Recruiting during coronavirus
Elly Green, Newtonian Reporter
May 1, 2020
With all spring activities and athletics being canceled for their 2020 season, student athletes have lost a lot more than playing time. Juniors who participate in sports such as track and field, golf, baseball and softball have lost opportunities for college recruitment. Junior Aiden Kendall, a thrower...
Virtual tryouts for dance, cheer
Kati Blaylock, Newtonian Reporter
April 23, 2020
As a result of closed building and the extended stay at home order, the Railiners and cheerleaders are holding virtual tryouts for the upcoming school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to try out for dance, auditionees have to learn a dance composed of pom, hip-hop and jazz and record themselves...
COVID-19 part eight: Spring sports season cancelled
Daniel Gonzalez-Arevalo, Newtonian Reporter
April 15, 2020
The ability to participate in sports is one that many students take advantage of, some even participating in sports throughout their entire high school experience. However, this past school year has been a unique one in regards to spring sports. With the recent spread of the COVID-19 virus, all spring...
Spring Sports-Baseball
Linda Shine, Yearbook staffer
March 12, 2020
On March 2 spring sports started up such as girls soccer, track, baseball, boys tennis and girls swim. This week was baseball's tryout week for the upcoming season. "I'm really excited to start the season because baseball is definitely the best season," junior Ian Akers said. Players were focused...
Senior night game results in KSHAA investigation
February 27, 2020
From freshmen year, senior night is a night many student athletes look forward to. However, on Feb. 25, the boys basketball team ended their senior night in a frustrating loss to Salina Central. The team started the game strong, leading the Mustangs 10-8 after the first quarter. “I felt good going...
JV/V Wrestling
Jamilid Romero, Yearbook Staff
January 31, 2020
The Newton wrestling team had a dual against Derby that was held in Ravenscroft gym on Thursday night, Jan. 23. “It was out first time we beat Derby in a long time (8 years), it was good that Rio Gomez won it for us. I was really proud of Ben Reyes because he had a really tough match and came th...
Chiefs go to superbowl
Daniel Gonzalez-Arevalo, Newtonian Reporter
January 23, 2020
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. While many teams have had the opportunity to compete for the biggest prize in football, and even win the prize on more than one occasion, others have not been as successful. For some teams, Super Bowl success has not come in decades....
Treaster brothers win TOC together
Libby Crawford, Newtonian Reporter
January 22, 2020
The 57th year of hosting the Tournament of Champions (TOC) wrestling tournament was held on Friday Jan.17 and Saturday Jan.18. Both senior Grant Treaster and freshman Nick Treaster wrestled in the tournament and made it to the championship. The Treasters were the only two wrestlers from Newton to wrestle...
Senior Night Boys Swim
Jamilid Romero, Yearbook Staff
January 21, 2020
The second home meet for the boys swim team was held at Newton High School, on Jan.9th. The newton boys placed 6th out of 10 teams, scoring 123 points. With other teams such as Derby, Hutchinson, Maize South, Valley Center and other high school teams. “I think it's been going pretty good but I think we have a r...
First girls wrestling season begins
Libby Crawford, Newtonian Reporter
December 19, 2019
With the winter sports season starting up, wrestlers are able to go to more and more tournaments. There are eight girls that are wrestling this year: freshmen Elia Bergquist, Alexis Ellis, Diana Hatch, Jaymie Murry, Jaye Skinner, Emily Torres, Brylee Budde and junior Maylee Edwards. So far, the girls...
V Basketball Tournament
Linda Shine, Yearbook staffer
December 17, 2019
On Dec. 13, both girls and boys went to WSU to participate in a tournament with many different school. The pictures shown are pictures of the boys game against Wichita South. Railers lost BLANK. This game was sophomores Joe Slechta and first varsity tournament. "We missed a lot of shots and we we...
Basketball
Jamilid Romero, Yearbook Staff
December 17, 2019
The first home games of the season was Dec.6 against Eisenhower held at Ravenscroft and Willis gym. The teams freshmen boys, JV boys, JV girls, Varsity Boy and Varsity Girls all played. "I feel like we did a lot of good things but we do have a lot to improve, the goal is to get better throughout the...
Emily Brandt, Railroader Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
As the season shifted to warmer weather, we marked the beginning of spring sports. The first day of spring sports practices was on March 2. Along with many other spring sports,...
Braiden Botterweck, Railroader Staffer
March 12, 2020
Newton sent five wrestlers to the state tournament at Hartman Arena on Feb. 25-26. "They told me to take one match at a time, because if you lose focus it will stay in...
Schyler Entz, Railroader Photo Coverage Manager
March 12, 2020
On Feb. 28 Nan Bergen’s first hour German I class worked on writing simple sentence structures. Students were asked to write down the correct verb tense and work on writing...
Olivia Adams, Railroader Staffer
March 12, 2020
On March 5th, the fourth annual Badminton tournament was held in Ravenscroft Gym. Students participated in teams of two to battle for a winning title and a gift card. A total...
Linda Shine, Yearbook staffer
March 12, 2020
First clubs are held once every nine weeks all around the school. On Feb.21 students attended their designated first clubs to hang out with their friends and play games. ...
Linda Shine, Yearbook staffer
March 12, 2020
On March 2 spring sports started up such as girls soccer, track, baseball, boys tennis and girls swim. This week was baseball's tryout week for the upcoming season. "I'm...
Allyson Symonds, Railroader Staffer
March 12, 2020
On Feb 21, students met up with their first clubs depending on what club they signed up for. Students were distributed amongst the school depending on what club they are in....
Kati Blaylock, Railroader Coverage Manager/Newtonian Staffer
March 12, 2020
On March 5, 12 teams gathered for a badminton tournament with a partner of their choice for a chance to win a $20 applebee's gift card. “I decided to do badminton because...
Kamryn Archibald, Railroader Staffer
March 11, 2020
On Mar. 6, students met with their 2nd clubs during seminar for the only time this quarter. Starting this school year, clubs meet quarterly instead of by monthly causing 1st...
Linda Shine, Yearbook staffer
March 10, 2020
This year NHS railiners partnered with Innovative Choreography Dance and hosted a dance competition here at the high school. The railiner team performed and competed 2 group...