Sports
Girls’ Cagers Advance To SWC Semifinal
Published: Mar 23, 2021 11:06 am
Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team defeated host New Fairfield 41-37 in the South-West Conference tournament quarterfinals on March 19 (read about the action in intern Shea Murphy’s coverage in the March 26 print edition).
The Nighthawks visit Notre Dame-Fairfield in the semifinals, Tuesday, March 23, starting at 6 pm.
In other conference playoff action, the Newtown-New Fairfield hockey team blanked the Joel Barlow co-op 6-0 in the March 20 quarterfinal round and will visit Milford for a semifinal game on Thursday, March 25, starting at 8 pm. Check back online as well as in the print editions for coverage of both games.
Maddie Patrick, right going for the ball during the opening tip, and the Nighthawks defeated New Fairfield in the conference playoffs on March 19. NHS will visit Notre Dame-Fairfield in the March 23 semifinals, starting at 6 pm. —photo courtesy Darlene Froehlich