famous sites in London such as St. Paul’s Cathedral,

the London bridge, the house of Parliament and even will have a chance to see Shakespeare’s home and birth place in Stratford-upon-Avalon. They also will view two famous plays while there in the historic Globe Theatre. They will visit Stonehenge and the historic roman baths on the 17th of March.

Ms. Jane Zhu and Prep students will be taking a trip to China this summer where they will be visiting Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Yangzhou, Quilling, Hongkong.

RUSSELL ROBERTS The Sound of Music is a drama/romance musical being produced at Jackson Prep.

The main characters of this play is going to be Emily Box who plays Maria Rainer and Conner Watson who plays Captain Georg Von Trapp.

A interesting story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world’s best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Emily Box plays the BY

role of Maria, the tomboyish candidate at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

The musical will occur on October 24 and 26. So mark the calendars as Prep is known for its wonderful plays.

“The Sound of Music is a great story and I can’t wait to see it unfold out on the stage,” said sophomore Jake Maloney.

The Sentry

New

Teacher

Profile:

Mr.

John

Holmes

Hilburn

LEE MEENA Mr. John Holmes Hilburn is Jackson Prep’s instructor for

its

first-­ever

woodworking

class.

A

Jackson

native

and

Prep

alumnus,

Hilburn

studied

Industrial

Technology

at

Mis-­ sissippi

State

University.

He

also runs a custom furniture company

based

out

of

Jackson

named

Homelite

John’s.

Hilburn

started

to

de-­ velop

an

interest

in

building

at

age

11

when

he

and

his

father

put

together

a

four-­wheeler

on

their

own.

He

also

built

a

com-­ puter

desk

for

his

mother

and

a

deer

stand

at

an

early

age.

BY

Woodworking

operates

unlike

any

other

class

at

Prep.

It

does

not

have

chairs

for

the

class, because the class isn’t a sit-­down

learning

experience.

Hilburn

emphasizes

that

wood-­ working

is

a

“very

hands-­on

and

involved”

type

of

learning,

keeping

safety

at

his

highest

priority.

Hilburn

says

that

he

is

very

impressed

with

all

the

im-­ provements

that

Prep

has

made

in

the

last

few

years.

He

likes

how

it

has

made

upgrades

in

technology

and

buildings

since

he

was

in

high

school.

He

also

appreciates

the

willingness

of

Prep

to

have

new

classes

like

woodworking.

Outside

of

Prep,

John

works

at

his

custom

furniture

company,

where

he

designs

and

sells

around

30

beds

each

month.

He

likes

to

spend

his

free

time

as

an

outdoorsman.

His

classes

are

currently

working

on

two

very

inter-­ esting

projects.

One

period

is

constructing

a

8x8-­foot

check-­ erboard,

while

the

other

is

building

two

7-­foot

tall

Adiron-­ dack

Chairs.

Hilburn

says

that

he

has

many

exciting

plans

in

the

works

for

his

classes.

SEE MORE NEW TEACHER PROFILES AT JPSENTRY.NET!

John Holmes assisting his students with the sander. Photo by Lee Meena

Student

Profile:

Parker

Griffis

Parker Griffis eagerly awaiting his poptart cooking in the microwave.

Photo by Elliot Weill.

September 2015

ELLIOT WEILL

Parker

Griffis

is

an

am-­ bitious,

fun-­loving

6th

grader

at Jackson Prep. He has four older

brothers,

Robert,

Edwin,

TK,

and

Sean

Michael,

who

at-­ tend

or

have

attended

Prep.

Ed-­ win

and

Parker

are

in

the

9th

grade.

TK

is

a

senior

and

Sean

Michael is a sophomore at Ole Miss.

Parker

also

has

a

dog,

Shadow,

who

is

15

years

old.

Before

Prep,

He

went

to

First

Presbyterian

Day

School.

Parker

lives

in

Ridgeland

and

is

twelve

years

old.

Parker

is

the

starting

cen-­ ter

for

the

7th

grade

football

team

and

has

aspirations

to

play

for

the

varsity

team.

He

also

plays

golf,

soccer,

basket-­ BY

ball,

and

baseball.

He

is

the

tallest

person

of

his

grade

and

is

becoming

quite

the

athlete.

Parker’s

love

of

sports

ex-­ pands

more

than

just

playing

them,

but

to

watching

them

as

well.

One

of

his

favorite

sports

teams

is

the

Detroit

Lions

be-­ cause

of

his

favorite

player

Cal-­ vin

Johnson

and

the

Washing-­ ton

Wizards

with

John

Wall.

He

also

enjoys

watching

col-­ lege

football

and

rooting

for

the

Rebs.

Parker

plans

to

stay

at

Prep

until

he

graduates.

When

he

graduates

he

plans

to

go

to

the

University

of

Mississippi.

He

has

not

found

out

what

he

plans

on

studying,

but

he

plans

to

have

a

job

by

age

43.

Outside

of

Prep

Parker

en-­

joys

playing

Madden

16

on

Xbox

One

and

playing

sports

with

his friends.

Parker’s

favorite

food

at

Prep

is

tacos

and

his

favor-­ ite

class

is

lunch.

He

wishes

he

had

Air

Jordans.

He

also

be-­ lieves

that

Obama

should

help

the

refugees

in

Europe.

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Farm To Prep Expands to Breakfast BLAIR STOCKETT BRITTANY WILKINSON Farm to Prep Breakfast is new to Jackson Prep this year and has been a huge success so far. It was created to provide healthier breakfast options for students in the morning. It is served from 7:30 to 10:50 Monday through Friday. All of the food is grown or produced in Mississippi.

Along with the everyday items, there is a special for each day of the week. The everyday items include: grits from Oxford, country pleasin’ sausage from Florence, eggs from Edwards, and biscuits baked fresh everyBY

AND

day. On the healthier side, they serve vanilla or strawberry parfait with your choice of granola, fresh strawberries, watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe, honeydew, and blueberries. They all come from a local produce company.

The cafeteria staff is thrilled about Farm to Prep breakfast and it has turned out better than they thought. “It is just going fantastic, and we are selling out almost everyday,’’ says Shilo. Farm to Prep breakfast

is

also

beneficial

to

the

parents of students, ”The parents are loving that their kids can eat a healthy breakfast every morning.” Farm to Prep break-

fast is a great addition to Prep and

should

definitely

be

available in the years to come.

Daily Specials: Monday- Bacon, egg, cheese biscuits Tuesday- mini chicken biscuits with honey and chicken and waffles Wednesday- Tex-Mex soft tacos Thursday-sausage and chicken biscuits Friday- sausage and chicken biscuits Photo by Brittany Wilkinson

The Jackson Prep Campus, Then and Now

Early concept drawing for Prep Photo courtesy of Jackson Prep

MATTHEW CLAY Since Prep’s opening in 1970, the campus has undergone many physical changes.

