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Newton Rams' football schedule changed following back-to-back postponements
Newton Milton
Garrett Pitts
Published: Oct 4, 2024, 9:43 PM

COVINGTON, Ga — For the second consecutive week, the Newton Rams’ football game has been rescheduled.

Newton’s Region 8-AAAAAA matchup with the Grovetown Warriors that was set for Friday night at 7:30 p.m. was postponed, according to Rams’ Athletic Director Cortez Allen on Friday afternoon.

This comes one week after Newton’s game against the Grayson Rams was postponed due to the lingering effects of the BioLab fire in Rockdale County. 

Changes to the latter half of the football season by the Georgia High School Association have assisted the Rams in scheduling make-up games with the two schools.

Earlier this week, the GHSA announced that it would be moving back its playoff schedule by one week.

Allen shared the remainder of Newton’s regular season with The News Friday afternoon.


The Rams’ remaining schedule:


vs Heritage (Saturday, Oct. 19)

@ Rockdale County (Friday, Oct. 25)

@ South Gwinnett (Thursday, Oct. 31)

vs Grovetown (Tuesday, Nov. 5)

vs Grayson (Saturday, Nov. 9)
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.