RECREATION

Boys U8

Tremendous Tigers 7, Bulldogs 2 – Kaj Djonne scored four goals to lead the Tigers to the win. Robert Linden, Jonah Muniz, and Nicholas Nelson also scored. For the ‘Dogs, Will Swaine and Clay ‘Pele’ Gattey scored the goals while Ryan McFarland and Ryan King played well on defense.

Bulldogs 1, Strikers 1 – Clay Gattey of the Bulldogs and Luca Imbimbo of the Strikers scored the lone goals in this 1-1 deadlock. For the ‘Dogs, Will Swaine played great on offense as Ryan King and Ryan McFarland played well on defense. For the Strikers, Nick Samuelson played solid up front as Lukas Palumbo and Spencer Tolson played great on defense.

Blue Thunder 5, Golden Hawks 1 – Nicholas Cirone and Peter Manfredonia scored two goals apiece while Sawyer Conrad added one of his own to lead the Blue Thunder to the win. Nicholas Rubino played solid defense. For the Hawks, Matthew Janco scored the goal while Akshay Delity played strong offensively and John Carlson performed well in midfield.

Werewolves 1, Tigersharks 0 – Matthew Wood scored on a perfect pass from Matt Rosa as the Werewolves edged the Tigersharks. Sam Boland, Kaustav Mitra, and Michael Lally starred on defense for the Werewolves. The Tigersharks were led by Gabe Keogler on offense, Collin Reilly on defense and Jordan Sox in goal.

Dragons 2, Wizards 1 – Doug Miller scored a pair of goals to lead the Dragons to the win. Trevor Connolly and Brandon Rodriguez played aggressively as Nick Bourgeois and Nick Barrows played outstanding defense. For the Wizards, Jordan Abraham and Connor Hauley played great combination offense with Abraham scoring the goal. Eric Von Schleusinger was solid in the midfield and Patrick Afriyie was fantastic in the goal.

Tremendous Tigers 5, Wolverines 0 – Jonah Muniz and Phillip Healy scored two goals each with Robert Linden scoring one for the Tremendous Tigers in an exciting game against the Wolverines. Calvin Witteveen played great on D. For the Tigers, Taylor Dullinger and Arnav Singh played well in goal while Michael Alicfa put forth a strong effort in midfield and Kyle Watkins did the same on defense.

Tigers 2, Gators 1 – Wesley Morlock and Austin Raftery each scored a goal to lead the Tigers. Conner Gallaghar played excellent defense.  The Gators lone goal was scored by Will Dalton. Dave Mathews, Ray Xue, and Sean McCafferty each had impressive games both on offense and defense.

Girls U14

Pink Ladies 5, Huskies 0 – Meaghan Bridges and Kaley Krueger scored two goals apiece and Alyssa Carey had one to lead the Pink Ladies to the win. Great defense by Jenna Bonnacorso and Nicole Grillo paved the way. For the Huskies, Anna Chamiec-Pauneto, Nicole Vournazos, Gabriel Milano and Isabel Gleason played well.

TRAVEL

Boys U10

 

Newtown 6, Brookfield White 0 – The game was close early but Newtown broke away during second half. Offense was led by Keegan Lombard with two goals with other goals coming from Andrew Kelley, Connor Quinn, Stephen Conway and Francis Saraceni. Defense played tough with a number of good tackles led by Noah Sock and Chris Erikson. Eric Fiore played very strong midfield.

Girls U10

 

New Fairfield 2, Flash 0 - Tressa Scott was outstanding in all facets of play while Brittany Tolla and Stephanie Roman were very aggressive on offense, the Flash were upended by New Fairfield. Christina Gould and Kristen Grabowski controlled the defensive end to severely limit scoring chances.

 

Boys U11

Crusaders 3, New Milford 0 – Hank Helgren scored two goals and John Imbimbo added one to lead the Crusaders to the win. Colin Cooper and Chris McGowan provided offensive support and Travis LeBlanc was tough on defense. Austin Puleri was solid in the net.

Boys U12

 

Strikers 3, Litchfield 3 – Dan Lynch scored twice and Eric Thornberg scored once as the Strikers deadlocked Litchfield. Strong offensive pressure came from Daniel Hufziger, Kyle Wildman and Ryan Pasko. Max Brazo and Josh Engler anchored the defense.

Girls U11

Watertown 4, Power 3 – The Power dropped a heartbreaker to Watertown after jumping to an early 3-1 lead. Nora Murphy had two goals for Newtown while Christina Caporale had an assist. Kelley Gaston scored on a direct kick from outside the box. Abbie Keough played strong defense.

Girls U12

Roadrunners 1, New Fairfield 1 – Ali Pliszka drilled home a direct kick for the lone Newtown goal. Sarah Attanasio led the offensive effort while Sarah Murtha and Kaitlin Brophy had good games in midfield. Lauren Meyer and Shannon Paproski played well in goal with the defensive support of Kelly O’Connor and Jill Jagoe.

Boys U13

Newtown 3, New Milford 0 – Adam Buccino scored two goals and Nahba Bropleh added one to lead Newtown to the win. Ben Mahony, Eric Keogler, Matt Slattery, and Ben Miles powered the defense. Colin Jacob and Andy Lapple were strong in the midfield.

Girls U14

Hurricanes 3, Middlebury 0 – The Hurricanes turned in their best effort of this young fall season. Kelley Sullivan scored two goals while Kasey Schulz chipped in with one goal and an assist to lead the win over Middlebury. Adelle Cerreta and Danielle Norris each added an assist. The shutout was preserved by goalie Emily Kluga with support from defenders Belle Hydock and Cara Colacurcio.

TRAINING

U9/10 Pre-Travel Advanced Skill Training – The Newtown Soccer club will be offering advanced skills training sessions to those players that have a desire to develop their skills in addition to that of which is available at the recreational level. These clinics will be held on Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 10 am and will be run by Newtown High School boys’ soccer coach Brian Neumeyer.

The purpose of these training sessions is to give each player the opportunity to improve his or her soccer skills before tryouts the following year for U10/11 travel. These sessions should be seen as additional training on the weekend and not a reason for a player to miss his or her regular in-house game.

This program is open to those players born between August 1, 1995 and July 31, 1996. This program is also being offered to those players with birth dates born August 1, 1994 through July 31, 1995 that may have tried out for travel this year and were not selected, or for those who may wish to tryout for U11 in June of 2005.

As a note, at U11, four to six new players will be added to the current U10 travel team as the teams make the transition to the larger full-sided field. There will be no official games played other than those that are part of the training session. The fee for this training is $25 per player, per season, and checks should be made out to the Newtown Soccer club.

Currently there are plans on having sessions in the fall and spring but there may be sessions in the winter if space is available.

Each player should wear shin guards and bring a ball as well as water.

Currently there may be conflicts with the Girls ‘E’ Division and depending on enrollment there may be an additional day and/or time created for those players. Separate girls’ and boys’ sessions are also being considered. Sign up as soon as possible.

Contact Larry Dunnigan at 5dunnigans@charter.net for further information.