Sports

Everyone returns to the Newcastle Racer fastpitch softball team this year.

Athletic Director Todd Goolsby has resigned from Newcastle Public Schools to take a position at Piedmont Public Schools. His resignation was accepted at the July 25 school board meeting.

Newcastle resident among family members to ski at event on Aug. 9-12 at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Newcastle senior Brooklyn Lyles, who is considered a leader on the field and in the classroom, has committed to play softball at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Three Newcastle boys qualified for the prestigious 2023 Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

After many years, Newcastle Public Schools has a new high school baseball coach for the 2023-24 school year. Hired during a Monday morning meeting of the NPS Board of Education was coach Jarod King.

Newcastle senior softball players, from left, Hailie Guthier, Meredith Strange, Brooklyn Lyles, Aubree Ferguson, and Madelyn Torrenueva model their new uniforms for the 2023-24 season. The softball team said it thanks everyone who donated, giving them the opportunity to design their own custom uniforms.

Sports summer camps available

Racer soccer players finish strong

OBCA West All-State

Coach Tom Pecore, who recently discontinued coaching for Newcastle High School soccer, was recently inducted into the Putnam City Athletic Hall of Fame.