Moments after the May 21 South-West Conference tournament boys’ lacrosse semifinal game ended, Newtown Coach Scott Bulkley was anxiously awaiting his team’s Class L state playoff opener.

Two seasons ago, Newtown High School’s baseball team got into the South-West Conference tournament as the seventh seed and went on a roll to capture the championship.

Newtown High School’s softball team jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening inning and fended off visiting Brookfield to earn a 5-3 win in the South-West Conference tournament quarterfinals, in Newtown, on May 20.

Just as quickly as the skies opened up and rain appeared to arrive in time to accompany visiting Pomperaug of Southbury in washing Newtown High School’s South-West Conference title hopes away, the Nighthawks seemed to find new life in the May 20 semifinal-round contest at Blue & Gold Stadium.

Newtown High School’s softball, baseball, and girls’ lacrosse teams will host South-West Conference tournament games on Monday, May 20.

Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ lacrosse teams, both seeded second in their South-West Conference tournaments, won their postseason openers in convincing fashion, at Blue & Gold Stadium on May 16.

The South-West Conference playoffs will begin Thursday, May 16, and Newtown High School's girls' and boys' lacrosse teams will host quarterfinal-round games at Blue & Gold Stadium.

In a possible preview of a first- or later-round South-West Conference tournament game, and a contest that factored into earning a first-round home contest, Newtown High School’s softball team pulled away to defeat visiting Stratford 8-1 in a rescheduled game on May 11.

Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season with four consecutive victories as the Nighthawks followed up a 16-0 triumph over Notre Dame-Fairfield on May 7 with a 16-6 win at Bethel two days later, an 11-5 win over Fairfield Warde on May 11, and a 10-1 victory over Brookfield on May 13.