By Kim J. Harmon

Revenge is a dish best served cold … and where does it get any colder than on the ice at a hockey game?

Last Friday night the Newtown High School hockey team renewed acquaintances with Southington, the team that had pinned a 5-4 defeat on the Nighthawks just six days before at the Trinity College rink in Hartford.

But the ‘Hawks were on their home ice and junior Francis Oggeri was in his comfort zone as hit hat trick helped lift the locals to a 7-5 win over the Blue Knights.

The ‘Hawks started off slow, but rallied back to win. After trailing for most of the game, the locals tied the Blue Knights twice – at 3-3 and then at 5-5 – before taking the lead halfway through the third. Fittingly, it was Oggeri, with his first hat-trick of the season, who scored the eventual game-winner.

In the first period though, no one from Newtown looked as if they were ready to play. After goalie Mitch Bloomberg deflected a puck, Newtown’s defense was slow to respond and Southington’s Pat Lautier, who also had a hat-trick, took advantage. He flipped the puck into the top left past Bloomberg to give the Knights a 1-0 lead.

But Southington was only just beginning. Lautier again out-skated the Nighthawks and scored off of a breakaway and, later, Alex Waters made a nice pass to Joey Harvey, who whipped the puck by Bloomberg to give the Knights a 3-0 lead.

That’s when Newtown sophomore Christian Beitel, the team’s leading goal- and point-scorer, came back with a breakaway goal to cut the lead to 3-1. And moments later Oggeri displayed some nice skating and puck handling of his own as he blew by the Southington players, shifted seamlessly from right to left, faked out the Southington netminder and cashed in an easy goal to end the first period.

Oggeri struck once more in the second to tie the game at three-all. Lautier then got his hat-trick to give Southington a 4-3 lead but the Knights’ Mike Bernard scored to close out the second period and post his team to a 5-3 advantage.

But Max Beitel scored seconds into the third period and brother Christian notched his second goal of the night right after to tie the game back up at 5-5. Newtown was clearly picking up its level of play while a small bench on Southington’s side was beginning to get worn down.

And halfway through the third Oggeri scored again, putting the ‘Hawks on top for the first time, 6-5. Matt Wright added the last goal at the buzzer, knocking the pick into an open net to finish off the game … and the win.

After a rocky start, Bloomberg played great in the net for the ‘Hawks. Dealing with more than 40 shots on net – compared to the 24 that Newtown’s offense took – Bloomberg came through big.

The win brought the Nighthawks to 10-4-0 on the year and in third place in the Division III state rankings (posted on www.tcrink.com).

* - Jake Burg provided this story

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Newtown 47, Weston 18

Newtown 52, Stratford 17

Consider it a vacation.

After a tough loss to Masuk on January 23 and a hard-fought win against Pomperaug on January 26, the Newtown High School girls’ basketball team was entitled to a little break from the rigors of its South-West Conference schedule.

The Lady Nighthawks eased into that break with a 59-38 win over Brookfield on January 30 and then coasted to a pair of wins this past week against two doormats in the SWC – Weston (47-18) and Stratford (52-17).

With the wins, the locals boosted their record to 11-6, 6-3 in the SWC. After a game with Immaculate on Friday, the girls will close out their regular season schedule with a couple of tougher opponents – Lauralton Hall on February 12 and Notre Dame on February 14.

In the win over Weston, Christie Iwanicki led all scorers with 20 points, canning a pair of three-pointers along the way. Darcy Fiscella chipped in eight points while Katie Powers added seven points. Katie Condon and Emily Leidlein both hit three-pointers, but for Leidlein it was the first of her varsity career.

In the win over Stratford, Morgan Knees canned 12 points and Iwanicki added 10 more while Nora Lynn Skimko – with a pair of three-pointers – added eight. Power also popped in eight while FIscella chipped in seven.

The locals will be in Danbury on Friday to take on Immaculate before squaring off against Lauralton Hall on Monday (at home) and Notre Dame on Wednesday (in Fairfield) to close out the regular season.

Newtown 47, Weston 18

WESTON (18): Kate Butlein 1 0-0 2, Anna Feingold 2 0-2 4, Lisa Ogiba 2 0-0 4, Alyssa Bowie 0 0-0 0, Julie Roth 1 0-0 2, Jenna Keplesky 1 0-0 2, Brittany Swanson 1 2-5 4. TOTALS: 8 2-7 18.

