Sports – Jasper County Daily News (2024)

Photos from the preliminary races on Thursday by Mindy Hartke and Anthony Richards Photos from Saturday’s finals by: Damien Hartke Parker Wolf is the Class 1A 400 Meter Dash champion for the 2024 Track and Field State Event at Eastern Illinois University. Parker will be attending EIU in the fall

Newton Eagles Tennis player Isaac Street will be making an appearance at the state tournament again this year. Additionally, Newton placed sixth out of nine teams in the Robinson Sectional. Teutopolis 28Olney (Richland County) 20Robinson 13Flora 10Effingham (St. Anthony) 10Newton 7Casey (C.-Westfield) [Coop] 4Effingham (H.S.) 4Mt. Carmel 0

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The Newton Eagles defeated the Lawrenceville Indians with a final score of 3-1 to advance to the championship game where they fell to the Bulldogs 8-2 Photos By: Quincy Fulton and Mindy, Damien, and Alan Hartke By GameChanger Media Both teams were strong on the bump on Thursday, but Newton

The Newton Lady Eagles will face Trenton (Wesclin) Coop at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, May 21st at Greenville. The NCHS Lady Eagles defeated the Lawrenceville Varsity Lady Indians with a score of 6-3 on Wednesday in the first round of regional play. The NCHS Lady Eagles took an early lead

The St. Thomas eighth grade boys track team placed third at the IESA state tournament. Below are photos by Michelle Fulton and the individual results. Individual Results:Quincy Fulton State Champion 100m & 200m110m hurdles. 2nd Place Griffin Bierman. 5th Place Shot Put6th Place Discus Emma Schumacher. State Champion Pole Vault

After prelims and finals at the IHSA State Finals 1A competition, Camryn and Karasyn Martin tied for 8th place in the 1A pole vault competition and the 4×200 Meter Relay team placed 8th as well. The relay team consisted of Alaina Kuhl, Elley Bennett, Sydney Kinder and Makayla McVicar.

The NCHS Boys Track team hosted sectionals on Wednesday where they placed second with several athletes qualifying for state. Qualifying events: 400 M Parker Wolf 800 M Luke Weber 1600 M Luke Weber 300 Hurdles Evan Baltzell Pole Vault Wade Wickham 4×400 M Relay Jackson Sornberger, Luke Weber, Matthew Haskett,

St. Thomas held their annual spring concert on Wednesday, May 15th in the parish center. Kindergarten through eighth grade students performed.

The Eagles fell to Altamont with a final score of 1-8. Carson Barthelme took the loss for the Eagles going two and two-thirds innings giving up three runs. on eight hits, striking out one and walking two. Gavin Meinhart led the Eagles with one run batted in, going one and