Club NewFit Basketball Highlights

(Results from the last two weeks)

Men’s League

Newtown Phone Book 65, Total Pool & Spa 46: Dave Bescanson scored 18 points, and Steve Bigham and Rob Merryfield each had 17 to lift Newtown Phone Book. Steve Nowacki added 11 and Coach Rob Frangione added 2 in the victory. Total Pool & Spa was led by Kevin Barrett’s 17 points. Frank Galante had 12 and Phil Kraska scored 11. Tom Birch, Bill Mcnerney and Tom Santella all had 2 points.

Svanda Painting 81, Newtown Mobil 64: Austin Bowes and Matt Miriani both scored 22 points to lead Svanda Paining. Jeff Hadad had 19, and Mark Svanda and Todd Suhar added 10 and 8, respectively, in the win. Newtown Mobil’s Roger Manning led all scorers with 23 points. Pete Ivy had 18, Kenny Oswald added 17 and Rich McCulluch had 6 in the defeat.

My Place 79, Pantan Landscaping 56: Mike Sullivan led all scorers with 34 points, Pat Sullivan had 20 and Jeff Moxham added 14 in the win. Tim Byrne and Nick Savino had 20 and 16, respectively, for Pantan Landscaping.

Total Pool & Spa 61, Newtown Phone Book 46: Kevin Barrett and Phil Kraska both had 18 points and Frank Galante added 13 in the win. Steve Bigham had 18 and Rob Merryfield added 10 in defeat.

Newtown Mobil 71, Svanda Painting 70: Peter Ivey and Rodger Manning both had 19 points, Kenny Oswald had 18 and Adam Hayden added 15 for Newtown Mobil. Jeff Haddad’s 38 points led Svanda. Austin Bowes added 17 and Matt Miriani added 15.

The men’s league playoffs were scheduled to get underway Thursday with semifinals on March 20 and finals on March 27. The top two teams, Total Pool & Spa and My Place, both ended the season 12-3 and earned first round byes. Pantan Landscaping was 9-6, Newtown Phone Book went 8-7, Svanda Painting went 3-12 and Newtown Mobil went 1-14.

Women’s League

Southbury Printing 53, Dr. Baum’s Braces 52: Jennifer Thomas had 24 points and Tracey Pelella had 13 for Southbury Printing. Tory Anderton led Dr. Baum’s with 26.

Alpine Realty 75, ACG Solutions 56: Shelby Rotunda scored 38 points and Kelly Fengler had 24 for Alpine. Joanne Duncanson had 21 for ACG.

Dr. Baum’s Braces 81, Alpine Realty 76: Tory Anderton led Dr. Baum’s with 38 points, Erin Costello added 22 and Carolyn Schreiber had 18. Shelby Rotunda had 39 points and Kelly Fengler compiled 29 for Alpine.

 Southbury Printing 48,  ACG Solutions 45: Jennifer Thomas led the way with 29 points and Theresa Papalia had 15 for Southbury Printing. Joanne Duncanson led ACG with 22 points.

There are 2 weeks left of regular season play followed by a week of single elimination playoffs. A championship game is scheduled for April 8.