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HOMECOMING ROYALTY- Newly crowned Band Sweetheart Kylee Sommerville, left, with her escort Joseph Garcia, stand alongside the new Football Queen, Sabri Zamora, with Marlee Salas after the ceremony following the Jackets’ 78-0 homecoming win over Paint Rock. See more on the homecoming court on pages 9 and 10. Nora Davis, photo.
HOMECOMING ROYALTY- Newly crowned Band Sweetheart Kylee Sommerville, left, with her escort Joseph Garcia, stand alongside the new Football Queen, Sabri Zamora, with Marlee Salas after the ceremony following the Jackets’ 78-0 homecoming win over Paint Rock. See more on the homecoming court on pages 9 and 10. Nora Davis, photo.

With Homecoming festivities behind them and their predistrict schedule complete, the Menard Yellowjackets are turning their attention to what promises to be one of their biggest challenges of the season: a district showdown with Water Valley.

Menard closed out its predistrict schedule Friday night with a 78-0 Homecoming victory over Paint Rock at Findlay Field. The game ended at halftime under the …