Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team, the No. 5 seed in the South-West Conference Tournament, traveled to Redding to tangle with No. 4 Joel Barlow in the tourney’s quarterfinals on October 24. Newtown, after beating the Falcons twice late in the regular season — holding Barlow to just one goal in those two games — fell behind 2-0 in the opening half and couldn’t overcome the early deficit. Barlow prevailed 2-0 to advance to the semifinals. The Nighthawks will try to bounce back in the upcoming state tournament.

Newtown’s girls’ volleyball team finished as the SWC’s No. 2 seed behind Masuk of Monroe. The Nighthawks will host No. 7 New Milford on Monday, October 27, at 5:30 pm in the quarterfinal round. The winner advances to the Wednesday, October 29 semifinals, slated for 5 pm at neutral site Masuk High. Newtown or New Milford will face the winner of No. 3 Weston and No. 6 Bunnell of Stratford. Newtown defeated New Milford, Bunnell, and Weston in the regular campaign.

Check back for online coverage of the volleyball tournament and open the October 31 print edition of The Bee for more highlights of both the soccer and volleyball teams as the postseason unfolds.