New buildings were created, old ones were torn down, and others were remodeled for new purposes.

Everyone knows athletics are important at Prep, but very few know the history of

the

playing

fields.

The

Manning Center, for instance, did not exist until several decades after the school was built. Instead, the tennis courts were there.

The

football

field/track

has remained in the same place BY

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over the years; they did, however,

convert

the

field

to

turf,

build new bleachers, and an additional concession stand over the course of the 2000’s. While the track may have always circled

the

football

field,

the

field

events have not. Originally field

events

like

pole

vaulting

or triple jumping were held in what is now the “red slab” and the

current

band

field.

Basketball players will be surprised to know that their gym used to be in the McRae center - which is now the library. That is quite a dramatic change. Perhaps most interesting change is soft-

Concept drawing for Prep in 2015 Photo courtesy of Jackson Prep

ball’s

old

field,

which

is

now

currently the Flowood Fire Department next door to Prep.

Changes have also been made on the general layout of the school. The cafeteria was once the Multi-Purpose Room, and before that it was actually in Dr. Smith’s room.

The library was once a combination of the senior high teacher’s lounge and Dr. Whitney’s room; the teacher’s lounge was the current publications room.

Since the McRae building was the gym, there were no administration

offices

in

that

building; instead, administration

and

Senior

High

office

members shared space in the senior high. The 6th grade classes were initially upstairs in the Mcrae building, but now they are in a separate hallway of the Junior High.

Car

flow

is

a

big

deal

today; the parking lot seems like a mad rush when school gets out. But it was actually quite worse many years ago.

There was no parking lot by the Manning Center, only the front lot. It had no medians or trees, just a wide open lot. The part in front of the Junior High building was only two rows

wide. Patriot Avenue used to be a dirt road that ran behind the buildings, and there was nothing on the northwest side of it. Coach Bradford recalls that it was always “muddy and icky.”

Prep has been more than blessed over the past 45 years and will hopefully continue to grow just as much in the years to come.

The Sentry

Junior High News

by our JH Correspondents

Sixth Grade Report VERONICA CHOUGH OWEN ABNEY This year 44 students have come together from all over the Jackson metro area to start a new year at Jackson Prep. Our new 6th grade class of 2022 has largely surpassed the amount of students in last year’s 6th grade. With the growing 6th grade we now have added a new teacher named Ms. Flowers.

Now with a new teacher in the grade, Ms. Flower’s homeroom

has

their

first

two

periods

upstairs in the McRae building.

All these students are looking forward to a great 2015-2016 year and the opportunities that Jackson Prep offers.

These few weeks the 6th graders have been working on the

scientific

method

in

Dr.

Graham’s science class as well as the atmosphere. The students have been looking forward to an experiment they will be doBY

AND

ing on the 23rd of September in her class. In Ms. Farrington’s social studies the students are memorizing

the

five

themes

of

geography along with longitude and latitude. They have listened to many fun songs in her class to help them memorize everything they need for their tests.

The 6th grade, along with the rest of the junior high, has a morning prayer on the intercom. Although, in the 6th grade alone we have a devotional every morning. In devotional we have read a verse from the Bible or a motivational saying.

We also have prayer requests where the students can pray for struggles they and others are facing. Through Christian values, challenging academics, and school activities, our 6th graders are looking forward to a great school year.

Junior Varsity Volleyball HAWTHORNE CLEVELAND MADIE VAN PELT Junior Varsity Volleyball is a girls, sport that is harder than it looks. These girls are led by Coaches Meghan and Leah, two hardworking people that would do anything for their team. Girls show their commitment to this sport by practicing Monday through Thurday from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. each week. Our team has won several games this season and would love for your support at the remaing games. Show your spirit for the one and only Jackson Prep Junior Varsity Volleyball team, see you there!

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Ninth Grade Girls Mentor Seventh Graders in Big Sis, Little Sis Program ANNA STACK On Tuesday, September 15, girls from the ninth grade gathered in the MPR to introduce themselves to their seventh grade little sister. In this program, big and little sisters will develop a unique friendship and motivate each other to become leaders.

During the year, the little sisters will grow closer to their big sisters through many different activities. Both inside and outside of school, the ninth grade girls will encourage the seventh grade girls and make them feel more welcome and comfortable in a new environBY

ment.

This year, a new aspect has been added to the program: community service.

The big and little sisters will gain new experiences while serving their community and creating authentic relationships with one another. The girls will begin the year with a canned food drive, and they will complete many more projects throughout the year.

When the big and little sisters complete their journey, they will have formed a special bond and grown as friends and leaders.

Junior High Candids

by Hannah Biggs

September 2015

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Music

Review:

Beauty

Behind

The

Madness

By

The

Weeknd MICHAEL WILSON

Recently,

Abel

Tesfaye,

better known by his solo stage name

The

Weeknd,

Released

a new 14 track album named Beauty Behind the Madness.

This

veteran

R&B

artist

has had two previous albums released.

Trilogy, his debut album consisted of 30 songs and launched his career back in 2012.

His

follow

up

album

Kiss Land was dropped in 2013 with 10

tracks.

BY

10

As

of

September

2015,

Can’t

Feel

My

Face

has

sold

1,288,942

copies

in

the

country.

The album as a whole has great producing coming from a wide

variety

of

producers.

The

slow and heavier beats contrast with the high tenor melody of The

Weeknd’s

vocal

style.

Like most of his other works the subject matter tends to deal with love and things of

a

carnal

nature.

The

track

that seems to break his normal

“type”

of

song

would

be

“Can’t

Feel

My

Face”

which

sports

a

much more upbeat and party vibe

than

his

other

works.

The album features other artists

such

as

Kanye

West,

Ed

Sheeran,

Labrinth,

and

Lana

Del

Rey.

Hottest

Shows

on

Netflix JOHN KEELER One of the most popular things to do for a bored Jackson Prep students is to watch movies

and

TV

shows

on

Netflix.

Through

Netflix,

students

are

able to watch entire TV shows and movies for a low monthly rate

on

their

computer.

Many students binge watch

full

series.

This

new

phrase means that they watch multiple episodes at a time as they go through all the seasons of

a

series.

If you ask any student around campus what they are currently

watching,

you

will

hear a wide variety of answers ranging from Prison Break to Parks and Recreation.

Many students prefer watching sitcoms like Friends, which

centers

around

six

best

friends

who

live

in

New

York.

Friends has been known to be the most rewatched TV show on Netflix.

Another popular comedy is The

Office.

This

fan

favorite has been loved by almost every

high

school

student.

Everyone’s favorite character,

Dwight

Schrute,

became

America’s favorite Assistant BY

In 2014 and 15 singles such

as

“often”,

“Earned

It”,

“The

Hills”

and

“Can’t

Feel

My

Face”

from

his

new

album,

Beauty

Behind

the

Madness,

have reached the top 10 charts in

recent

months.

