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From left, Newton seniors Lawrence Morris, Ty’Shun Evans, Kobe Thompson and Damarius Logan all signed college scholarships during a recent ceremony at Newton High School. Submitted Photo

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FOOTBALL: Four players to play on college level next season
By BRENT MAZE
Wed,03/24/21-10:00AM , 6,171 Reads
The Newton High School Football team had one of its best seasons of the last decade in 2020, and it paid off handsomely for four seniors on the Tiger football team.
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NEWTON COUNTY APPEAL ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
Tue,03/23/21-5:50PM , 8,799 Reads
Below are the selections to the Newton County Appeal's All-Area Girls Basketball team. Nominations were made by local coaches with the final decisions made by sports editor Robbie Robertson.
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Newton's Ja'Leah Hickmon (21) comes up with a rebound in a crowd of New Site Lady Royals at the MHSAA State Basketball Tournament semifinals on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson,. Chris Todd/Special to The Appeal

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Hickmon leads Lady Tigers back to Jackson
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Tue,03/23/21-5:20PM , 6,212 Reads
GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JA’LEAH HICKMON

Newton girls basketball coach Marc Stribling has seen Ja’Leah Hickmon transform over the years.

Stribling arrived when Hickmon was a freshman and surrounded by talent. A year later, the Lady Tigers won the Class 2A state championship.
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Newton's Ja'Leah Hickmon (21) handles the ball against New Site at the MHSAA State Basketball Tournament semifinals on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss. | CHRIS TODD/Special to The Appeal

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2A GIRLS SEMIFINALS: New Site ends Newton’s run
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Wed,03/10/21-7:00PM , 5,964 Reads
The Newton Lady Tigers had made it through the season with Ja’Leah Hickmon and Zia Shields doing most of the scoring.

But the New Site Lady Royals made sure that those two weren’t enough on Tuesday.

The Lady Royals used a suffocating press defense and rolled to a 66-33 win over Newton on Tuesday at the Mississippi Coliseum.
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