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• Prep beat Lamar 42–7 at Grey Cobb Field in Meridian on Friday, Oct. 23, scoring 21 points in each of the first two quarters for a 42–0 halftime lead. Prep is 9–1 with five straight wins.
• Through ten games Prep has scored 414 points and allowed 181 (41.4 and 18.1 per game), with 30 or more points in 9 of ten games.
• Coach Burke will be the speaker at Friday’s dads’ luncheon.
• Practice: regular schedule Monday–Thursday.
• Team calendar: open the team calendar
• Pep rally: 9:38 a.m., school gym
• Thursday: chicken biscuits after morning practice
• Dads’ Luncheon: Friday 11:45 a.m., River Hills. Coach Burke is the speaker.
• Ride home: we’ll provide pizzas and sports drinks for the bus ride back from Amite.
• Coaches’ meal / Sunday food pickup: thank you to Chris Wyatt for picking up the coaches’ meal this past game week.
• Next up for the coaches’ meal / food pickup: thank you to Jim Galbraith for picking up next Sunday’s coaches’ meal.
• Oak Forest Academy Yellow Jackets (Amite, La.). Record 4–5 (MAIS Class 4A, District 3, 2–2) after a 10–7 loss at Silliman Institute on Oct. 23. First-year head coach Phill Junkins. Prep won the last meeting 38–13 on Oct. 31, 2025.
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FOR THE STANDS
Oak Forest started 4–1 under first-year coach Phill Junkins, then lost four straight: 14–42 at Copiah, 0–42 to Parklane, 0–28 at Columbia and 7–10 at Silliman. The Yellow Jackets have scored 21 points in those four games. Prep beat Copiah, Parklane and Silliman, plus Jackson Academy, another Oak Forest loss. Friday is Oak Forest’s Senior Night, and Prep has won all ten meetings since 2009.
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IF YOU WANT THE DETAILS
Oak Forest Academy (Amite, La.) plays in MAIS Class 4A, District 3. Phill Junkins, in his first season as head coach, has spent twelve years with the program over two stints and was previously head coach at Bowling Green School. This game does not count in district play for either team. The Yellow Jackets are 4–5 and have scored 189 points while allowing 207 (21.0 and 23.0 per game). They are 3–1 at home and 1–4 on the road, finished 2–2 in district play, and have been shut out three times. Their MAIS power-point average is 42.333 (Week 10).
Players to know (numbers from the MaxPreps roster; descriptions from preseason previews, since no 2026 individual stats are posted): RB Kade Perkins (#7, Sr.), who ran for 900 yards in five games last season before an ankle injury; TE/DE Jack Benoit (#8, Sr.), a three-year starter; DE/FB Dylan Husband (#35, Jr.), returning from injury; and QB Braxten Waskom (#2, Jr.), a first-year starter.
2026 results (Oak Forest)
| Date |
Opponent |
Oak Forest |
| Fri Aug 21 |
@ Jackson Academy |
L 0–46 |
| Fri Aug 28 |
@ Amite School Center |
W 55–20 |
| Fri Sep 4 |
vs Simpson Academy (district) |
W 27–6 |
| Fri Sep 11 |
vs East Rankin Academy (district) |
W 37–13 |
| Fri Sep 25 |
vs Bowling Green School |
W 49–0 |
| Fri Oct 2 |
@ Copiah Academy (district) |
L 14–42 |
| Fri Oct 9 |
vs Parklane Academy (district) |
L 0–42 |
| Fri Oct 16 |
@ Columbia Academy |
L 0–28 |
| Fri Oct 23 |
@ Silliman Institute |
L 7–10 |
| Total |
4–5 |
PF 189 · PA 207 |
Scores: MAIS (power page, Week 10). Home/away: Oak Forest’s schedule and the Hammond Daily Star. Open date Sep. 18. Last meeting: Prep 38–13, Oct. 31, 2025, at Prep (MAIS, MaxPreps). Series: Prep 10–0 since 2009 (MississippiPrepFootball.com).
Common opponents (Prep / Oak Forest)
| Opponent |
Prep |
Oak Forest |
| Jackson Academy |
W 35–24 |
L 0–46 |
| Copiah Academy |
W 47–7 |
L 14–42 |
| Parklane Academy |
W 38–24 |
L 0–42 |
| Silliman Institute |
W 56–19 |
L 7–10 |
| Total |
4–0 · 176–74 |
0–4 · 21–140 |
Scores: MAIS power pages. Oak Forest has no team or player stats posted on MaxPreps, and news coverage we found has no yardage, so there is no rush/pass table this week.
Keys for Prep
• Slow Kade Perkins. He is Oak Forest’s top playmaker, and the Yellow Jackets have scored 21 points in their last four games.
• Keep the offense rolling. Prep averages 41.4 points a game and has scored 30 or more in 9 of ten games.
• Common opponents: Prep is 4–0 against them (176–74); Oak Forest is 0–4 (21–140).
• Handle the trip and the Senior Night crowd. Get in, start fast, and stay healthy for the playoffs.
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PUBLIC / FORM
Prep favored
Massey projection Prep 46–7 · Last year Prep 38–13
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JAI
Prep 42 – Oak Forest 10
Prep favored on the road · Total ~52
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Prep won last season’s meeting 38–13. Oak Forest comes in on a four-game losing streak, but it is their Senior Night and the last game of the regular season for both teams.
Official bracket status: MAIS has not posted seeds for Class 4A Division I yet. As of Sunday night, Oct. 25, the MAIS 2026 Class 4A Division I bracket shows only empty #1–#4 slots, with no teams listed. The seeds will come after Friday’s regular-season finales.
What the official bracket does confirm: Division I is the four teams with the top power-point averages, the highest seed hosts the semifinals on Fri., Nov. 6, at 7:00 p.m., and the championship is Fri., Nov. 13, at 7:00 p.m. “@ MC.”
Most recent PowerPoint totals (MAIS Week 10, last updated Fri., Oct. 23, 10:13 p.m.). The 4A leaders are MRA 61.0, Prep 55.556, Jackson Academy 53.625, Hartfield 52.0 and Parklane 49.571. One regular-season week remains, and Hartfield and Parklane are close for the fourth spot.
MAIS Football Playoff Bracket Projection
Class 4A Division I. This is our projection, not the official bracket. It assumes the current top four in power points hold after Friday and are seeded by their head-to-head results (MRA 3–0, Prep 2–1, JA 1–2, Hartfield 0–3). MAIS sets the official seeds after the regular season.
| SEMIFINALS |
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FINAL |
| #1 MRA |
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| #4 Hartfield |
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CHAMPIONSHIP
TBD
Nov 13 · 7:00 · MC
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| #2 Prep |
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| #3 JA |
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Semifinal (projected): #1 MRA vs #4 Hartfield
Fri., Nov. 6, 7:00 p.m. · Patriot Field, Madison (MRA would host) |
Semifinal (projected): #2 Prep vs #3 JA
Fri., Nov. 6, 7:00 p.m. · Patriot Field, Flowood (Prep would host) |
Championship: semifinal winners (TBD)
Fri., Nov. 13, 7:00 p.m. · at MC (as listed by MAIS) |
Dates, times, the championship site and the rule that the higher seed hosts the semifinals are from the MAIS 2026 Class 4A Division I bracket (checked Sun., Oct. 25; no seeds posted). Seeds, and therefore the semifinal sites, are our projection. Parklane (49.571) is the closest team outside the top four.
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