“Can’t

Feel

My

Face”

actually

made

number

1st

on

Billboard

Hot

100

in

two

months,

then

lost

its

status,

and

came

back to the number one spot twice

more,

making

it

the

5th

song

in

history

to

achieve

this.

to the Regional Manager/ Volunteer

Sheriff/

Beet

Farmer

throughout all nine seasons of The

Office.

Steve

Carrell

played

Michael

Scott

as

“The

World’s

Best

Boss”

who

thinks

that

he

helped create a lasting romance between Jim Halpert and Pam Beasely.

If you want to catch up on the

latest

drama

in

Seattle’s

Grey

Sloan

Memorial

Hospital,

then

you

should

check

out

Grey’s Anatomy.

All

eleven

seasons will keep you on edge as the stars deal with tough relationships and serious medical cases.

Scandals

are

around

every corner in the addicting series,

Gossip Girl.

This

exclusive

New York boarding school has heartache and drama running through the halls which has captured the hearts of girls all across

the

country.

The advertising agency has never looked so appealing until you watch Mad Men.

Jon Hamm plays advertising superstar

Don

Draper,

whose

troubled childhood has shaped his

life.

His

confidence

sells

himself

and

his

products,

keeping viewers watching until the

series

finale

early

this

year.

Unlike

the

movie

or

book,

Friday Night Lights,

the

television

show,

centers

around

East

Dillon

High

School.

Coach

Eric

Taylor has to create a championship-caliber football team under the strict pressure from surrounding parents and faculty.

You

will

understand

why

people feel football is king in Texas

if

you

sit

down

and

watch

what most of the other students are watching in Friday Night Lights.

This sample of reveals a wide variety of shows that are watched

on

Netflix

by

Prep

students.

If

you

ask

anyone

down

the hallway what they watch on

Netflix,

you

probably

will

get

a different answer from every single

one

of

them.

The Sentry

BY HAYS DUBBERLY Fantasy Football is an online game in which participants select imaginary teams from the players in the NFL and score points according to the actual performance of their players. It is an extremely fun way to play against your friends and possibly win some money too. Many Prep students participate in Fantasy Football through CBS, NFL.com, or ESPN. At the beginning of the NFL football season, leagues are formed and there can be an entry for money. The number of competitors usually range from

Fantasy Football

6-12 members. The amount of money is usually anywhere from $10 to $20 per person. In many leagues that Prep students take part in, the winner gets the majority of money in the pool, and second place gets their money back.

Fantasy Football is a good marketing ploy from the NFL. People all over the nation play Fantasy Football and invest time into the games and their leagues. Playing Fantasy Football helps people keep up with the NFL games every week. Elkin Crews strongly believes, “Fantasy Football is a lot

of fun to play with friends, and it makes watching the NFL a lot more fun and intense.”

A standard Fantasy Football league has one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, a team

defense,

kicker,

and

a

flex

player.

A

flex

player

can

be

anyone who plays running back, wide receiver, and tight end.

There is also a bench where you can draft subs incase players get injured or have bye weeks.

People are able to change their lineup weekly. Also, if someone is

not

satisfied

with

the

performance of one of their players,

they are able to drop him and pick someone else up from free agency. Free agency lets anyone pick up a player unowned.

The Sentry staff members love Fantasy Football as well and have a league set up through NFL.com.

FIFA 16 Beats Expectations TANNER MCCRANEY The FIFA 16 demo is out and it displays the new changes and improvements from last years game. The new changes in the game include no-touch dribbling, a huge goalie ability boost, a slide tackling and team defense boost, a crossing boost and pass interception boost, a more life like shooting and scoring boost, and the addition of women’s national teams.

The no touch dribbling allows the play to make skill moves without touching the ball such as head fakes or false steps.

The

goalie

boost

fixes

the biggest complain about FIFA 15, according to whatculture.com, the ability of the goal to save long shots and shots from an angle. This boost makes the goal more aware of BY

September 2015

his or her position in the goal based on the shooter. This enables the goalie to make a better play on the ball.

The slide tackling and team defense boosts keep fast players from simply running passed entire defenses untouched. The new slide tackling boost makes missing a slide tackle less harmful because now your player can recover much faster than the past.

The team defense boost enables the defenders that the player is not controlling drop in cover or step up to block a pass.

The crossing and interception boost blows away the complains on the lack of a midfield

in

FIFA

games.

These

give

the

mid

fielders

in

the

game

more of an effective role in the game.

Next, the shooting boost makes the shots taken feel real and life-like as if it were in real life. This includes the

ability

of

the

play

to

finish

the ball simply in the corner of the net or getting his or her foot around the ball to put more spin on the ball for a more effective shot. Either one contributes to a more real feeling of the game.

Lastly, the addition of women’s national teams to FIFA is a huge new feature.

These national teams include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. All together, these boosts and new features contribute to a better and more fun experience playing the game.

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The Five Worst BY

HAYS DUBBERLY AND SAM MOSLEY

Five Worst Athletes To Cheer For 1. Kobe Bryant 2. Floyd Mayweather 3. Alex Rodriguez 4. Ray Rice 5. Tiger Woods

Five Worst Cities 1. Detroit 2. Cleveland 3. St. Louis 4. Baltimore 5. Jackson, Tennessee

Five Worst Fashion Tastes 1. Crocs 2. Skinny Jeans on overweight men 3. Matching Nike outfits with Nike Elite socks 4. Birkenstocks 5. Oakley sunglasses

Five Worst Actors 1. Nicholas Cage 2. Leonardo Dicaprio (never won an Oscar) 3. Kristen Stewart 4. Vin Diesel 5. Rob Schneider

Five Worst Diseases 1. Ebola 2. AIDS 3. Polio 4. Syphilis 5. Influenza

Five Worst Professional Sport Teams 1. Jacksonville Jaguars 2. Sacramento Kings 3. Orlando Magic 4. San Diego Padres 5. New Orleans Saints

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The Sentry

The School Crest...

What does it mean?

By Holman Buchanan

The Jackson Prep School crest is an icon for Prep and is used on most everything you see involving the school. But what does the crest mean? Shown on the top of the crest is the Latin word for excellence, excellentia, which is the one word motto for all of Prep’s involvements.

In the upper-left quadrant appears a blue field with six white stars. These stars represent sacrificial service that distinguishes a Patriot, the school mascot.

In the bottom left quadrant, there is the laurel wreath, the classical symbol for victory.

September 2015

In the quadrant to the right appear three acorns, representing knowledge and the trivium, the ancient disciplines of rhetoric, grammar, and logic.

In the bottom right quadrant there are four alternating red stripes. These represent the school’s foundational values of scholarship, service, character, and leadership.