NEWTOWN (47): Jen Brewer 0 0-0 0, Christie Iwanicki 9 0-0 20, Nora Lynn Shimko 0 0-0 0, Darcy Fiscella 3 2-3 8, Kristi Nowak 1 0-0 2, Morgan Knees 0 2-2 2, Katie Condon 1 0-2 3, Katie Powers 3 1-1 7, Emily Leidlein 1 0-0 3, Jordan Good 1 0-0 2, Brittany Papaj 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 5-8 47.

Three-pointers: Iwanicki (N) 2, Leidlein (N), Condon (N).

Newtown 52, Stratford 17

STRATFORD (17): Kaity Caroll 2 0-0 6, Marissa Barstow 0 0-0 0, Chelsea Knowles 0 0-0 0, Amanda Aquilino 1 0-0 2, Shanqika Dunmore 1 1-4 3, Ivona Patrick 2 0-0 4, Molly Townsend 0 0-2 0, Ashley Gomes 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 7 1-6 17.

NEWTOWN (52): Jen Brewer 0 0-0 0, Christie Iwanicki 5 0-0 10, Nora Lynn Shimko 3 0-0 8, Darcy Fiscella 3 0-0 7, Kristi Nowak 2 0-0 4, Morgan Knees 6 0-0 12, Katie Condon 0 1-2 1, Emily Leidlein 1 0-0 2, Katie Power 4 0-0 8, Brittany Papaj 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 24 1-2 52.

Three-pointers: Caroll (S) 2, Shimko (N) 2, Fiscella (N).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Weston 79, Newtown 69

Stratford 58, Newtown 44

It almost seems as if fate is trying to balance things out, doesn’t it?

The Newtown High School boys’ basketball team won 10 of its first 12 contests – four of those by four points or less – and people began marveling at the wondrous turnaround of a team that was 4-16 a year ago.

Whatever luck the Nighthawks might have enjoyed in the first half as utterly dissipated as the locals dropped their fourth consecutive game on Tuesday night, a 58-44 decision at the hands of Stratford. Coupled with a 79-69 loss to powerhouse Weston last week, the ‘Hawks have dropped to 10-6 overall, 5-4 in the South-West Conference.

Offensively, the ‘Hawks did fine against the speedy Trojans last Friday as Kevin Troy poured in 27 points while draining four three-point baskets and Danny Smith added 18 more, but those pesky Trojans had a 19-point lead at the half that the locals could never recover from. Plus, John Galvin just dominated in the middle with 30 points and 18 rebounds and went 14-of-17 shooting from the foul line.

Against Stratford, the ability to put the ball in the basket – or the lack thereof – is what did ‘em in. Troy had 13 points and Smith added 11, but too many times the ‘Hawks were unable to coax a shot through the tin while the Red Devils had much less trouble doing exactly that.

Tim Martin – with a trio of three-pointers – had 23 points to lead all scorers.

The ‘Hawks will look to recover, and snap that streak, on Friday when they host Immaculate.

Stratford 58, Newtown 44

NEWTOWN (44): Mike Kennedy 2 1-2 5, Dan Smith 4 1-2 11, Jack Quinn 1 0-0 2, Kevin Troy 4 4-4 13, Jason Smith 1 0-0 2, Shaun Coakley 2 1-2 5, Joe DeVellis 2 0-2 6. TOTALS: 15 7-12 44.

STRATFORD (58): Matt Barr 2 1-2 6, Joe Charles 2 2-6 6, Kolin Ebron 0 0-0 0, Nick Harris 5 0-2 10, Stenson Jean-Baptiste 0 0-0 0, Tim Martin 5 10-11 23, Tom Massey 3 0-1 6, Allen Williams 2 3-6 7. TOTALS: 19 16-28 58.

Three-pointers: Martin (S) 3, D. Smith (N) 2, DeVellis (N) 2, Barr (S).

Weston 79, Newtown 69

NEWTOWN (69):  Mike Kennedy 4 1-1 9, Tucker Kass 1 2-2 4, Greg Rodden 0 0-0 0, Dan Smith 7 4-6 18, Jack Quinn 0 1-2 1, Kevin Troy 10 3-6 27, Jake DeVellis 0 2-2 2, Shaun Coakley 0 2-2 2, Joe DeVellis 1 3-4 6. TOTALS: 23 18-25 69.

