County is home to athletic champions

In the spring of 1979, the Newton Rams celebrate after defeating Tucker 4-1 en route to the Georgia AAAA Baseball Championship. The Rams later defeated Windsor-Forest for the state title. Jack Teeter was head coach at the time. It marked the first state championship in the history of Newton’s athletic

program. The Rams program captured a second state championship in 2016 by way of the boys track and field team. Archives | The Covington News

Newton County is home to champions

By PHILLIP B. HUBBARD

phubbard@covnews.com

In its 150 year history, Newton County Schools’ athletic programs have been successful in capturing numerous state and region crowns across multiple sports.

NEWTON RAMS

Established in 1949, the Rams have athletic success that spans across decades. From football to golf, each sport has made its mark in Newton’s athletic history.

Baseball: Region Championships 1989, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2004 Subregion Championships 1994 State Runner-up 1964 State Championships 1979

Boys Basketball:

Region Championships 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Girls Basketball:

Region Championships 1950, 1973, 1998, 2003, 2013, 2017, 2018 State Runner-up 2018

Cheerleading: Region Championships 2014, 2015

Cross Country: Region Championships 2004, 2005

Football: Region Championships 1987, 2015

Golf: Region Championships 2005

Soccer: Region Championships 2006, 2007, 2008

Softball:

Region Championships 2014

Tennis:

Region Championships 1979, 2005, 2006

Track & Field: Region Championships 1982, 1983, 1988, 2011 (Girls), 2012 (Girls), 2013 (boys), 2014 (boys), 2015 (girls), 2016 (girls), 2016 (boys) State Championships 2016 (boys)

Wrestling: Region Championships 1996

EASTSIDE EAGLES

Since its inception in 1994, Eastside High School athletics has brought home a lot of hardware.

Collectively, the Eagles have won 10 state championships, 21 region championships and have been state runner-ups three times.

Academic Team:

State Championships 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019

Baseball: Region Championships

2000, 2013 Subregion Championhips 1998-1999 State Runner-up 1999-2000

Boys Golf: Region Championships 2009, 2010, 2014

Boys Track: State Championship 2016 Region Championships 2008, 2016

Competitive Cheerleading: Region Championships 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018

Fast-pitch softball: Area 7 Runner-up State Tournament 2000-2001 State Championships 1998-1999, 1999-2000

Football: Region Championships 2008, 2009, 2018

Girls Golf: Region Championships 2004, 2012

Girls Soccer: Area 5 Runner-up 1996-1997, 1997-1998

Girls Track: Region Championships 2010

Wrestling: 2008 State Championship (Traditional) 2008, 2009 Area Championships 2006, 2007, 2008 State Runner-up (Duals) 2007, 2009

ALCOVY TIGERS

Alcovy High School’s athletics program hit its stride in 2021.

Since the school was formed in 2006, the Tigers have had an up and down athletic department across all the sports. But, now, it has seemed to get things going a bit.

For instance, the Tigers football rewrote a lot of the history books this past season.

Alcovy claimed the Region 3-AAAAAA championship while remaining perfect in region play at 5-0. By earning the No. 1 seed in the Class 6A playoffs, the Tigers was granted a first round bye automatically advancing them to round two.

With that, Alcovy made its first ever appearance past the first round of the state playoffs by playing the Carrollton Trojans at Sharp Stadium on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021.

The turn around has been under head coach Jason Dukes who is in his third year at the helm. The Tigers have shown exponential progress under Dukes’ direction.

Additionally, the Lady Tigers softball team qualified for the state playoffs in 2021. Their advancement to the postseason was the first in five years for the softball team.

Four years ago, Miranda Lamb took over at the helm of the softball program. She and the freshmen at the time aimed to make the playoffs before they graduated.

Those freshmen’s aspirations came to fruition in their senior years.

Happy 200th Birthday Newton County!

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