Field Hockey, Swim, and Volleyball Teams Victorious
Newtown High School’s sports teams had a successful start to the weekend. The field hockey team blanked Brookfield, the girls’ swimming and diving squad bested Stratford, and the girls’ volleyball team pulled out its second straight five-game match, edging Bunnell of Stratford, all on Friday, October 9.
The field hockey team improved to 5-2-1 overall with a 2-0 win over visiting Brookfield, at Blue & Gold Stadium on Friday afternoon. The Nighthawks have earned shutouts in each of their victories.
In the pool, the Nighthawks cruised to an 86-74 road win over Stratford, exhibitioning the final four events after securing the team win.
The 200 yard medley relay team of Megan Olszewski, Emma Brantl, Casey Klein, and Mary Hufziger finished first in a time of 2:04.23. Maddie Carter won the 200 freestyle race in 2:10.77. Gianna Terracino was first in the 50 free, making her final touch in 27.88. Carter won the 100 butterfly event in 1:08.80. Terracino took first in the 100 free in 1:01.53. Bridget Duero earned first in the 500 free in 5:58.94. The 200 free relay team of Carter, Terracino, Brantl, and Amanda Berry had the fastest time in 1:54.57. Hufziger was the first to finish the 100 backstroke race, in 1:10.70. The 400 free relay team of Emma Johnson, Melissa Nowak, Hailey Pankow, and Rose Wheway logged the best event time, finishing in 4:16.74.
On the volleyball court, the Nighthawks overcame a 20-12 game-four deficit to force a decisive fifth game en route to edging host Bunnell 3-2 (17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 26-24, 15-8), on Friday night. Zoe Beals had nine service aces to go along with six kills, and 18 digs; Molly McCoy had 16 assists, seven kills, and 13 digs; Jamie Calandro compiled 11 kills and 17 digs; Sarah Bender registered 11 assists; Tessa Leon-Gambetta compiled 22 digs; and Kaitlyn Schneider added 11 digs. Newtown also defeated Pomperaug of Southbury in five games, on October 7. It was a team effort as Newtown Coach Tom Czaplinski got 13 players onto the court during the match.
Read more about these teams in the October 16 print edition of The Bee.