WESTON (79): John Galvin 8 14-17 30, Jeff Ledwick 2 0-0 4, Spencer Joseph 1 2-3 4, Ben Kosinski 6 7-7 21, Tom Montelli 4 2-4 10, Mark Shaw 1 1-2 4, Conor Babcock 2 1-2 5. TOTALS: 22 27-35 79.

Three-pointers: Troy (N) 4, Kosinski (W) 2, DeVellis (N), Shaw (W).

WRESTLING

Bunnell 41, Newtown 27

Staples Duals – Newtown 36, Fairfield Prep 33; Platt 47, Newtown 27; Greenwich over Newtown; Newtown over Holy Cross; Staples over Newtown

In the last week or so, the Newtown High School wrestling team has fallen on some hard times, losing to Stratford and Bunnell while splitting two of five matches last Saturday against Fairfield Prep, Platt, Greenwich, Holy Cross and Staples.

After all of that, the Nighthawks are 10-12 overall and 5-5 in the South-West Conference but still have a chance this weekend to close out the 2006-07 conference season in a nice way at the SWC Tournament in Newtown.

Weigh-in will be from 7 to 8:30 am with the first matches hitting the mat at 10 am.

The ‘Hawks were handled somewhat easily by the Bulldogs of Bunnell last Wednesday, but Chris Marks proved that no matter how dark things looked one should never give up. Down 9-2 and with his back on the mat, he pulled a second-period reversal on John Pantazis and recorded a stunning pin at the 3:49 mark to give the locals a little bit of a boost.

Joel Minalgo (215) also earned a pin during the match while Dana Van Buskirk (125), Jagi Gyamcho (152) and Bryant Aliaga (189) earned three-point decisions.

Bunnell 41, Newtown 27

103 – Kevin Workman (B) pinned Tyler Reszoly 3:21; 112 – John Edwards (B) pinned Tom Merrifield :37; 119 – March Halper (B) dec. John Gouveia 6-4; 125 – Dana Van Buskirk (N) dec. Rick Donnelly 6-2; 130 – Evan Jacobs (B) major dec. Mark Bonamici 10-2; 135 – Freddie Milfort (B) tech fall Tyler Rudolph 17-2; 140 – Albert Ortiz (B) tech fall Chris Salvatore 16-1; 145 – Darren Owen (B) pinned Michael Whitley-Rodriguez 1:24; 152 – Jagi Gyamcho (N) dec. Jamison Blackwell 2-1; 160 – Chris Marks (N) pinned John Pantazis 3:49; 171 – Frank Charney (B) pinned Matt Brede 3:41; 189 – Bryant Aliaga (N) dec. Nick Charney 10-4; 215 – Joel Minalgo (N) pinned Eric Peterson 3:39; 285 – Thaddeus Adams (N) forfeit.

Newtown 36, Fairfield Prep 33

103 – Alex Vanam (FP) forfeit; 112 – Dan Golden (FP) pinned Tom Merrifield; 119 – John Gouveia (N) pinned Frank Duffin 2:41; 125 – Brayton Bushby (FP) dec. Dan Van Buskirk 4-3; 130 – Mark Bonamici (N) major dec. Tim Lincoln 10-2; 135 – Alex Amador (FP) dec. Tyler Rudolph 6-5; 140 – Brian Jennings (FP) dec. Chris Salvatore 8-6; 145 – Austin Phelan (FP) forfeit; 152 – Jagi Gyamcho (N) pin Sean English 0:40; 160 – Chris Marks (N) forfeit; 171 – Joe Cicarella (FP) pin Matt Brede 3:14; 189 – Bryant Aliaga (N) forfeit; 215 – Joel Minalgo (N) pinned Tom Lane 3:22; 285 – Thaddeus Adams (N) dec. Fernando Borjas 3-1.

INDOOR TRACK

Boys – 4th at SWCs

Girls – 4th at SWCs

Lauren Sudbey earned a second-place finish (and second team All-SWC honors) in the long jump and tied the school record – again – in the pole vault as the Newtown High School girls and boys indoor track and field teams both finished fourth at the South-West Conference championships last Friday night at Staples in Westport.

