NEWTOWN 5, GUILFORD 3: The Newtown Strikers opened up a 3-1 halftime lead with Marcus Tracy, Mike Vanasse and Matthew McFadden all scoring. Guilford was able to net direct kick from outside of the 18 yard box, past Nathan Walzer’s outstretched hands that pushed the ball wide but not wide enough to clear the left post.  Mike Bonsignore, David Anderson and Jeremy Barczak all were kept busy by the Guilford offense and their defensive efforts denied many attempts. Guilford tied the score at 3-3 in the second half with a long ball and a PK but the Strikers quickly regained momentum as Vanasse blasted two more past the Guilford goalie putting Newtown up 5-3, which the Strikers held onto for the win.

GIRLS U14 TRAVEL

NIGHTMARE 3, NORTHEAST PREMIER 2: Carrie Lipnick scored three goals – all in the first half – to lead the Nightmare to the win. Despite playing with only 11 players, and being down one for almost 20 minutes, the Nightmare controlled the game thanks to solid defense from Erin O’Dell and Kaitlyn Myrphy. Kim Allen was superb in goal.

EAGLE ELITE 3, NIGHTMARE 0: The Nightmare were down two players and another had to play through an injury, but still the locals hung tough in a loss to Eagle Elite.

GIRLS U13 TRAVEL

BUNKER HILL 3, KNOCKOUTS 1: Kate Stickles scored the only goal of the game for the Knockouts against a tough Bunker Hill squad.  Katie O’Connor was excellent in goal, turning back at least 25 shots, and Emma Mueller, Megan Regnery and Quincey Blanchard played solid defense throughout the game.

BOYS U13 TRAVEL

Memorial Day Kick-Off

UNITED 2, BROOKFIELD 0: Ryan Davies and Ryan Bigham both scored to lift Newtown to the win in its first game of the tournament. Russ Cinicola and Caio Kowarick lent support on offense as Brian Miles, Scott Shpunt and Billy Mantz were strong on defense.

EAST MEADOW 1, UNITED 0: Kevin Quinn, Brian Miles and Scott Shpunt were great on defense.

UNITED 2, TRUMBULL 1: Luke Magill and Ryan Davies each scored to lead the United. Billy Mantz excelled on defense as Adam Drummond again was superb in goal. Nastri, Perretta and Spinner all had good performances on offense.

UNITED 3, ENFIELD 1: The United locked up second place in its bracket with the win. Luke Magill scored a pair of goals and Nick Mentessana added one. Justin Bass, Matt Spinner and Ryan Davies all played well on O. Ryan Bigham and Kevin Quinn were the heart of a solid defense. Adam Drummond earned the win in goal.

Regular Season

UNITED 2, COLCHESTER 1 (STATE CUP): It was a tense, well-played game in which both sides did not score until the last two 15-minute overtimes. Colchester scored first, but Justin Bass answered with a quick goal that led the game into the penalty kick shootout. Nick Mentessana, Ryan Davies, Bass and Brian Miles all knocked home their PKs as the United earned a trip to the State Cup finals.

GIRLS U12 TRAVEL

ROCKETS 2, STRATFORD 0: The Newtown Rockets had to contend with a fast Stratford defense. Siobhan Cooper broke through and scored twice in the first half. Maria Cinquegrana had the assist. Tara Gaston was goalie for the game, and completely denied Stratford’s attempts on goal. Vicki Cardoso and Jillian Tanner both had great offensive action. Casey Frobey, Erin Clark and Emily Fields kept the defense solid.

WATERTOWN 3, ROCKETS 2: It was a dramatic loss for Newtown up in Watertown. The Rockets were just coming down off of cloud nine from their recent tournament championship. Tara Gaston was in goal for the game. The Watertown offense was very aggressive, and found the breaks in Newtown’s defense. The action was even on the field until the Newtown midfield, powered by Christie Zingoni, Caitlin Hansen, and Tori Thomas turned up the heat and pushed Watertown back. Alex Konneker was then able to score with an assist by Mary Anders. Watertown answered the Newtown goal with an aggressive effort to up the score. They succeeded, and then scored again to take the lead. Casey Frobey showed great defensive effort. The Rockets came back quickly with another goal by Mary Anders. Unfortunately for Newtown, with three minutes left in the game, Watertown scored on a penalty kick to secure their win.

