The Lake Lady Hornets bounced back from a Tuesday loss to Newton to win the Scott County Tournament.
The Lady Hornets opened the tournament with a 34-30 win over Sebastopol and then took a 48-43 win over Forest.
The Hornets beat Scott Central 50-31 in the semifinals and then lost to Morton 52-36 in the finals.
The Newton County boys' soccer team improved to 17-1 on the season as they took three more wins last week, all in blowout fashion.
The Cougars swept Louisville, winning 7-0 on Monday and 8-1 on Tuesday. The Cougars finished out the week with a 6-0 win over Northeast Lauderdale.
Newton only got to play one basketball game last week but they made it count.
After struggling through a difficult non-division schedule, both Newton teams opened up Division 6-2A play with wins last week.
After a slow start, the Newton County Lady Cougars are playing well at the right time.
The Lady Cougars opened up Division 5-4A play with a pair of wins, beating Mendenhall 55-33 and Florence 34-33.
The Cougars split a pair of games last week, beating Mendenhall 62-56 and falling 77-28 to Florence.
It was a rough week on the hardwoods for the Newton County Academy basketball teams.
Both NCA teams suffered a pair of double-digit losses last week as they were swept by Columbus Christian and Carroll Academy.
The Newton County Appeal has announced its 2019All-Area Football Team. The following players were selected to the first-team defense:
The Newton County Appeal has named its 2019 All-Area Football Team. The following were named to the All-Area offense.
The Newton Tigers managed to pick up one win in their annual holiday tournament last week.
The Tigers beat West Lowndes 65-54 on Saturday after losing 79-65 to Laurel on Friday. The Lady Tigers lost both contests, falling 54-47 to West Lowndes and 50-26 to Bay Springs.
The holiday break served the Newton County basketball teams well.
Both teams won both games they played last week with a sweep of Sebastopol and Scott Central.
The Union Lady Yellowjackets improved to 15-3 on the season as they picked up a pair of wins last week.
Union cruised to a 44-34 win over Sebastopol on Friday and then took a hard-earned 45-41 win over Heidelberg on Saturday.
