Spring Swing

March 19th, 2014

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The third annual Spring Swing tennis and golf tournament (formerly Raiders & Blues) sponsored by the Jackson Academy Athletic Booster Club is scheduled for Monday, April 14, at the Jackson Country Club. Tennis round robins begin at 9.  Lunch for all participants will be served beginning at 11:30.  Golf will have a shotgun start at 1:00.  There will be dinner, entertainment, and awards on the patio at 6:00.  For more information on registration or sponsorship opportunities, contact Katie Stringer at katie.stringer@att.net or click on the link below. The deadline to register is April 8.

Proceeds from this event have funded several ongoing projects of the Booster Club including:

  • New state of the art lights for the baseball field
  • Continued funding of the co-ed fitness and weight training center in Raider Hall
  • Resurfacing the track and field facilities
  • Improvement to the football field facilities
  • Improvements to the girls basketball locker room

Spring Swing Sponsorship & Registration Form

JA Track Invitational – March 19th

March 17th, 2014

Jackson Academy Invitational
Wednesday, March 19
Coaches meting at 8:00am in JA tent on infield.
Please have 1 coach per school available to help in field events.

Division I Division II
JA Carroll
 MRA  Mt. Salus
 Prep  Briarfield
 Starkville  Manchester
 Hartfield  Tri-County
 Copiah  Christ Covenant
 St. Andrews  Veritas
 St. Joe

 

Field Event Times: Running Event Times:
8:30 11:50 – Varsity Girls 3200
Jr. High & Varsity Girls Pole Vault 12:10 – Jr. High Boys 3200
Jr. High Boys High Jump  12:30 – 300 Hurdles
Varsity Girls Long Jump  1:05 – 800 Relay
Jr. High Girls Shot Put  1:40 – 3200 Relay
Varsity Boys Discuss
Jr. High Girls Triple Jump 2:10 – 400 Relay
2:30 – 100/110 Hurdles
9:30
Jr. High Boys and Varsity Boys Pole Vault  3:10 – 100 Meters
Varsity Girls High Jump  3:45 – 1600 Meters
Jr. High Boys Long Jump  4:20 – 400 Meters
Varsity Girls Shot Put  5:00 – 800 Meters
Jr. High Girls Discuss 5:30 – 200 Meters
Varsity Boys Triple Jump  6:05 – Varsity Boys 3200
  6:20 – 1600 Meter Relay
10:30
Jr. High Girls High Jump
Varsity Boys Long Jump
Jr. High Boys Shot Put
Varsity Girls Discuss
Varsity Girls Triple Jump
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11:30
Varsity Boys High Jump
Jr. High Girls Long Jump
Jr. High Boys Triple Jump
Jr. High Boys Discuss
 Varsity Boys Shot Put
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3 Throws/3 Jumps (Enter “2” in all events) Unattached only in non-lane races

 

 

Spring Break Baseball Schedule Change

March 11th, 2014

Today’s Varsity Baseball Game between JA and West Jones scheduled for 5:00pm at Titan Park in Ridgeland, MS has been canceled due to unplayable field conditions and will not be made up.

JA will still play tomorrow against Warren Central in the Titan Spring Break Classic. The game has been moved to Smith-Wills Stadium and will be played at 2pm.