Sudbey’s leapt 14-8.25 in the long jump and then went 7-6 in the pole vault to finish fourth while joining Alison McEmber, Julie Landin and Kelley Sullivan for a third place finish of 4:28.78 in the 4x400 relay.

Meanwhile, McEmber also placed fifth in the 600 at 1:45.64 while Landin was fifth in the 300 at 46.26. Natalie Villa, Moira Collier, Erin Nemeth, and Sara Pollock raced to sixth place in the 4x800 relay in 11:01.23 as Pollock also placed sixth in the 3,200 meters at 12:52.

The 4x240 relay of Emily Lockhart, Meghan Barbour, Annika Garrett and Audra Oliger finished fourth in 2:32.35 while the sprint medley relay of Villa, Lockhart, Barbour and Maret finished sixth in 5:06.28.

In the field events, Jaclyn Van Waalwijk placed third in the shot put with a toss of 29-1.5 while the high jump crew of Keegan Frobey, Garrett, Van Waalwijk and Heather Morgan dominated with third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-place finishes.

Lockhart also tied for sixth in Pole Vault with a seven-foot leap.

On the boys’ side, the sprint medley brought home a second-place finish as Ryan Morrissey, Steve Ashbolt, Cody Cullens and Charlie Baldour were just getting edged out at the line by Weston with a time of 4:02.50.

Zack Schwartz also took home All-2nd team honors with a second-place finish in the 3,200 in 10:10.04 and also earned a fourth-place finish in the 1,600 in 4:37.72. Baldour raced to third-place finish in the 1,000 meters in 2:46.69 as Eric Macknight took fifth in 2:54.52.

Morrissey teamed up with Jon Toll, Scott Nichols and Matt Saxonmeyer to take third in the 4x400 in 3:50.2 as Cullens and Ashbolt then joined Rob DeFilippe and Josh Milas to take third in the 4x240 in 2:10.05.

The 4x800 relay crew of Nichols, Macknight, Greg Hill and Kevin Donahue placed third in a time of 8:55.82 while Nichols also placed fifth in the 600 with a time of 1:31.48. Macknight added a sixth-place mark in the 3,200 meters.

In the field, Morrissey leapt to a fifth-place finish in the high jump.

“Both of our teams did well,” said coach Dave Foss, “but not spectacular. But, overall, it was a solid performance by both teams and as we head to Class LL championships on Saturday we’re hoping to break several school records.”

The results –

GIRLS

 

TEAM – 1. Weston 140, 2. Masuk 83, 3. Brookfield 63.8, 4. Newtown 48.8, 5. Bunnell 38, 6. Immaculate 28, 7. New Fairfield 27, 8. New Milford 21, 9. Lauralton Hall 10.3, 11. Notre Dame 1, 11. Stratford 1.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

 

