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Byams leaves Newton for Tucker

Byams leaves Newton for Tucker

After two years at Newton High School, Rams’ baseball coach Vincent Byams is moving on at the end of the 2012-13 school year. Read More
Updated: may. 15, 2013 10:00 p.m.

EHS tennis star signs with Piedmont

EHS tennis star signs with Piedmont

Eastside High School girls’ tennis team captain and No. 1 singles player Amanda Blackwell signed with Piedmont College this week, a NCAA Division III school in Demorest. » Read More
Posted: may. 11, 2013 7:38 p.m.
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Top seed falls in first round

Top seed falls in first round

The No. 1-seed Eastside Eagles were upset by fourth-seed Troup County in the first round of the Class AAAA playoffs Friday. » Read More
Posted: may. 04, 2013 3:46 p.m.
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Eastside, Region 8-AAAA champs

The Eastside baseball team is Region 8-AAAA champions, thanks to a combination of events that took place Thursday and Friday. » Read More
Posted: apr. 27, 2013 6:24 p.m.

Eagles let region title slip away

A 9-6 loss is disappointing enough, but for the Eastside baseball team that feeling was multiplied in its defeat at Lumpkin County Wednesday. » Read More
Posted: apr. 25, 2013 12:42 p.m.
Newton beats Morrow, makes playoffs

Newton beats Morrow, makes playoffs

Newton clinched a spot in the Class AAAAAA playoffs Tuesday, knocking off Morrow 12-2 on senior night. » Read More
Posted: apr. 24, 2013 12:36 p.m.
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Eagles win on Duck Dynasty night

Eagles win on Duck Dynasty night

While the camouflage jerseys the Eastside baseball team wore during “Duck Dynasty Night” Monday were new, the result wasn’t as the Eagles picked up their 19th win. » Read More
Posted: apr. 24, 2013 12:08 p.m.
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Eagles miss playoffs

Eagles miss playoffs

The Eastside boys’ soccer team scored 12 goals in its previous four games — all wins — but couldn’t find the back of the net when it needed to Friday. » Read More
Posted: apr. 13, 2013 6:51 p.m.
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Eastside suffers first region loss

Eastside suffered its first Region 8AAAA defeat of the season Friday night when it traveled to Sugar Hill for an 8-2 loss to the Lanier Longhorns. » Read More
Posted: apr. 13, 2013 6:50 p.m.
Pallay lifts Eastside past Lanier

Pallay lifts Eastside past Lanier

The stakes for Wednesday night’s game were even greater as Class AAAAA fourth-ranked Eastside just came off its second loss of the season to host Lanier, the No. 7 ranked team in the same classification. » Read More
Posted: apr. 11, 2013 8:13 p.m.
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Eastside takes 2nd loss

For the first time this season, the Eastside baseball team was shutout and lost just its second game of the season, 1-0 to Jackson Monday. » Read More
Posted: apr. 09, 2013 7:36 p.m.

Eagles hit parade rolls over Johnson

Eastside continues to pour it on, this time racking up 13 hits and stealing eight bases in a 14-4 win over Johnson, Gainesville Wednesday. » Read More
Posted: apr. 04, 2013 7:57 p.m.

Briem hits two home runs for Eastside

Eastside’s scoring output gradually increased until Musashi Briem made it a no-doubter with a grand slam in the seventh to seal the Eagles’ 13-3 road win over Johnson, Gainesville, Monday. » Read More
Posted: apr. 02, 2013 9:03 p.m.

Pallay pitches to seventh victory

Eastside defeated Walnut Grove in the second game of the series, Friday night winning 4-1 to remain unbeaten in Region 8-AAAA. » Read More
Posted: mar. 30, 2013 4:07 p.m.

Eastside misses playoffs

Eastside fell behind, and couldn't recover in Madison County's 3-0 win in girls' soccer action Friday night. » Read More
Posted: mar. 30, 2013 3:14 p.m.

Eastside blazes Monroe Area

With temperatures starting at 42 degrees and dipping down to 36 with a few snow flurries, Eastside’s bats didn’t cool off in an 8-4 victory in Monroe Area Monday. » Read More
Posted: mar. 26, 2013 9:51 p.m.

Coming to America

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, so it’s only fitting some of Newton County’s foreign exchange students have been participants with the area’s high school soccer teams. » Read More
Posted: mar. 23, 2013 3:20 p.m.

Eastside back on winning track

Kevin Thompson was honored before Eastside’s baseball game, as the 2013 state wrestling champion threw out the first pitch. » Read More
Posted: mar. 23, 2013 3:18 p.m.

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