The NHS Girls' Swim and Dive Team is working toward a positive experience this fall.

Newtown's cheer squad is happy to be back on the mat.

DPH and CIAC offer latest recommendations for school sports.

Newtown's somewhat more favorable results come as Connecticut’s positivity rate hovered just under two percent and the number of hospitalizations statewide is mirroring stats from late June.

A smaller than usual group played a fundraising round of golf for Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue this week. The result was nevertheless “fantastic,” according to one of the event chairs.

There may be traditional tackle football this school year after all.

The annual C.H. Booth Library Turkey Trot 5K Road Race will be a virtual event that will take place over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-29.

Although they are required to wear masks during practices and competition, and there will not be an opportunity to dethrone conference champion Joel Barlow of Redding — or even face the rival Falcons, who do not fall into Newtown’s SWC region for this coronavirus-altered season — the Nighthawks are happy just to be on the court.

Discipline is one of the many key pieces that goes into the success of a sports team. Ryan Lyddy, first-year head coach of the Newtown High School boys’ soccer team, is hopeful the coronavirus-forced rule-following off the field contributes to a good product on the playing surface.