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The Lady Generals pose for a team photo with the championship banner after clinching the regular season district title. | NCA Photo

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BASKETBALL: Lady Generals win district tourney
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Tue,02/07/23-3:11PM , 6,947 Reads
The Newton County Academy Lady Generals completed their domination of District 2-3A this past week.

After going unbeaten in district play in the regular season, the Lady Generals beat Kemper Academy 51-25 on Thursday and Calhoun Academy 46-31 on Saturday to capture the 2-3A title.
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Newton County’s Cole Tadlock celebrates with his teammates after scoring the first goal in their playoff game with Corinth. | Brent Maze/The Appeal

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SOCCER: Newton County sees playoff run end
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,02/01/23-7:00AM , 4,275 Reads
The Newton County soccer teams saw their seasons come to an end last week with a pair of tightly contested games.

The Lady Cougars dropped a 2-1 decision to New Albany while the Cougars fell 3-2 to Corinth.
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The Newton boys basketball team members on the bench celebrate a 3-pointer in the first quarter of their game against Lake. The Tigers rallied from a 7-point deficit in the second half to win. | Brent Maze/The Appeal

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BASKETBALL: Tiger teams rally vs. Lake
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,02/01/23-6:50AM , 9,684 Reads
The Newton basketball teams had a good, old-fashioned slugfest with Lake on Friday night.

The Lady Tigers rallied a six-point deficit on Friday to beat the defending Class 2A champions 33-29 while the Tigers pulled away from a scrappy Lake boys’ team to take a 61-52 win.
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Madeline Vance shoots a 3-pointer for the Lady Generals last week. | NCA Photo

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BASKETBALL: Lady Generals finish district play on top
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,02/01/23-6:40AM , 8,381 Reads
The Newton County Academy girls completed a perfect run through district play last week with a pair of wins.

The Lady Generals improved to 17-3 on the season as they took a pair of double-digit wins last week, beating Calhoun Academy 52-40 and rival Sylva Bay 43-24.
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