Boom! Our 2023 Football Preview Magazine cover.
This year's magazine has a brand new name - PRESEASON BLITZ.
Secure your copy, football fans, when they become available in mid-August!
Once he made up his mind to do it, he did it. Congrats to
@Newton_High
โs to
@H23Ash
who did what was required to graduate early and join
#BBN
Nation for the 2018-19 season! Itโs been a pleasure covering your prep career!
Photo of the night.
@H23Ash
gets by EJ Montgomery for the slam. Hagans finished with a game-high 31 points โ one better than Wheelerโs Montgomery โ in Newtonโs 86-81 Elite 8 win. Photo Cred: Anthony Banks.
@NewtonRamsBball
@AthleticsNewton
@Newton_High
BREAKING: According to
@fredkalil
, the
@OfficialGHSA
Board of Trustees approved a motion to delay the start of the high football season until Sept. 4.
Weโd like to welcome Michael Pope (
@Popems13_BI
) as the next
@covnews
Sports Editor. Michael is a lifelong Covington native, a graduate of
@EHS_Eagles
& the
@UGAGrady
College of Journalism. A former
@covnews
intern, he knows the Newton County sports scene thoroughly! Congrats!
BREAKING: Joshua Anderson, charged with malice murder for the killing of Kevin Marshall, was arrested this morning. The Newton County Sheriff's Office says he was apprehended in Upstate New York.
Newton County has been well represented in the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Isaiah Miller (
@Nike_Beast23
) and UNC Greensboro earned a spot in the dance, while JD Notae (
@jdnotae
) and Arkansas are dancing their way to the Sweet 16.
STORY:
.
@jakai_newton
signed a scholarship to continue his basketball career at
@IndianaMBB
โ a program Newton has been committed to since Oct. 22, 2021.
Story by
@PBHubb23
Shoutout to
@Newton_High
for locking down the Newton Cup in wrestling tonight! It was hard-fought until the very end but they prevailed for the first ever Newton Cup!
@AthleticsNewton
Former Eastside Eagle, Georgia Bulldog Eric Stokes Jr. (
@_jamane_
) was selected No. 29 overall by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
STORY:
#CFAScores
: FINAL
@EastsideFB
- 42
@HHS_HCS
- 28
History has been made!
@EHS_Eagles
survive a Hampton comeback attempt to become the FIRST team in Newton County history to finish a season with a perfect 10-0 record!
Congratulations Eastside Football!
BREAKING: In a press release sent to The Covington News on Wednesday, April 27, the Alcovy High School athletic department announced Spencer Fortson as the Tigersโ next head football coach.
Story by
@PBHubb23
OFFICIAL: Jean Claude Joseph III, Justin Benton and Ashton Evans are featured on this year's Football Preview Magazine cover.
Don't forget...our magazine will be available in our weekend edition. Be sure and grab you a copy!
โShe deserves way more recognition than sheโs getting. So hopefully somebodyโs eyes were opened today. She put the team on her back.โ - Coach Tiffani Johnson on Jurnee Smith
@Taneiyah_Smith
@Newton_High
Check out our All-Covington News 2019 football team too!
@noah4cook
leads the way as player of the year
@Nealhoward10
earned offensive player of the year
@SnellJaquez
is our defensive player of the year
@CoachCamJr
earned Coach of the year
STORY:
#CFAScoreUpdate
The Alcovy Tigers stop the Grovetown Warriors on 4th and 10 to secure the 28-21 region victory! Their first region victory since 2015!
FINAL
Grovetown 21
Alcovy 28