Newtown High School’s baseball team extended its winning streak to seven games by blasting visiting Stratford 15-2 in a game at Fairfield Hills on May 6. Newtown lost its next contest, a 4-3 nail-biter at Bethel on May 8, then got back into the win column with a 7-3 triumph over visiting Berlin the next day. The Nighthawks improved to 12-4 overall with a 9-0 blanking of Notre Dame-Fairfield, on May 11. The Hawks were blanked 2-0 by New Fairfield, in a game at Fairfield Hills, on May 13. They carry a 12-5 overall record into the final three games of the season.

Against Stratford, the Nighthawks broke the game wide open with seven runs in the fifth inning. Michael Parker had a double and drove in three runs. Julian Dunn had two hits, including a triple, two runs batted in, and scored two runs. David Matthews also had a triple as part of a two-hit day, and drove in a run and scored once. Sam Czel had a hit, two RBI, and a run scored. On the mound, Jason Hebner pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits; he struck out five batters. Luke Rustici and Connor Miller combined for 2 2/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief.

In the loss to Bethel, Parker hit a homerun, and Ben Harrison and Jake Oliger also drove in runs. Dunn had two hits, including a double.

Against Berlin, the Hawks used a five-run fifth inning to pull away. Czel doubled and tripled, and drove in three runs. Jaret DeVellis had two hits, including a triple, and also knocked in two. Parker doubled and had two RBI. Jack Procaccini had a pair of hits and a run scored. On the mound, Andrew Ross went the distance, struck out four batters, and allowed only one earned run.

Newtown avenged a loss to Notre Dame by jumping out to an early lead and tacking on runs. The Nighthawks struck for three runs in the first inning to back Hebner, who went six innings and fanned nine batters. Matthews, Procaccini, and Nick Lotrecchiano all had two runs batted in. Parker smacked four hits, drove in a run, and scored two, and Dunn had a hit and scored three runs. The Hawks were aggressive on the bases and came up with seven steals.

The Hawks will visit New Milford on Friday, May 15, with the first pitch set to be thrown at 3:45 pm. They’ll got to Masuk in Monroe on Monday, May 18, for a 4:15 game, and close out the regular season when Weston visits the next day, also for a 4:15 start.