Junior Gold Team Wins CONNY Title

Newtown’s U13 Junior Gold boys’ lacrosse team wan the CONNY (Connecticut/New York Lacrosse Association) championship this past week.

The win capped off a 14-2 regular season. Junior Gold defeated Wilton 16-1 in the first game, with 10 players accounting for the scoring. Junior Gold was dominant on faceoffs, ground balls, and ball movement and almost all of the tallies were assisted.

Junior Gold defeated Madison 11-6 in the championship game. Madison jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period. The Newtown team fought back to within 4-3 at halftime. This game was a tale of two halves with Newtown exploding in the third period with solid offense and ball movement. Newtown won 90 percent of the faceoffs in the second half, dominated the ground balls and worked as a team to pull away. Junior Gold scored 150 goals in 16 games, and allowed an average of 3.43 goals a game.