Months and months of training came down to a two minute, 30 second routine. And the Nighthawks were spot on. Newtown High School's cheerleading team captured the South-West Conference championship with a dazzling display of athleticism, timing, synchronization, and creativity, at NHS, on February 1.

Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ indoor track and field teams will compete in the South-West Conference championship meet at Floyd Little Athletic Center on Saturday, February 2, beginning at 5 pm. Both squads head into the postseason with many athletes ready to run, jump, and throw for points as the Nighthawks take on their rivals.

For the first time the impressive history of the Newtown Youth Wrestling Association both the Elementary and Middle School teams won Western Connecticut League championships in the same season.

Defense and depth have been the biggest keys to the success of Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team. And the two go hand-in-hand.

Newtown High School’s wrestling team, following a 48-33 win over host Bunnell of Stratford on January 23, competed at the Fairfield Warde Duals two days later.

A pair of goals to cut the deficit in half and a late-stanza power play that carried over into the third period had Newtown High School’s hockey team seemingly in position to make things tight in the third period. But the Joel Barlow of Redding co-op team killed off the remainder of the penalty and scored 59 seconds into the third period and twice more in the first four minutes of the final stanza en route to an 8-3 victory at Danbury Ice Arena on January 26.

Regardless of the outcome of meets, there is a lot Coach Adam Fielding can glean about his Newtown High School boys’ swimming and diving team and the prospects for success in the postseason.

Josh Hull grew up in Danbury in a house with a backyard large enough for football and baseball and a reservoir across the street for hockey. “Sometimes I had to twist arms to get kids to show up,” said Hull, adding his role model was Spanky, recalling the Little Rascals episode in which Spanky organized a neighborhood football team.

When Newtown High School’s gymnasts await their turn on the bars, beam, vault, or floor, they cheer not only for teammates, but also for opposing squad members. Gymnastics, similarly to track and cross country, features a lot of sportsmanship in the form of support for opposing teams.

Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team defeated visiting Stratford 58-30, and the boys’ team lost 49-47 at Stratford, in overtime, on January 24.