4x800 relay – 1. Immaculate 10:26.69, 2. New Fairfield 10:29.62, 3. Masuk 10:32.36, 4. New Milford 10:38.46, 5. Weston 10:54.10, 6. Newtown 11:01.23. 50 meter hurdles – 1. Lauren Tanz (Brookfield) 7.97, 2. Kate Gernert (Brookfield) 8.96, 3. Georgia Frost (Weston) 9.11, 4. Catherine Bacher (Weston) 9.15, 5. Clarrisa Frank (Lauralton Hall) 9.25, 6. Nicole Delorenzo (Stratford) 9.33. 50 meter dash – 1. Lauren Tanz (Brookfield) 6.94, 2. Gabrielle Brody (Weston) 6.96, 3. Catherine Roberts (Weston) 7.33, 4. Molly Chhiv (Masuk) 7.36, 5. Clarissa Frank (Lauralton Hall) 7.38, 6. Annika Garrett (Newtown) 7.57. 1000 meters – 1. Rebecca Fine (Weston) 3:12.05, 2. Sarah Griffin (Weston) 3:18.81. 3. Cecilia Mansson (Masuk) 3:18.87, 4. Leanna Jabbonsky (New Milford) 3:19.59, 5. Katie Collins (Immaculate) 3:22.66, 6. Janna Spitzenberger (New Fairfield) 3:22.75, 8. Moira Collier (Newtown) 3:33.52. 600 meters – 1. Erika Mansson (Masuk) 1:39.79, 2. Ali Atkinson (Weston) 1:41.79, 3. Liza Maizel (New Milford) 1:43.70, 4. Jackie Wald (Weston) 1:45.32, 5. Alison McEmber (Newtown) 1:45.64, 6. Emily Crnic (New Fairfield) 1:48.22,  9. Kelley Sullivan (Newtown) 1:49.21. 1600 meters – 1. Emma Tobin (Weston) 5:40.96, 2. Kayla Calabrese (Masuk) 5:40.98, 3. Alysha Thomas (Immaculate) 5:47.92, 4. Rose Willey (Brookfield) 5:56.22, 5. Sarah Steinharter (Weston) 5:58.04, 6. Courtney Rechtiene (Notre Dame)-Fairfield 5:59.64. Sprint Medley Relay – 1. Weston 4:51.17, 2. Masuk 4:51.22, 3. New Fairfield 4:53.79, 4. Lauralton Hall 4:54.84, 5. New Milford 4:59.39, 6. Newtown 5:06.28. 300 meters – 1. Erika Mansson (Masuk) 43.35, 2. Ali Atkinson (Weston) 43.86, 3. Kate Gernert (Brookfield) 44.84, 4. Rebecca Fine (Weston) 45.18, 5. Julie Landin (Newtown) 46.26, 6. Sara Velardi (Masuk) 46.57. 3200 meters – 1. Moira Kenny (Immaculate) 11:55.41, 2. Sarah Griffin (Weston) 12:16.13, 3. Cecilia Mansson (Masuk) 12:36.74, 4. Erin Lofink (Brookfield) 12:45.54, 5. Jenny Cahalane (New Milford) 12:51.41, 6. Sara Pollock (Newtown) 12:52.35, 7. Michelle Brennan (Newtown) 13:06.34. 4x400 medley relay – 1. Weston 4:16.76, 2. Masuk 4:26.26, 3. Newtown 4:28.78, 4. New Fairfield 4:41.90, 5. New Milford 4:54.02, 6. Lauralton Hall 4:58.87. 4x240 relay – 1. Masuk 2:25.41, 2. Brookfield 2:31.36, 3. Bunnell 2:32.11, 4. Newtown 2:32.35, 5. New Fairfield 2:33.46, 6. Lauralton Hall 2:34.17. High jump – 1. Lindsay Lanteri (Bunnell) 4-10, 2. Taylor Bacon (Bunnell) 4-10, 3. Keegan Frobey (Newtown) 4-08, 4. Annika Garrett (Newtown) 4-06, 5. Jaclyn VanWaalwijk (Newtown) 4-06, 6. Elise Zimmerman (Brookfield) 4-04, 7. Harriet Morgan (Newtown) 4-04. Pole vault – 1. Julie Sitver (Weston) 10-06, 2. Hannah Belport (Bunnell) 8-00, 3. Emily Lockhart (Newtown) 7-00, 4. Elise Zimmerman (Brookfield) 7-00, 5. Ali Bibbo (Brookfield) 7-00, 6. Lauren Sudbey (Newtown) 7-06. Long jump – 1. Lauren Tanz (Brookfield) 16-08.00, 2. Lauren Sudbey (Newtown) 14-08.25, 3. Molly Chhiv (Masuk) 14-08.00, 4. Shayna Goodman (Weston) 14-04.00. Shot put – 1. Leah Scrimmager (Weston) 30-07.00, 2. Margaret Grubka (Bunnell) 29-02.50, 3. Jaclyn VanWaalwijk (Newtown) 29-01.50, 4. Jane DiFabbio (Bunnell) 27-04.50, 5. Taylor Bacon (Bunnell) 27-01.00, 6. Kelsey Reelick (Brookfield) 26-09.00.

