Both Newton County Academy basketball teams will advance to the Class AA South State tournament after finishing as the No. 3 seed in the District 3-AA Tournament last week.
The Generals beat rival Sylva Bay 37-28 on Saturday to finish third after losing 46-38 to Clinton Christian on Thursday in the semifinals.
The Newton Lady Tigers wrapped up an outstanding regular season as they finished with a 22-2 record and went undefeated in Division 4-2A play.
The Lady Tigers secured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Division 4-2A tournament that will be held at Lake s they beat Scott Central 66-13 in Tuesday and Union 48-33 on Friday.
The Lake boys managed to break out of a recent slump as they pulled out a 53-43 win over Puckett this week. They lost their other game 63-44 to Philadelphia.
The Lady Hornets weren’t as fortunate as they lost 63-27 to Puckett and 64-36 to Philadelphia.
Both Newton County basketball teams dropped a pair of games last week as both teams face elimination games in this week’s division tournament.
The Lady Cougars lost 44-37 to Quitman and 41-31 to Northeast Jones this past week while Cougars lost 46-37 to Quitman and 80-59 to Northeast Jones.
Newton’s Tre Hillie didn’t have the best senior year.
But an explosive junior season told college coaches all they needed to know.
Hillie signed a national letter of intent to play college football at Coahoma Community College on Wednesday.
Newton County on had one player selected to The Newton County Appeal’s Elite 11 team.
And Lamar Morgan was the only player on the team to sign to play football at the next level.
Morgan, a 6-foot-5, 280-pound tight end, signed his national letter of intent form to play football at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Union’s Garrett Posey didn’t need much of an athletic scholarship but found the one he was looking for.
The Union senior signed to play football at Mississippi College on Tuesday after a stellar senior season for the Yellowjackets where he helped guide the team to an 8-5 record and a win in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs.
The Lake Hornets grabbed a much-needed win last week as they beat rival Scott Central on Monday.
The Hornets finished strong as they beat the Rebels 61-55 in a game moved up due to inclement weather on Tuesday.
Lake will host Puckett on Tuesday and finish out the regular season on Friday as they travel to Philadelphia.
The Newton County Lady Cougars haven’t been able to enjoy many wins this season but got a big one on Tuesday night.
The Lady Cougars used a strong second half to beat rival West Lauderdale 60-49 on Tuesday in their only victory of the week. They lost 69-31 to Northeast Lauderdale on Friday night.
The Newton Lady Tigers pushed their winning streak to eight games as they hit the 20-win mark on the season.
The Lady Tigers had little trouble with Lake as they took a 47-28 win on Friday night while the Tigers took a 61-49 win over the Hornets.
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