The Newton County soccer team will try to make it back to the Class 4A championship game this week as they begin the playoffs.
The Cougars will host Ripley in a first-round game on Tuesday.
Newton County won two out of three games this week, blowing out Louisville 9-0 and Choctaw Central 7-0. They finished the week with a 3-0 loss to Brandon in a non-division contest.
The Cougars had eight players score in the Louisville contest with Lee Hill being the only player with two goals. Griffin Bailey, Cooper Lewis, Jesse Laird, Cade Mangrum, Malachi Estes, Carson Chaney and Cameron Butler each had goals for the Cougars. Christian Velazquez had two assists while Hill, Laird, Butler, Donald Blake, Graham Lewis and Tanner Dailey also had assists.
Against Choctaw Central, the Cougars took a 7-0 win. Hill had three goals and one assist in the game while Graham Lewis also had three goals. Tate Baucum had County’s other goal while Christian Velazquez had four assists in the game.
Newton County fell 3-0 to Brandon on Friday.
Newton County finishes the regular season with a 13-4-1 record.
