Led by the efforts of individual champion Kendall Reed, Newtown High School's girls' golf team won the South-West Conference championship, at Great River Golf Club in Milford, on June 2.

Newtown scored 401 to edge Immaculate of Danbury (404) and defeat its toughest regular-season competition, Masuk of Monroe (437). Reed had an 83; her closest competitors were Stratford's Lauren Ogrodwicz (93) and Immaculate's Julia Cirone (94).

Newtown's Caitlin Briggs had a 102, Maddy Watson a 104, and Nidhi Mukka and Norah Kolb each had 112.

This was Newtown's first conference crown since 2018. The Nighthawks have been either champs or runners-up in each of the last six conference championships; the 2020 season was canceled due to the coronavirus.

For more coverage of the championship, check out the June 11 print edition of The Bee.

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