Case in point: the Brook Purple Aces, Goodland Wildcats, and the formidable Kentland Blue Devils consolidated into the South Newton Rebels in the late 1960s. As a result, SN has seen its fair share of quality athletes. One of whom, Tracy Smith, has been the manager of the Arizona State baseball team for the past few years after taking the IU Hoosiers to the College World Series (as a manager, he starred at Miami of Ohio and was drafted by the Cubs). Shelly Wood was an all-State golfer who played collegiately at the University of Illinois. On the gridiron, Adam Mullen was an all-state kicker for the Rebels, Sam Logan played at Indiana State and his father, Greg, is a KHS alum who played at Butler. Lest we never forget Eric Watt. Although he didn’t go to a FBS school, he was quite a quarterback as he was named MVP at the all-star game. There are many more, I just wanted to illustrate what a long tradition SN has.