By Kim J. Harmon

The expectations may have been a little bit modest back in April, with head coach Ed Obloj looking simply to instill a winning attitude in a team that had experienced a large turnover from the year before.

Well, winning two of three in their final quad meet of the regular season, the Nighthawks have found a winning attitude, boosting their record to 9-5. Now they will be looking to achieve another one of their goals – a more ambitious goal – and that is to finish in the top three at the South-West Conference championship next week.

Peter Terrance was a triple winner, grabbing the 100 high hurdles (15.5), the 400 meters (51.2), and the 200-meter dash (23.7) to lead the ‘Hawks to wins over New Fairfield (97-53) and Immaculate (134-7).

The locals fell to Weston (84-66).

Tim Carlisle tied for first in the 300 intermediate hurdles at 42.9, with Eric Taylor just a tenth of a second off at 43.0 in third place. Pete Dittmar finished first in the 3,200 meters at 10:47 and Tim Robinson took first in the triple jump at 39-101/4 . The 4x400 relay team of Adam Konneker, John Collins, Evan Forstrom and Terrance also took first with a seven-second win over New Fairfield.

The championship meet will be held Tuesday, May 27, at 4:30 pm, at Bethel High School.

Newtown 97, New Fairfield 53

Newtown 134, Immaculate 7

Weston 84, Newtown 66

Track events

4x800 relay – 1. New Fairfield (Ottulich, Detoy, Chitester, Nelson) 8:38; 2. Weston 8:42; 3. Newtown 8:43; 4. Newtown 9:52; 4x100 relay – 1. Weston (Squillante, Luchansky, Bolen, Porter) 45.8; 2. New Fairfield 47.6; 100 high hurdles – 1. Terrance (N) 15.5; 2. Shappiro (W) 16.6; 3. Carlisle (N) 16.7; 4. Taylor (N) 16.8; 5. Kershaw (W) 17.7; 100 dash – 1. Porter (W) 11.5; 2. Nichols (NF) 11.5; 3. (tie) Squillante (W) and Taylor (N) 11.9; 5. Konneker (N) 11.9; 1,600 meters – 1. Atkinson (W) 4:46; 2. Nelson (NF) 4:48; 3. Chitester (NF) 4:50; 4. Dittmar (N) 4:51; 5. Zencey (N) 4:53; 400 meters – 1. Terrance (N) 51.2; 2. Porter (W) 51.8; 3. Collins (N) 53.3; 4. E. Forstrom (N) 53.9; 5. S. Forstrom (N) 55.2; 300 intermediate hurdles – 1. (tie) Shapiro (W) and Carlisle (N) 42.9; 3. Taylor (N) 43.0; 4. Ottulich (NF) 43.5; 5. Kershaw (W) 44.6; 800 meters – 1. Atkinson (W) 2:05; 2. Detoy (NF) 2:08; 3. Nastri (N) 2:09; 4. McIlrath (N) 2:10; 5. Lawson (W) 2:13; 200 dash – 1. Terrance (N) 23.7; 2. (tie) Nichols (NF) and Konneker (N) 24.3; 4. Squillante (W) 24.5; 5. Carlisle (N) 24.8; 3,200 meters – 1. Dittmar (N) 10:47; 2. Lane (W) 10:54; 3. Zencey (N) 11:03; 4. Ratcliff (N) 11:15; 5. Cole (N) 11:44; 4x400 relay – 1. Newtown (Konneker, Collins, E. Forstrom, Terrance) 3:36.2; 2. New Fairfield 3:43; 3. Weston 3:48.5.

Field events

Shot put – 1. Richard (W) 49-4; 2. Schneider (NF) 46-4; 3. Powell (W) 44-4; 4. Deep (W) 39-7; 5. Feiskhanov (NF) 36-10; Long jump – 1. Porter (W) 19-8¼; 2. E. Forstrom (N) 18-10½; 3. papen (W) 17-10; 4. Sgammato (N) 17-9; 5. Rich (W) 17-2¼; Javelin – 1. Dudley (W) 147-5; 2. Luchansky (W) 144-9; 3. Wirz (I) 123-6; 4. Robinson (N) 120-5; 5. Breitling (N) 119-4; High jump – 1. Rich (W) 5-6; 2. Robinson (N) 5-4; 3. Papen (W) 5-2; 4. Sgammato (N) 5-2; 5. Chitester (NF) 5-0; Pole vault – 1. Rich (W) 11-6; 2. Robinson (N) 11-0; 3. Rothenberg (W) 10-6; 4. Cohen (W) 8-0; 5. Mitchell (NF) 7-6; Discus – 1. Schneider (NF) 117-0; 2. Richard (W) 103-5; 3. Dudley (W) 98-8; 4. Deep (NF) 96-7; 5. Von Oy (N) 93-4; Triple jump – 1. Robinson (N) 39-10¼; 2. Sgammato (N) 38-1¼; 3. Papen (W) 37-5¼; 4. Taddao (W) 36-10½; 5. Drummond (N) 35-5½.