Athletes Stand Out In Nutmeg Games

Newtown’s Caitlyn Linden and Megan Goyda received gold medals after they helped the Southwest Warriors’ 12U basketball team win its division in the Nutmeg State Games in New Britain this past week. The Warriors won the gold for the second year in a row.

Newtown’s Maddy Keane and the U19 Connecticut Remix soccer team took the championship in its division. The Remix, comprised of players from Fairfield and New Haven Counties, defeated the New England Comets 2-0 in the finals. Emily Newhard opened the scoring late in the first half and Keane found the net when she cut the ball back to her right and let a blistering shot go from 40 yards out. The ball sailed into the upper left corner above the leaping outstretched hands of the Comets’ keeper, dashing the hopes of the other side. Keane will play for the Newtown High School girls’ team this fall.

Annika Alexander, a Newtown Middle school student, won gold in the shot put and silver in the discus at the Nutmeg Games track & field meet, held in New Britain on August 14. Her grandfather, Dr. James Alexander of Monroe, joined her for the event and won a gold medal in the Senior Men’s Division in both the shot put and discus.

Annika Alexander had a shot put throw of 27-10.5 and a discus toss of 58-8 and Dr. James Alexander had a shot put throw of 27-10 and a discus heave of 60-11.