ROCKETS 4, FAIRFIELD 1 (STATE CUP): The Rockets are moving on to the semi-finals in State Cup play after their victory over Fairfield. They are the only Newtown team to advance this far. The Newtown offense was fired-up throughout the game. Mary Anders scored early in the first half with an assist by Alex Konneker. Fairfield answered with their one and only goal, a few minutes later. Going into the second half with a tie score made the Rockets keep their momentum. Mary Anders was able to score again with an assist by Siobhan Cooper. Then Megan Rawson put in a beautiful goal on a penalty kick. The Rockets pulled ahead with a fourth goal by Siobhan Cooper on a cross by Mary Anders. Emily Fields, Casey Frobey and Megan Rawson played excellent defense. Tara Gaston had an awesome game in goal. Caitlin Hansen, Tori Thomas, Mary Grace Ober, and Christie Zingoni showed good hustle in the midfield.

ROCKETS 5, SOUTHBURY 0: Tara Gaston, Tori Thomas and Casey Frobey shared goalie duities in the win. The Rockets’ offense opened the game with speed and power. Mary Anders scored on an assist by Siobhan Cooper early in the first half. Anders scored again, a few minutes later, with a pinball assist by Kayla Mesko, Vicki Cardoso and Casey Frobey. Frobey scored the third goal for the Rockets’ on an assist by Anders. Siobhan Cooper powered the offense in the second half, and scored goal number four with an assist by Tara Gaston. Vicki Cardoso clinched the shut-out with another goal, toward the end of the second half. Mary Grace Ober had a great offensive game. Jillian Tanner, Erin Clark, Alex Konneker and Caitlin Hansen energized the midfield. Emily Fields and Megan Rawson kept the defense impenetrable.

GIRLS U11 TRAVEL

Memorial Day Kick-Off

The Nitros went 6-1 overall in extended play during the Newtown Soccer Club’s Memorial Day Kick-Off tournament.  They played in their designated bracket, and also in another bracket as a last minute substitute for another Connecticut team which had to cancel.

In spite of playing in twice as many games as their competitors, the Nitros netted 24 goals and allowed only 4.  However, fatigue ultimately took over and they lost the final bracket game 2-0, denying them the chance to play for the championship. The team played outstanding soccer and is now well conditioned to compete in their season closeout tournament in Middlebury, VT next weekend.

 NITROS 2, TRUMBULL UNITED 1: In a close win, Maggie DeMarco and Nicole Sieber netted one goal apiece, and assisted eachother as well.  Lindsay Weber provided solid offensive support while Sarah Gutbrod handled the goalkeeping duties.

  NITROS 5, RIDGEFIELD 0: The Nitros recorded a shutout with Sarah Gutbrod and Kyla Miles sharing time in goal, and Darcy Fiscella sparking the defense. Jennifer Greenwood, Kyla Miles, Maggie DeMarco (2) and Nicole Sieber handled scoring.  Rachael Perretta supported the attack with one assist.

  NITROS 7, NEW MILFORD 0: The scoring gap widened as the Nitros turned in another shut-out.  Kristene Salbu played strong on the defensive end while Rose Jackman provided mid-field support.  Maggie DeMarco netted a hat-trick, Kyla Miles added two more while Rachel Eastman and Rachael Perretta added one apiece.  Nicole Sieber and Perretta contributed assists. 

 NITROS 3, NEW HAMPSHIRE MISL 0: In a slow struggle, the Nitros pulled out a win with very strong defensive play by Meridith Palo and Erica Vacaro while Sarah Gutbrod provided the goal-keeping. Maggie DeMarco started the second half scoring with one quick goal and Kyla Miles blasted in two more from long range. 

NITROS 5, OCEANSIDE, NY 0: With yet another shut-out, Sarah Gutbrod and Rachael Perretta took care of the goal-keeping.  Jennifer Greenwood and Tyler Nicoll provided solid offensive support along with Kyla Miles who assisted on one goal and scored another.  Sara Peters and Nicole Sieber also netted one goal apiece in the win.

SOUNDVIEW (Greenwich) 2, NITROS 0: In the eleventh hour the Nitros suffered a heart breaking loss despite outstanding goal-keeping by Sarah Gutbrod. The hard working offensive attack did all but make it to the net while the defensive effort fell short just once (the second goal came off a PK). Sara Peters fought hard in the physical struggle. 

NITROS 4, WESTON 1: Rachel Eastman mustered up lots of energy in this seventh game of the weekend and helped spark the offense.  Kyla Miles turned in a hat-trick with assists from Nicole Sieber and Lindsay Weber while Maggie DeMarco added one more (off a PK).

Regular Season

NITROS 3, SHARON 0: Sarah Gutbrod made several saves in goal for the shut-out while Rachael Perretta energized the defense as sweeper.  Two quick goals came from Maggie DeMarco’s fast footwork while Rose Jackman netted another nice one in the second half.  Nicole Sieber worked hard in the midfield and provided one assist.  Kyla Miles and DeMarco assisted on the other two goals as well.  