BOYS

 

TEAM – 1. (Weston) 155.5, 2. (New Milford) 85, 3. (Brookfield) 65, 4. (Newtown) 50.5, 5. (Masuk) 39, 6. (Bunnell) 36, 7. Pomperaug 14, 8. (Immaculate) 10, 9. (New Fairfield) 4, 10. (Notre Dame) 4, 11. (Stratford) 2.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

4x800 relay – 1. Brookfield 8:49.11, 2. Weston 8:52.09, 3. Newtown 8:55.82, 4. New Milford 8:57.16, 5. Masuk 9:09.32, 6. Bunnell 9:30.46. 50 meter hurdles – 1. John Schalkham (Brookfield) 7.35, 2. Andrew Dasilva (Pomperaug) 7.61, 3. Jeff Williams (Bunnell) 7.65, 4. Martin Hallquist (Weston) 7.75, 5. Mike Drost (New Milford) 7.91, 6. Scott McAulay (Pomperaug) 8.05. 50 meter dash – 1. Ben Fine (Weston) 6.28, 2. John Chernesky (Masuk) 6.30, 3. John Schalkham (Brookfield) 6.33, 4. Davis Craw (Masuk) 6.41, 5. Jeff Williams (Bunnell) 6.44, 6. Adam Block (Weston) 6.56. 1000 meters – 1. Tim Anderson (Weston) 2:44.18, 2. Anthony Vento (New Milford) 2:44.54, 3. Charlie Baldour (Newtown) 2:46.69, 4. Harrison Katz (Pomperaug) 2:48.12, 5. Eric Macknight (Newtown) 2:53.17, 6. Mike Marston (Brookfield) 2:54.52, 11. Greg Hill (Newtown) 3:01.02. 600 meters – 1. Dan Watson (New Milford) 1:28.29, 2. Steve Shipman (Weston) 1:28.71, 3. Ryan Drost (New Milford) 1:30.80, 4. Nick Mello (Weston) 1:31.28, 5. Scott Nichols (Newtown) 1:31.48, 6. Chris Wallace (Brookfield) 1:32.32. 1600 meters – 1. Chris Frank (Immaculate) 4:36.10, 2. Elliot Clark (Weston) 4:36.96, 3. Dan Decrescenzo (New Milford) 4:37.70, 4. Zack Schwartz (Newtown) 4:37.72, 5. Frank Stewart (New Milford) 4:41.54, 6. Kyle Anderson (New Milford) 4:47.58, 8. Kevin Hoyt (Newtown) 4:49.51. Sprint Medley Relay – 1. Weston 4:02.46, 2. Newtown 4:02.50, 3. New Milford 4:08.06, 4. Masuk 4:16.01, 5. New Fairfield 4:19.51, 6. Bunnell 4:23.80. 300 meters – 1. Ben Fine (Weston) 37.29, 2. James Gaffney (Weston) 38.26, 3. EJ Occhiboi (Brookfield) 39.06, 4. Dan Watson (New Milford) 39.09, 5. Adam Block (Weston) 39.23, 6. Brian Kenny (Masuk) 39.42, 17. Eric Thornberg (Newtown) 41.53. 3200 meters – 1. Dan Decrescenzo (New Milford) 10:04.10, 2. Zack Schwartz (Newtown) 10:10.04, 3. Mike Viklund (New Milford) 10:30.41, 4. Craig Hunt (New Milford) 10:30.66, 5. Chris Kalivas (Weston) 10:36.85, 6. Eric Macknight (Newtown) 10:37.15. 4x400 relay – 1. Weston 3:48.24, 2. New Milford 3:48.50, 3. Masuk 3:53.20, 4. Newtown 3:56.44, 5. Brookfield 3:58.25, 6. Pomperaug 4:12.91. 4x240 relay – 1. Weston 1:59.81, 2. Bunnell 2:06.36, 3. Newtown 2:10.05, 4. Notre Dame 2:12.11, 5. New Fairfield 2:13.85, 6. Stratford 2:13.97. High jump – 1. EJ Occhiboi (Brookfield) 5-10, 2. Rashaun Dickson (Bunnell) 5-10, 3. Mike Drost (New Milford) 5-04, 4. Andrew Vento (Weston) 5-04, 5. Ryan Morrissey (Newtown) 5-02, 5. Martin Hallquist (Weston) 5-02. Pole vault – 1. Owen Wiseman (Weston) 13-04, 2. Ben Gerroll (Weston) 12-06, 3. Mike Marston (Brookfield) 12-06, 4. Ryan Ackell (Brookfield) 11-06, 5. Ryan Seymour (Weston) 11-06, 6. Justin Escarvage (Brookfield) 10-06. Long jump – 1. John Chernesky (Masuk) 22-00.00, 2. Andrew Vento (Weston) 19-10.75, 3. EJ Occhiboi (Brookfield) 19-10.25, 4. Mike Drost (New Milford) 18-06.75, 5. Justin Hoffner (Masuk) 18-04.50, 6. Steve Johnson (Bunnell) 17-07.00, 11. Cody Cullens (Newtown) 16-05.50. Shot put – 1. Max Champtoloup (Weston) 45-04.50, 2. Shane Paul-Rodgers (Bunnell) 45-03.00, 3. Dan Eldon (Weston) 41-08.50, 4. Mike Curtin (Masuk) 41-07.00, 5. Dan Kincade (Brookfield) 40-08.50, 6. Gilbert Franklin (Stratford) 40-01.00.

