The Newton County Academy Generals came right off the football fields and got a win on the basketball courts.
The Generals grabbed their first win of the season with a 38-33 win over Laurel Christian while the Lady Generals suffered their first loss with a 51-40 setback.
The Newton County Academy boys’ basketball finished strong last year as they made the Class AA state tournament and lost the first-round game to Greenville St. Joseph 34-32 to end their season.
It wasn’t a pleasant end to the football season for the Newton County Academy Generals.
The Generals fell behind early and Carroll used a punishing ground attack to take a 52-0 win and end NCA’s season on Friday night.
NCA ends the season with a 3-8 record.
Newton County Academy football coach Rob Roberts knew his team needed to get off to a good start against Centreville on wet, soggy field on Friday night.
The Generals did the exact opposite of that.
A season’s worth of injuries caught up with Newton County Academy last week against Tri-County Academy.
The Rebels scored early and often as they built a 35-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 42-8 win over the Generals.
In a game of big plays, it was Newton County Academy that came out on the short end, falling 36-7 to rival Sylva Bay on Thursday night.
The Generals are now 3-5 on the season and will host Tri-County Academy on Friday night before finishing the regular season with Centreville.
Union 27, Stringer 0
Newton County 0, Quitman 6
NCA 7, Slyva Bay 28
Newton 0, Scott Central 55
Lake 0, Philadelphia 24
ECCC 5, MS Gulf Coast 12
Division play and Thursday night games dominate the lineup of local games this week.
Headlining this week’s slate of games is a matchup of 2A powers as Philadelphia travels to Lake on Thursday. Also on Thursday night, Quitman will be at Newton County, Stringer will be at Union and Newton will be at Scott Central.
After four straight losses, Newton County Academy coach Rob Roberts said any win is a good win.
The Generals overcame a late start after an hour-long rain delay and used a stingy defense to take a 16-0 win over Amite School on Friday night.
Union 53, Newton 8
NCA 16, Amite 0
Lake 27, Pisgah 7
Newton County 14, Mendenhall 38
ECCC 23, No. 15 Co-Lin 18