BOYS U11 TRAVEL

BROOKFIELD 4, RAGE 2: The Rage lost their first Northwest District game to arch-rival Brookfield. Two early goals by Brookfield seemed to shock the Rage and it took them some time to recover. Jack Quinn sparked a late rally with two goals off feeds from Michael Klein, but the Rage ran out of time in their comeback attempt. Brian Conroy, Chris Nuelle and Ross MacLeod played well for the Rage.

RAGE 3, WATERTOWN 0: Mark Cinquegrana led a terrific defensive effort for the Rage. Ryan McGrath, Justin Durelli, Aron Fay and Michael Kennedy had strong all-around games, passing well and frustrating Watertown. Joe Rahtelli opened up the scoring for the Rage and Jack Quinn and Mike Murphy added second half goals. Steve Marks was flawless in goal.

GIRLS U10 TRAVEL

NAVIGATORS 2, NEW MILFORD 0: In the past four games, the Navigator goalkeepers have allowed just one goal and in a 2-0 win over New Milford, Ashley Braun threw another first-half shutout. But the story of the game was the second-half keeping of Alana Bilangi. Bilangi made four terrific, point-blank saves in her first action all season. That allowed the ‘Gators to win on goals from Rachel Maley and Katie Kirranne. Caroline Kraich and Claire Ober worked hard at midfield while Christie Attansio and Jaclyn Petrasanta played rock solid defense. Julie Landin – the so-called free safety – continued to be in the right place at the right time.

NAVIGATORS 4, BROOKFIELD 1: Following their successful debut in the Newtown Soccer Club Memorial Day Kick-Off Tournament, the ‘Gators coasted to a win over Brookfield. Katie Kirrange scored a pair of goals and Rachel Maley added another. Dana Schunter, Alana Bilangi and Ashley Braun were all strong at the wings while Caroline Kraich and Claire Ober had solid performances at midfield. Jaclyn Petrasanta, Julie Landin and Christie Attansion used their speed and grit to control the defense.

BOYS U10 TRAVEL

NEWTOWN 7, SOUTHBURY (B) 0: The Newtown Vipers’ aggressive ball movement and confident team play proved to be too much for the Southbury B squad.  Jason Smith blanketed the net for the Vipers and shut down Southbury’s attack, holding them scoreless, in the first half. Tony Gallucci netted one in each half, for Newtown along with five additional Vipers adding to the tally of seven. Kevin Troy, Paul Andras, Nick Kallivrousis, Drew Taylor and Chris Meier each added one apiece.  Kevin Davies and Max Hoagland played well in both midfield and defense, with Taylor minding the net throughout the second half and also keeping the ball from crossing the endline between the posts. The Vipers are 6-0-0 within the Northwest District Division I bracket of nine teams and they are anticipating completing an undefeated season and clinching a second consecutive district title.

GIRLS CD DIVISION

STARS 7, CHEETAHS 6: Both teams set scoring records for the season – with a final point tally more reminiscent of football than soccer – as the Stars prevailed in a hotly contested Saturday morning shootout.  The Cheetahs sprang to life first, with Stefanie Prorock pumping a goal home before Catlin (Cat) Williams struck back with a key assist from Elizabeth (Biz) Bowen (who herself was to turn a hat trick on the day) as the Stars shook off 8th grade dance sleep deprivation to unleash a blistering attack.  Jessica Paynter and Biz Bowen both scored while Cat Williams added another . . . but the more rested and numerous Cheetahs simply refused to be put away.  Ann-Marie Schriever fed Prorock a telling assist as she notched her second goal of the day, leaving halftime standings at 4-2 in favor of the now fatigue-racked Stars.  The Cheetahs capitalized on that weakness promptly after intermission, and although the Stars kept scoring – Paynter added another to her count while Biz Bowen fired home two – rolled out a weapon any team would find almost impossible to stop.  With each missing Star shot that wasn’t blocked by the gutsy, thick-skinned play of Jen Badillo, Jenna Zigman boomed a goal kick over the greedily circling Star offense (and occasionally defense as well) to the straight shooting feet of none other than Prorock.  Star goalie Kate Mayer blunted much of the resulting barrage, but four shots nevertheless struck home, leaving Stefanie with an amazing double hat trick (six goals) while the Stars held grimly on for sweet victory . . . and even sweeter ice cream.

STRIKERS 4, GATORADES 1: Courtney Brunton and Alicia Kelp led the Strikers’ offense in the win. Diana Bowen had a strong defensive game. For the Gatorades, Collette Nagileri scored a goal as Kristen Landolfi and Wendy Borst played well on defense.