SWIMMING

Newtown 98, Barlow-Immaculate 85

After a tough struggle against New Fairfield seven days before, the Newtown High School swim team deserved a bit of a break. The Nighthawks got a little one on Tuesday when they hosted the Joel Barlow-Immaculate Co-Op and eased their way to a 98-85 win to improve to 6-3 on the year.

Alex Kron (200 freestyle) and Stefan Toi (100 freestyle) were the only individual winners, but a slew of second- and third-place finishes – Luke (200 free, 500 free) and Anthony Fiore (200 individual medley, 100 backstroke) each had two second-place finishes – helped lead the way.

It was Toi’s win in the 100 freestyle that proved to be the most exciting race of the night. After losing out to Harder by just .27 seconds in the 50 freestyle, Toi returned the favor with a narrow .11 second win in the 100 free.

The Nighthawks will visit Shepaug on Friday and then close out the regular season next Tuesday against Masuk.

Newtown 98, Barlow/IHS 85

200 medley relay – 1. Barlow (Scarth, Kink, DePaoli, Hauder) 1:49.72, 2. Newtown 1:53.53, 3. Newtown 1:54.86; 200 freestyle – 1. Kron (N) 1:56.54, 2. L. Fiore 1:57.94, 3. Deans (B) 1:59.21, 4. Maurer (N) 2:02.76, 5. Snyder (B) 2:24.98; 200 individual medley – 1. Fonk (B) 2:07.07, 2. A. Fiore 2:08.78, 3. Hood 2:15.29, 4. Deans (B) 2:15.69, 5. Fragoso (N) 2:27.73; 50 freestyle – 1. Harder (B) 23.89, 2. Toi (N) 24.16, 3. Bonaccorso (N) 25.32, 4. Rothacker (N) 26.83, 5. Gibney (B) 28.38; Diving – 1. Amanda (B) 151.7, 2. Bierce (N) 129.35, 3. Bobkowski (N) 118.20, 4. Jagoe (N) 106.50; 100 butterfly – 1. DePaoli (B) 56.65, 2. Maurer (N) 58.94, 3. Iassogna (N) 1:01.04, 4. Deans (B) 1:05.64, 5. K. O’Conner (N) 1:18.10; 100 freestyle – 1. Toi (N) 51.11, 2. Harder (B) 51.22, 3. Kron (N) 55.13, 4. Herring (N) 55.35, 5. Snyder (B) 1:03.13; 500 freestyle – 1. Scarth (B) 5:10.69, 2. L. Fiore (N) 5:35.32, 3. O’Connor (N) 6:09.48, 4. Fragoso (N) 6:09.48, 5. Bondernitz (B) 6:56.00; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Newtown (Herring, Toi, L. Fiore, Kron) 1:40.79, 2. Newtown 1:43.26, 3. Barlow 1:49.00; 100 backstroke – 1. Scarth (B) 57.81, 2. A. Fiore 58.27, 3. DePaoli (B) 1:00.20, 4. Hood (N) 1:01.15, 5. Crevier (N) 1:19.67; 100 breaststroke – 1. Pink (B) 1:08.57, 2. Hubbard (N) 1:10.64, 3. Deans (B) 1:11.53, 4. Fragoso (N) 1:12.82, 5. L/ O’Conner (N) 1:18.53; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Barlow (Harder, Scarth, DePaoli, Finel) 3:33.97, 2. Newtown 3:34.82, 3. Newtown 3:51.58.