Jackal is a well loved, and well feared, Carmel senior tradition. Every spring time, the senior class joins together while also divides apart, to wage war against their fellow peers with water guns, secret hideouts, team strategies and more. The “games began” last week on March 9. The Jackal “commissioners” this year, Grace Lyerly, Ashlyn-Renée Houghton and Abhishek Arvind who have taken upon themselves the daunting task of keeping up with the teams, the scores, the rules, the controversies and the ultimate winner. As the first week came to a close on Saturday at midnight, there were many controversial decisions, deceits, plots and chaos throughout the week. 

Teams In:

Donna’s Angels: Sarah Salter, Alaina Kellogg and Lakyn Fletcher

CMB: Miles Leaks, Braylen Bowman and Chandler Kennedy

Super Splash Bros: Luke Floyd, Mark Agafonov and Noah Daniels

Squirter Squad: Cody Smith, Landon Boyd and Anderson Rider

Aquaholics: Connor Medford, Dylan Wilson and Zach Watterson

Baby Trapped: Max Mendieta, Carson Russell and Harrison Banker

Water Those: Molly Griffin, Anna Foster and Reily Anderson

Weaponized and Baptized: Makenna Deitz, Bella Sidwell and Chandler Little

Teams Out: 

Jehovah’s Wetness: Gianna Sen, Aliana Winner and Ainsley Brown

Guns and Hoses: Brantley Anderson, Preston Connaughton and Jamison Heisel

Octonauts: Bryce Slay, Colin Peck and Carson Rochon

Kiss, Mary, Kill: Kinsley Colson, Mary Quinn and Audrey Bucey

Aquatic Annihilators: Sienna Jauch, Asher Wood and Payton Young

Drenched and Dangerous: Jayden Francis, Sam Holding and Joseph Lewis

Sneaky Splashers: Eddie David, Mac McLemore and Thomas Mink

The Second Order:  Chet Tenny, Cole Castle and Christopher Grace

Squirt Masters: Ben Price, Christian Masiyiwa and Brandon Hoiby

Quiet Chaos: Sara Para, Anna McCartney and Katie Kovalenko

Top events week one:

Last week, Jackal was kicked off with a crazy start. During the first day, a whole team was eliminated. Max Mendieta and Carson Russell went after one of their targets, Asher Wood, on Monday morning. In a controversial encounter Wood was eventually eliminated. While this was taking place, their other teammate Harrison Banker was busy getting Payton Young out. Within the hour, Aquatic Annihilators had been eliminated by Baby Trapped.

 Dylan Wilson contributed to the other elimination on the first day of chaos following Jackal. Wilson, with pure determination, after both his teammates, Connor Medford and Zach Watterson failed to get their targets out, waited two hours at Sara Para’s house. Realizing she had late arrival, Wilson decided to skip his first block and wait two hours in order to get Para out.

Dylan Wilson, trying to build off of his previous success, planned to set up another one of his targets, Anna McCartney. With the help of Zach Waterson, his teammate, and two outsiders, Asher Wood and Christopher Grace, he was able to complete the job. Although Wilson himself did not secure the elimination, he and Watterson had a sense of shared responsibility and success over it. 

There was one more day one elimination stemming from Reily Anderson’s stake out at DeSano, Carson Rochon’s work. Trying to sneakily escape to his car, Rochon was greeted with a surprise attack from Anderson. The very next day, another stake out from Molly Griffin occurred. Griffin woke up at the crack of dawn in order to get an unsuspecting Colin Peck out. This secured the team wipe of Octonauts.

 One of the most intriguing stories from the week was the absolute masterclass of eliminations put on by Miles Leaks. Putting his team on his back, Leaks managed to get both Eddie David and Mac McLemore in the span of 24 hours. This last ditch effort managed to secure a spot in the next round for CMB.