Baseball is back! Jackson Prep starts summer practice

Some time has passed before local student athletes could participate in any athletic activities with teammates on a field.

But today Jackson Prep was able to hold their first baseball practice for the summer season and it's already motivating players to go for their 20th state title in program history when next year rolls around but first they are enjoying the opportunity to play again.

SUPERSTAR.IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCEBASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ABLETO STEP ONTO THE DIAMOND SEASONSHAVE ENDED.THERE’S BEEN NO PRACTICE, BUTALL THAT CHANGED TODAY ATJACKSON PREP THE PATRIOTS GO INTHERE FIRST PRACTICE OF THESUMMER THE SWEET SOUND OFBASEBALL IS SWEETER.THIS SUMMER TEAM SEASONS HAVEBEEN CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19,BUT SUMMER BASEBALL IS A GOJACKSON PREP CAN FINALLY HOLDPRACTICE.IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING WEHAVE WE DIDN’T EVEN PLAY GAMETHIS YEAR ON THIS FIELD, SO JUSTBE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE ANDPRACTICE WITH ALL THE STUFFGOING ON.IT’S REALLY EXCITING, AND I’MJUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TOWORKING WITH EVERYBODY AND THEIRTIME AWAY FROM FACILITIES ANDTHE FIELD THIS TEAM HAS STILLBEEN CLOSED.OH MY GOD IS ALL MY FRIENDS AREMY TEAMMATES TO SO WE’RE ALLLOOKING FORWARD TO THE SAME GOALAND WE ALL PUT IN THE SAMEAMOUNT OF WORK JUST ABOUT SO WEALL WORK OUT TOGETHER.WE ALL GET TOGETHER.WE DO THE SAME THING TOGETHERKELLY CRUMPTON IN RILEY.MADDOX ARE OLE MISS COMMITSPLAYING FOR THE EAST COAST SOCKSTHIS SUMMER.THERE ARE AMPED FOR BASEBALL,BUT RILEY HAS LEARNED THISPATIENTS A TO MOTIVATE MYSELFBECAUSE IT’S HARD TO MOTIVATEYOURSELF AND LIKE REALLY WHATARE YOU KIND OF PLAYING FOR?WHAT ARE YOU WORKING FOR?SO GOING OUT THERE?LISTEN WEIGHTS THROWING THEBASEBALL HITTING IT’S ALL JUSTKIND OF LIKE TEACHES ME HOW TOLIKE BE MOTIVATED PLAYERS HAVEBEEN STAYING IN SHAPE.ANYWAY, THEY CAN RUNNING LIFTINGWEIGHTS EVEN DRIVEWAYBASKETBALL, BUT THERE’S NOTHINGLIKE THIS.I THINK IT DOES A LOT JUSTBECAUSE LITTLE BIT MORALE JUSTTO GET OUT HERE AND BE BACK ONTHE BASEBALL FIELD AND PRACTICEA LITTLE BIT.AND IT’S JUST A SLOW PROCESS.LET’S START MOVING FORWARD.LET’S START TO FORM A TEAM.LET’S HAVE SOME FUN.BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS ISMOST OF THE SPORT THAT THE GUYSLOVE SO THEY’RE FINALLY BACK OUTPLAY IN AND LET’S JUST SEE WHATWE CAN DO AND LET’S SEE HOW MUCHWORK WE CAN GET IN THE NEXTTHREE WEEKS BEFORE SUMMER BALLREALLY GETS ROLLING.AND JACKSON PREP WAS TRYING TOFOUR PS STATE CHAMPIONS, BUTTALKING TO THE GUYS TODAY.THEY SAID HEY, WE’RE GOING TOSTART WORKING ON OUR 20TH STATETITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.SO THAT’S THE S