Date: Mon 16-Oct-1995

Author: TOMW

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Glorydays October 13, 1995

This week in 1990

Senior John Ball scored four goals (giving him 15 on the season) as the

Newtown High School soccer team beat Masuk and Immaculate 5-0, upping the

Indians' WCC winning streak to 32-straight games. The team hadn't surrendered

a single goal in 19-straight conference games and hadn't lost a game at home

in its last 24. In the two games, Eric Lipusz, Chris D'Angelo, and Rob Ball

also scored goals.

This week in 1985

The Newtown High boys' cross country team lost its star runner Joe Smith to a

stress fracture and lost 27-28 to Abbott Tech. Chris Pond and Craig McCarthy

placed first and second, but Tech filled in with third, fourth, fifth, and

sixth places to win it. Newtown's Jeff Bazinet placed seventh.

This week in 1980

Seven-year-old forward John Ball scored four goals to lead the Newtown Soccer

Club's Little Strikers to a 5-2 win over the Beagles. Melanie Huss, the only

girl on the team, scored the other goal for the winners as they improved to

3-0 on the season. Defensive stars for the Little Strikers were Brian Johnson,

Robbie Brookes, Craig Kolesar, Shane Chontos, and Christian Bauta. Robbie Ball

had two assists in the game as well.

This week in 1975

The Newtown High School girls' swim team continued its undefeated run with a

pair of decisive victories over Naugatuck and Milford. NHS swimming stars who

placed first at the two meets were Kelly Sullivan, Melissa Guck, Linda Polcyn,

Kim Bochino, Ruth Cassidy, Wendy Wilson, Carol Cassidy, Leslie Cogswell,

Tammie Komornick, and Terri Dujnic.

This week in 1970

The Newtown High School field hockey team picked up a pair of victories

beating Weston 2-1 and Masuk, 4-1. Barb Messinger, Janice Berls, Sandy Martin,

and Pat Farrell all scored goals as the team improved to 3-0-1.

This week in 1965

Jim Glover scored a Newtown High School record nine goals as the NHS soccer

team defeated Ridgefield 12-0. Glover then scored the winning goal in a 2-1

win over Watertown and added another in a 3-1 win over Wilton. Other NHS

scorers in the three-game set included Klaus Ertl, Rick Berglund, and Glen

Brier. The Indians raised their record to 5-3 moving into a first-place tie

with Wilton.

This week in 1960

Jim Tenney booted a pair of goals and Ronnie Hull and Johnny Norrell each

added one as the NHS soccer team beat West Haven, 4-2.

This week in 1955

After beating George Smart 3-and-2, defending Newtown Country Club golf

champion, Mike Hoitko, took on Jack Beaton in the first flight finals. In the

finals of the second flight, River Shannon and Clinton Archer saw their match

haulted after 19 holes because of darkness. The two were dead even at the

time.

This week in 1950

Mrs AJ Frazier entertained the Bridgeport Bowling and Pin Club at her home on

Lakeside Road to elect officers for the coming year. They were Marge Petrohai

(president), Jean Nash (first vice president), Kay Vescy (second vice

president), Helen Belien (secretary), and Mrs Frank Wallin (treasurer).

This week in 1945

The Newtown High tenth-grade class, captained by Violet Bailey, defeated

Loretta Nichols and the senior class, 4-2 in the school's inter-class girls'

soccer tourney. The junior class, captained by Bernice Carty, beat the

freshman class and Jan Pelletier, 3-0, in their matchup. The ninth-graders

then beat the eighth-graders, captained by Mary Starr Smith, 3-2. The junior

and sophomore class were scheduled to meet for the championship.