When Wesley Prep students enter the 5th and 6th grades, they are encouraged to participate in the school’s Athletic Program. Wesley Prep’s Athletic Program is an integral and important part of the school’s educational program. When children participate in team sports, they are presented with unique opportunities for growth not found in other areas of education. The skills, discipline, and attitudes which are developed through participation in our Athletic Program become a foundation for a child’s life and future.
2019 Prep Basketball League! In the words of our families, 'This is competitive basketball at its best.' 'Backyard Sports Prep provides an unparalleled sports experience not seen in any conventional organized program or league' Backyard Sports is a community team.
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Our Athletic Program is Christian-based and offers a variety of opportunities for students to discover, develop, and improve their athletic abilities while also teaching character building, teamwork and stressing good sportsmanship. We want our students to achieve personal growth and success, learn fundamentals, play their best, and work together as a team. Additionally, our Athletic Program creates a strong Wesley Prep community and promotes school spirit!
Positive Coaching Alliance is a national non-profit developing “Better Athletes, Better People” by working to provide all youth and high school athletes a positive, character-building youth sports experience. By partnering with PCA, Wesley Prep has made a commitment to create a Positive Coaching culture in which athletes can grow, be challenged, and have fun!
Wesley Prep competes with other small private schools in the area for 5th and 6th grades. The following sports are offered:
- Flag Football (Fall Season – Aug thru Oct)
- Volleyball (Fall Season – Aug thru Oct)
- Boys Basketball (Winter Season – Nov thru Feb)
- Girls Basketball (Winter Season – Nov thru Feb)
- Co-Ed Soccer (Spring Season – March/April)
- Track Meet (May)
- Cheerleading (3rd and 4th Grade girls only)
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Lower Grades
Children in Pre-K through 4th Grade form teams through the YMCA and other Athletic Associations (Sportsplex, SVAA, Upward, etc.). Parents work together to organize teams and coaches at the beginning of each season. For more information on the Wesley Prep Athletic Program, please contact Katie Machaj at kmachaj@wesleyprep.org.
The Dart: Backyard basketball rules
Published 12:01 am Monday, July 9, 2018
Just after a Friday afternoon rain shower was the perfect time to shoot some hoops at North Natchez Park, and that’s just what Demitri Minor, 19, and his cousin Michael Hunt Jr., 15, did.
The rain had knocked the Mississippi July heat and humidity down and a cloud cover kept the sun from beaming down on the asphalt basketball courts, which are high enough to catch a breeze coming over the hill at the park where The Dart landed last Friday.
Hunt and Minor battled it out, one-on-one, until Hunt’s mother, Leah Robinson, joined in. Then it was a three-way free for all.
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Hunt said he can take Minor most of the time, and Minor agreed.
The two said they have been playing basketball together for four or five years and Hunt said he has always been able to hold his own against Minor, even when he was only 9 or 10 years old.
“Demitri used to dunk,” Hunt said, later adding that was on a lower goal in Minor’s backyard in the Morgantown community.
The cousins say they play basketball almost every time they get together.
When they are at Minor’s house, they play in Minor’s backyard and when they are at Hunt’s house, they walk over to North Natchez Park.
Sometimes other players are at the park, and they will join in for some five-on-five action.
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s one-on-one or what, we just like to shoot,” said Minor, who graduated from Natchez High School in June 2017. “We can hold our own.”
When he is not playing basketball, Minor said he plays drums for a living with a couple of Baptist churches in Concordia Parish.
Hunt will be going into the 10th grade at Natchez High School in the fall. Hunt said he runs track, but he doesn’t think he’ll play basketball at school.
Both cousins agreed they just like playing backyard hoops.
They do, however, love to watch the NBA.
“The Lakers,” Demitri said, indicating that’s his team, and he said he was a Lakers fan before LeBron James announced he will be going to play for the Lakers. “Lebron is good. Now that Kobe Bryant is gone, he can bring something to the Lakers.”
Hunt doesn’t have a favorite NBA team or player. He said he just likes them all.
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