… the girls' basketball team lost in the South-West Conference championship game to Masuk … that the boys' basketball team fell to Weston in the SWC semi-finals and then bid a quick adieu in the CIAC Class L state tournament ……

By KIM HARMON

Published: Mar 26, 2004 12:00 am

â¦ the girlsâ basketball team lost in the South-West Conference championship game to Masuk â¦ that the boysâ basketball team fell to Weston in the SWC semi-finals and then bid a quick adieu in the CIAC Class L state tournament â¦ that the swim team finished fourth at the SWC championship meet to Brookfield, Pomperaug and New Fairfield â¦ and that the wrestling team finished fourth and had no individual champions at the SWC championship tournament â¦

â then we can sit back and relish the fact that the 2003-04 winter season was a pretty good one for Newtown High School.

It starts, logically, with the assault by Andrew Fiscella and Kelley Haines on the 1,000-point barriers and the all-time basketball scoring records.

Fiscella passed 1,000 points early on and Haines followed a few weeks later, but both became Newtown High Schoolâs all-time leading scorers on the same night (Saturday, February 7).

Fiscella passed out Steve Kordish (Class of 1979) while Haines passed out Lynn Lattanzio (Class of 1992).

Fiscella finished with 1,476 points while Haines â on her way to the University of New Hampshire â finished with 1,274 points (see chart).

While all that was going on, the boysâ basketball team was trying to survive through an injury-plagued season that left Brian Smith, Devon Manfredonia, Josh Rouse and Marcus Tracy all spending time on the bench.

Which allowed a guy like Dave Anderson to have a phenomenal season. Flying under the radar for most of the season, Anderson gave the Nighthawks a great inside presence and canned 369 points in 23 games (16.0 per game) while leading the team with a 71.03 free throw percentage.

Meanwhile, the girlsâ basketball team was putting together a run at a South-West Conference championship.

The âHawks got off to a strong start, winning their first five games, but then ran into a rough patch (their roughest in recent memory) and lost three of four.

Then they went on a 10-game winning streak. In the SWC tournament, wins over Pomperaug and Kolbe Cathedral landed the âHawks in the championship game against Masuk ... where they came up on the short end of a 47-42 score.

After a pair of wins in the CIAC Class LL state tournament, the âHawks bowed out in a loss to South Windsor and finished 20-6.

Haines had a typically solid season (16.0 ppg), but Ashley Larocque had a particularly strong year with 261 points (10.0 per game) and set herself up for a promising senior campaign.

In the pool, the improving Nighthawks were being led by a phenomenal diving contingent of CJ Maurer, Steve Truitt, Bryan Lacouture and Lauren Borruso.

While Maurer claimed an SWC title, Truitt took third, Lacouture fourth and Borruso eighth.

Maurer and Truitt went all the way to the CIAC State Open championships and performed well.

On the mat, the numbers were enormous (more than 30 wrestlers) and that gave the âHawks a lot of hope for the future.

At the same time, senior co-captains Dan McIlrath and Edmund Breitling racked up more than 20 wins each and earned runner-up medals at the SWC tournament. The pair also performed well at the CIAC Class LL state tournament.

The co-ed cheerleading team also had a fine winter, putting together a third-place performance at the SWC championships in February.

It was the best finish ever for the squad, which went on to finish second at the Nonnewaug Invitational, third at the CSA Spirit Festival, and first at the WCSU Invitational.

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