Jamie Piccuillo was unhittable. He used his fastball — which ranges from 87 to 90 miles an hour — splitter, and slider to keep opposing batters off-balance to the tune of eight strikeouts en route to a no-hitter as the Newtown High School baseball team blanked visiting Pomperaug of Southbury 2-0 on April 27.

Piccuillo ended the game with a strikeout looking in an efficient 82-pitch effort. He worked out of some trouble, including a baserunner at third with one out in the fifth inning and NHS clinging to a 1-0 lead at the time. A walk, sacrifice bunt, and wild pitch put the tying run just 90 feet away, but Piccuillo dug deep and got consecutive strikeouts to escape. With Newtown ahead 2-0 in the sixth, Piccuillo got around a leadoff walk and stolen base. He got a lot of quick outs to keep his pitch count down, but also battled back in the count to retire batters.

The Nighthawks broke the scoreless tie in the fourth. Trevor Stott reached on an error and advanced to second, then moved to third on a tag-up after a line drive from Ryan Schmidt. JT Walsh followed with a sacrifice fly to bring Stott home for the game’s first run.

The Nighthawks added insurance in the fifth. With two outs, Lucian Place singled before being replaced by pinch runner Oscar Nordt, who advanced to second on a wild pitch. Jack Carta then delivered an RBI single to score Nordt.

Read more about the win and Piccuillo's performance in the May 1 print edition of The Bee.

Sports Editor Andy Hutchison can be reached at andyh@thebee.com.