The Falcons and Nighthawks have both soared high in South-West Conference girls’ volleyball throughout the years. Newtown High School’s Nighthawks once again will attempt to dethrone those other birds, from Joel Barlow of Redding.

Newtown High School’s cross country teams are off and running on another season, which officially begins on Tuesday, September 10, with a home meet.

Sure, Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team lost just two starters to graduation from last year’s South-West Conference championship team and brings back what Coach Marc Kenney believes are arguably the best field player and goalkeeper in the conference.

A typical competitive high school soccer game ends something like 1-0 or 1-1. For a high-scoring match, maybe 3-2. How about 5-4?

As football preseason unfolded this past week, a big question surrounding Newtown High School’s squad is who will take the snaps and be in the pocket to try to deliver another postseason run on the Nighthawk gridiron.

Newtown High School’s cheerleading squad will be rooting, from the sidelines, for the Nighthawk football team to win it all this fall and also continuing to train hard for a triumph of its own, what they hope will be another South-West Conference championship at season’s end.

In addition to beating opponents on the mats, wrestler Brighton Karvoski put in quite a bit of effort to help St Jude Children’s Hospital try to beat cancer this summer.

Dr Reed reflects on the 94th anniversary of the Chincoteague Pony Swim.

This is the first in a series of articles, including a feature on cheerleading, covering Newtown Youth Football & Cheer as the organization celebrates the 50th anniversary of the youth program.