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• Prep beat Silliman Institute 56–19 on Senior Night, Friday, Oct. 16, at Patriot Field, after leading 42–0 at halftime. Prep is 8–1 with four straight wins.
• Thank you to the senior families and everyone who helped with Senior Night.
• Through nine games Prep has scored 372 points and allowed 174 (41.3 and 19.3 per game).
• Coach Crowder 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 Crowder is the speaker.
• Coaches’ meal / Sunday food pickup: thank you to Jacob Haralson for picking up the coaches’ meal this past game week.
• Next up for the coaches’ meal / food pickup: Chris Wyatt.
• Lamar School Raiders (Meridian). Record 5–3 (MAIS Class 3A, District 2, 1–1) after a 34–17 home loss to Hartfield Academy on Oct. 16. First-year head coach Stacy Luker. Prep won the last meeting 55–19 on Sep. 5, 2025.
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FOR THE STANDS
Lamar won the MAIS 4A Division III state title last season, beating Brookhaven Academy 34–17 on Nov. 22. Under new coach Stacy Luker the Raiders started this season 5–1, then lost 0–34 at Leake Academy and 17–34 at home to Hartfield Academy, a team Prep beat 31–19 on Oct. 9. Prep won last year’s meeting 55–19.
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IF YOU WANT THE DETAILS
Lamar School (Meridian) plays in MAIS Class 3A, District 2. Coach Stacy Luker was hired in February after a career in Alabama that includes 259 wins and seven state titles, five of them at Sweet Water. This game does not count in district play for either team. The Raiders are 5–3 and have scored 184 points while allowing 155 (23.0 and 19.4 per game). They are 3–1 on the road and 2–2 at home, and are 1–1 in district play with Heritage Academy left on Oct. 30.
Lamar leans on the run: 202.6 rushing yards and 101.9 passing yards a game (MaxPreps). RB/FS Dkharian “Khari” Towner (#23, Sr.) averages 110.6 rushing yards a game and ran for 141 yards and two touchdowns in the opener at Simpson. QB Sullivan Reed (#7, Sr.), a Mississippi State baseball commit, averages 97.0 passing yards and 148.5 total yards a game. Hamp Haarala (#11) leads in receiving at 30.3 yards a game, LB James Ross (#25) averages 8.3 tackles, and kicker Maddox Mims (#13) made a 45-yard field goal in the opener.
2026 results (Lamar)
| Date |
Opponent |
Lamar |
| Fri Aug 14 |
@ Simpson Academy |
W 29–14 |
| Fri Aug 21 |
@ Winston Academy |
W 41–0 |
| Fri Sep 4 |
@ Wayne Academy (district) |
W 30–13 |
| Fri Sep 11 |
vs Caledonia |
L 20–31 |
| Fri Sep 18 |
vs Starkville Academy |
W 16–15 |
| Fri Sep 25 |
vs St. James |
W 31–14 |
| Fri Oct 9 |
@ Leake Academy (district) |
L 0–34 |
| Fri Oct 16 |
vs Hartfield Academy |
L 17–34 |
| Total |
5–3 |
PF 184 · PA 155 |
Scores: MAIS. Home/away: MaxPreps. Last meeting: Prep 55–19, Sep. 5, 2025 (MAIS, MaxPreps).
Keys for Prep
• Slow the run. Lamar gets about two-thirds of its yards on the ground, and Towner is the lead back.
• Keep the offense rolling. Prep averages 41.3 points and 411.3 yards a game (MaxPreps) and has scored 30 or more in 8 of nine games.
• Common opponent: Prep won 31–19 at Hartfield; Hartfield won 34–17 at Lamar last Friday.
• Lamar has scored 17 points in its last two games.
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PUBLIC / FORM
Prep favored
Massey projection Prep 42–6 · Last year Prep 55–19
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JAI
Prep 42 – Lamar 14
Prep favored on the road · Total ~56
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Prep won last season’s meeting 55–19. Lamar comes in after two straight losses, including 34–17 at home to Hartfield.
Most recent PowerPoint totals
Our understanding of playoff seeding:
MAIS tiebreaker system (applied once the “big 4” / Division I is set by power points):
Power points select the four teams for Division I. Once those four are locked in, power points are no longer used for seeding within that group. Seeding instead follows the standard MAIS football tiebreaker sequence (applied continuously until every place is resolved):
- Head-to-head competition among the teams involved in the tie.
- Record against common opponents (from best to worst among the tied group).
- Point differential among the teams involved in the tie (typically capped, historically at 18 points per game).
- Point differential against other relevant teams / all MAIS opponents.
- Coin flip if still unresolved.
MAIS Football Playoff Bracket Projection
Class 4A Division I (top four power-point averages). This is a projection, not the official bracket. MAIS sets the seeds after the regular season.
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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: #1 MRA vs #4 Hartfield
Fri., Nov. 6, 7:00 p.m. · Patriot Field, Madison (MRA hosts) |
Semifinal: #2 Prep vs #3 JA
Fri., Nov. 6, 7:00 p.m. · Patriot Field, Flowood (Prep hosts) |
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. Seeds, and therefore the semifinal sites, are our projection.
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