Moorhead wasn't an ***. Close to Prep's Mullen. They just wouldn't put up with it I guess
Jackson Prep coach left?
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Which is exactly why they should be in the MHSAA. Of course, in GC's case, they'd have to choose to do so. In general it only works if it's the big MAIS schools.
I mean, do you really blame them? If they are at Prep to play football, it's either because they're idiots or because they are there to play football in the sense of "I can get playing time here but not at the public school I'd go to". So if you're a parent of a kid at Prep, you shouldn't really be that worried about whether you're playing great competition regularly. And while I'm sure Provine and Callaway are fine to go to for football games, they're probably not where I would want to spend my Friday nights either.
I suspect Prep is going to have a harder and harder time competing in sports. JA is it least very close to what's left of the money crowd in Jackson; not that Prep is far from it, but it's not as convenient. And for people commuting to downtown Jackson from madison or ridgeland, it's reasonably convenient to get to. I'm not sure what the appeal of Prep is anymore. It's in a less convenient location than JA (although I guess it will be a safer location longer than JA's will), it's academics are not as well thought of as St Andrews (although I guess it's a good bit cheaper and your kids are less likely to be weird as ****), public schools are decent to good for a lot of the area that it should be drawing students from, it's more expensive than Hartsfield (although I guess it's academic reputation is better?). I would expect Hartfield and MRA to be consistently better than Prep in athletics going forward, and probably better than JA too.
That might be true for Park Place or Heidelburg but not for Prep (or any of the other MAIS 6As plus GC).
GC may have to in order to find some competition, 3A MAIS is a joke for them. Only problem is they'd most likely be in 2A at MHSAA level bc of enrollment #'s and oh boy those games would be ugly. I do fully agree that MAIS/MHSAA should play each other all the time, especially the top division MAIS where they only have a handful of teams. Even where I went to school (small MAIS school), it's been much better to add a nearby MHSAA school than drive 2.5 hours for a non division game
There are a lot of good coaches that could be successful at Prep, but they won't hire them. I think they'll go after Peterson this time. There was some chatter there last time. Preps glory days are over unless they pick up the recruiting.
They're a baseball school now.
They're a baseball school now.
Most of the MHSAA that has to deal with the private schools that are already in it on a regular basis, would like to see private schools banned from it.
Trends are headed toward private schools, even in areas with good public schools. Prep is better academically than many of its peers. But I agree on athletics, because the schools like Hartfield will prioritize athletics at all costs.
We know that. We're talking about what they would do if they ever allow MAIS to be in an MHSAA division (and compete for titles).
My alma mater (Heidelberg) closed six years ago or so. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did considering that I thought it'd only last a few years after Laurel Christian started its high school.
There was a very successful 6A Mississippi High School Coach that interviewed when Rickey Black was retired a year ago.
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