Girls

Newtown Blue, Fifth Grade

Newtown 7, New Fairfield 2: The Newtown defense suffocated New Fairfield’s attack. The D was led by Kira Smith, Alexis Mason, and Julia Haskins. Midfielders Caroline “Charli” Condon and Cassidy Kortze continually harassed the New Fairfield girls trying to clear their zone. Lexi Leidlein and Jenna Carvahlo took their turn in goal against the Rebels and turned in a dominating performance. Goals were scored by Olivia “Lu” Hage, Kortze, Rylee Mulligan, Condon, and Rachel Tomasino. Lauren Carrino and Mulligan each assisted on multiple goals and intercepted multiple New Fairfield passes. Julia Haskins and Ashley Santore led the team in ground balls.

Newtown 11, Danbury 3: Newtown once again turned in a dominating defensive effort to stifle the Danbury girls. Lizzie “Lizardo” Hodge and Jenna “Monster” Carvahlo defended the goal and combined to stop ten shots on goal. Lexi Leidlein, Kira Smith, and Julia Haskins once again set the tone by playing relentless defense. The goal scorers were Dylan Zahansky, Danielle Samson, Cassidy Kortze, Rylee Mulligan, Charli Condon, and Lauren Carrino. Mulligan, Lu Hage, and Kiernan “Little Lightening” Kelly each assisted on goals. Carrino and Smith led the team in ground balls.

Boys

U13 Boys Lacrosse Blue Danbury Lacrosse Tournament

Bethel 6, Newtown 2: Newtown faced a rather large U13 lax team, when they battled a bigger Bethel squad. Colin McCafferty and Austin “LeBeast” LeBlanc were immune to their size, each finding the back of the goal with great help from Riley Rising, Elliot Gregory, Nick Lansing, and Kenny Barber. Jack “The Wall” Wellman was impressive in goal, and with the help from “Bad, Bad” Cyril Brown and Sean Wallace, Newtown was able to hold Bethel to 6.

Newtown 2, Stratford 2: Cyril Brown continued the defensive wall with the help of Sean Wallace and Noah LaFerriere. The twin towers of Weber brothers Max and Adam tore up the midfield, with Matthew Booch-Bucci and Nate Sanchez. Riley Rising had a missile assist to set up Max Weber’s goal, and Colin McCafferty found Kenny Barber, who zipped in his own. Oliver Wood, Evan Eggleston, and Elliot Gregory had key fast breaks, with Kenny Barber dominating the turf as well.

Newtown 5, Brookfield 2: Jack “The Wall” Wellman protected the goal with the defensive strength of Sean Wallace, Noah LeFerriere, and “Bad, Bad” Cyril Brown. Nick Lansing, Austin LeBlanc, and Elliot Gregory controlled the midfield, with Adam Weber and Colin McCafferty each netting one and Elliot Gregory three (assists by Matt Bucci, Max Weber and Nick Lansing).

Ridgefield 5 Newtown 0: Ridgefield proved too tough for Newtown to tackle as their last game of the day, despite relentless play by Austin “LeBeast” LeBlanc, Kenny Barber, twin towers Adam and Max Weber, and the toughest goalie in town, Jack “The Wall” Wellman. Oliver Wood and Nick Lansing played with heroic endurance, but Newtown failed to gain control of the game.

Bantams

Newtown 6, Bethel 0: On Saturday the Newtown Bantam team traveled to Bethel to face their first opponent of the season. Newtown started quickly with scores by Jeffrey Garrity and Danny Ingersoll. Riley Ward was left wide open in front of the cage when the defense crashed on William Swierbut. Swierbut dodged three defenders to find the wide open Ward for Newtown’s third goal of the game. Minutes later Adam Kliczewski tacked on to the lead with a rocket shot past the Bethel goalie. Garrity added two more to finish with three goals on the day. Brett Pierce used his speed all game to give Newtown fast break opportunities. The defense, led by great plays from Luke Wellman, Luke Hannan, and William Wallace, kept the Bethel offense from scoring. Four Newtown goalies combined to blank Bethel; Mathew Fernand, Eric Burbank, Jack Stenz, and Stephen Sedensky all made great saves to preserve the shut out.