A team with chemistry: NHS basketball looks to a good year
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now While they’re teammates on the Newton High School basketball court, varsity players Jamieson Jones and Damarius Peterson won’t see……
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NHS girls basketball: Teammates become friends
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Before practice after school on Monday, Newton High School girls basketball team members waited around for their new coach, Justin……
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To the ninth-degree: Rangel receives rare designation in taekwondo
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now One of Chris Rangel’s current assistant taekwondo instructors, Master Tony Farnan, compared him to a tree, quoting Abraham Lincoln, who……
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Ping-pong partners: Friends play table tennis weekly at YMCA
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Bill Fangman of Newton waited longer than most people do for anything. He waited 65 years to get someone with……
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Newton High School volleyball going to state
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now The energy from players and fans electrifying the air on Saturday during the sub-state volleyball tournament at Newton High School……
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Grappling up some entertainment: Prairie Championship Wrestling based in Newton
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Osmium, the densest and heaviest metal in the world must have been at the National Guard Armory in Newton on……
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‘Whatever it takes’: Volleyball teammates friends since age 5
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Newton High School senior DesiRay Kernal has a tattoo on her left arm that reads, “Because of her, I will……
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Tough competitor: Mendoza wins three golds at nationals
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now It wasn’t until after Isaac Mendoza ate his dinner of three enchiladas with a side of rice and beans that……
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Newton Nitros Swim team earns first place at championship
For Newton Now The Newton Nitros Swim Club finished its 2018 Long Course season with a first place finish, scoring 239 points – 107.5…
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Rebels on the road to recovery
By Ray Strunk As the Newton Rebels play in the National Baseball Congress World Series this week, it means much more than just a……
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