DYNAMITES 4, NIGHTMARES 2: Diana Rawson scored just seven minutes into the game for the Nightmares, but the scored was tied at the half thanks to a goal from the Dynamites’ Chrissy Glander. Mandy Black and Aileen Kerns boosted the Dynamites’ lead to 3-1 in the second half, but the Nightmares fought back with a goal from Laura Reid. In the final minute of the game, the Dynamites’ Sally Tabler scored the final goal. Midfielder Liz O’Connell and fullback Sophie Cerreta led the Dynamites while fullback Ellen Reid and goaltender Amy Kelly paced the Nightmares.

 

BOYS E DIVISION

TIGERSHARKS 4, WOLFPACK 0: Gregory “Dog” Hill had another big game for the Tigersharks on Saturday with two goals; one solo and the second off a pass from Billy Simms.  Ben Wicki one-timed a pass from Rob Defilippe to find goal net to feed the ‘Shark lead.  Brandon McGuinn took control of a long crossing pass from Blake Barreto to finish the fast-break with a score.  T-Shark keeper, Evan “Hands” Gregoire had another great game in goal to shut down a powerful Wolfpack attack.  For the ‘Pack, Henry Simms, Danny Lawrence and Ben Spiegel all had good games.

GIRLS E DIVISION

TIGERS 2, HYPER YANKEES 2: A textbook game was played by the Tigers and Hyper Yankees this past Saturday in perfect soccer weather. The Tiger’s Sarah Shannon, who received a perfect cross from Rachel Cox, made the first goal of the game.  Maggie Kimball of the Hyper Yankees scored for her team to make it a tie game.  The Hyper Yankees’ Kelley Anne Carney and Kelsey Phillips kept up the offensive pressure, while Hannah Tennebaum slowed the Tiger attack.  Megan Anderson scored the Tiger’s second goal.  Kristen Gucciardo of the Tigers played an excellent game in both offense and defense.

HURRICANES 3, KILLER BEES 0: Megan Hansen scored three goals as the Hurricanes blew past the Killer Bees. Katie Serock and Michelle Kukla were both solid on defense. For the Bees, Meghan McCarthy, Jen Brill and Christina Ercole all had outstanding games.

GIRLS F DIVISION

TIMBERWOLVES 2, UNICORNS 1: Haley Keane got the T-Wolves started with their first goal, and Emily Weber scored the second for the win as time expired.  Molly Nostrand and Ellen Tabler had great games in the midfield position.  Monica Warek had the solo score for the Unicorns, with Hannah Basch-Gould, Samantha Dinnan and Taylor Smith having outstanding offensive games.

ROCKET POWER 2, EAGLES 2: Rocket Power surged to a 2-0 lead on the solid play of Jordyn Good, Lisa Faviccia and Kristine Zadrovitz, but the Eagles soared back in the second half on the strength of efforts from Kristen Tanner, Sheena Finlayson and Alex Israel.

TORNADOES 4, ROADRUNNERS 0: Kate Bowen, Sarah Feinstein, Molly Curry and Jillian Spies all scored to lead the Tornadoes to victory. For the Roadrunners, Anna Marie Unschuld, Kate Bloxsom, Emma Canfield and Jocelyn Pasko played well.

HURRICANES 1, TIGRESSES 1: Meagan Kelley of the Hurricanes and Olivia Dillon of the Tigresses scored the goals in a 1-1 tie. Jennifer Desrosiers and Jackie Fisher played well on defense for the ‘Canes while Stephanie Sanchez and Katie O’Dell powered the Tigresses.

DOLPHINS 4, BOMBERS 3: Maura McDade scored a pair of goals to lead the Dolphins to another win and helping the team remain unbeaten. Tania Domingos and Danielle each chipped in with a goal. Melissa Schriber and Clara Figley had outstanding games defensively. For the Bombers, Leigh Gerety, Lindsey Lively and Kasey Schulz all played well.

BOYS F DIVISION

SENSATION 2, SALTY PUPS 0: Connor Collier and Jason Kostecki each scored fourth-quarter goals to lead the Sensation past the Salty Pups. Zach Bryan, Herlof Sorenson and Stephen Forgione anchored the defense. For the Pups, Ben Morrison, Ben Federman, Joey Christiano and Vince LaFrancesca all played well.

EAGLES 5, SCORPIONS 1: The Eagles’ Daniel Kowarick scored a hat trick Adam Schankman and Johnathan Gouveia scoring one apiece. Terrific offensive play came from Kevin Dufner, and strong defensive play came from Niall Renolds and goaltender Tim Dalton. For the Scorpions, Ethan Carotti scored one with fast offense from Chris Hogan and solid defense by Shane Wurtz and Steven Jaroszewski.

ROADRUNNERS 3, WILDCATS 2: Michael Bunger, Joseph Capiello and Drew Woods each scored a goal to lead the Roadrunners to the win. Ian Mason and James Truckles provided solid defense. Michael Giglio and Brian Reszoly scored the Wildcats while Greg Demenna and Stephen Gardner were strong on defense.