Top of Class back on track at Jones College
Top of Class back on track at Jones College By Karrie Leggett-Brown | May 5, 2021 at 4:19 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 6:33 PM
ELLISVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - A decades-long tradition of celebrating the sharpest high school seniors around the Pine Belt continued Wednesday on the Jones College campus.
The valedictorians and salutatorians of Top of Class 2021 told WDAM they are ready to put high school behind them and see what the future holds.
Valedictorian of Wayne County High School, Kaleb Henry, and salutatorian of Wayne County High School, Mikhyla McGee, said they are very excited for the next step.
Former West Jones Mustang wins national title with the Crimson Tide
Former West Jones Mustang wins national title with the Crimson Tide By Vanessa Pacheco | January 25, 2021 at 10:27 AM CST - Updated January 25 at 1:43 PM
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Byron Young, a former West Jones High School football player and now a defensive lineman at the University of Alabama, says winning a national championship with the Crimson Tide is something he will never forget.
âSeeing the clock countdown and knowing that everything you had worked on, it finally paid off,â Young said. âWe finally won the national championship. It was a great feeling; it was a really great feeling. It meant a lot to all of us. First, to be able to go through every single thing that we went through this yea,r then, ultimately, come out on top at the end.â