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Prep Football Begins Season Stong RJ GREEN The Jackson Prep Patriots football team must embrace high expectations every year. Head Football Coach Ricky Black has not just created a winning culture around the program, but he has created an expectation of winning.

Prep has won three straight state titles, and the players of the 2015 team understand the pressure on them. The players and coaches spent countless hours preparing for the task of winning another state title. A young team had to rely on the leadership of the veterans to prepare for the challenges they will face on Friday nights.

The time came, and on August 21, The Jackson Prep Patriots began the season on the road in a tough environment against the Oak Forest Yellow Jackets. They broke in a lot of young players in key spots. The inexperience was not an issue as the Patriots took care of business by defeating Oak Forest 17-7. The Patriots defense was able to force four turnovers which was the key factor in the game. Senior Defensive back Worth Eskrigge led the way with two fumbles recovered and one interception.

Freshman Running Back Jerrion Ealy started his varsity career off with an eight yard touchdown score.

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defeated Washington School 37-14. Prep dominated on the ground, as they rushed for 302 yards. The run game was led on the ground by Junior Jacob Crawley who rushed for 174 yards, averaged 8.3 yards per carry, and scored three touchdowns. Graham Eklund gave the Patriots a spark through the air as he had three receptions for 57 yards and one touchdown. Prep was able to get yet another quality road win against a foe they are not familiar with.

Week three brought a big challenge as the former 1A MHSAA state champions Natchez Cathedral traveled to Prep for the

Patriots’

first

home

game

of

the season. Natchez Cathedral moved to the MAIS before the season because of issues with player transfer rules. They were a team with a lot of talent, and were picked by many local reporters and writers to beat Prep. The players were very motivated because of this, and

the

environment

of

the

first

home game made it an exciting game

from

start

to

finish.

Prep

started the game in a big way as Senior Defensive Back Graham Eklund had an interception returned for a touchdown.

Cathedral was able to make a few plays early on to keep it a competitive game, but Prep’s big plays was too much to handle for Cathedral. Prep went on to win 49-17 in a game that showed the Patriots talent in a big way.

Seniors Haynes Horsley and Graham Eklund wave 65 flags at Preps first home game in honor of teammate Walker Wilbanks.

The Patriots were back on the road in week four as they took on Pillow Academy. Prep pulled out a 38-0 victory. Prep’s defense stood up in a big way as they shut out Pillow. Junior Running Back Jacob Crawley dominated yet again as he ran for 131 yards on seven attempts for four touchdowns. This game performance was big for Prep as rival MRA loomed the next week.

Week

five

brought

the

biggest game of the season as MRA came to Prep. MRA was widely considered by most the best pri-

vate school team in the state.

Prep accepted the challenge, and they pulled out a huge win as they defeated MRA 24-14.

Prep rushed for 227 yards while holding MRA to just 99 rushing yards. Senior Defensive Backs Graham Eklund and Kaleb Lovertich each had an interception. Prep showed the state they were the top team in the MAIS after this game.

Prep looks to keep the success going against Lamar and Jackson Academy. Junior Linebacker JoJo Pound said, ”The MRA game was a big win for

us, but we need to keep working hard and stay focused. We still have a long way to go as a team.”

Of course the eyes of every player and coach are on the state title, but they must remained focused for every game.

Football is a sport of momentum, and Prep will want to be playing its best football at the end of the season. You never want to peak too early, and the team will continue to work hard to make sure that is not a problem with their team.

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Girls’ Soccer Looks to 3-Peat HEALY VISE The girls’ soccer team’s season is coming to a strong end, as they are 15-4 as of September 21 with only one of these losses coming to another school of the MAIS. The one loss to a MAIS team came from a 3-2 loss in overtime to Jackson Academy. The girl’s are not worried about the loss because they played without their 6th year starting goalie, McKenzie Robinson.

The girls recently had a big win over rival MRA. The team won 2-1 in overtime after a cross from Clayton Noblin to Kathleen Myers that resulted in a goal.

The girl’s team is lead by

five

seniors:

Olivia

Brown,

Beth

Graeber,

Maddie

Harris,

Clayton Noblin, and McKenzie

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Robinson.

Seniors

Beth

Graeber and Clayton Noblin serve as the team’s captains.

Beth

and

Clayton

have

been performing well enough that they have been invited to Raleigh, North Carolina to play in

the

2015

Girl’s

High

School

Soccer

All-­American

Game.

They and about 120-150 other players will compete to make it the 4th round to be selected to be

on

All-­American

team.

Beth

and Clayton were awarded MSPreps

All-­State

Honorable

Mentions.

Some underclassmen are heavily contributing to the team this year. Eighth grader Anna Minich and ninth grader Mary Price Montagnet are playing up for the varsity team and contributing as starters. Two more eighth graders Price Lo-

poser and Kathleen Myers contribute to the team as subs. Juniors

Addy

Hughes

and

Shelby

Wilson and sophomore Macey Abraham also start for the lady patriots.

Coach Duncan and his team are preparing for the playoffs,

beginning

on

Tuesday,

October 6. The team is attempting to win its third consecutive MAIS State Championship.

Above Photo: Clayton Noblin goes stunna.

Photo to the left: McKenzie Robinson reaches for the save.

Photos Courtesy of John Noblin

Girl’s Softball Chases Championship TANNER MCCRANEY The varsity and junior varsity softball teams have had impressive seasons. With the state tournament coming up at the end of the month, the varsity team will go in hoping to bring back the state title.

Some impressive events won this season by the varisty team has been the East Rankin tournament, MRA tournament, Parklane tournament, and CoLin tournament. The varsity team also beat Jackson Academy 19-2 and 13-0 and MRA in the tournament and 8-1 in the regular season.

The varsity team is comBY

September 2015

posed

of

Breley

Boykin,

Mary

Anna

Brand,

Meredith

Chrislip,

Olivia

Clapp,

Dakota

Jones,

Tori Jones, Shekinah Lumpkin, Mallory McCulley, Drea Morgan,

Olivia

Powe,

Olivia

Sasser, Cameron Lee Trussell, McKinley

Weeks,

and

Bailey

Winscott.

The junior varsity team has had an equally impressive season so far. Two season highlights this season are beating MRA 3-2 and Copiah 10-5.

The junior high team is made

up

of

Breley

Boykin,

Meredith

Chrislip,

Olivia

Clapp,

Neely

Cooper,

Emma

Grace

Dillard,

Sara

Hederman,

Mad-

elyn Newman, Lauren Noe, Ainsley

O’Quinn,

Olivia

Powe,

Sydney

Ray,

Olivia

Sasser,

and

Rebekah Weaver.

Both

teams

are

coached

by

head

coach Cory Caton and Paul Fryant. With only a couple games left, the dreams of a state championship are almost in reach.

