Wes Slay On Defeating Prep

May 19, 2016

Every Jackson Academy football player wants to beat Jackson Prep. Wes Slay, member of Shaw’s 1995 championship team describes the significance of JA’s first ever victory over their cross-town rival.

Evolution Of The Raider Helmet

The Jackson Academy football helmet has undergone a number of revisions since the program started in 1980.

Shaw And Bear Bryant

Brent Johnston (a member of the first three Jackson Academy football teams) recalls his senior year when head coach Sammy Dantone took the Raider team to the University of Alabama

Shaw Commemorative Helmet

The Shaw Commemorative Helmet Alabama has Bear Bryant. Notre Dame has Knute Rockne. And Jackson Academy has Sherard Shaw.

The Play That Changed History

For the class of 1996, there was no greater nemesis than the pioneers of Parklane Academy.