Newberry Preps to Host NCAA Tourney Opener Saturday

After winning the South Atlantic Conference Championship Saturday, the Newberry football team earned a two-seed in the 24-team field NCAA Division II National Championship, hosting (7) Tuskegee Saturday at 1 p.m.

Click the video above from ABC Columbia Sports to hear from head coach Todd Knight, LB Joe Blue, RB Braxton Ivery, and FB Knox Butcher. They explain their excitement from this past weekend, their planning moving forward, the status of suspended starting QB Raleigh Yelden and three other Wolves players, and the challenges of hosting another team for a program that’s playing just it’s second home playoff game in it’s history.

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