Seniors Cameron Lee Trussel, Mary Anna Brand, and Tori Jones and Coach Caton cherish their last season together.

Photo Courtesy of Mary Anna Brand

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Volleyball in Full Swing CHATHAM KENNEDY The 2015 Jackson Prep Varsity Volleyball team is off to a great start this year. Under new Coach Leah Thomson, a former division one college player, the girls have greatly progressed since the beginning of the summer. Starting in June, the team attended workouts and practices twice a week. In July the girls endured strenuous practices every Monday

through

Friday.

Their

first

game took place on August 4th against Jackson Academy.

Even though they lost, the referee said it was the best game he had ever seen Prep play.

On August 14th and August 15th, the team participated

in

their

first

tournament

of the season at Millsaps College. They made it all the way BY

to

the

semifinals

where

they

were defeated by Olive Branch.

The team received third place out of thirty-four other schools.

Sarah

Riley

Jicka

reflects

on

the game stating, “It was a really good team building experience and we played really well and beat big 6A public schools like Meridian and Center Hill from outside Memphis.”

The team is led by Courtney Burrow at right back, Kelsey Harmon at outside, and Kristina Zouboukos at middle.

Kacie Van Pelt is the team’s libero, while Anna Minich, a ninth grader, acts as the setter.

Maclain Kennedy, also a ninth grader, plays for the team’s right side. Coach Thomson is expecting a great season from her thirteen varsity players.

The 2015 Varsity Volleyball Team. Photo courtesty of Jackson Prep

Sarah Riley Jicka spikes the ball. Photo courtesy of Raymond Kennedy

Junior High Sports off to Great Start ELLIS ABDO Prep’s junior high teams are off to a fast start so far this year. The football team is 5-0 and has dominated every game.

The offense has been very good so far scoring 44 against Oak Forest and 40 against Lamar.

Quarterback Alex Gibbs has performed very well throwing to his top targets Peyton Greenwood and Thomas Thornton. The running game has been good with Jack Gideon, Matt Mills, and Hayden Hill getting the carries.

In the season opener against MRA, Prep completely dominated both sides of the ball and beat them 32-0.

The defense has had a dominant season to this point.

Against Lamar the defense pitched another shutout and held the Raiders to -27 yards of BY

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total offense.

Coach John Haberman says, “The season has gone really well so far, the Freshmen class is very athletic and has worked very hard and the results have shown.”

The junior high soccer team has had a strong start to the season. The team has won all but one game.

This includes 3 wins against conference opponents.

On August 17th, the team got a huge 1-0 victory over rival MRA. Coach Duncan said, “It’s been fun watching this group of girls improve every week. The team has only lost one game.

The Prep Soccer program has a bright future ahead.”

The junior high softball team is showing great promise early in the season. The team

is 5-1-1 that includes 3 wins versus conference opponents.

The highlights of the season so far have been big wins

over MRA and a revenge win over Copiah. 8th grader Sara Hederman said, “This season had been really fun. I hope we

continue our success.”

The 2015 Junior High Softball Team. Photo courtesy of Jackson Prep

The Sentry

Young Athletes to Watch BY

RUSSELL ROBERTS

Javon Mcgee Javon Mcgee is a 8th grader who plays on the junior varsity football team at Jackson Prep. The junior varsity has played four games this year and are as of now undefeated. Javon is number 26 on the team. Javon is second string running back but starts when in “Wildcat” formation. Javon has scored 10 touchdowns as a 8th grader in 4 games and averages around 70 yards a game. Javons other sport is basketball. Javon plays basketball at the “Red Slab” during school because it is not basketball season yet.

Mary Price Montagnet

Emma Dye

Our next young athlete to watch is Mary Price Montagnet. Mary Price is a freshman at Prep who participates on the Varsity Soccer Team and is also on the Junior Varsity Cheerleading Squad. Mary Price’s soccer season has had its “ups” and “downs” this year. She started the season off strong, playing right back. This is impressive for a freshman. She scored 6 goals this year which is also impressive. Recently, Mary Price hurt her lower back and was unable to play. She says that she will be back before long and cannot wait to get back on the field.

Thankfully,

Mary

Price

can still do the cheer moves since they are not as rough as soccer matches.

Next up is Emma Dye. Emma Dye is a seventh grader at Prep.

Emma plays tennis and cheers on the Pep Squad. Emma’s main sport is tennis. Last year she played number two singles on the tennis team (let me remind you that she was a sixth grader at the time). Emma was the only sixth grader and for sure stepped up to expectations. Last year, the tennis team won boys’ overall in the state championship. The girls, on the other hand, fell short to Jackson Academy and took runner-up. This year, the tennis team is looking sharp. Lots of new Preppies coming whose strongest sport is tennis. Emma practices tennis a lot and will have a large impact on the team this coming year.

September 2015

Seth Cook

Last but not least of the young athletes to watch is Seth Cook.

Seth is the younger brother of cheerleader Kara Cook. Seth is in the seventh grade at Jackson Prep. He plays football, soccer, and basketball for Prep. His favorite sport is football. Seth starts at running back for the seventh grade team and has four touchdowns in four games this season. The seventh grade football team is doing well this season and will play East Rankin Academy this week.

Seth attended First Presbyterian Day School before coming to Prep this year and was a star athlete there too. Seth is a talented athlete who will be a great player to watch in all of his sports as he grows and progresses.

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College Football Has Exciting Start

Current Rankings 1. Ohio St. 2. Michigan St. 3. Ole Miss 4. TCU 5. Baylor 6. Notre Dame 7. Georgia 8. LSU 9. UCLA 10. Florida St. 11. Clemson 12. Alabama 13. Oregon 14. Texas A&M 15. Oklahoma 16. Arizona 17. Northwestern 18. Utah 19. USC 20. Georgia Tech 21. Stanford 22. Wisconsin 23. BYU 24. Oklahoma St. 25. Missouri

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Preseason 1. Ohio St. 2. TCU 3. Alabama 4. Baylor 5. Michigan St. 6. Auburn 7. Oregon 8. USC 9. Georgia 10. Florida St. 11. Notre Dame 12. Clemson 13. UCLA 14. LSU 15. Arizona St. 16. Georgia Tech 17. Ole Miss 18. Arkansas 19. Oklahoma 20. Wisconsin 21. Stanford 22. Arizona 23. Boise St. 24. Missouri 25. Tennessee

Season Preview It’s only week three and the season has already had plenty of upsets, close games, and exciting plays. Ohio State doesn’t look like the dominating team that the preseaon promised us. Both of their superstar quarterbacks have been struggling, but luckily for Ohio State they have enough talent on their team to roll through their schedule until they play Michigan State. Alabama showed

a

promising

start

to

the

season

dominating

their

first

two

games,

but

looked

terrible

against Ole Miss, who has shown to be a real threat to run the table. Michigan State has looked good but not unstoppable. Although the SEC has had teams fall out of the top 25, it still looks like the most dominate conference in the country. This season looks like it will be very interesting and full of exciting games.

