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The Newton Eagles boys cross country team placed second behind Unity at the Robinson invite. The girls placed sixth. See below for photos by Kristin Radke and results. 9 9 Luke Weber 12 888 Newton 16:49.47 5:36/M 15 15 Brock Probst 12 889 Newton 17:19.81 5:47/M 27 26 Isaac Street
The Newton Public Library is participating in the 5th Annual Library Crawl from October 1 through the 31st. To participate pick up the official passport at your home library. Travel around central and southern Illinois visiting participating public libraries Go to each library’s circulation desk to get your passport stamped.
2023 NEWTON FOOTBALL HOMECOMING GAME SCHEDULE VSRobinson High School 2:30 Parade Down Washington Street Game Night Schedule 5:30 – Gates open5:45 – Teams can take the field 6: 30 – INTRODUCTION OF THE 50 YEAR CLASS6: 36 – End Team Warm-up (Teams to locker rooms)6: 36 – QUEEN & KING
The Newton Public Library will be hosting a Story Walk around the square in Newton beginning at the Newton Public Library and ending at Joe’s Italian Food and Pizza in Newton. Stop in at the library to pick up crafts related to the story. For any questions contact the library
The Newton Marching Eagles performed their 2023 Marching Band show titled “Grace” at the Eastern Illinois University Marching band Festival in Class 3A. The Eagles received the “Best Percussion” and 2nd place in Class 3A Awards.
The Newton Eagles traveled to Paris where they scored eight points in the fourth quarter when Max Meinhart handed the ball to Meyer Tarr who ran the ball from the 41 for a 38 yard gain and Payton Harris dropped back to throw a pass to Cole Phillips in the
The Newton Lady Eagles Tennis team sweeps Mt Carmel with a final score of 9-0. All of the Lady Eagles won both their singles and doubles matches. Singles:No. 1 – Charlotte Schackmann, Newton def. Elizabeth Hefner, Mt. Carmel, 10-3 No. 2 – Paige Klingler, Newton def. Selby Patberg, Mt. Carmel, 10-1 No.
Baseball Front row – Gabe Grove, Wyatt Ochs, Bud Utley, Kendall Probst Middle row – Preston Harris, Cambell Ulm, William Michl, Amos Mahaffey, Maddox Horner, Chase Kistner, Liam Root, Chance Mulvey, Ethan Deckard Back row – Coach Collin Smith, Jacob Ferguson, Brendan Emmerich, Hank Huber, Jackson James, Mack Huber, lan
The Newton Lady Eagles swept Robinson in all three matches on Thursday, September 28. The freshman won in two sets with scores of 25-13 and 25-22. The JV and Varsity also won in two sets each with scores of 25-13 and 25-17 and 25-17 and 25-12. This brings the varsity’s
Michael Brent Smith, age 75 January 24, 1948 – September 28, 2023 Michael Brent Smith, age 75, of Latona, Illinois, passed away at 9:00 PM – Thursday, September 28, 2023, near his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM – Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Meyer Funeral Home in