MS SC529

Commends the Jefferson Davis County High School "Jaguars" football team and Head Coach Lance Mancuso for winning the 2017 Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 3A State Football Championship, their first as a consolidated program.

Recognizes the consolidation of Bassfield High and Prentiss High into Jefferson Davis County High School effective August 1, 2017, which strengthened the school district's fiscal foundation and academic opportunities.

Highlights the team's dominant championship performance on December 2, 2017, defeating Yazoo County 37-6 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, with a dominant defense limiting opponents to 13 rushing yards and 25 passing yards.

Notes this was Coach Lance Mancuso's seventh state championship title in his career, demonstrating the successful transition of his program to the newly consolidated school.

Directs the resolution to be presented to Coach Mancuso, Jefferson Davis County Superintendent Will Russell, Principal William Wheat, and the Jefferson Davis County Board of Education.