Coming off the program’s second South-West Conference championship, the Newtown High School girls’ soccer team — while it can not make it three titles in as many campaigns due to the coronavirus-impacted schedule not having a traditional postseason — can work toward defending its title in 2021.

For runners interested in completing a road race but reluctant to lace up those sneakers due to race times, location, or the competitive atmosphere, this year’s Rooster Run may be for them.

The year 2020 has been interesting, for sure, as many people in Connecticut have had to discover new ways to do things. Many, too, have launched new projects and committed to learning new skills. Two local men, Tommy Wyatt and Don Peronace, decided to take that “get a new hobby” advice to the next level.

Every face is at least a somewhat unfamiliar one these days, what with mask-wearing and social distancing in place resulting from the coronavirus. But a new, yet familiar face is in place with the Newtown High School field hockey team this fall.

Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA) adapted, as all organizations have this year, coordinating the 28th Annual Jack Friel Memorial Golf Scramble outing in a safe and controlled environment among the Covid-19 outbreak.

High School football players from around the state gathered at the state Capitol in Hartford to protest on September 9, in hopes that lawmakers will support their desire to kick off the season despite plans to scrap the gridiron slate due to concerns relating to the coronavirus.

Despite the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s efforts to make traditional 11 versus 11 football a safe sport to be played this fall amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is not changing its stance that the sport is considered “higher risk,” and therefore should not be played this fall.

A nearly two-and-a-half mile swim, 100-plus mile bike ride, and 26-mile run. Any of the above would be enough exercise in a day (or more) for most. That is not the case for Nick Waaler who, on September 5, combined the three — basically nonstop, no less — finishing a personal ironman triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile ride, 26.2 mile run) in honor of Chase Kowalski.

LOF Adaptive Skiers hosts a Waterski Marathon on Lake Zoar, September 12.