The Newton Girls and Boys Basketball teams will both be on the court tonight in Newton High School’s Upper Gym. At 6 p.m. the Newton Girls open the regular season hosting Chariton. That game will be followed by the Newton and Carlisle Boys teams meeting in the Achieve – Iowa Pride scrimmage at 7:30 p.m. The Newton girls return all five regular starters from last year’s team, including leading scorer and rebounder Tori White. The junior averaged 7 points and 9 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore. The Cardinals overall record was 7-15 last year. Chariton has already played one regular season game. They lost at home last Friday, November 22nd to PCM 51 to 16. The Chariton vs. Newton girls basketball game can be heard live tonight on KRLS3 with the pre-game beginning at 5:45 p.m..