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Weekly Sports Photo Gallery
Alcovy football
Here come the Tigers. Alcovy get ready to take the field on the road against the Heritage Patriots. Photo by Anthony Banks.
Updated: Oct 27, 2019, 2:07 PM
Published: Oct 27, 2019, 11:02 AM

Each week, a collection of the best pictures from our Covington News sports team will be displayed to give a review of what happened in the last week of sports.

This week's gallery includes shots from an Alcovy Tigers football game, Eastside Eagles football game, Newton Rams football game, Eastside Eagles volleyball game, Peachtree Academy GAPPS Division I-AA championship, Clements vs. Veterans NewRock championship football game, U6 training league championship game between the Cowboys and Bulldogs, U8 division one championship game between the Tigers and Eagles and the U10 division two championship game between the Bulldogs and Gators. 

Congratulations to the championship winners and runners-up for excellent seasons. The champions in each game were the Clements Wolverines in the NewRock championship, the Cowboys in the U6 training league championship, the Tigers in the U8 division one championship game and the Gators in the U10 division two championship game.

For additional photos from those select games, please reach out to mpope@covnews.com and we will return your requests as soon as possible. 
Jakai Newton enters transfer portal after two years at Indiana
Newton was a standout player at Newton High School
Jakai Newton
Jakai Newton (0) during his time at Newton High School. - photo by Covington News/File Photo
Evan Newton
Updated: Apr 1, 2025, 9:32 PM
Published: Apr 1, 2025, 9:29 PM

Former Newton Ram standout Jakai Newton will officially be searching for a new home.

Newton formally declared his intent to transfer from Indiana University on March 24 after entering the NCAA transfer portal.

Newton has struggled with injuries throughout his basketball career, which has kept him off the floor. 

The 2023 Newton Ram graduate suffered a knee injury during his senior year of high school. The same injury cost him his first season at Indiana.

After receiving a medical redshirt from the NCAA, Newton would only play four games in the 2024-25 season due to numerous lower body injuries. In those four appearances, he averaged 1.5 PPG and 0.8 RPG at 4.5 MPG.

However, when on the court, Newton was efficient. In just his sophomore season at Newton High School, Newton shot 34 percent from three-point range and was an efficient contributor to several Newton teams alongside players like Stephon Castle, Jabez Jenkins and Marcus Whitlock, among others.