South Newton Rebels Boys Basketball

06/12/2026

Congrats to Eric on this amazing achievement!

Eric Watt has enjoyed a tremendous career in football … and today he is recognized for it with his induction into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

Eric is a 2006 graduate of South Newton High School, where he excelled as a quarterback, passing for 7,725 yards and 82 touchdown. During his senior season, he passed for 3,447 yards and 45 touchdowns. Eric still holds almost all of South Newton’s game, season and career passing records.

Directed by head coach Chris Bell, Eric helped lead the Rebels to a 13-1 record and a trip to the semi-state before losing to eventual Class 1A state champion Sheridan.

After his outstanding high school career, Eric took his academic and athletic career to even higher heights while attending Trine University.

From 2008 to 2010, Eric led The Thunder to three consecutive Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships and was named all-conference for three years. The 2010 season capped off a fantastic career as the Thunder finished the regular season with a 10-0 record, eventually finishing the season 11-1. He was a four-year starter, posted a career record of 37-7 and was named Trine’s Top Male Athlete in 2011.

After the 2010 season, Eric was selected as winner of the Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding football player in NCAA Division III and considered the Division III equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.

For his senior season, Eric earned All-American honors and led the nation in passing efficiency.

Following college, Eric played one season of professional football in Italy for the Bologna Warriors and took his team to the league semi-finals. He has been inducted into the South Newton Hall of Fame and the Trine University Hall of Fame.

Eric, who is married and has four children, is co-owner of Watt Trucking and Hoosier Metal Polish. He lives in Cedar Lake, Indiana.

06/12/2026

The Rebels had a fun day today! We took off bright and early to Knightstown to play in the historic Hoosier Gym against Daleville.

We then traveled up the road to the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame!

After leaving there we made a pit stop over at New Castle to see the largest high school gym in the world!

Made a stop for some food before making the long drive back and made it back just before the storm rolled through Kentland.

Today was a great day full of team bonding and memories being made! 🏀

06/11/2026

We are here!! We will be playing against Daleville from 11:30-1:30 central time.

06/03/2026

Forgot to send this out finals week. Anyone interested in completing this during the summer please do so by keeping track of your shots each day! If you complete the challenge, I’ll buy you a custom 10,000 shot club t-shirt, put you on our page, and honor you at one of our home games this year! The timeframe to complete the challenge will be from June 1st until September 14th! Those that attended open gym yesterday, you can put down 100 shots for yesterday! If you have any questions please let me know!

This is open to any South Newton boys basketball player K-High school.

06/01/2026

June season is here! This is where teams are built, skills are improved on, and team chemistry is established! We’ve got a busy month of June with open gyms, scrimmages, and the weight room! Fall in love with the process and you will be rewarded! Let’s get to work 🏀💪🏼

05/26/2026

Congratulations to Matthew and Dominic!!

South Newton Proudly Announces the Class of 2026 Valedictorian & Salutatorian!🏅 Valedictorian: Matthew ArmstrongParents: Candace & Michael ArmstrongMatthew will be attending the University ...

05/14/2026

Some exciting news for the summer! We have scheduled a scrimmage at the historic Hoosier Gym where the movie Hoosiers was filmed against Daleville High School on June 11th at 11:30 am central time! Admission is $5.00 for any fans wanting to attend.

After playing we will be taking a trip over to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle for a tour and to allow our guys to explore and take in why basketball is what it is in the great state of Indiana! We are excited to offer this opportunity to our team!

05/14/2026

Schedule changes for next year:

*Removing Delphi from the schedule as a regular season game because we were invited to the Delphi Kitchen Classic Tournament which will be on December 28th and 29th. I believe this is a 3 game guarantee. Here are the list of teams that will be there:

Delphi
Pioneer
North Newton
Attica
North Montgomery
Rossville
West Central

*Adding a JV/Varsity game at Hebron

All of this is up to date on Eventlink.

05/13/2026

It's that time of year again! We are excited to announce that our summer basketball camp for grades Kindergarten through 6th grade will be available June 22nd-June 24th! There is a new format this year and we are excited to offer separate time frames for our younger and older groups to give more individualized attention to all!

Copies of this will be sent home with elementary students today or you can print this out and return to either Coach Montemayer in the high school or Coach Taylor in the elementary school with the payment. We can't wait to work with you again!

05/10/2026

Last week of open gyms until summer! This week we will go:

Tuesday after school 3-4:30
Wednesday morning 6-7:30

This is open to all incoming middle school through high school athletes! Let’s get to work! 🏀