Marcus Gibson never realized how much water a high school football program used until it was gone. Even so, he considers his team one of the lucky ones as a water crises roils Mississippi’s largest city. Know more:
MARCUS GIBSON never realized how much water a high school football program used until it was gone.
Jackson schools moved to online classes and canceled some of this weekend’s high school football games because of uncertainty about water. Some restaurants closed, while others are bringing in tankers of clean water from the suburbs. People are waiting in long lines to receive bottled water for drinking or non-potable water for flushing toilets. and officials had warned for years that widespread loss of service was possible.
Gibson said keeping everything clean is the biggest challenge. He said assistant coaches are working out plans to wash practice and game uniforms at laundromats outside the city or at any other place with enough water pressure. Murrah and Callaway are among four of the biggest city schools preparing to play in a “Graduation Classic,” which was originally expected to be at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. That’s been canceled due to the lack of water, though there’s hope the games can be moved elsewhere. Thousands of fans were expected.
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