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Newton County’s Jacquez Redwood returns a kickoff for a Cougar touchdown during their hard fought game against the Whippets of Kosciusko High School Friday. The Cougars open divison play this week against Northeast Lauderdale. | Jeff Parks Photography

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High School Football: Newton County Cougars Fall to Kosciusko After Blowing Lead
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,10/02/24-11:00AM , 623 Reads
KOSCIUSKO 34, COUNTY 28

It was another tough loss for the Newton County Cougars on Friday night.

The Cougars weren’t able to hold onto a second-half lead as Kosciusko scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to take a 34-28 win on Friday night.
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NCA Quarterback Tyler Thrash finds extra yards behind the block of Brady Thorne. | NCA photo

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High School Football: Generals Dominate Calhoun Academy Behind Strong Defense
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,10/02/24-10:00AM , 2,291 Reads
NCA 42, CALHOUN 12

Newton County Academy football coach Stevie Nelson said before the season that he didn’t know how his team would be on defense.

The Generals continued their strong defensive play last week and used a strong rushing attack to take a 42-12 win over Calhoun Academy on Friday.
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Yellowjacket Omarri Holliday fights for more yards as he sheds one Lake defender. | Jessica McElhenney Photography

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High School Football: Lake Rallies in Second Half to Overcome Union Turnovers
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,10/02/24-9:00AM , 573 Reads
LAKE 18, UNION 7

Friday night’s contest between Union and Lake was an old-fashioned tale of two halves.

Union took advantage of three Lake turnovers and led 18-7 at the half before the Hornets reeled off 23 unanswered points to take a 30-18 win over the Yellowjackets.
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VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP- Lady Cougars, Lady Hornets, Yellowjackets All Secure Key Wins
By ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Sports Editor
Wed,09/25/24-4:00PM , 594 Reads
The Newton County Lady Cougars took a big Class 4A win last week over rival West Lauderdale.

The Lady Cougars won 3-2 in the contest. County won the first two set, winning 25-21 and 26-24. But West took the next two sets, losing 25-21 and 25-17 to even the match. County then took the fifth-set tiebreaker 15-11 to take the win
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