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The following relays and individuals qualified to participate in the IHSA State Finals on Saturday at EIU. 4×800 Relay 1) Luke Weber 2) Hayden Borgic 3) Luis Zavala 4) Owen Mahaffey Jacob Wickham- Shot Put 100 M Dash, 200 M Dash – Parker Wolf 400 M Dash Parker Wolf, Owen Mahaffey
SBL Providing Physicals to Newton Athletes Sarah Bush Lincoln will provide sports physicals to athletes from Newton schools.Sports physical clinics will be held from 1 to 6 pm on Wednesday, May 31, and 1 to 6 pm onThursday, July 27, at the SBL Newton Clinic, 807 West Jourdan Street, Newton.The cost
Victor A. Taggart, age 89 October 11, 1933 – May 21, 2023 Victor A. Taggart, age 89, of Hazel Dell, Illinois, passed away at 7:40 PM – Sunday, May 21, 2023, near Hazel Dell, Illinois. Visitation will be held 2:00 to 3:00 PM – Friday, May 26, 2023, with a
7th GradeHighest Honor Brett Bower, Olivia Bright, Beth Broscious, Scarlett Collins, Daniel Falcioni, Alexis Ghast, Maddox Horner, Jackson James, Brittany Keller, Noelle Sappenfield, Jaidyn Sparling, Marlee Tarr, Olivia Weber High Honors Samuel Briscoe, Ethan Deckard, Austin Elliott, Emma Evans, Tessa Jones, Ian Kessler, Nora Kistner, Peyton Lindley, Grayson Lingafelter, Lilly
Grade 9 Highest Honors Shay Bennett, Kody Bergbower, Lucy Bierman, Hayden Borgic, Audrey Elliott, Kylie Higgs, Sadie Iffert, Elliott Kocher, Kelsie Leffler, Layna Marshall, Alexis McNary, Kahlin Michl, Zoey Michl, Sienna Mitchell, Isabelle Probst, Zachary Roach, Owen Schackmann, Ryan Spiker, Reed Tharp, Peyton Willenborg, Drake Wolf, Lily Yager, Brianna Zwilling
The Newton Lady Eagles ended their softball season in the regional championship game against Flora when rain caused the game to be concluded at five innings. The game was tied at one with Flora batting in the top of the fifth when Flora scored one run on a stolen base.
The Newton Lady Eagles girls’ track team placed fifth in the state in the 4×200 relay. Running in this relay were Laney Hemrich, Morgan Schafer, Makayla McVicar, and Sydney Kinder. The Lady Eagles relay team placed ninth and consisted of Makayla McVicar, Elley Bennett, Sydney Kinder, and Laney Hemrich.
St. Thomas held their annual kindergarten graduation at the end of the school year.
Ben and Isaac Street are sectional champs! They will head to state this week to compete in the doubles tournament. Beat Elder and Schmidt (Robinson) 6-1, 6-0Beat Pietz and Gocey (Flora) 6-1, 6-2Beat E Mossman and Rudabough (St A) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3Beat M Mossman and Tegelar (St A 6-3, 6-3
Newton Varsity Eagles had everything working on Saturday, winning big over Paris Tigers Varsity 8-2 Newton Varsity Eagles got things started in the first inning. Isaac Flowers lined out, scoring one run. Newton Varsity Eagles knotted the game up at two in the bottom of the second inning. Marc Jansen