Elementary, junior high teachers win Jackson's first faculty contest

~ Walton's trey in OT lifted the Red team.

The elementary and middle school faculty defeated the junior high and secondary school faculty members in the first Jackson R-2 Faculty Basketball Game, which was played on Nov. 17 at the Jackson Senior High Gym.

The victorious Red team had to survive a last-second tying shot in regulation and a 1-minute overtime to post the 27-26 victory.

South Elementary School teacher Zach Walton, also the high school soccer coach, hit a 3-point bank shot from the top of the key to start the overtime for the Red team, which never trailed after that.

The Black squad had tied the game at 24-24 with 5 seconds to play in regulation on a layin by Matt Lacy, Jackson High School social studies teacher.