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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
College Football
Perez moving on to Monmouth
By Ben Munro
JORDAN PEREZ is accus
tomed to traveling to differ
ent places, so heading to the
Midwest to play college foot
ball isn't too big of a deal for
the former Jackson County
defensive end.
Perez has signed with
Monmouth College, a Division
III private school in Illinois.
“I’ve traveled all over the
world,” Perez said. “My step
dad was in the military. I
lived in Italy for a couple of
years. It’s just another move
for me.”
Perez’s initial contact with
Monmouth was through
another sport. He holds
both the discus and shot put
records at Jackson County, so
Monmouth wanted him as a
thrower on its track team.
Football was then added to
the mix and Perez pursued
that opportunity as well. He
got the official word that he’d
been accepted to Monmouth
through a pretty reliable
source while on a visit to the
school.
“The actual president of the
school came to me himself
and told me I was accepted, so
that’s pretty exciting,” Perez
said.
Preseason camp for
Monmouth starts today. Perez
said he has a good chance
of earning playing time at
outside linebacker for the
Fighting Scots, who have only
one senior at that position.
Perez also has a chance to
see action on the other side
of the ball.
“I’ll pretty much either be
seeing a lot of the field from
second string (outside line
backer) or second string as a
tight end,” he said.
Perez also had college
offers from a small school
in North Carolina and the
University of Tampa but
selected Monmouth because
of its scholastic opportuni
ties.
“Just all-around the aca
demics were a lot better,”
he said. “I loved it. It’s a
private school. It’s a liberal
arts school, and it interested
me a lot more than the other
ones.”
PEREZ SIGNS
Jackson County Comprehensive High School’s Jordan Perez has signed a foot
ball scholarship with Monmouth University in Illinois. Pictured are (front row, L to
R) Billy Kirk, Jordan Perez, Allen Spry, (back row) Adam Lindsey and Carl Cole.
JHS continued from IB
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“It’s probably going to be
the toughest schedule that
Jefferson has ever played,”
Allen said. “(But) I think we
can handle it because of the
pressure we’ve been under:
back-to-back undefeated
(regular) seasons.”
Jefferson is in the middle of
its second week of preseason
camp and has installed most
of its offense and defense as
it continues to prepare for its
Aug. 27 opener against rival
Commerce.
Jefferson, which averaged
36 points a game last year,
could be more of a smash
mouth team on offense this
year due to the losses it
suffered from graduation.
Defensively, the Dragons,
who only gave up 14 points a
game in 2009, will continue
to try to stifle opponents.
“Defense, we have a great
line this year, we have a
great set of linebackers and
a new set of DB’s that are
fast and quick, so I don’t
think anybody is going to be
able to do anything with us
this year on defense,” said
Allen, who was a first-team
all-region defensive end last
year.
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“It’s looking good,” Oney said of the defense.
“We have a great scheme with the cover two
and then with the drop to cover three and cover
four. It’s looking really good this year.”
Adding to the interest locally this season is
the schedule.
In dropping down to Class AA, the Panthers
are now in a region with Jefferson and East
Jackson.
That sets up instant rivalries with those two
schools, though Jackson County hasn't played
Jefferson in 25 years and has never faced East
Jackson, which was formed in 2007 when
Jackson County Comprehensive High School
split.
Jackson County meets East Jackson Sept. 17
and Jefferson Oct. 22.
“It will be a lot closer competition — school
size,” Oney said of the new region and classi
fication. “And then playing Jefferson, which is
half a mile down the road, we’re going to have
a huge crowd for that. And then East Jackson,
that’s going to be tremendous, because we
played them in basketball and it was a sell-out.
So I can only imagine (what it will be for)
football.”
Not surprisingly, Oney knows several of the
players for the rival schools.
“Oh I do, because I’ve played them since
middle school, so I see them all the time and all
that good stuff,” he said.
For Oney and his fellow seniors, they can't
wait for the season to start and for their chance
to lead.
“Oh, yeah, us seniors,
we're pumped up and have
been waiting four years for
this moment,” he said. “It’s a
great opportunity, and we're
all psyched up for it.”
RUNNING WITH A
FULL HEAD OF STEAM
Jackson County’s Austin McDonald
catches a pass out of the backfield
Friday during practice and turns up
field. The Panthers open their sea
son Aug. 27 at home against Athens
Christian. Photo by Ben Munro
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HAULING IT IN
Jefferson tight end Hoytes
Damons catches a pass
Monday at the Dragons’
football practice. Jefferson
opens the season Aug. 27
against Commerce.
Photo by Ben Munro
the most interesting, too.
The Dragons face all three
in-county teams this year:
Commerce, East Jackson
and Jackson County.
Allen believes all the
familiarity will make things
lively and fun this fall.
“It’s awesome,” Allen said.
“We get to play all the guys
we know around here that
talk crap all the time.”
With 16 days left before
the season opener, Allen is
ready for the real hitting to
begin.
“Oh, yeah, taking heads
off,” Allen said. “I can’t
wait.”
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JHS to
scrimmage
Lumpkin Co. Sat.
Jefferson will get to practice
against someone else for a change
this weekend.
The Dragons scrimmage Lumpkin
County Saturday at 7 p.m. on the
road. The Indians, out of Region
8-AAA, went 4-6 last year.
Jefferson coach T. McFerrin said
exhibition games are always use
ful toward assessing players in the
preseason.
“It’s always good,” McFerrin said.
“We get a film on it like a regular
game ... We’re going to play every
body.”
The fourth quarter of the scrim
mage will be designated for junior
varsity players.