Hawthorne High’s girls basketball team is a win away from being crowned the back-to-back 1A-District 6 champions. Right Girls, Right Time The top-seeded Hawthorne Hornets and the two seed Newberry Panthers interlock in battle for the district championship title Friday. And we’re off. @HawthorneHoops vs. @BellDawgsBBall. Winner moves to the …
Read More »Newberry Boys Basketball Shuts Down Belleview In Senior Night Win
NEWBERRY — The Newberry boys basketball team defeated Belleview, 65-24, Wednesday to close the regular season with a 14-7 record. The Senior Night win helped the Panthers secure their status as top seed in next week’s 1A-District 6 high school tournament. Early Struggles Going into the matchup against the 2-18 …
Read More »Newberry Football Prepped for Playoffs
The Florida High School Football State Championships start this weekend. In 1 Rural, the Newberry Panthers will play the Chiefland Indians on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Past Matchups This is not the first time these two teams have faced each other this season. On Sept. 22, Newberry beat Chiefland by …
Read More »P.K. Yonge continues dominance over Newberry in season opener
The P.K. Yonge girls soccer team continued its domination over district rival Newberry at home in the season opener Monday. For the seventh consecutive season, the Blue Wave routed the Panthers 8-0. P.K. Yonge used the mercy-rule decision to take the Class 3A District 4 lead by wasting no time …
Read More »Newberry Sneaks Past Williston to Reach State Semifinals
WILLISTON — The Newberry Panthers gave their fans a scare on Halloween night, but managed to secure a five-set victory by the tightest of margins over the Williston Red Devils in the Class 1A-Region 4 FHSAA Volleyball final Tuesday. After Williston (18-11) and Newberry (15-14) traded the first four sets …
Read More »Newberry’s defense locks down P.K. Yonge
NEWBERRY — A dominant defensive performance was supported by two touchdowns from running back Kaleb Woods as Newberry celebrated senior night Friday with a 35-0 win over P.K. Yonge. Newberry (6-2) continues to impress on defense with the second consecutive shutout after a 38-0 win against Eastside a week prior. …
Read More »Newberry Struggles in Loss to Hawthorne
NEWBERRY — After opening the high school football season with an impressive 68-10 win over Santa Fe last week, the Newberry Panthers learned Friday there’s more work to do before they can compete against the likes of state power Hawthorne. The Hornets, last year’s Class 1B rural state champions, jumped …
Read More »Newberry Softball takes home a win against Buchholz
The Newberry Panthers traveled to the home field of the Buchholz Bobcats in their 17th game of the season. Newberry currently sits at 10-6 and hopes to bounce back after just recently breaking a five-game win streak versus Chiefland. Buchholz sits at 3-12 and hopes to bolster their win rate …
Read More »Newberry Softball Coach Edward Johnson Talks Rest of Season
After finishing last season 5-13, the Newberry Panther’s softball team is currently 8-5 a little over halfway through this season. Coach Edward Johnson spoke about the team’s goals, key games and highlighted star players. Finishing Strong With 9 regular season games remaining, Coach Johnson talked about the team’s goals and …
Read More »Newberry Rally Beats Hawthorne in Extra Innings
Newberry Panthers win 14-13 over the Hawthorne Hornets in the eighth inning The Panthers with a .500 record welcomed the visiting Hornets on this beautiful Thursday night girls’ softball matchup. It was clear skies and 82 degrees at first pitch but cooled off into the 70s as the sun went …
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