Playoff Projection

1. Ohio State- They don’t have a hard enough schedule to test their talent every week, so we should see them in the in the top four at the end of the year.

2. Michigan State- Michigan State hasn’t showed dominance in any of their games and with Ohio State on their schedule, it is unlikely they will go undefeated. Athough they may not go undefeated, if they play Ohio State close and don’t lose any other games, then they might stay in the top four.

3. Ole Miss- So far Ole miss has looked like the best team in the country, with the most impressive win of the year against Alabama. Although they may be the best team in the country, it is a tall task to go undefeated in the SEC, especially with their schedule.

4. TCU-­

TCU

has

enough

fire

power

on

offense

to

beat

anyone

in

the

country.

They

do

have

a

few

challenging games at the end of the season, but if they can quit getting injured then they have a chance.

5. Baylor

(first

out)-­

Baylor

is

in

the

same

boat

as

TCU.

Since

they

play

each

other

at

the

end

of

Novemeber, they also have a good chance to get in to the top four.

6. Notre Dame

(second

out)-­

Notre

Dame

has

looked

very

good

thus

far.

They

are

very

talented,

but

they

have

a

very

difficult

shcedule.

Heisman Watch

(In

no

paticular

order) Leonard Fournette- He has looked like an absolute beast. In only two games he is second in the SEC in rushing. Some of his success might have come from the fact Auburn looked like a Junior High team trying to tackle him, but he is still the best running back in the country right now.

Nick Chubb- Nick Chubb leads the SEC in rushing but has played one more game than Fournette. He is one of the main reasons for Georgia’s success and is showing no signs of slowing down.

Trevon Boykin- Trevon Boykin leads a high powered offense and is one of the best quarterbacks in the country.

Chad Kelly-

Chad

Kelley

put

together

a

terrific

performance

against

Alabama

which

bumped

him into the Heismas conversation.

Derrick Henry- Although his team lost to Ole Miss, he is still one of the top backs in the country.

BY

HAYNES HORSLEY

The Sentry

NFL Season Kicks Off BRENDON MCLEOD This year in the National Football League will undoubtedly be another great one. Last year, the Patriots defeated the Seahawks in one of the most historic super bowls known to date. One of the biggest headlines last year was Vicksburg native Malcolm Butler, who intercepted the what would have been the winning touchdown for the Seahawks.

The Seattle Seahawks’ decision to throw the ball on second and goal with 25 seconds left in the game will always be one of the most head-scratching play calls in super bowl history. Not to mention, the Seahawks had the best short-yardage running back in the game in Marshawn Lynch. Down 28-24, all the Seahawks had to do was give it to Lynch on the ground.

Although they lost last year to the Patriots, the Seahawks remain many people’s BY

favorite to win the Super bowl this year. They resigned both quarterback Russell Wilson and middle linebacker Bobby Wagner to four year deals. The reigning super bowl champions, the Patriots, are also a heavy favorite. The Patriots have jumped off to a great start and are now 2-0. There was a big cloud of controversy surrounding the Patriots and Tom Brady. The Patriots allegedly

partially

deflated

the

balls

in the AFC Championship game against the Colts. Tom Brady was initially issued a four game suspension by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

The patriots organization was fined

$1

million

and

docked

two

draft picks. Many people were against this and vocally supported Brady, who has repeatedly claimed his innocence in this scandal. Brady appealed this suspension and won in a federal court of law. This dra-

ma with Brady and the Patriots has for sure motivated them.

Brady has been phenomenal through 2 games this season.

The Cowboys have been plagued with injuries so far this season. Only two games into the season, their two most important players are out. Quarterback Tony Romo broke his

ing teams in the NFL this year are the Colts and the Eagles The Colts’ are led by young star Andrew Luck, who is the best up and coming quarterback in the league. The Colts have a lot of talent alongside Luck in T.Y Hilton, Donte Moncrief, Coby Fleener, and Frank Gore. The Colts so far have gone 0-2 and have looked horrible thus far.

The eagles are also 0-2 this season, despite having offensive mastermind Chip Kelly and former Dallas Cowboy Demarco Murray. Murray led the league in rushing last year and was a beast all season.

With the NFL season collarbone and is expected to be just now getting started, expect out

8-­10

weeks.

Star

receiver

another exciting NFL season.

Dez Bryant is expected to be 10-­12

weeks

with

a

foot

injury.

Losing these two is devasting to the Cowboys’ offense. However, if these two can get healthy, expect the Cowboys to make a run for it all.

Two of the most intrigu-

Prep’s B Team Goes 2-0 Against JA WILL RUSSELL WARD The Jackson Prep varsity football team has a game called the B team game played twice during the season. It is called the B Team game because players need the experience and do not start on Friday nights. It helps the non-starters on the team to be able to get playing time against other schools rather than their own teammates. It also gives the players a chance to show the coaches what they are capable of.

The B team games are always held against Prep’s biggest rival, the Jackson Academy Raiders.

The

first

B

team

game

was

played

on

August

31,

2015

at JA and the Patriots came BY

September 2015

out with the win at the end of the game. Clark Stovall made the

first

big

play

of

the

game

by catching a long touchdown pass thrown from Cooper Carroll. William Garrard scored a touchdown from the one yard line to seal the game.

JA threw an interception to Nevin Wells when the game was out of hand. Wells was able to return the interception from Prep’s 2 yard line all way to 50 yard line. When the last quarter was over Prep had defeated JA in the B team game on

JA’s

home

field.

The

Patriots

were not able to convert a twopoint conversion on either of the

touchdowns.

The

final

score

was

Jackson

Prep

12

Jackson

Academy 0.

On

September

14,

the

Prep Patriots faced the JA Raiders for a rematch at Patriot

Field.

After

the

first

half,

the

score was tied at 0-0 without any offense from either team.

Late in the second half, Cooper Carroll made a spectacular run of 70 yards to score a touchdown with under eight minutes remaining. Carroll was able to convert the two-point conversion to tightend, Christopher Russell. The Patriots were able to capture their second victory over the Raiders.

Defensive backs flexing for picture after B team game. Photo by Coach Brett Shufelt

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Find the Fib! The game is Find the Fib. It’s extremely simple; each person has given three facts about themselves, but one of the facts is a lie. Find the fib!

Anna Miller Rebich 1. “I hate Sakura Bana.”

2. “I have an obsession with an Australian choreographer.”

3. “I plan on living in New York one day!!”

Jay Adams-Rucker 1. “I have been to the Grand Canyon” 2. “I’ve been bungee jumping.”

