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Youth Wrestlers Grappling With Practice Space Issue

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 26, 2013 12:00 am
Since being displaced from their practice site — Sandy Hook Elementary School — in the wake of last December’s tragedy, Newtown Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) members bounced around to wherever sp...

Boys' Soccer Team Bounces Back From Tough Ties To Nip Weston

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 26, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team earned at least a point in each of its first five games heading into a September 26 game against Joel Barlow of Redding. For the better part of the afternoon on...

Cross Country Teams Compete In Meets

Published: September 26, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ cross country teams had strong showings in a pair of meets this past week. They competed in the 32nd Bethel Cross Country Invitational on September 21, then race...

Led By Gray, Swim Team Raises Money For Special Olympics

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 26, 2013 12:00 am
Charlotte Gray says her favorite part about competing with the Newtown High School swimming and diving team is the connection she has with her teammates. The senior captain recently used that and anot...

Sandy Hooks Beat Providence At Its Own Game

By Ray Shaw
Published: September 26, 2013 12:00 am
The local vintage nine closed out its ninth regular season on a recent Saturday as the Newtown Sandy Hooks vintage base ball team swept a doubleheader from the 1884 Providence Grays on a spectacular d...

Girls' Soccer Team Maintains Winning Ways And Focus

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 26, 2013 12:00 am
It would be easy to excuse members of the Newtown High School girls’ soccer team for having a lot of confidence and for starting to think repeat. Last year’s state champions have a new look with a mos...

Spikers Earn Wins, Seek Improvement

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 25, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team coasted to a 3-0 (25-12, 25-8, 25-21) win over visiting Notre Dame-Fairfield on September 23, improving to 4-2 overall. Newtown Coach Tom Czaplinski has be...

Hawk Gridders Escape With Wild Win Over Cats

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 20, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown High School’s football team overcame some turnovers, costly penalties, and overall inexperience to hold off a veteran-led Bethel squad for a 22-14 victory under the lights at Blue & Gold Stadi...

Newtown High Girls' Booters Work Hard For 3-0 Start

By Andy Hutchison
Published: September 19, 2013 12:00 am
FAIRFIELD — Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team has taken care of business in the early going of the campaign, and now braces for some potentially tougher competition. The Nighthawks blanked the ...