Newtown High School's cheerleading team won the Team of the Year Competition, a State Open competition among all of the teams in Connecticut, held in North Haven on March 11.

Members of the Nighthawks are juniors: Hannah Busillo, Hannah Guman, Rachel Szor, Chase Sferruzzo, and Emily Hechler; sophomores: Ella Macey and Cydney Turoczi; and freshmen: Melanie Lordeiro, Abi Gonzalez, Olivia Decatur, Isabella Walder, and Leticia DeOliveira.

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