3. “I have two brothers and a sister.”

Ms. Kimberly Van Uden 1. “I was thrown out of a car.”

2. “I rode a train with the French military to South France.”

3. “I love Capri Suns.”

Chance Lovertich 1. “I back up Taylor Wallace in punting!”

2. “I’m scared of girls.”

3. “I am the starting quarterback!”

Prep Trivia Facts New recurring game!! There will be three trivia facts about Prep.

You will have three choices. Choose wisely!

1. What is Dr. Walton’s middle name? a. John b. James c. Lewis 2. How many field goal posts are on the Prep Campus? a. 4 b. 2 c. 6 3. How many entrances are there to the Senior High? a. 6 b. 8 c. 7

Answers on page 21.

The Sentry

15 Random Facts About Jackson Prep 1. Jackson Prep Varsity football has won 85% of all games they have played in since 1970.

2. Prep varsity football has scored a total of 14,450 points since 1970.

3. Varsity football has won the state championship 21 times.

4. Jackson Prep opened in 1970.

5. Before JA had an upper school Prep’s biggest rival was Pillow Academy.

6. The Prep campus is 47 acres.

7. There are 21 athletic courts and fields on the Prep campus.

8. Jackson Prep was founded by Marshall Fortenberry.

9. There are 510 parking spots on the Prep campus.

10. Jackson Prep has been open for 45 years.

11. Dr. Walton helped plan for one of the 2012 presidential debates between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

12. The first issue of The Sentry was released in 1970.

13. In Prep’s first year (1970) the football team went 2-6.

14. There are 14 athletic teams at Prep.

15. There are currently 830 students enrolled at Prep.

Find the Gnomes

Gnomes Wanted:

Well, members of the Jackson Prep community, it is time to start the search again, but this time it will not be so easy. Jackson Prep is a big campus and now it’s time for you to keep your eyes opened wide. Hidden

on

campus

are

two

garden

Gnomes

named

Brodie

and

Gnaomie.

You

may

be

asking

yourself,

what

do

I

get

if

I

find one of these Gnomes? You get a great a shoutout in the next Sentry issue. The rules to this game are simple. Find the Gnome and bring it to Patrick Phillips, Hays Dubberly, or the student publications room.

Answers If you would like to submit games, comics, or cartoons to the Sentry please contact Hays Dubberly, Haynes Horsley, Paul Andress, or Mr. Hughes.

September 2015

Anna Miller Rebich: 1 Ms. Kimberly Van Uden: 3 Jay Adams-Rucker: 1 Chance Lovertich: 2 1. C 2. A 3. B

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The State of the Southeastern Conference Sports Opinion: Due to the SEC’s late collapse of the 2014-2015 season, the SEC has had a big target on its back. The conference has been under scrutiny from the media, fans, and opposing head coaches. The SEC won seven straight national championships from 2006-2012, and everyone has come to accept the dominance from the conference. However, they have failed to win a championship the past two seasons, and that has led to a lot of criticism.

It is obvious the gap has closed with the rest of the country, but the SEC does not deserve all the criticism it gets.

The SEC West is the toughest division in football. As the SEC East continues to improve, the conference will become more competitive.

The SEC has entered this season with a large amount of pressure to regain its dominance as a conference. This season will be crucial in deciding where the conference stands.

The SEC must do well in big non-conference games, bowl games, and even against the lower competition.

The lack of talent at the quarterback position is one of the major problems in the SEC. It is a position that has held back the conference in terms of being the best. Auburn’s Jeremy Johnson was thought to be one of the best quarterbacks in the nation, but he has under performed and is tied for most interceptions in the FBS after week two.

There are also many QB questions at LSU, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt. Dak Prescott ap-

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Hays Dubberly and RJ Green

pears to be superior to them all, but he may not have the support to go with him. Ole Miss QB, Chad Kelly, and Texas A&M QB, Kyle Allen, have both performed exceptionally well. If the SEC can have a few quarterbacks step up and perform at a high level, the league will be able to show why they are the best again.

The SEC is full of great play-makers. The group is stacked at the running back position with the trio of Georgia’s Nick Chubb, LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Alabama’s Derrick Henry. They are arguably the top three running backs in all of college football. With running backs of this caliber, these three are able to take pressure off of young, inexperienced quarterbacks. Teams with inexperienced quarterbacks need players like these three. All of them are able to carry their offense by themselves and can possibly lead their team to a national title.

Also, the conference has the best wide receivers in the country. Wideouts, Pharoh Cooper, Laquon Treadwell, Christian Kirk, De’Runnya Wilson, and Duke Williams all have the ability to play in NFL with their skill

sets.

Most

teams

must

figure out their QB situation for all of these wideouts to reach their potential.

Week one was dominated by the SEC. Vanderbilt was the only school to lose; they lost to Western Kentucky to start their season. Texas A&M, Alabama, Auburn, and South Carolina defeated strong out of conferences opponents Arizona State, Wisconsin, Louisville,

24-10. This play was momentum killer for Alabama.

Ole Miss, LSU, and Georgia look to be leading the conference after week three. Texas A&M, Alabama, and Mississippi State still are in the race to win the SEC West, while Auburn and Arkansas are falling behind the rest. Arkansas will most likely not even make a bowl after being projected to be a contender in the conference.

Auburn was the SEC Media’s preseason prediction to win the conference, and so far, they Leonard Fournette strikes the Heisman pose. look to have a team who will and North Carolina. The rest of led to an eventual game win- struggle to win seven games. the conference won their games ning touchdown for the Rebels.

Losses to teams like Toby a large margin but were all The Rebels were able to take ledo will raise questions which against inferior competition. It the

lead

on

a

field

goal

to

start

is rightfully so, but losses like appeared the conference was the game. Ole Miss was able to that happen. One game should back to its old form, but week hit the ground running from not judge one conference, and two rolled along. there. everyone needs to hold their In week two, Arkansas, Chad Kelly had an excel- judgement until we can see Auburn, and Missouri all strug- lent game with 4 total touch- more. Ohio State struggled gled against inferior opponents. downs and over 300 yards of against Northern Illinois, and 18th ranked Arkansas was up- passing for the game. On an im- Ohio State barely pulled out a set by MAC opponent, Toledo, portant third down, Chad Kelly seven point victory. The conferat home. Arkansas totaled for had a ball snapped over his ence has its fair share of poor over 500 yards, but they man- head, and he blindly threw the teams, but that is no different aged to score only 10 offensive ball

across

the

field

to

Laquon

from any other conference. The points. Auburn scored a touch- Treadwell. The ball bounced SEC is very competitive at the down with 30 seconds left to off an Alabama player’s helmet top, and it will be a entertainforce overtime time against and into the hands of Quincy ing race to Atlanta for the SEC FCS opponent Jacksonville Adeboyejo for a 66 yard touch- title.

