Jackson Progress-Argus

Jelinda Ellis, a senior at Jackson High School, was escorted by her father, Wayne Ellis, and was named Winter Court Queen.

Jackson — Jackson High School held its first annual Winter Court Saturday night, during the intermission between the boys and girls basketball games against rival Mary Persons High School.

The winners were Jelinda Ellis (Winter Court Queen), Chris Williams (Winter Court King), Kierra Berry (Winter Court Senior Queen), and Pheanious McKibben (Winter Court Senior King).

The Winter Court ceremony was the grand finale of Jackson High School’s “Spirit Week,” which included other events such as a Hoops-to-Hoops “Cross the Line” Game, which featured the boys basketball team cheerleading for a game between the girls basketball team and the JHS cheerleaders, according to Cheerleading Coach Shonta Sims.

The Winter Court also featured seniors Elizabeth Pinel and Keomine Reaves, juniors Zhnarya Barr and Chasity Barlow, sophomores Samantha Kirkland and Kaitlin Parker, and freshmen Aliyah Duffey and Breanne Rogers.