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Faces of Newton County 2015
The Covington News
Tiffani
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The discipline to win
iffani Johnson is Newton High School’s secondall-time leading scorer in girls’ basketball with
1,785 points, and helped the Lady Rams of the
mid-90s reach the Sweet 16 while playing four of the
game’s five positions.
That was her first career at Newton High School.
Her second may be even more impressive.
Since the mid 2000’s she has again been leading Newton’s Lady Rams but
this time from the bench as coach. She has the same confidence, tenacity, pride
and discipline as she did as a player but now those attributes have spread to
her players and students.
“I want our girls to begin thinking they can win the game every time they
stop on the floor,” Johnson said. “It doesn’t matter whose gym, but as long as
they have two baskets, a floor and a ball, we should be ready to go.”
Since Johnson has taken over as head coach, the Lady Rams have won m