Category: Sports

The girls’ and boys’ cross country teams competed in the Olney Cross Country Invitational. The boys team placed fourth and the girls’ team placed 12th. 1 11 10 Layna Marshall 433 10 20:18.6 6:59/M 2 82 67 Natalie Kistner 432 11 3:51.53 24:10.2 8:18/M 3 101 77 Lily Yager 439

The Newton Lady Eagles tennis team defeated Charleston with a final score of 8-1. Newton – 8, Charleston – 1, Singles:No. 1 – Charlotte Schackmann, Newton def. Christine Pschirrer, Charleston, 6-0 , 6-1 No. 2 – Kailee Gough, Charleston def. Paige Klingler, Newton, 6-1 , 2-6 , 10-7 No. 3 – Jailyn

The Lady Eagles volleyball team placed third in the St. Anthony tournament. The team defeated Arcola, Triad, and Unity in pool play. They lost to St. Anthony and then won against Triad again in the 3rd and 4th place game. Opponent: Varsity Tournament at St. Anthony Pool Play Vs Arcola 

The JCJH Eagles baseball team won the regional championship game versus Casey-Westfield with a final score 7-1. Chance Mulvey singled scoring one run, Eli Wolf tripled, scoring two runs and an error scored one run all in the third inning. Wolf started the game for the Eagles and gave up

The Jasper County Junior High Lady Eagles advanced to the state tournament after a 4-3 walk-off victory over Casey-Westfield. At the bottom of the seventh inning Paige Wagner hit a solo home run to right field. The Braves started the scoring in the first inning after an error scored one

The Newton Eagles hosted the Mt. Carmel Aces on Friday, September 15th. The Eagles lost 7-49 with the lone touchdown coming in the third quarter when Quarterback Max Meinhart handed off the ball at the 27 to Drake Wolf who ran it into the endzone for a 24 yard gain.

Eagles improve to 7-2 with a 4-1 win over the aces.  All four goals by Luke Weber, assisted by Nick Brody and Greyson Dow.

The Lady Eagles defeated the Casey-Westfield Lady Warriors in two sets in varsity play with scores of 25-12 and 25-14. S1 S2 Wins Newton 25 25 2 Casey-Westfield 12 14 0 Attacking # Athlete Name SP K K/S Kill % Att E Hit % 1 Elley Bennett (Sr) 2 4 Alisson

The boys and girls cross country teams ran in the Broadway Bolt at Mattoon with the boys placing first and the girls placing seventh. Team – 14 Newton Finish Position – 1 Team Score (places): 67 Team Score (times): 1:28:05.6 Ave Time:17:37.1 Pos Bib No Name Grade O’All Place Cum

Congratulations to the JCJH Softball team for winning their sectional game and advancing to the state tournament. Full story and photos to come.