The Newton Tigers picked up three more wins on the hardwood this past week.
The Tigers had to come from behind to beat Lake 51-47 on Tuesday and then took a 47-40 win over Philadelphia on Friday night.
The Tigers then avenged a 20-point loss to Choctaw Central by beating the Warriors 52-38 on Saturday.
Both Union basketball teams managed to pick up a win this past week.
The Union Lady Yellowjackets grabbed a 48-33 win over Division 4-4A foe Scott Central. The Lady Jackets then dropped a 51-39 decision to Leake Central and a 44-38 decision to Enterprise.
ECCC defeats Meridian for seventh straight Win
Freshman guard Roti Ware continued his hot play of late dropping in 31 points to lead the East Central Community College Warriors to their seventh straight win 89-77 over the Meridian Community College Eagles in a game played on the MCC campus Thursday, Jan. 11.
The Newton County Academy Lady Generals opened up district play with a last-second buzzer beater over Clinton Christian on Tuesday.
The Lady Generals got a last-second winner from Anna Laurel Moody to take a 56-54 win over the Lady Warriors.
It took two overtimes but the Newton County Cougars eventually pulled away with a 62-58 win over Leake Central in East Central Community College’s Clash of the Classes on Saturday.
With the win, the Cougars improve to 12-4 on the season while Leake Central falls to 11-9.
Both Newton County soccer teams picked up a pair of Division 5-4A wins this past week.
The Lady Cougars hammered Quitman 9-0 and took a last-minute 2-1 victory against Northeast Lauderdale. The Cougars grabbed two wins as well as they beat Northeast Lauderdale 4-1 and Quitman 4-0.
The Newton Lady Tigers picked up two more wins this past week as they beat a pair of Division 4-2A foes.
The Lady Hornets beat Lake 62-20 on Tuesday and then took a big 50-34 win over Philadelphia on Friday.
A winter weather advisory as been issued beginning at 9 a.m tomorrow morning and continuing until midnight Tuesday.
The National Weather Service is predicting between a dusting and one inch of snow to accumulate.
A home on Third Avenue in Newton was gutted by a fire this afternoon.
Firefighters from Newton, Decatur and Hickory responded to the blaze, which consumed the interior of a brick home that had a chimney.
There were no apparent injuries from the fire as of this afternoon. The cause is under investigation.
A 37-year-old Newton man has been charged with the Jan. 8 burglary of JJ’s Quick Stop on Northside Drive in Newton.
