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The host CT Hawks of Newtown won the two-day 12U Southwest Connecticut Fastpitch League Tournament at the Liberty Field Complex at Fairfield Hills on July 26 and 27. The No. 5 seed Hawks edged the top-seeded Pomperuag Panthers from Southbury 13-12 on...

The Newtown Hawks 10U baseball team tore through the New England Regional Tournament in Chelmsford, Mass. in late July, capturing the title and securing a spot at the Cal Ripken World Series in Vincennes, Ind. beginning with pool play on August 9. Th...

Newtown Parks and Recreation girls’ volleyball camps for ages 10-18 are offered throughout the summer. Led by Newtown High School Coach Tom Czaplinski along with current and past high school/college players-turned-coaches, a High School session was h...

Whether they become singles or doubles standouts by the time they get to high school, are looking for a sport to keep them active throughout their lives, or want to enhance skill sets in other sports, girls and boys stand to benefit from learning the...

New tandem batting cages are up and have youth softball players in full swing for the summer and beyond at Dickinson Park’s Liberty Fields. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place to celebrate the addition to Newtown Hawks Softball on July 12. The cages...

Fairfield Hills is home to four weeks of Jeff Tolson’s morning Flag Football Camp throughout the summer. Tolson, a mentor coordinator with REACH Western Connecticut, hosts children ranging from ages 6 to 14 with the goal of helping improve the camper...

The future of Newtown High School cheerleading and girls’ basketball were on display in annual youth summer camps under the direction of NHS coaches this summer. Nighthawk cheer squad athletes and coaches directed young cheer stars in the Newtown Hig...

The Future Nighthawks Girls’ Soccer Camp hosted a four-morning session at Treadwell Memorial Park from July 7-10. Alongside Adam Bourret, the Nighthawks’ girls’ soccer head coach, current high school players trained campers, ages 8-15, aiming to enha...

Selling lemonade is one way of making money and for Newtown’s Charlie Rancourt, supporting his AAU Basketball team, the business took off. Last year, Rancourt, now 16, set up shop at Fairfield Hills with one goal in mind: earning enough to pay for hi...

Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho ... you name the state, Newtown’s own Bruce Goulart has run in it — completing his quest to race in a marathon in all 50 by finishing the 26.2-mile Mainly Marathons Heartland Series course in Fulton, Ill. on July 15. Goulart, 75...