Whether in the friendly, familiar confines of Blue & Gold Stadium or on the road, Newtown High School’s football team stands to have a tough test on Tuesday, November 27. One thing is for sure, the Nighthawks will be competing in the Class LL State Playoffs; the quarterfinals are slated for the 27th, with semifinals set for Sunday, December 2, and the championship on Saturday, December 8.

Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team competed in the Class LL State Championships in mid-November. Swimming events were held at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, on November 14.

Cheshire broke a 1-1 stalemate with just 34 seconds remaining. Newtown High had an answer, converting off a penalty corner with no time remaining to force overtime in a November 13 Class L State Tournament field hockey semifinals, at neutral site Watertown High.

The Aspetuck Valley Rugby Club will hold a clinic on Sunday, November 18, from 8:30 to 10 am. All ages and genders are welcome. After the clinic, AVRC will host a BBQ and touch rugby games organized by age groups.

Newtown High School's boys' soccer team, led by first-year coaches Charley Amblo and Justin Stevens, was selected by the Western Connecticut Soccer Officials Association as the winner of the Robert Stirling Sportsmanship Award.

As the rain fell hard, Newtown High School’s football team poured it on in a 55-0 whitewashing of host New Milford in the annual Boot Game on November 9.

Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team’s hopes of following up its conference championship with a state title ended in the Class LL State Tournament quarterfinals.

A back-and-forth Class LL State Tournament second round battle between the host Newtown High School and Darien girls’ volleyball teams went to a fifth and deciding game before the visitors prevailed on November 8.

Not much separated the Newtown and Enfield high school field hockey teams in the Class L field hockey rankings. But it took a 130-mile round trip effort by the fifth-seeded Newtown Nighthawks to take on No. 4 Enfield in the tourney’s quarterfinals on November 9. The Hawks made it all worthwhile with a 3-2 victory, pushing them into the state semis.

Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team’s hopes of following up its conference championship with a state title ended in the Class LL State Tournament quarterfinals.