State. Missouri was down at down. This put the Rebels up halftime to Arkansas State, but two touchdowns with a score of managed to pulled out a win with a seven point victory.

After week three, LSU dominated Auburn in Death Valley with a 45-21 blowout victory. Leonard Fournette showed that he is the Heisman front runner with a 228 yard performance on 19 carries.

Brandon Harris played within the system, and Tigers rolled from the start.

Ole Miss beat Alabama 43-37 in a close game. The game started with an Alabama fumble on the kickoff to start the game. This was a bit of déjà vu from last year when AlaChad Kelly looks to lead the Rebels to an exciting season. bama fumbled a kickoff which

The Sentry

EA Sports, Please, Please Bring Back NCAA Football is awesome regardless of if we get paid or not.” Guys like Ryan grew up playing the video game and dreamed of a day when they would be able to play the game as themselves. The players in today’s game are not worway for a fan to feel like part of ried about being reimbursed for On September 24, 2013, the game even if he or she will a video game.

Electronic Arts Sports made an never be able to play college The issue of college footannouncement that they would football in real life. It was also a ball players feeling as if they no longer make college foot- way for people to have fun with are not compensated should not ball video games after NCAA their friends. all be thrown on a video game.

14. This decision was made The NCAA football video The NCAA and its member after EA Sports found itself in game

has

benefits

in

teaching

schools make plenty of money a violation of using the like- kids how the game of football off college athletes through TV ness of college student athletes. works. I did not understand all deals, sponsors, and the games EA Sports never used player of the rules and strategies bein general. For example, the names, but the game did con- hind football until I played the SEC

Network

made

a

profit

of

tain the players’ numbers, skin video game as a kid. There is no $5

million

per

school

in

its

first

color, and skills. Due to this rea- doubt that it is a better alternayear of existence. Most of the son, some current and former tive to kids playing video games money goes to SEC schools, but college football players felt as in which they blow up zombies none of it goes directly to the if they should be compensated or kill people. NCAA football players. This should be a bigfor the all the money EA Sports does have value in teaching and ger deal than the video game made off using them. can help kids understand how compensation of players due to In the Spring of 2014, EA to play the game better. the fact that all the SEC NetSports and the NCAA’s licensFans are not the only ones work shows are games or shows ing arm for improperly using who have missed the video that talk about the athletes. In the likeness of athletes reached game. Former Prep quarterback other words, the SEC Network a $40 million dollar settlement. and current Ole Miss quarterdoes not exist without the stuThis allowed former and cur- back Ryan Buchanan said the dent athletes. Also, the conferrent college football players guys on the Ole Miss football ences of the teams in the 2015 used in the video game to be re- team all miss the NCAA video college football playoff each imbursed. game series. He had this to say received a payout of $6 million

Legal

issues

aside,

let’s

about the issue on reimbursejust for making it to the playget to the main reason why this ment, “We talk all the time offs. Yet again, none of this goes decision affected millions of about how we would love the directly to the players who are people. There are many people video game to come back. Also, the reason why the team makes who will miss the NCAA foot- playing with the players, that it to the playoffs. Sure, this ball video game series. It is a they (EA Sports) created for us, money

does

benefit

the

players

indirectly through nicer facilities and other upgrades to the program, but none of this money goes into the pockets of the players.

Now some people may think that players can not obtain

benefits

from

a

video

game

indirectly like they can through new facilities for their college.

However, players can be indirectly

benefited

from

the

video

game without being directly compensated. Thousands of kids love playing with their favorite players on the video game. The game no doubt helped increase the popularity of players who are looking towards a career in the

NFL

where

player

popularity

definitely

has

an

effect

on

the money they make. In the world of marketing, name recognition and popularity is a key in whether or not players are wanted for advertising.

For example, a player like Johnny Manziel in the draft has the appeal of popularity, along with his football ability. He obtained this popularity through his

performance

on

the

field,

but there is no doubt the video game helped increase his popularity. Fans could not wait to be Johnny Manziel on NCAA 14 following his Heisman season.

All of the hype around actually getting to pretend like you were Johnny Manziel made fans love him all the more. The Cleve-

land Browns, who drafted him, knew that he would sell a lot of jerseys and tickets because of how popular he is.

At the end of the day, all we as fans want is to enjoy the great game of college football.

Whether this be through attending games, yelling on our couches, debating who should win each game, or playing EA Sports NCAA Football. It is unfortunate that one of these joys had to be taken away due to the NCAA’s issue with player compensation. Compensation for college athletes should be the NCAA’s problem and not EA Sports’. The NCAA was happy to accuse EA Sports of using athletes to make money, when the entire livelihood of the NCAA depends on the performance and popularity of students athletes. It is unfair for an organization who called the NCAA video game series “a labor of love” to have to suffer due to the NCAA’s unwillingness to solve their own problems. The real issue here is between the NCAA and the student athletes, not the NCAA and EA Sports.

The NCAA needs to step up, solve their own problems, and leave the fans to enjoy the wonderful game of college football by allowing EA Sports to bring back the glorious NCAA Football series.

Big men such as Tim Duncan, Demarcus Cousins, and Al Jefferson

have

evolved

to

fit

the

role of the big man in the modern era which means they have mensional games, scoring all to be multidimensional up and their points in the paint. Now down the court. Big men are not the big man is expected to be- able just to stay in the paint but come the most athletic player now have to be able to defend on

the

floor.

Look

at

Demarcus

the perimeter and to become Cousins for the Sacramento distributors of the ball to their Kings he has had to step up and perimeter shooters. become

the

field

general

and

it

Marc Gasol with the Memphis shows because he was one of Grizzlies has been able to lead the leaders on the team in as- his

team

to

five

straight

playoff

appearances plus a conference sists.

championship. These examples show that big man basketball is still able to dominate what is now a predominantly small ball league. Inexplicably the Indiana Pacers recently abandoned their grit and grind identity to try and match the success of the newly crowned champions, the Golden State Warriors, the prototypical small ball team .

The Indiana Pacers were one of the most feared defensive NBA teams and had made it to two straight Eastern Conference Championships. Why change a

model that has been working so well for them?

The latest NBA draft showcased some of the most athletic big men such as Jahlil Okafor, Myles Turner, and Karl Anthony Towns; these players will become the future cornerstones of the NBA. T h e big man games is not extinct; the new big man is a more mobile and complete athlete than the NBA has ever seen.

Sports Opinion: Paul Andress

The Big Man’s Game is not Over

Sports Opinion: Sam Mosley Many say the “big man’s” game is dying and that the “small ball era” of basketball has arrived. However this is far from the truth. In fact, the evolution of the ultimate big man has arrived.

In the old days the big men such as Shaq, Patrick Ewing, and David Robinson were able to get away with one di-

September 2015

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