Nighthawk Update ... Newtown High School Lacrosse, Tennis, Golf And Track Wrap-Up

By Andy Hutchison

Newtown High’s girls’ and boys’ lacrosse teams remained unbeaten, each earning a pair of wins this past week; the boys’ tennis team blanked Stratford; the golf team defeated Brookfield for its first week; and the girls’ track team beat two of three opponents. Here are some of the highlights:

Girls’ Lax Seeing 20-20

Goals continue to come in bunches for the girls’ lacrosse team. The Nighthawks defeated Brookfield 20-9 on April 15 and toppled Weston 20-5 on April 21 to improve to 4-0.

In the win over Brookfield, Betsy Vendel had five goals and Lisa Vendel and Meghan Bridges each scored four (Bridges also led her team with three assists).

Emma Kingsley scored twice and Meghan Carney, Erin Brown, Jackie Isabella, Kaitlin Brophy and Katie Canavan all found the net. Lisa Vendel had three interceptions, a turnover and recorded four ground balls, Annie Fletcher forced three turnovers and had three ground balls, Stephanie Suhoza played well and came up with a turnover and Kirsten Hudock tallied two ground balls and caused two turnovers.

In the win over Weston, Betsy Vendel, Brophy and Bridges all had four goals. Carney and Kaylee Kruger both scored twice and Brown, Isabella, Lisa Vendel and Taylor Barry also scored. Goaltender Marnie Thompson made three saves.

Boys’ Laxmen Still Rolling

The boys’ lacrosse team improved to 5-0 with a 17-5 win over Brookfield on April 15 and an 11-9 win at Weston on Tuesday.

Against Brookfield, Kevin Canavan scored four goals, Christian Beitel had three and Jaime Vavrek scored twice. Kyle O’Connor recorded six ground balls and Lewis Thompson and Beitel had five each.

In the win over Weston, Newtown overcame a 3-1 deficit after one quarter of play. Beitel scored another hat-trick, and Jacob Dauz, Thompson and Vavrek each had a pair of tallies. Goaltender Clarence Chung made 12 saves.

Boys’ Tennis Blanks Opposition

NHS 7, Stratford 0 (April 15)

Singles:

1.  Adam Wenick d. Taylor Wilcox 6-0, 6-0.

2.  Timo Roehrs d. Anthony Lo 6-0, 6-1.

3.  Peter Manos d. Dan Bacarro 6-4, 6-2.

4.  Rich Andreotta d. Dennis Surmaszewicz 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: 

1.  Casey Tenney-Joe Cappiello d. Dan Wresilo-Sean Driscoll 6-0, 6-0.

2.  Connor Howell-Rob Beier d. Anderson Andrevil-Nate King 6-0, 6-0.

3.  Tom Stewart-Clay Makuch d. Dan Farrar-Jake Michael Valentino 6-0, 6-1.

Records:  Newtown 2-1 (1-0 SWC), Straftord 2-1 (0-1 SWC)

Note: In Newtown’s match against Pomperaug on April 13, Colin Jacob, ordinarily a doubles player, played and won his first career singles match.

On Course ... Golf Team Earns First Win

The golf team defeated Brookfield 159-163 at Newtown Country Club on Tuesday to earn its first win of the campaign and improve to 1-0 in conference play. Newtown’s scores are as follows:

Kevin O’Connell 34      

Chris McCann 40        

Paul Michaud 40        

Abbey Doski 45 

   

Girls’ Track Results

Newtown visited Weston on Tuesday. The team scores are as follows: Newtown 114, Oxford  36, Newtown 87, Joel Barlow 63, Weston 95, Newtown 55.

Individual results are as follows: 100 Hurdles: second, Annika Garrett, 17.8. 1600 meters: second,  Erin Begg, 5:48.5; third, Mara Scallon, 5:52.13; fourth, Jenny VanVeen, 5:59. 400: third, Kelley Sullivan, 62.3. 300 hurdles: second, Lilly Rodriquez, 53.8. 800: sixth, Natalie Villa, 2:33.4. 3200: second, Anne Martino, 11:59.2; third, Erin Begg, 12:22.26; fourth, Katie Burns, 12:25.7. High Jump: Tie for first, Emily Korth, 4-10; third, Annika Garrett, 4-6. Long Jump: first, Lauren Sudbey, 15-10.5. Triple Jump: First, Lauren Sudbey, 31-5.25; fourth, Annika Garrett, 29-6. Pole Vault: fourth, Lauren Sudbey, 9-6; fifth, Emily Korth, 9-6. Javelin: second, Emily Kluga, 88-11.5. Shot Put: first, Rachel Taback, 31-0.5. Discus: first, Rachel Taback, 94-8.5.

The boys’ track team was rained out on consecutive days and scheduled to compete on Thursday.