The record heading into Wednesday’s scheduled finale against Brookfield is perfect, and Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team members have been pleased with how well things have gone despite the mandate to wear a mask during match play due to the coronavirus.

The goals kept coming — a season-best half dozen of them to be exact — and the wins continue to pile up as well as Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team put together a dominating performance en route to a 6-0 triumph over visiting Abbott Tech of Danbury at Blue & Gold Stadium on November 3.

On the bright side, Newtown High School’s young, gaining-varsity-experience girls’ soccer team has lost only one game by more than a goal (a 2-0 setback to a veteran-led Immaculate of Danbury lineup); this squad has been competitive to say the least, and in every game until the end

Led by a pool record-setting performance by Brianna Deierlein in the 50 yard freestyle race, Newtown High School’s girls’ swimming and diving team defeated the Bethel-Immaculate of Danbury co-op 95-70 on November 3. Deierlein clocked in with a 50 free time of 25.06.

There certainly has not been any shortage of offense for Newtown High School’s football team in 7-on-7 one-hand touch action this fall. The Nighthawks made it five wins in as many games this past week with a 49-12 triumph over New Fairfield in a makeup game, Senior Night, on October 28, and a 47-22 win over New Milford two nights later; both pigskin battles were at Blue & Gold Stadium.

All in all, it was a strong couple of games with the same result for Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team. The Nighthawks earned a 1-1 draw with unbeaten Pomperaug of Southbury on October 22, then settled for a 1-1 deadlock with visiting Bethel on October 27; both games took place at Blue & Gold Stadium.

Newtown High School’s cross country teams hosted Immaculate of Danbury on October 23. The boys won their race 19-38 and the girls fell 25-30 to the Mustangs.

Newtown High School’s girls’ swimming and diving team defeated the Bethel-Immaculate of Danbury co-op 97-74 on October 23.

The Nighthawk field hockey team remained one of the undefeated Newtown High School teams, along with girls' volleyball and boys' soccer, heading into the final two weeks of the South-West Conference regular season. Newtown defeated Watertown 4-0 at Blue & Gold Stadium on October 21, for its eighth consecutive win and second triumph over the Indians this season.

Newtown High School's girls' volleyball team remained unbeaten at 9-0 heading into a Wednesday, October 28, scheduled match with New Milford. The Nighthawks had a run of six consecutive 3-0 wins snapped but prevailed 3-2 over host Pomperaug of Southbury on October 21, then bested host Bethel 3-0 on October 26.