Newtown High School’s boys’ volleyball team defeated host Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport 3-1 on April 30, fell 3-2 at Cheshire on May 2, and topped visiting Brookfield 3-0 on May 5, improving to 11-2 overall.

Against Kolbe, the set scores were 25-14, 25-21, 24-26, 25-11. Nate Twitchell had 17 kills, two aces, and 16 digs; A.J. Zatulskis logged 11 kills, two aces, and 11 digs; Warner Bacon had eight kills, two aces, six blocks, and seven digs; Eli Sullivan compiled 25 digs; Noel McLeod racked up a dozen digs; Dima Frunza had three blocks, eight digs, and 35 assists; and Cole Sgaglardich added three blocks.

The Cheshire competition was a rematch from an earlier clash won by Cheshire in three. This time the Rams won in five with scores of 25-27, 25-13, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12. Twitchell had 15 kills, two aces, six blocks, and 19 digs; Bacon ten kills and four blocks; McLeod five kills and 15 digs; Zatulskis 11 digs and six kills; Sgaglardich five blocks and six kills; Frunza 41 assists and 14 digs; and Sullivan 23 digs.

NHS defeated Brookfield 25-12, 25-16, 25-13. Twitchell had 17 kills to go along with two aces; Zatulskis had five aces; Sullivan 13 digs; Bacon seven digs and six kills, McLeod eight digs and six kills; Sgaglardich five blocks; and Dearney 23 assists.

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