Newsome Takes Over Northwest Football
Key players for the Northwest High School varsity football team include, from left, Izayiah Hawes, JR Morrow, head Coach Stafford Newsome, Easton Craig, Carter Fairley, and Eli Stetz. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports Last year: 1-8 overall New Northwest High School head football Coach Stafford Newsome has already seen how to rebuild a program. He spent three years at Napoleon watching the Pirates and Derek Shell rebuild a program. Newsome had been part of the last two football staffs at Northwest High School. “I learned a lot from Derek about how to make practice plans and rebuild a program,” Newsome said at the JTV Media Days. The Mounties have struggled to earn wins in the rugged Interstate-8 Conference. Northwest has won only one game in the I-8 in the last eight seasons. Key returnees for the Mounties are Easton Craig (lineman), JR Morrow (quarterback/defensive back), Eli Stetz (receiver/defensive back), Izayiah Hawes (running back/linebacker), and Carter Fairley (running back/defensive back). “You can see the attitudes and everything changing,” senior Eli Stetz said. Stetz and his teammates said players on the 2022 team talked a number of players to give the sport another try this fall. …
Jackson County Cumulative Report: 44,495 COVID-19 Positive Cases and 592 Deaths
(August 17, 2022 12:00 PM) The Jackson County Health Department released the COVID-19 positive numbers for Jackson County. As of 12:00 PM today, there are 44,495 positive cases (cumulative), and 592 deaths (cumulative)*. There are 369 new cases and 1 new death since last Wednesday’s report. The next report will be on August 24. Cumulative recovered, as of August 17: 42,304**. *These numbers do not reflect any cases or deaths identified through Michigan Department of Corrections. Their numbers are listed under a separate category and reported by the state at Michigan Statistics. Cases reported involving Jackson County school students or staff are included in our posted numbers. For details regarding cases and outbreaks at Michigan schools please see https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173_102480---,00.html * Cases, Deaths, and Recovered all include confirmed and probable. **Recovered is defined as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days post-onset (or referral date if onset is not available). Confirmed Cases- PCR test processed at lab Probable Cases- positive antigen test or link to PCR confirmed case 38,364 6,131 Probable cases include individuals with either a positive proctored rapid antigen test OR COVID-19 symptoms and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed COVID-19 case. If…
