Newtown High School's sports teams experienced success on the fields and court, as well as in the pool during action on Thursday, September 14 and Friday, September 15.

On Thursday, both the girls' and boys' soccer teams scored 2-0 victories over Bethel - the girls on the road and the boys at home. Jack Oltran scored both of Newtown's goals.

On Friday, the girls' swimming and diving team defeated visiting Joel Barlow of Redding 100-83. Top Nighthawk results are as follows:

200 yard medley relay: 1. Caroline Mahoney, Lily van der Kroef, Olivia Renkert, and Emma Riebe 2:03.80.

200 free: 1. Mary Hufziger 1:59.43.

200 individual medley: 1. Renkert 2:26.89.

50 free: 1. Hufziger 25.73. 2. Maddie Carter 28.34.

Diving: 2. Hannah Weatherby 200.25. 3. Julia Sughrue 177.05.

100 butterfly: 2. Julia DiMartino 1:12.26.

100 free: 1. Carter 1:01.06.

200 free relay: 1. Carter, Lianna Perazzo, Renkert, Hufziger 1:51.74.

100 backstroke: 1. Riebe 1:09.75.

100 breaststroke: 1. Emmi DeSousa 1:17.67. 2. vander kroef 1:20.34.

400 free relay: (NHS exhibitioned but had the best time.) DiMartino, Mahoney, Carter, Hufziger 4:02.76.

The volleyball team swept visiting Immaculate of Danbury 3-0 (25-11, 25-8, 25-19) on Friday. Sarah Dowling had five kills and five digs, Zoe Beals had five aces and three kills, and Erin Mitchell compiled seven aces, four kills, and four digs.

On the football field, the Nighthawks visited Xavier of Middletown for Friday night conference crossover clash. The Southern Connecticut Conference's Falcons defeated the South-West Conference's Nighthawks 30-14.

After Xavier took a 7-0 lead, the Nighthawks got the score to 7-6 on a Riley Ward 34-yard touchdown reception; the extra point was no good.

The Falcons built a 24-6 halftime cushion. Down 14-6, the Nighthawks got a spark on a Connor Marlin interception, but couldn't cash in.

Dan Mason's rushing touchdown and Jack Miller's two-point conversion run accounted for the only other Nighthawk scoring.

Newtown's first home game will be this Friday, September 22, when Brookfield comes to Blue & Gold Stadium for a 7 pm kickoff.